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Association for Integrity of Healthcare Documentation (AIHD)

Organization established in 1978 as part of an effort to achieve recognition for the medical transcription profession; formerly known as American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT). Vision: To direct the evolution of the medical transcription profession. Mission: To advance and represent the profession of medical transcription through the promotion of quality health care documentation. Purpose: To set and uphold standards for education and practice in the field of medical transcription that ensure the highest level of accuracy, privacy, and security of health care documentation for the U.S. health care system to protect public health, increase patient safety, and improve quality of care for health care consumers. Goals and Objectives: Medical transcriptionists are provided the tools to ensure accuracy, privacy, and security of health care documentation to improve patient safety and quality of care through the following objectives: Participate in the development of health care documentation standards to protect consumer privacy and security of medical information; advocate for legislation and regulations that protect the public’s health care information; set standards of education and practice for the medical transcription profession.

Association of Average Adjusters

An association of independent practitioners. It sets examinations for those engaged in marine insurance as average adjusters. Founded in 1869, it promotes the correct principles in the adjustment of Averages and uniformity among Average Adjusters? The association’s expert committees serve the marine insurance community, and may, by a panel of referees, act as arbitrators in the case of dispute. All members are practising average adjusters. See also UK SOCIETY OF UK AVERAGE ADJUSTERS.

Association of British Insurers (ABI)

The trade association for insurance companies, whose 400 members transact 95 per cent of the business of UK insurers. It speaks out on issues of common interest, participates in debates on public policy issues and promotes high standards of service. Its policy work centres on: general insurance, life and pensions, financial regulation, taxation and investment affairs. It has expert committees and represents the industry externally, involving central government, media affairs, European and international activities. (www.abi.org.uk).

Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC)

A forum for the exchange of data and opinion between insurance and risk managers in industry and commerce. AIRMIC has over 160 corporate members and nearly 1,000 individual members. It updates members on technical matters and current practice. It promotes the under standing of the nature and purpose of risk management and represents a body of informed opinion in dealings with trade and market associations and with government. In 2002 AIRMIC collaborated with ALARM and the Institute of Risk Managers to produce a new Risk Management Standard.