ARMA International Endorses Information Governance Principles for Healthcare
Overland Park, Ks (PRWEB) October 02, 2014 -- ARMA International, the authority on information governance, today announced its support of the American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC™).
AHIMA has convened healthcare industry stakeholders and leaders, as well as information governance experts from other industries, to articulate the IGPHC™ through adaptation of ARMA International’s Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles,” the IGPHC™ states in its preamble.
ARMA International leaders were also involved in the development of the IGPHC™: ARMA International President Fred Pulzello, IGP, CRM, and former President Galina Datskovsky, Ph.D., CRM, were members of AHIMA’s expert advisory group that was responsible for adapting ARMA International’s Principles to fit the needs of AHIMA’s constituents.
“It makes us proud that the work of ARMA International is playing a fundamental role in information governance efforts spanning sectors and industries,” said Fred Pulzello, IGP, CRM, President of ARMA International. "Our Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® were created to be flexible, allowing them to be adapted to a specific industry environment, as well as to any organization’s unique circumstances determined by its size, sophistication, resources, and legal/regulatory environment.”
AHIMA said it drew from Gartner and ARMA International’s definitions in defining information governance as “an organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its lifecycle and supporting the organization’s strategy, operations, regulatory, legal, risk, and environmental requirements.”
The IGPHC™ are meant to be applied not only to healthcare information, but also to the information from all functional areas in healthcare industry organizations, according to the IGPHC™. “The adoption of these principles by an organization reflects a dedication to strengthen its information governance, and increase its effectiveness for the benefit of its patients, stakeholders, and society.”
About ARMA International
ARMA International (http://www.arma.org) is a not-for-profit professional association and the authority on managing information as a strategic asset. It provides education, publications, and information on the efficient maintenance, retrieval, and preservation of vital information created in public and private organizations in all sectors of the economy. It also publishes Information Management magazine.
The professional certification acronyms IGP and CRM are (respectively) Information Governance Professional, issued by ARMA International (http://www.arma.org/r2/igp-certification), and Certified Records Manager, issued by the Institute of Certified Records Managers (http://www.icrm.org).
K.C. O'Rourke, ARMA International, http://arma.org, +1 (913) 312-5561, [email protected]
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