Pamela Childress, RHIA *** Chestnut Ridge Rd. Mt. Vernon,
KY 40456
Phone: 606-***-**** Cell: 859-***-****
Email:
***********@****.***
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