Career Step Sponsors the Interactive HIM Career Map Developed by AHIMA

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(1888PressRelease) January 23, 2013 - Career Step, an online education company offering corporate learning solutions, is pleased to announce that its sponsorship of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation played a vital role in the development of the new Health Information Management (HIM) Career Map.

"We greatly appreciate Career Step's philanthropic contribution," said Dr. Bill Rudman, Executive Director of the AHIMA Foundation and Vice President of Education Visioning for AHIMA."Their support was instrumental in developing this new tool, which we believe defines the profession like never before by showing where the HIM field is heading."

The HIM Career Map is an interactive, online tool designed for students, recent graduates and professionals interested in mapping their career opportunities in the HIM field. The tool offers a visual representation of a variety of HIM job titles and roles and their relationship with each other. Users can select an entry point and explore different career paths that lead to their desired position.

"We work closely with AHIMA on a number of initiatives to ensure we have a strong connection to the HIM industry," said Mike Hodgson, Career Step Vice President of Healthcare and Corporate Partnerships. "This tool is an excellent resource as it helps our students, graduates and partners better understand the opportunities available."

As an online education company with over 20 years of experience in educating healthcare professionals, Career Step offers a variety of education options for the HIM industry. In addition to training medical transcriptionists and ICD-9 inpatient and outpatient coders, Career Step has also developed customizable knowledge and skill assessment tools and The ICD-10 Solution, a complete product line that offers organization-wide planning, project management and education to ensure a successful transition to the ICD-10 code set. This training solution was built on AHIMA recommendations and is approved by AHIMA for continuing education credits.

The AHIMA HIM Career Map can be found at http://hicareers.com/CareerMap/. For more information on Career Step and its connection with the HIM industry, visit CareerStep.com or call 1-800-246-7837.

About Career Step
Career Step is an online school providing career-focused education as well as corporate learning and assessment solutions. With over 20 years of experience, the school has trained more than 70,000 students in the United States and internationally and offers online programs in the healthcare, administration and technology industries. In addition to career training, Career Step also offers corporate learning solutions, customizable knowledge and skill assessment tools, and The ICD-10 Solution, a complete product line that offers organization-wide planning, project management and education to ensure a successful transition to the ICD-10 code set. For more information on the Career Step programs, please visit www.careerstep.com or www.TheICD10Solution.com or call 1-800-246-7837.

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