Proposal for OHT – Virtual Lab (VLAB)
Bill Rudman, AHIMA Foundation
David Westfall, AHIMA
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AHIMA Virtual Lab (VLAB) History
VLAB was a response to our academic partners request for
practical experience training that supported the educational
objectives during the 2 or 4 year programs.
AHIMA’s Virtual Lab (VLAB) is a neutral environment for Health
Information Management (HIM) applications. The applications
are the same applications that are available in hospitals and
other health care facilities world wide.
It currently supports 7 vendors and is used by 10,000 students
each year
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VLAB “Version 2”
• In partnership with Georgia Tech’s I3L lab
• We will focus on a unified customer experience
– Sign-on, vendor interaction, simplified administrative support
• Target additional vendors either as part of the launch or soon
afterwards
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Immediate Plans
• Launch a Beta version for testing
– September 2013
– 2014 Q1/Q2 full launch
• Launch with current or additional vendors
who are willing
• Integration of learning experience across the
various applications
• Provide a platform for OHT testing / validation
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