Academic Research Request

Description

In support of the American Health Information Management Association's ("AHIMA's") mission of enriching and promoting of the Health Information profession as a professional society, AHIMA accepts requests from students currently enrolled in an accredited academic institution who wish to distribute survey instruments via AHIMA channels for student research purposes only

Requirements

In order to ensure the integrity of the process, all applicants must follow these guidelines:

  • Requests must comply with AHIMA's Privacy Policy and Code of Conduct. No confidential or private member or staff data will be released. Any member surveys will be strictly voluntary.
  • All requests must be submitted using the Student Research Request Form. No other types of requests will be accepted.
  • Results of data collected for the research does not represent the opinions or views of AHIMA, the AHIMA Foundation or AHIMA membership and is not sponsored or endorsed by AHIMA unless otherwise noted.
  • All requests must be submitted at least 90 days prior to the date required or will not be accepted.
  • AHIMA's Data Governance Committee will evaluate all requests and make recommendations to accept or deny the research requests in its sole and absolute discretion. requestors will be notified via email within 30 days of submittal. Additional information or instructions may be requested at that time.
  • AHIMA reserves the right to stop the survey if evidence of a breach of the Privacy Policy or Code of Conduct is determined in the Data Governance Committee’s reasonable discretion.

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