The Distinguished Member Award of the Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association is an honor whereby one outstanding member of the Association is recognized for loyal services to the Association and contributes to the profession.   It is the intent that this award be conferred at any point in a member’s career and not be limited to recognition at retirement.  Nominees may be submitted on a regional basis or by any PHIMA member throughout the year.

 Several documents need to be completed when nominating a candidate.  These documents include:

1. Application

2. Individual letters of recommendation from the sponsor

3. Two references

 The nominee must meet the following requirements:

1. PHIMA and  AHIMA member in good standing

2. PHIMA dues assessment paid

If you have the privilege of knowing someone who meets these criteria, please take the time to nominate them for this “distinguished” honor. 
 

2007 PHIMA Distinguished Member
Nina G. Zimmer, RHIA

This year’s recipient of the PHIMA Distinguished Member Award is Nina G. Zimmer, RHIA.  This award is given to honor outstanding members of PHIMA for their loyal service to the Association of PHIMA and their contributions to the profession.

Nina has provided nearly 25 years of volunteer service to the HIM profession while working at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where she is the Associate Director of Health Information Management.  She has held many elected positions at the local level & state level, including both President of SePHIMA and President of PHIMA.   Currently she is still serving PHIMA as a member of the Advocacy Committee.  Nationally, she was an AHIMA delegate & member of their Hospitality Coordinating Committee.  All combined she has volunteered for nearly 30 HIM positions or committees. 

Nina has been a speaker for PHIMA in recent years on the topic of Electronic Health Records and for AHIMA on Data Quality and as part of the Student Academy.   She has made multiple contributions to the KEYSTONER and GRASSROOTS newsletters.

In addition to her direct HIM contributions, Nina continues to serve the HIM profession through her direct interactions with the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council (PHC4). Most recently she was a member of their Nosocomial Infection Advisory Council and has received recognition from the PHC4 as an expert in Atlas abstracting and related activities.  She has also been a guest lecturer & mentor for numerous HIM students at Temple University as well as St. Scholastica, Burlington County and Gwynedd Mercy Colleges. Nina was also a mentor and advisor to the School District of Pennsylvania.

Personally she has been noted to be creative, enthusiastic, efficient, effective, never complacent and a wonderful mentor and brings a spirit of camaraderie to the Board. Based on her service, leadership and dedication to PHIMA and the HIM profession, PHIMA is proud to honor this exceptional lady as our 2007 Distinguished Member.

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