Ava Marie George, CMT, AHDI-F, AHDI Director, works as a professor at Davenport University in Lansing, Michigan, and as an Independent Contractor for Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw, Michigan.Our industry is rapidly changing, largely in response to the HITECH Act. Transcription roles are evolving, and we need to focus our attention on skills needed to advance our profession in order to meet the needs of new hybrid roles being created. Our future is likely to require higher education and credentialing. Panelists will be discussing new jobs and roles in private practice, in MTSO companies, and in the hospital setting as well as providing insight into possible roles of the future, education needed to perform those roles, and credentialing in this new HIM future
Ava Marie George, CMT, AHDI-F, AHDI Director, works as a professor at Davenport University in Lansing, Michigan, and as an Independent Contractor for Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw, Michigan.
Michael Clark serves as MedQuist’s chief operating officer. He has more than 20 years of experience in operations, quality improvement, training, marketing, and sales. His current responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of operations including the transcription, coding, and product businesses and all implementation and support services associated with these business lines.
Sherry Doggett is the director of the Health Alliance Corporate Transcription Department. The Health Alliance is a multi-hospital integrated delivery system located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sherry currently serves as Treasurer on the AHDI Board of Directors.
Kathleen Dominguez, CMT, AHDI-F, has been the sole medical transcriptionist for a six-physician family practice for 11 years. She is the immediate past president of the Michigan Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity and is also serving as the president of the local component Mid-Michigan Chapter of AHDI. She has been an individual professional member of AHDI since 1999 and received her Fellow designation in 2007.
Sherry Martin, CMT, is the transcription manager for Baptist Health, a 1000-bed hospital healthcare system in Jacksonville, Florida. She is the 2009-2010 president of the Greater Jacksonville Chapter of AHDI and the 2010-2011 Delegate for AHDI-Florida. Sherry has been in the medical transcription industry for over 21 years and has been a certified medical transcriptionist since 2002.