Hi everyone, if you are in an 8 week course this term you are past mid-term - what a great feeling! I hope Term I is going well. Remember, if you are not registered for Term 2, now would be the perfect time to do that. Connect with me or Frank and we will get you headed in the right direction!
In the mean time, it is all about learning! Here are more excellent resources for you:
This is a FREE webinar on the basics of ICD-9-CM. You will be learning ICD-10 coding here at Charter Oak so it would be interesting and valuable to take a peak at ICD-9 since it is the system being used at the present time. If everything goes as planned, our country will be transitioning to ICD-10 on October 1st of this year.
https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=781221&sessionid=1&key=5F068E45BE06E1C7BBEA50BA9BE8D82A&sourcepage=register
Another great resource, and one you may be able to use for papers you are writing in certain classes, is a handbook called Healthcare: Millions of Jobs Now and in the Future. Take a look and save it on your computer for later use!
http://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2014/spring/art03.pdf
Have a great week!
Cindy Glewwe Edgerton, M.Ed,
RHIA
Director, Health Information Management Program
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul J. Manafort Drive
New Britain, CT 06053
(860) 515-3833
cedgerton@charteroak.edu
www.charteroak.edu
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Thursday, February 12, 2015
FREE WEBINAR! Information Governance Practices
Here is a great opportunity for some extra learning! Remember, you can add things like this to your resume under a heading of Continuing Education or Conferences/Webinars Attended or something similar. This tells employers that you are engaged, involved and interested in always gaining new knowledge!
Register for
a free
webinar on February 25, "Results
and Implications of the First Survey of Information Governance Practices
in Healthcare," conducted by Deborah Green, MBA, RHIA, EVP
and COO and leader of AHIMA’s IG initiatives.
FREE WEBINAR - BRUSH UP ON THOSE INTERVIEW SKILLS!
Career Prep Webinar—February 18, at 12 noon PM CT!
Join us on Wednesday, Feb 18, at 12 noon CT for our first Career Prep webinar of 2015: "Not About the Color of Your Shirt: Three Secrets to Showing Up as a Professional Every Day." This webinar, facilitated by Lyne Tumlinson, Founder/Career Coach at Lift Team Coaching, will cover how to be professional beyond just what you wear—including how you act and answer questions in an interview, and your overall mindset and attitude. Don’t miss this webinar if you’ve got interviews coming up! Register today!
Director, Health Information Management Program
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul J. Manafort Drive
New Britain, CT 06053
(Ph.) 860-515-3833
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
HEALTH INFORMATIN MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR #27 OUT OF TOP 100 JOBS!
CNN Money just released
its Top 100 Jobs list for 2015 and guess who's #27? Health Information
Management Director:
You have chosen a great profession to pursue! I am so excited that you will be joining a group of professionals who already knows that their job is awesome!
Cindy (Glewwe) Edgerton, M.Ed.,
RHIA
Director, Health Information Management
Program
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul J. Manafort Drive
New Britain, CT 06053
(Ph.) 860-515-3833
Friday, January 30, 2015
HEALTH INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL WEEK - March 22-28
Did you know.......There is a week to celebrate you and everyone in this profession! We will celebrate here at Charter Oak. Stay tuned for details!
Health Information Professionals Week
The next Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week will be held March 22–28, 2015.
Health information management (HIM) is an allied health profession responsible for ensuring the availability, accuracy, and protection of the clinical information needed to provide healthcare-related decisions. Health information professionals work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, clinics, physician offices, and many other organizations. They play a key role in the effective management of health data and medical records needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public. The work HIM professionals do to ensure the integrity of health information is imperative to clinical and administrative decision making. Access to reliable information helps everyone make important decisions and leads to a healthy society.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
AHIMA STUDENT OPEN HOUSE - VIRTUAL SO YOU ALL CAN ATTEND!
The AHIMA Foundation and AHIMA invite
students from around the country to attend this year's Student
Open House, online or in person at our headquarters on Friday, April 17.
We will hold a morning session from 9 - 12 CT and an afternoon session from
1 - 4 CT. A student need only participate in the annual student open
house once during their degree program because the content covered is
introductory and the same from year to year. You will need to register to participate
either in-person or online.
Take advantage of this great event! You will learn about career opportunities, preparing for the RHIA exam, and more!
Cindy
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Graduation is the Ultimate Goal!
The deadline for
registration for Term I has passed, but you can still register for Term II.
Please do! I would love to see you in my HIM 215 course if you have
not taken that yet!!
I have been teaching in
HIM programs since 1995, and while the HIM profession has gone through many
exciting changes, I have found that students haven't changed much over time.
They all come to the program excited for a new career, excited to
increase their income potential, and looking forward to meeting their ultimate goal of graduation.
But I have also witnessed many
difficulties that students face and many things that get in the way of that
graduation goal. Some students give up, some press on no matter what.
I hope to motivate you to PRESS ON no matter what!
Money isn't everything,
but we all need it to live and to have a little fun. Did you know that in
the course of a life time, a high school graduate earns around $1,000,000, but
in the course of a life time, a bachelors degree graduate earns double that?
Yes, someone with a bachelors degree can expect to earn about
$2,000,000 over their life time. Think that sounds amazing? A
person with a masters degree can expect to earn $3,000,000! I think that
is some awesome fuel for motivation to press on even when the going gets tough.
If you have to sit out for a term because things are just too crazy, make
sure you return to your studies the very next term. You can graduate!
YOU CAN! I know you can, because I have witnessed hundreds of
students, just like you, press on through the tough times and then shine as
they walked across the stage in that cap and gown.
For some more employment
and salary information, read this article from the American Association of
Professional Coders. If you are not familiar with the AAPC, it is an
organization that provides some coding credentials, similar (but much smaller
than) AHIMA. Regardless of the specific credential information in this
article, the other information is very good and very enlightening!
Happy Reading!
Cindy Glewwe Edgerton, M.Ed, RHIA
Director, Health Information Management Program
Charter Oak State College
55 Paul J. Manafort Drive
New Britain, CT 06053
(860) 515-3833
cedgerton@charteroak.edu
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