Health Information Management HIMAH HIMAH is a component state association of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and has approximately 200 members with 120 members eligible to vote. AHIMA is the professional organization of more than 50,000 experienced specialists in health information management. Hawaii's Opportunities Hawaii has a reputation as a premier tourism destination. There is great potential to offer the state's advanced technology capabilities as they relate to medical and healthcare services as a means of diversifying the economy. Medical and healthcare tourism consists of two components: 1. medical treatment and executive check-ups at specialized facilities 2. fitness and wellness involving exercise and/or nutrition programs within spas, resorts, or hotel facilities. The greatest potential for Hawaii is to provide healthcare service to our visitors from the Asia-Pacific countries, as their populations grow older and require state-of the art medical technologies. It is estimated that about 30 million people in Asia have incomes that can support travel to the U.S. for medical and healthcare services. Additional days that these patients are required to stay in Hawaii before and after hospital discharge, along with expenditures during these periods by accompanying friends and relatives, further increase the overall contribution of the medical and healthcare sector. Hawaii brands its medical and healthcare offerings as the best of high-tech and hightouch - where medical facilities integrate the latest Western, technology-based medicine with ancient Hawaiian, Asian, and holistic healing arts. The state offers a spectrum of treatments in complementary therapies and alternative medicine that blends Eastern and Western approaches. For example, medical facilities would have the newest and latest Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), as well as the most advanced Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner, and a full complement of medical specialists. At the same time, a patient can select the services of "healing touch" therapists, naturopaths, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and chiropractors on the hospital staff. Hawaii is one of the first states to facilitate telemedicine applications using its advanced telecommunications infrastructure. The state has implemented a variety of remote healthcare demonstrations using NASA's Advanced Communication Technology satellite and other broadband connections. The purpose of these experiments has been to link Hawaii-based healthcare institutions with major mainland healthcare facilities to support the delivery of state-of-the-art medical services to different locations. HIMAH Address HIMAH P.O. Box 22314 Honolulu, HI 96823-2314 |
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