Hussein Albishi

Hussein is a Certified Health Information Manager (CHIM) graduate from Curtin University of Technology in Australia. He has more than 30 years of experience in Health Information Management and technology, Revenue Cycle Management, Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Coding and Case-mix Management. Hussein is the cofounder and the president of the Saudi Health Information Management Association (SHIMA) He served as an advisor to the Vice Minister of Health for planning and development 2010-2016 and as a senior HIM consultant for the Vision Realization Office (VRO). Hussein is also the co-founder of the Global Health Workforce Council established in Chicago in 2014-2016. In 2016, the International Federation for Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA) elected Hussein, as the IFHIMA Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region for two consecutive terms 2016-2022. In 2024, Hussein was nominated as a member of the ACDIS Leadership Council and the NAHRI Leadership Council.