IHRIM - Institute of Health Records and Information Management

20/03/2026

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: The Role of a Clinical Terminologist Webinar

SNOMED CT is the most comprehensive clinical health terminology in the world and is supported by a growing international community. It is a common language for health and is used across different IT systems, healthcare settings, and countries. Therefore, it plays a significant role as a common reference in supporting the exchange of health information. However, despite this importance, the contributions of terminologists remain underrecognised and poorly understood across the wider NHS.

In this session, we will address the role of the clinical terminologist and why it needs wider recognition and professional support. Attendees will gain an understanding of the structure, capabilities, and benefits of a clinical terminology, and walk through some typical tasks involved in maintaining and using large healthcare ontologies.

Confirmed Speakers:
• Michael Harwood-Jones AdvFEDIP FHRIM MBCS - Map Specialist, SNOMED International
• Sam Levy – Lead Clinical Terminologist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Hannah Anderson - Senior Clinical Terminologist & Clinical Content Designer

📍 WHERE: Virtual via MS Teams
📅 WHEN: Thursday 30th April 2026 - 12:00 - 13:00
🔗 REGISTER: Link to follow

10/03/2026

FEDIP & CILIP - Joint Webinar - Health literacy and health information: roles and tools for information specialists across sectors

Thursday 23 April 12.00 to 13.00 - Microsoft Teams

This session covers the background to and implications of health literacy, as a form of information literacy and digital literacy. Drawing on activity in NHS knowledge and library services, it outlines techniques and tools that can be used in different sectors. It will include the specific partnership work around health information and the NHS App in public libraries.

Microsoft Teams Joining Information:
Meeting ID: 353 963 064 556 8
Passcode: Av2Dz9Nr

07/03/2026

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07/03/2026

27/02/2026

IHRIM's February Newsletter is out now!

In This Newsletter:
• IHRIM Clinical Coding Webinar
• Help Shape ICD 11 Training - Training Needs Survey
• Publication of the ICD-10 & OPCS-4 National Clinical Coding Standards 2026 & OPCS-4.11 Supplementary Information
• Profile Of The Career Of Board Member - Isabel Chevis FHRIM, Chairman
• Children with Medical Complexity: How We Defined An Old Diagnosis Article - Sam Levy ACC
• HFMA & FEDIP: Value Based Healthcare Special Supplement
• Monmouth Academy E-learning for Clinical Coders
• FEDIP Professional Registration Workshops
• Reminder: FEDIP Digital Registration Process
• Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)
• The International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA)
• IFHIMA 2026 Focus on the Future of HIM Series
• IHRIM Membership - Join Us!
• Health + AI Tech Show
• Events - HCUK

https://mailchi.mp/zen/welcome-to-ihrims-feb-2026-newsletter-6748839

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Click the ‘Subscribe’ button in the top left hand corner of the newsletter!

Following this very successful webinar we would like to thank everyone who attended for their engagement, participation and high number of questions submitted.

26/02/2026

Our Celebrating Admin Professionals Webinar is today (12:00 - 13:00) We look forward to seeing you there!

31/01/2026

Electronic/Digital Health Record – Community of Practice
Friday 6 February 14.00 to 16.00

This is the second in the series of webinars for this Community of Practice, talking about all things electronic/digital health records.
In this session we will be looking at how the digital strategy affects the whole healthcare system rather than an individual organisation and how to strike the right balance across them.

We will discuss what neighbourhood health could look like and how we can involve the voluntary sector, and how to overcome the challenges around information governance and cyber security.
We will take a look at and discuss who might be responsible for delivering the different aspects of care and how the regional centre with the experience of digital transformation can be leveraged. We will be discussing the relationship between all of the different stakeholders and how this will be managed.

There are two common themes that we would like to bring into the discussion; how those that need to access citizen’s/patients’ records to enable care to be co-ordinated around the individual can do so, safely and securely, and whether those delivering and supporting these services should be professionally registered and should have to demonstrate their fitness to practice.

We have three speakers, experts in their fields, lined up to debate these important topics:
David Walliker, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Manchester University NHS FT
Lesley Kitchen, Associate Director, Digital & Data Platforms at Cheshire & Merseyside ICB
Speaker to be confirmed – Regional Director

This is an open invite at this stage but moving forward this will only be open to FEDIP professionally registered individuals.

We look forward to seeing you at this exciting session to discuss these important topics.

Please join us on Microsoft Teams:
Meeting ID: 329 865 661 979 18
Passcode: JC256eE3

26/01/2026

Our Clinical Coding Webinar is this week - Thursday 29th January 12:00 - 13:00 - We look forward to seeing you there!

26/01/2026

A reminder that our first Professional Registration Workshop of 2026 is tomorrow!