Linda L. Kloss, RHIA, CAE
Chief Executive Officer, AHIMA

Linda Kloss is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), a national association of more than 45,000 health information management (HIM) professionals founded in 1928. Before joining AHIMA, Linda served from 1985 to 1995 as a senior manager for Massachusetts-based MediQual Systems, Inc., where she oversaw the growth of MediQual's clinical information management software client base of hospitals from its original six beta-test sites to more than 500. Linda also oversaw the evolution of products from manual data collection to Windows-based clinical information analysis tools.

As senior manager for Chicago-based InterQual, Inc., from 1976 to 1985, Linda took part in the design of a number of performance measurement systems, including Surgical Indications Monitoring, genetic screening, and screening criteria for utilization management. From 1968 to 1976, Linda held a number of academic and practicing HIM positions. Linda served on the AHIMA Board of Directors from 1980 to 1986 and was president in 1985. In addition to AHIMA, Linda has served in leadership roles for many groups working to advance information and communication technology for health care.