*************** An Overview of the HITECH Act Information Prepared By Greg Doggett, JD Government and Board Affairs The Health Story Project Weighs in with NCVHS on "Meaningful Use" The State of eHealth: Trends of Today's eHealth Consumer by Manhattan Research, LLC Impact of the Economy on Health Behaviors Data collected by ICR, Inc. Report prepared by Teresa A. Keenan, Ph.D. A New Day Rising: How will the electronic medical record movement affect medical transcription? SRT Course, Credential in the Works: AHDI is working to create an SRT/editing course, as well as a new credential. By Sherry Doggett NLP and MTSOs: Is natural language processing the key to the future of MTSOs? By Lynn Jusinski MTIA Releases Supportive Position on Workforce Credentialing Bentley College 2007 Medical Transcriptionist Survey Success Starts With Solid Education: We all need to do our part to address the severe work force shortage of qualified MTs By Kim Buchanan, CMT, AHDI-F

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CONGRATULATIONS to AHDI-WA MEMBERS! - AHDI INTEGRITY AWARD

Kim Buchanan, CMT, AHDI-F          2010 AHDI Educator of the Year

Susan Stanley                                   2010 Rising Star Award Nominee
To be nominated for this honor, Susan wrote and submitted a thoughtful, well-written essay on the subject, "Why we Matter to Healthcare." 

Coming events...

AHDI-WA Mini-Meeting
Open discussion of invitation from AHDI-West to merge AHDI-WA into AHDI-West
Saturday, September 11, 2010 9 a.m. to finish of discussion
Woodinville Alliance Church, Woodinville, Wa
Map/Driving Directions

AHDI-WA ANNUAL CONVENTION
Where do we fit in the Future?
Saturday - October 9, 2010
La Quinta Inn & Suites, 1425 East 27th, Tacoma, WA
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 9/7/10
More info
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President's Message

Delegate Update -- August 31, 2010

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Board of Directors for 2010 to 2011

President - Denise Beegle, CMT
Vice President - Kim Buchanan CMT, AHDI-F
Secretary - Corinna Frenzl
Treasurer - Carrie McComb, CMT, AHDI-F
Delegate - Susan Krajewski, CMT, AHDI-F

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Free Credentialing Study Group

Have you thought about becoming a registered medical transcriptionist (RMT) or certified medical transcriptionist (CMT)? AHDI-WA would like to invite you to an online study group to prep for the exam. We will be using the RMT and CMT prep guides. More...

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MTIA releases supportive position on workforce credentialing. ...more

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Both the industry and the association are facing a workforce development and recruitment challenge that will soon become a crisis issue for healthcare delivery. With the impending retirement of our sustaining Baby Boomer workforce, our industry

will soon reach a critical point of disconnect with the demands of an evolving healthcare delivery system...