AHDI-West Hosting Technology Webinars to Support Power of 10 Campaign

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“Power of 10” Technology Webinars

As most of you know, AHDI has launched a year-long campaign to raise a minimum of $100,000 ($10 from 10,000 MTs) by the end of 2010. This is an effort to support our association’s advocacy efforts in Washington, DC. AHDI has hired a lobbying firm, who is working to ensure our sector is well represented in the healthcare reform criteria, standards for EHR systems, and workforce development in allied health. There is definitely power in numbers.

On behalf of ALL AHDI components, AHDI-West will host a technology webinar once a month, beginning in September 2009 and extending through December 2010 (total of 16 sessions). Each webinar will be focused on various aspects of technology in our industry, featuring a variety of vendors who will provide an education overview. The webinars will be 1.5 hours in length, including 60 minutes of education/instruction and 30 minutes of Q&A, qualify for AHDI-approved CEC opportunities for registrants (either MT Tools or Technology & Workplace). The fee for each of the 16 webinars will be $10 (for all registrants). All sessions will be recorded (with the permission of the presenters) and available for download if members are not able to attend the live presentation. Each download will also cost $10 for All proceeds will be sent to AHDI earmarked for the AHDI Power of 10 campaign.

The first Power of 10 Technology webinar will be Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 2:00-3:30 PM PST.

Topic: The Health Story Project
Presenter: Laura Bryan, CMT, AHDI-F, AHDI 2009 Advocate of the Year & AHDI representative on the HSP since January 2007.
AHDI CEC Approval: 1.5 TW (Technology & Workplace) credits

We are capturing where attendees heard about the webinars and which components they belong to. Every month we will celebrate who has brought in the most attendees per webinar. Spread the word to EVERYONE who has ANYTHING to do with healthcare documentation. This is a great opportunity to follow up with your legislators or introduce yourself to more of them, and invite them to this webinar.
Go to www.AHDI-West.org to register for the webinars.

Spread the news!! Promote this to your members and “future” AHDI or MTIA members.

AHDI Honors High-Integrity Industry Contributors

AHDI held its first annual Integrity Awards last week at the 31st Annual Convention & Expo (ACE) in Nashville, Tennessee. The association revamped its awards program in 2009, choosing to focus on contributions made by individuals and corporations that better align with the association’s focus on integrity. Winners of this year’s awards were honored at a red carpet awards show event on Saturday night, and each truly represents the kind of innovative thinking and best practices the association hopes to showcase for the sector. Congratulations to all of the following Integrity Awards winners:

• Excellence in Credentialing Award—Tammy Moore, CMT, AHDI-F
• Advocate of the Year—Laura Bryan, CMT, AHDI-F
• Rising Star (Student Essay Contest) Award—Kim Boyce
• Innovation Through Technology Award—Scott Faulkner, InterFix
• Membership Impact Award—Pennsylvania Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
• Employer of the Year—Amphion Medical Solutions
• Member of the Year—Dianna Hall, CMT, AHDI-F
• Lifetime Achievement Award—Bob Harvey, TRS/TRS Institute
• Distinguished Service Award—Scott Edelstein, JD, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey