That’s finally a statement for Emergency Medical Services, not a question, with the release of The National EMS Advisory Council’s white paper: “EMS Makes a Difference-Improved Clinical Outcomes and Downstream Healthcare Saving.” This report has been universally praised as a milestone for EMS.
Troy Hagen, lead author, will provide an overview of the findings and the latest medical advancements in EMS, and how the results can be used to promote healthcare activities and involvement in healthcare reform.
Troy Hagen, MBA, EMT-P is the Director of Ada County Paramedics in Boise, Idaho. Troy has been involved in Emergency Medical Services for 23 years. Troy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and a Master’s in Business Administration. He is a frequent lecturer on EMS leadership, management, and finance. He also served as Medical Commissioner and Incident Commander for the 2009 Special Olympic World Winter Games.
Troy is President-Elect for the National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA) and the Finance Committee Chair for the National EMS Advisory Council.
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AHDI-Approved CEC: 1 CM (Clinical Medicine)
Presented by: Gary David, PhD
Gary David, PhD is the project coordinator for the Bentley University project on the creation and use of healthcare documentation. He has studied the work of medical transcription, the uses of speech recognition technology and EHRs, physician attitudes toward medical records, the work of clinical documentation improvement specialists, and others who routinely make use of healthcare documentation.
Dr. David presented the results from the 2011 Survey of Medical Transcriptionists conducted by the presenter and a team from Bentley University. The 2011 Survey is a follow-up to the previous survey of the profession from 2007. The session will discuss changes to the profession based on the survey results, as well as the broader position of the MT in the changing world of healthcare documentation.
CE Credit: 1 PD – CEC Certificates available with recording.
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By Carrie Boatman
Susan Lucci has been in healthcare documentation for over 25 years. Recently, she launched a new business, Privacy Officer Services, LLC which provides MTSOs with their own credentialed HIM privacy officer. In addition, she has just joined MedScribe Health Information Management as their Chief Operations Officer.
Susan has been a speaker at many state, regional, and national conferences. She has also written many articles for Plexus, Matrix, For the Record, and Journal of AHIMA. She serves on the executive committee for the Health Story Project for AHIMA. Susan was the 2009-2010 president of AHDI and is serving a second term (2011-2013) on the AHDI National Leadership Board.
1. As a newly elected director at large, what will be your main focus for our association for 2012? Because of the consolidation in the industry, it is more important than ever to reach all the healthcare documentation specialists and let them know what AHDI is doing on their behalf. We definitely need to…
CANCELLED – WHEN: Saturday, October 15
Too many scheduling conflicts have prevented us proceeding with this event. We apologize to all those who were planning to attend. We will reschedule (and expand) our program for Spring 2012.
By Jay Vance, CMT
Director, District 1
AHDI National Leadership Board
It is with a mixture of profound humility and great excitement that I officially step into the role of District 1 Director on the National Leadership Board of AHDI as of September 1, 2011. Again I want to thank all the members in District 1 for allowing me the privilege of representing you at the national level, and I’m going to do my very best to conduct myself in a manner that is worthy of your trust. There’s no question that we have a lot of work to do, but I have every confidence that the members of the NLB, our new CEO, and the hard-working AHDI staff will be able to work cooperatively with our component leaders and the membership at large to accomplish great things in the coming months and years.
I’m still savoring the sights and sounds of ACE 2011 at the gorgeous JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix. If you weren’t able to attend and haven’t seen…
by Jacque Taylor, AHDI-F
AHDI-West President
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
We’ve heard that old saying time and time again… but how many of us have really taken it literally? If you haven’t, you should. Laughter reduces pain, increases job performance, connects people emotionally, and improves the flow of oxygen to the heart and brain. In a study by cardiologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, indicated that laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect you against a heart attack. The study, which is the first to indicate that laughter may help prevent heart disease, found that people with…
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As we remember the tragedy of 9/11/2001, we cannot forget those who survived or provided assistance to the victims. Many of these individuals have continued to feel the physical effects of this horrific experience.
In Michael Moore’s movie “Sicko” he highlights the plight of many of these heroes who sacrificed their well being for others and suffered without proper healthcare.
We applaud Advance for featuring the following article:
The World Trade Center Clinical Center of Excellence at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York …
