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My Health Record Is My Story. Protect It.

Patient ID Week (May 12-16) was launched to raise awareness about the importance of accurate patient identification and its impact on healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.

In partnership with the , we are garnering support for H.R.2002, also known as the ºó¹¬µ¼º½ Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislation is one of our top advocacy priorities and aims to improve patient matching through increased standards and transparency. To learn more, read our and

Take Action – Support the ºó¹¬µ¼º½ Act

Together, we can make a difference and ensure every patient receives the care they deserve by demanding accurate patient identification. We’ve made it easy to reach out to your representatives in support of the though our Action Center.

Visit the AHIMA Action Center

Help Us Raise Awareness

Can you imagine a patient being treated with data from someone else’s medical records? No one should experience this nightmare, which is why we’re inviting you to join us in raising awareness about the critical need to decrease patient misidentification within the healthcare ecosystem to improve patient safety. To help make sharing easy, we have put together a toolkit that includes social messages you can share with your networks.

View the Toolkit

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Bipartisan Representatives Reintroduce ºó¹¬µ¼º½ Act of 2025

, a coalition of leading healthcare organizations, applauds the reintroduction of, the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (ºó¹¬µ¼º½) Act of 2025 by Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Representative Bill Foster (D-IL), cosponsored by Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA), in the US House of Representatives.

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