ACE 2011- Featured Workshop

Power Up! CQE Prep Workshop(not included with full registration)
Friday, August 19, 2011
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Presenter: Lea Sims, CMT, AHDI-F

This two-hour interactive workshop is designed to walk CQE candidates through both exam blue prints, take the fear out of exam preparation, and give candidates an organizational approach to studying both the RMT and CMT exams. Read Full Workshop Description

Registration Ends Tomorrow for "Writing for Business – 50 Technical Tips" Webinar - Will You Be There?

Date: May 11, 2010
Presenter: Lea Sims, CMT, AHDI-F
Time: 3 PM PDT / 4 PM MDT / 5 PM CDT / 6 PM EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hours
Registration Close: May 6, 2010
Cost: $30 Members / $40 Nonmembers
CE Given: 1.5 PD

In today’s “wired” world of rapid texts and tweets, it can be easy to abandon those important technical writing skills that are still necessary in today’s marketplace. Whether responding to customer service emails, drafting a public communication, writing ad copy, submitting an article, or preparing a PowerPoint presentation, strong communication skills are still highly valued, particularly in a healthcare documentation sector where messaging is greatly scrutinized. Join us for this high-impact strategy workshop, where you will leave with 50 tangible tips for improving business communications.

Lea is the Director of Professional Programs for AHDI and has been working for the association since 2004. In that role, she oversees all association messaging and communications, including coordination of association print and electronic publications; drafting of key association position papers, press releases, and standards; creative and strategic direction of campaigns and advocacy programs; direction of AHDI credentialing/education programs; and coordination of best practices initiatives. She is the author and managing editor of The Book of Style for Medical Transcription, 3rd edition, and The Book of Style Workbook,3rd edition. She has been an MT for 22 years and holds a BA in Education (English) with a minor in linguistics from the University of North Florida.

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Webinar Date Change: Writing for Business – 50 Technical Tips

NEW DATE: May 11, 2010
Presenter: Lea Sims, CMT, AHDI-F
Time: 3 PM PST / 4 PM MST / 5 PM CST / 6 PM EST
Duration: 1.5 Hours
Registration Close: May 6, 2010
Cost: $30 Members / $40 Nonmembers
CE Given: 1.5 PD

In today’s “wired” world of rapid texts and tweets, it can be easy to abandon those important technical writing skills that are still necessary in today’s marketplace. Whether responding to customer service emails, drafting a public communication, writing ad copy, submitting an article, or preparing a PowerPoint presentation, strong communication skills are still highly valued, particularly in a healthcare documentation sector where messaging is greatly scrutinized. Join us for this high-impact strategy workshop, where you will leave with 50 tangible tips for improving business communications.

Lea is the Director of Professional Programs for AHDI and has been working for the association since 2004. In that role, she oversees all association messaging and communications, including coordination of association print and electronic publications; drafting of key association position papers, press releases, and standards; creative and strategic direction of campaigns and advocacy programs; direction of AHDI credentialing/education programs; and coordination of best practices initiatives. She is the author and managing editor of The Book of Style for Medical Transcription, 3rd edition, and The Book of Style Workbook,3rd edition. She has been an MT for 22 years and holds a BA in Education (English) with a minor in linguistics from the University of North Florida.

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AHDI Programmatic Restructuring

In the face of shifting changes in healthcare documentation and a healthcare delivery system that is demanding greater specificity, increased standardization, and higher quality service provision, AHDI has undergone internal reorganization to streamline critical association programs toward the goal of delivering on key priorities for workforce development, education, credentialing, and knowledge generation. AHDI is excited to announce that Lea Sims, CMT, AHDI-F, will be assuming the new role of Director of Professional Programs and will oversee all professional content programs, including education, credentialing, professional practices, product development, communications and publications. With a bachelor’s degree in Education, a background in MT education and curriculum development, and recent contributions to professional practice as author of The Book of Style for Medical Transcription , 3rd edition, Ms. Sims is ideally suited to coordinate the products, programs, and services designed to ensure ongoing professional development and credentialing of our workforce. "Getting our workforce ready to meet the demands of our evolving healthcare system will continue to be our highest priority," says Sims. "This will mean pushing our model curriculum, credentialing exams, professional practices, products and services to a greater level of intellectual rigor and scholarship. We have to be ready to deliver on our promise to healthcare that we’re generating a knowledge worker capable of impacting risk management and improved clinical decision-making through better, more accurate health information." You can learn more about AHDI professional programs at the AHDI website or by contacting Lea Sims at lsims@ahdionline.org.