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FORE:  What is FORE?

What is FORE?
FORE Award Recipients

What is the Foundation of Research and Education (FORE)?

The Foundation of Research and Education is the 501 (c)(3) charitable affiliate of AHIMA, providing the financial and intellectual resources to support continuous innovation and advances in health information management through research, education, and public awareness initiatives.


FORE Mission

The Foundation of Research and Education of the American Health Information Management Association provides financial and intellectual resources to sustain and recognize continuous innovation and advances in health information management for the betterment of the profession, healthcare, and the public.

The Foundation achieves this mission by:

  • raising funds to support Foundation initiatives

  • identifying trends that impact health information management

  • defining new directions for the profession

  • guiding and encouraging professional development through research

  • defining and identifying best practice

  • recognizing excellence in the HIM  profession

Through research, education, and public awareness initiatives the Foundation ensures the vitality, visibility and viability of the health information management profession.

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FORE Vision

The Foundation of Research and Education (FORE) of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a financially self-sustaining entity that provides resources for national leadership, research and innovation in health information management for the healthcare industry. FORE resources drive the improvement of the discipline of health information management and its impact on the quality and safety of healthcare.

 

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FORE Value Statement

 

The values of FORE reflect the history and ongoing development of the profession, and include:

  • Leadership

  • Research

  • Education

  • Integrity

  • Quality

  • Collaboration

  • Privacy

  • Professionalism

  • Diversity

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Programs and Projects

Below is a listing of our current FORE programs or sponsored projects. For more information on a FORE program or sponsored project, please click on the title and you will be directed to that section of the FORE website.

Merit Scholarships and Educational Loans

Practice Solutions and Best Practice Awards

Triumph Awards

MHIMA's Triumph Award Nominations

Faculty Professional Development Stipends

FORE Library

Grant-in-Aid Research Awards

Dissertation Assistance Awards

Workforce Assessment Study

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What is MHIMA doing to support FORE?

Missouri is committed to helping FORE attain its goals.

We have been very busy the last couple of years coming up with new campaigns for supporting FORE.

In 2005, we began the Shooting Star program, where a donation is made to FORE in the name of those individuals who have supported MHIMA in our endeavors. 

Each year, MHIMA participates in the AHIMA Not-So-Silent Auction and at our state meeting we have a silent auction FORE fundraiser and FORE donation booth.

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Congratulations 2007 Missouri Student Scholarship Recipients

The following Missouri students were selected from over 162 eligible applicants.  Congratulations!!

Laing & Associates Scholarships

Denise Baer, MO

Melinda Jenkins, MO

MedQuist, Inc. Scholarships

Jody Auletta, MO

 

Jimmy Gamble Memorial Scholarships

Established by gifts from 3M Health information Systems and friends of Jimmy Gamble

Terri Benskin, MO

  

FORE Scholarships

Janice Kelly, MO

Shooting Star Honorees

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How can you help?

For more information please go to the FORE website at:  http://www.ahima.org/fore/

As you renew your 2008 AHIMA dues, please consider supporting FORE and giving as generously as you can. 

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