JHIM has built a system open to participation by health information managers as well physicians, nurses, and a wide range of other healthcare professionals.
History
1975 Establishment of Japan Society of Medical Record Management
1981 Registered as a research organization of the Science Council of Japan
1989 Publication of the JHIM journal Shinryoroku Kanri
(Medical Record Management)
2003 Launch of the lifelong education seminars
2005 Launch of the HIM Supervisor certification program
Announcement of JHIM Personal Information Protection Policy
Announcement of JHIM Code of Ethics 2005
Announcement of The Oath of Health Information Managers
2007 Announcement of the Guidelines for Medical Record Documentation
2008 Publication of Statistics Made Easy for Health Information Managers
2009 Organization name changed from Japan Society of Medical Record
Management to Japan Society of Health Information Management
Adoption of the official JHIM logo
The title of the JHIM journal changed from Shinryoroku Kanri to
Shinryojoho Kanri (Health Information Management)
2010 Publication of the technical book Shinryo Johogaku
(Health Information Science)
2011 Announcement of the Guidelines on the Work of Health Information
Managers (2011 version)
2012 JHIM secretariat moved to Hospital Plaza Building in
Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
2013 Japan selected to host the 18th IFHIMA Congress in 2016
2014 Launch of the JHIM organization accreditation system
Announcement of the Guidelines for Conflict of Interest (COI) Management
2015 Publication of the second edition of Shinryo Johogaku
(Health Information Science)
Chairman: Hiroyuki Suenaga
Principal Activities
▪ Research on management of medical records and health information
▪ Organization of meetings of directors, general assemblies, scientific conferences,
seminars, and symposia
▪ Publication of journals and other publications edited by JHIM
▪ Lifelong education of health information managers
▪ Certification of HIM Supervisors
▪ Other projects necessary for achievement of the Society’s goals
Membership: 5,397 (as of 2016)
Secretariat:
Distance Training Division, Japan Hospital Association
