DFWHIMA Spring 2026 Call for Abstracts

It’s that time again! We invite you to share your best practices and knowledge with fellow HIM professionals at the DFWHIMA Spring 2026 Workshop. Your expertise and insights are invaluable to our community.

Event:  DFWHIMA Spring 2026 Workshop
Date:   April 10, 2026
Location: Dallas College Garland Center, 675 W Walnut St, Garland, TX 75040

We are looking for dynamic speakers on a variety of HIM topics, including (but not limited to):

  • Academia/AHIMA, further certification

  • Accountable Care Organizations

  • Aging Workforce

  • AI in Healthcare

  • Automating HIM Workflow

  • Burnout/Work Life Balance

  • Cancer Tumor Registry

  • Change Management/Leadership

  • Cyber Security as it relates to Telehealth

  • Clinical Documentation Improvement

  • Clinical Classifications and Coding

  • Coding-Inpatient/Outpatient/Pro-Fee

  • Compliance

  • Data Analytics

  • Data and Interoperability Standards

  • Data and Information Governance

  • Denial Management

  • Disease Surveillance

  • EHRs

  • Emerging Issues or Technologies

  • Gender Identity (How to document)

  • Health Information Exchange

  • HIM Professional Competencies and Workforce Development

  • HIM/HIT students and their futures

  • Impacts of Behavioral Health/Drug Use

  • Informatics

  • Information Blocking

  • IT/Security

  • Legislative or Regulatory Healthcare Trends

  • Motivational/Inspirational

  • MU and RAC Audits (Denial Management)

  • Patient Identification Reconciliation

  • Performance Improvement

  • Physician Practice

  • Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

  • Population Health (Predictive Analytics)

  • Public Policy and Advocacy

  • Release of Information (Fed. Vs. State level)

  • Revenue Cycle (Denial Management)

  • SDOH

  • Technology/AI/Cyber Security

  • Telehealth

  • Transformational Leadership

  • Trauma Registry

  • Working in a Virtual Environment

Deadline to Submit: Friday, February 24, 2026

Presentations should be at least 50 minutes long. You are welcome to present individually or as a group. We eagerly await your submissions. Thank you for considering this opportunity, and we look forward to your participation!