Education provided by or approved for continuing education hours by the following organizations may be claimed as HIMSS continuing education hours upon entry of activities into your transcript for continuing education the process of maintaining or renewing your CAHIMS, CPHIMS, or CPDHTS certification. Education programs must be on topics that maintain, update or enhance knowledge and/or skills relevant to the healthcare information and management systems profession. Please refer to the CAHIMS, CPHIMS, or CPDHTS candidate handbooks and the outline of exam topics for further information.