HIM Program Handbook

Hello HIM Students!  It has been a VERY long time since I have posted to this blog and I am going to try to get back to monthly posts.  Why have I been absent for so long?  The biggest reason was because I was so busy preparing for our CAHIIM accreditation visit on July 30/31.  Thanks to all of you who participated in the student panel for the visit!  The other reason is that sometimes I just can't think of anything to write about!  It is kind of like being a student who has to think of a topic for a research paper - sometimes that is the hardest part!  You can relate, right?


Today I do have something important to share with you.  I have created  an HIM Program Orientation / Handbook.  I am going to be emailing it to all of you existing students, and going forward I will send it to all new students who are just starting out.  I truly hope you will take the time to read the whole handbook - I just did and it only took me 20  minutes.  I want you to know all of the details in this handbook.  You probably know most of it - but I don't want you to miss a thing!  After you review the handbook, please let me know if you have any questions.


As Fall Term 1 is coming to an end soon, I hope you are all having a great semester.  Term 2 starts soon on October 26.  Be sure you are registered!


Have a great day!
Cindy Edgerton
HIM Program Director

HIM Info To Go: Health Information Managements Role in Healthcare Reform

I am so proud of this profession!  Read about how important health information management is for health care reform:

https://ehrintelligence.com/2015/04/17/health-information-management-crucial-for-healthcare-reform/

Cindy Edgerton
HIM Program Director
Charter Oak State College

HIM Info To Go - Privacy and Security Month

AHIMA celebrates April as Privacy and Security month so it is a good opportunity for you to learn a bit more about the many ways that HIM professionals are involved with the privacy and security of patient medical records.  Here is a new website that has just a few tabs and they are a quick read with all of the basics you need to know.




Privacy and Security Portal




You can look forward to learning a whole lot more when you take HIM405 Health Information Law, Privacy, and Security. 




Happy Privacy and Security Month!

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

 

cedgerton@charteroak.edu

www.charteroak.edu
http://CharterOak.edu/facebook

REMINDER: HIP WEEK!

Don’t forget that next week is Health Information Professionals (HIP) Week and we will be celebrating you and your future profession!  I hope you have marked your calendars for the Meet & Greet with me and Frank Valier (if you live in the area) on Wednesday, March 25 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Fleet Room at Charter Oak.  It will be very casual so come and go as you please!  Then, at 6:00 I will be presenting a WebEx about the HIM profession.  The title is HIM:  Get Your Foot in the Door and Keep Walking!

Since the presentation is via WebEx, you can join us from anywhere with a computer.  If you are here for the Meet and Greet you are welcome to stay and listen live, or leave in time to get home and watch it from there.  It is flexible – whatever works best for you!

 We hope to see many of you next Wednesday – either live or virtually! 

Happy HIP 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

(Ph.) 860-515-3833

HEALTH INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS WEEK!

March 22-28, 2015 is Health Information Professionals Week.  The theme this year is Reliable Information, Responsible Care.  To celebrate, we will be holding a Meet and Greet session on Wednesdsay, March 25 from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. in the Fleet Room at Charter Oak State College.  Frank Valier and Cindy Edgerton will be there to meet you and chat about the field of HIM.  It will be a great chance to meet us in person and ask any questions you might have.  This is an informal unstructured event where you may come and go as you wish.  At 6:00 p.m., Cindy will be presenting on "How to Get Your Foot in the Door.....and Other Important Steps to take in the HIM Profession".  This will also be via Webex so you may attend this presentation from anywhere you happen to be!

 

For more information click here:  http://www.ahima.org/events?tabid=hipweek

 

Be sure to mark this on your calendars!  We are looking forward to celebrating Health Information Management!

 

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

MORE EXCELLENT RESOURCES!!

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

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.