Continuing Education Credits (CECs)
Welcome Reception ~ Friday, September 18, 2009
6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Social/Networking Time & Refreshments
7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Barb Marques, CMT, AHDI-F
7:15 - 8:15 p.m. Julia Welch, CCS - First Capital Chapter President (1983-84)
"Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, C U L8R, and the Apostrophe Protection Society: How Transcriptionists Courageously Hold the English Language from its Slide into Twittering Oblivion"
AHDI: 1 MT Tools AHIMA: 1 Clinical Data Management
8:15 - 8:30 p.m. Networking
Symposium ~ Saturday, September 19, 2009
7:30 - 8:15 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30 a.m. Welcome & Announcements
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Barb Marques, CMT, AHDI-F AHDI - Who, What, and Why
AHDI: 1 Professional Development AHIMA: 1 External Forces
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Break/Exhibitors
9:45 -10:45 a.m. Vishal Kancherla, MD, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Pain is a 4-Letter Word
AHDI: 1 Clinical Medicine AHIMA: 1 Clinical Foundations
10:45 -11:00 a.m. Break/Exhibitors
11:00 -12:00 p.m. Debbie Bright-Chunn, RHIT, CMT, AHDI-F Stepping Through the Workforce Door
AHDI: 1 Professional Development AHIMA: 1 External Forces
12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch & Exhibitors
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Barb Adler, CMT, AHDI-F PHR: A Window of Opportunity
AHDI: 1 Technology & the Workplace AHIMA: 1 Performance Improvement
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Break/Exhibitors
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Richard Bryarly, MD, Otolaryngology/ENT Hearing Loss: Causes, Risks, Prevention, and Treatment
AHDI: 1 Clinical Medicine AHIMA: 1 Clinical Foundations
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break/Exhibitors
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Tom Twiss End-of-Life Planning: Are You, Your Family Members, and Clients Prepared?
AHDI: 1 Medicolegal Issues AHIMA: 1 External Forces
4:45 p.m. Closing Comments & Prize Drawings (must be present to win)
All AHDI CECs are approved by AHDI
AHIMA CEC categories are suggested to assist AHIMA members in applying for their CEUs
Note: Schedule and presentations are subject to change