Pamela Childress, RHIA *** Chestnut Ridge Rd. Mt. Vernon,

KY 40456

Phone: 606-***-**** Cell: 859-***-****

Email:

ablgl2@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Seeking a position in HIM, project management or electronic

medical record

Education

Bachelor of Science; Health Services Administration - option in Health

Information Management; Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY., May

2008; Received RHIA credential in August, 2008.

Career Related Experience

Asst. Director - HIM, (Pikeville Medical Center - Pikeville, KY -

contract) Precyse Solutions;

Wayne, PA March, 2010 - present

. Manage 2nd & 3rd shift Personnel

. Oversee EMR operations

. Work with ROI personnel

. Manage entire department in absence of director

Faculty, National College; Danville, KY August, 2009 - Nov, 2009

. Teach Medical Assisting Procedures

. Teach Medical Assisting Finances

. Responsible for all lesson plans for both classes

. Responsible to maintain all attendance records

. Teach and assist with students forms entry on computer system

Medical Records Team Leader, Lexington-Fayette-County Health

Department;

Lexington, KY June 2008- Mar 2010

. Manage a staff of six people

. Responsible for medical records for Primary Care Center

(physician-based clinic) within Health Department, Hope Center

and four school based clinics, approximately 100,000 - 150,000

charts

. Privacy Officer

. Serve as Medical Records Committee chair

. Serve as backup for Dental Clinic director

. Developing policies and procedures for medical records

. Consultant on legal issues regarding medical records

. Consultant on medical coding

Medical Records Clerk - weekends, University of Kentucky, Lexington,

KY;

April, 2007 - September 2007

. Filed and retrieved medical records

. Performed ROI activities related to disclosure of protected

health information

STEPS Clerk, University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY September 2005 -

May 2006.

. Paid bills for Kentucky Clinic

. Converted dental records from DOS to Windows software

. Registered patients for dental clinics

. Received payment on accounts

. Provided customer service and facility directions

. Answered telephone calls

Medical Records Clerk, Marymount Medical Center, London, KY; January

2004 - June 2005

. Filed and retrieved medical records

. Processed requests from physicians for medical records

. Performed ROI activities related to disclose of protected health

information

. Analyzed charts for billing process

Professional Practice Experience

Student Intern, Laurel Heights Nursing Home, London, KY; Summer 2007.

. Conducted employee opinion assessment of conversion to an

electronic health record system

. Analyzed assessment data and developed summary report

Student Intern, Baptist Healthcare Systems, Louisville, KY, Spring

2008.

. Shadowed a project manager through testing and go-live stages of

projects

. Acted as a training liaison for the project manager

. Reported problems users were having with software and worked

with project manager to resolve those problems

Professional Memberships

. Member - Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS),

July 2006 - Present

. Member - American Health Information Management Association

(AHIMA),

July 2006 - Present

Honorary Awards

. College of Health Sciences Faculty Recognition Award 2007-2008

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