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Ms. Sue Biedermann, Chair
Health Professions Building, Room 302
Phone: (512) 245-8242
Fax: (512) 245-8258
him-dept@txstate.edu

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Continuing Education Programs Planned:

  • TxState RHIA/RHIT Review Workshop, June 8-9, 2012, San Marcos

 

As available, more information will be posted at the Continuing Education tab.

HIM faculty and foreign exchange student HIM Student/Faculty Foreign Exchange Program

A formal student/faculty exchange agreement has been finalized between the Texas State HIM Department and  Fashhochschule Hannover (FHH) Univeristy of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany. This agreement provides the opportunity for both HIM faculty and student exchange opportunities between the two universities. Texas State faculty Sue Biedermann, Chair & Associate Professor, and Kim Murphy-Abdouch, Clinical Assistant Professor, traveled to Hannover in October 2011 to meet with faculty and staff there to discuss the exchange opportunities and to provide initial lectures to various groups of students, faculty, and staff.

Foreign exchange student, Lena Robbel Foreign Exchange Student

Lena Roebbel, a FHH student, is attending Texas State this spring enrolled in courses in the HIM Department and is living in Jackson Hall. At FHH, Lena is studying Medical Information Management, and will return to her studies in Hannover after the Spring semester. Three Texas State students are scheduled to attend classes at FHH in Hannover during Summer I, 2012.

Dr. Susan Fenton of the HIM Department 

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NAMED FELLOW OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

Susan H. Fenton, PhD, RHIA, Assistant Professor in Health Information Management, was recently added to the ranks of the Fellows of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). The Fellowship Program, which began in 2001, was put in place to recognize AHIMA members who make significant and sustained contributions to the profession.  Dr. Fenton was among the fellows recently recognized at the AHIMA National Convention. Individuals who earn fellowship may use the designation Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association (FAHIMA), and their names will be maintained in the AHIMA Registry of Fellows.

Faculty at the 83rd AHIMA Convention83rd AHIMA Convention

 Faculty and colleagues from across Texas enjoy networking and attending educational sessions at the 83rd AHIMA Convention and Exhibit in Salt Lake City, UT.

HIM faculty at the Texas HIT Summit in Dallas, Texas. Texas HIT Summit

Susan Fenton and Kim Murphy-Abdouch, HIM faculty, recently met with HIM graduate certificate students at the Texas HIT Summit in Dallas, Texas.

Article published by recent graduate of the HIM Graduate Certificate: 

Eric Weaver, one of the students in the first cohort in the HIM Graduate Certificate Program, recently had an article published in the August 2011 issue of the MGMA Connexion.  The article, Will the rush to EHRs harm patients?  Can be accessed at the following link: tmp/fckeditor/222fc228-da32-11e0-a323-05a72aeeb8f0/MGMA Connexion magazine - August 2011 - Discourse.pdf                 
 

 

For previous news itmes go to the HIM Archives.

Health Information Management Department | Health Professions Building, Room 302
Phone: 512.245.8242 | Fax: 512.245.8258
For questions or comments, please contact the Department Webmaster at him-dept@txstate.edu