The Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) is holding its inaugural awareness week for health information management next week, declaring that health information management professionals are ready to come out of the closet and up from the dungeons to introduce themselves to the wider health system and the public in general.

The week will see HIM professionals in over 30 sites offering hospital tours, lobby displays, information sessions and quizzes to get the HIM message out of the 'dungeons’ – as many refer to the basements in which they are invariably ensconced – to the public and to colleagues in their own health facilities.