Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity-West, Regional Component of AHDI
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Presented By: Dale Kivi, MBA, Director of Business Development for FutureNet Technologies Corporation
Highlight how to effectively grow a transcription service business with little to no marketing budget. Review how regional transcription services can access, analyze and leverage the subscription lists of print publication vehicles (such as For the Record magazine), as well as a pragmatic cost comparison review of the print media serving the transcription marketplace.
AHDI-Approved CEC: 1.5 Professional Development (PD)
Cost: $15.00
Well, we’ve been working hard for you in a variety of ways this first quarter of 
2012!
As most of you know, we have had some interesting developments over the past few months with the closure of CDIA (Clinical Documentation Industry Association), the adoption of a new title for our industry professionals (Healthcare Documentation Specialists) as well as the adoption of a new model curriculum. At the same time, we experienced the 6-month suspension of the ACCP (Approval Committee Certificate Programs) for any schools seeking re-certification or new approval. Thankfully, most of these changes have not truly affected the way we do business from day to day, but they have generated a lot of conversation. If you wish to engage in that conversation, be sure to check out the AHDI Lounge.
Since our MTSOs (medical transcription service organizations) are the life blood for most of us who are in this industry,
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By Jacque Taylor, AHDI-F
How many of us have exercise equipment around the house that we purchased with the BEST of intentions? That would be everything and anything from walking shoes and DVDs (Richard Simmons, Denise Austin, Leslie Sansone, and 
Jane Fonda to mention a few) to treadmills, exercise bikes, elliptical machines, free weights, etc. If you are among those who raised their hands or nodded their heads, this is a little tougher question. How many of us really use our exercise equipment? No, not use them as hangers or storage facilities for clothes, something for our kids or grandkids to play on when they come over, not sitting in the garage collecting dust with the promise of “…one of these days,” but using it for the reason it was built and for what we intended when we first purchased it?
Another question… how many of us have bought memberships to gyms with all the determination in the world to go every day… then every week… then once a month… and then… not at all. The offerings of exercise classes, spas, swimming pools, hot tubs, that were once so exciting and intriguing, have just fallen by the wayside and “…I just don’t have the time.”
If we are honest with ourselves, we all fit into this category somewhere. I know I do, and I have. However…
I recently ran across the following quote by futurist John Schaar: “The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.” This statement caused me to stop and think about people who weren’t content with waiting to see what the future would look like, but instead took it upon themselves to actually shape the future. As an unrepentant techie, my mind quickly focused on folks like Steve Jobs of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Bill Gates of Microsoft as examples of individuals whose willingness to challenge the status quo literally changed the future for billions of people. Traveling further back in time, I also think of the likes of Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and the Wright brothers, who clearly changed the world forever as the result of their tenacious ingenuity.
Of course, the vast majority of us will likely never reach such heights of achievement, but every one of us has the ability to…
Friday, May 11, 2012Presented By: Maryagnes Marek, Vice President, Coding /HIM services, M*Modal
Computer Assisted Coding, ICD-10 and the EHR: Evaluating the Benefits of Evolving
Describe Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) and Natural Language Processing technology. Identify essential features and benefits of CAC technology that help healthcare organizations meet challenging ICD-10 transition, coder productivity and revenue cycle goals. Understand the concept of auto- coding. Determine how workflow management capabilities within CAC applications can be used to healthcare organizations.
AHDI Approved CEC: 1.5 Technology & The Workplace (TW)
