IHRIM - Institute of Health Records and Information Management

15/12/2025

15/12/2025

IHRIM's December Newsletter is out now!

In This Newsletter:
> Christmas Greeting From IHRIM
> Clinical Coding Online Panel Discussion - How Are Coders Keeping Digital Notes Using Electronic Classifications?
> Congratulations - Mandy Burns
> IFHIMA Announces New Toolkit To Advance The HIM Profession
> FEDIP Professional Registration Workshops 2026
> Reminder: FEDIP Digital Registration Process For IHRIM Members
Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)
> IHRIM Membership - Join Us!
> Events

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We offer all our members who have a minimum of 12 months employment in the NHS within a HIM role the opportunity to become professionally registered automatically at Associate Practitioner Level, with the Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP).  This is the only public register for all ...

20/11/2025

Electronic Patient Record / Digital Patient Record Community of Practice (CoP)
Friday 21 November 2025
Between 14.00 and 16.00 via MS Teams

Do you want to share good practice, understand the challenges facing those staff working on the ground (both clinical and administrative), discuss the limitations of electronic/digital systems and how that impacts day to day working, debate all the difficult stuff that is put to one side causing endless workarounds?
Then you need to join this Community of Practice hosted by the Institute of Health Records and Information Management (IHRIM) and supported by those professional bodies that are the Federation for Health Informatics Professionals in Health and Care; AphA, BCS, CHIME, CILIP and Socitm.

This CoP will meet bi-monthly for two hours on a Friday afternoon, discussing, debating and offering support and even solutions, on things that matter to you.

Who is this for? This inaugural get together is an open meeting for anyone working in health and care, NHS, private or a supplier, to scope out what matters to you. Future meetings will be for members only and suppliers will be offered a separate opportunity to interact with the Community of Practice moving forward.

The six professional bodies will tell you how they support their members when it comes to electronic/digital records at each of the stages from pre-implementation right through to implementation, post implementation and optimisation and not forgetting all the challenging areas such as managing duplicate records, merging and unmerging, deletion and statutory reporting.

Here are the joining instructions for Friday 21 November 2025 at 14.00 and we look forward to seeing you there.

Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 382 836 921 314
Passcode: YQ7ZL7jp

14/11/2025

Electronic Patient Record / Digital Patient Record Community of Practice (CoP)
Friday 21 November 2025
Between 14.00 and 16.00 via MS Teams

Do you want to share good practice, understand the challenges facing those staff working on the ground (both clinical and administrative), discuss the limitations of electronic/digital systems and how that impacts day to day working, debate all the difficult stuff that is put to one side causing endless workarounds?

Then you need to join this Community of Practice hosted by the Institute of Health Records and Information Management (IHRIM) and supported by those professional bodies that are the Federation for Health Informatics Professionals in Health and Care; AphA, BCS, CHIME, CILIP and Socitm.

This CoP will meet bi-monthly for two hours on a Friday afternoon, discussing, debating and offering support and even solutions, on things that matter to you.

Who is this for? This inaugural get together is an open meeting for anyone working in health and care, NHS, private or a supplier, to scope out what matters to you. Future meetings will be for members only and suppliers will be offered a separate opportunity to interact with the Community of Practice moving forward.

The six professional bodies will tell you how they support their members when it comes to electronic/digital records at each of the stages from pre-implementation right through to implementation, post implementation and optimisation and not forgetting all the challenging areas such as managing duplicate records, merging and unmerging, deletion and statutory reporting.

Here are the joining instructions for Friday 21 November 2025 at 14.00 and we look forward to seeing you there.
Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 382 836 921 314
Passcode: YQ7ZL7jp

09/11/2025

Have you read our November newsletter yet?

In This Newsletter:
• HFMA & FEDIP: Data Roundtable
• FEDIP Professional Registration Workshops
• Monmouth Academy E-learning for Clinical Coders
• IHRIM Vacancy - Associate Director of Communications
• IHRIM Organisational Membership
• Members & Partner Organisations Advertising
• FEDIP Digital Registration Process For IHRIM Members
• Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)
• The International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA)
• IHRIM Membership - Join Us!
• Events - HCUK

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We offer all our members who have a minimum of 12 months employment in the NHS within a HIM role the opportunity to become professionally registered automatically at Associate Practitioner Level, with the Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP).  This is the only public register for all ...

13/10/2025

Do NHS leaders have access to the right data and is it of sufficient quality to support the decisions they make about how healthcare is delivered?

Are there enough data and informatics professionals across the NHS, and do they have the right skills?

What actions should we prioritise to improve data quality and availability?

These were some of the topics discussed by informatics and finance leaders at a recent roundtable, run jointly by the HFMA and the Federation for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care (FEDIP).

Read the full roundtable publication on value-based healthcare:

What data is needed to achieve best value in healthcare? Informatics and finance leaders met to discuss at a roundtable run by the HFMA and FEDIP.

13/10/2025

🌟 New HPCA Programme Launch: Change Under Pressure🌟
HPCA has announced the upcoming launch of their Change Under Pressure Support Programme, a blended offer of free resources, low-cost training and premium organisational support.

The programme is designed to:
• Enable organisations to deliver mandated reforms cost-effectively.
• Support NHS staff through change, building resilience and transferable skills.
• Offer affordable, high-value support to the NHS.

As part of this programme, they are hosting a series of free monthly Change Resilience Webinars.

📅 Starting on 11 November, 12:00–13:00
Topic: Building Change Resilience in Times of NHS Transformation
With Jo Stanford, HPCA CEO
Equip yourself and your teams with practical tools and techniques to strengthen resilience in the face of uncertainty and pressure. Drawing on neuroscience for leading change, this session will provide insights into how the brain responds to challenge and how to harness positive psychological strategies to sustain both performance and wellbeing.

📌 Upcoming Free Events
Free Workshops

🟡Information Governance as an Enabler, not a Barrier – How to Collaborate Effectively with IG to Drive Project Success
With Adam Tuckett, Information Governance Consultancy Lead, NHS South Central & West
📅 23 October, 13:00 – 15:00

This interactive workshop will share lessons learned when supporting new programmes and projects, with practical advice on how IG can become a supportive enabler. Topics include:
• Building effective working relationships with IG
• Defining proposed uses of data
• Data Protection Impact Assessments
• Clarifying roles and responsibilities
• Understanding overlaps between project outputs and IG requirements
• Assessing and managing risk
The session will include interactive activities as well as time for Q&A.

All sessions are free and open to anyone working in health and care, please do share with colleagues who may benefit.

01/09/2025

IHRIM's September Newsletter is out now!

In This Newsletter:
• IHRIM Organisational Membership
• Launch of The Clinical Coding Leaders' Network (CCLN)
• FEDIP Professional Registration Workshops
• PRSB: Tech Talks Online Event
• IHRIM Vacancy - Associate Director of Communications
• Members & Partner Organisations Advertising
• FEDIP Digital Registration Process For IHRIM Members
• Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)
• The International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA)
• IHRIM Membership - Join Us!
• Events - HCUK

https://mailchi.mp/zen/welcome-to-ihrims-sept-2025-newsletter-6746459

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When: Thursday 4 September from 12-1pm Where: Online This event aims to share opinions and insights and explore the opportunities offered by PRSB standards. We’ll spark conversation on ‘healthcare integration’ and how standards can help ensure consistent documentation to support interoperabili...