Reference no: EM133140944

A new hospital opens in your local community and recruits for a HIM director, requiring that the person have an RHIA. A HIM professional in the community applies for the director's position in the HIM Department and is hired. Shortly after starting her job, she is the hostess to the Regional Health Information Management Association meeting that is held monthly in the various hospitals in the community. At the meeting, the new director is introduced as a RHIA. Several of the local members know that she has the RHIT credential, not the RHIA credential. Is there an ethical violation, dilemma, or concern?

In this scenario, there is an ethical concern. There may be an ethical concern if the new HIM director purposely misrepresented her credential. However, this needs to be verified. It is also quite possible that the mistake has occurred on the part of the individual introducing the director. Perhaps there is an assumption that because she is a director, she is an RHIA.

1. What was the intent of the AHIMA member's actions that resulted in an ethics violation being brought forward?

2. What is the potential harm to the organization or AHIMA as a result of the act?

3. What is the status of the AHIMA member's training, education, and awareness of the AHIMA Code of Ethics?

4. What AHIMA Ethical Codes have been violated? I expect to see AT LEAST 2 codes that have been violated.