Dorine Lee Bennett, MBA, RHIA, RHIT, FAHIMA

 

CREDENTIALS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

                   

Earned Registered Record Administrator (RRA) status through the

American Medical Record Association examination in

October, 1989. (RRA changed to RHIA in 2000)

 

Earned Accredited Record Technician (ART) status through the

American Medical Record Association examination in

September, 1978.  (ART changed to RHIT in 2000)

 

Currently enrolled in Doctor of Education in Educational Administration of Adult and Higher Education program, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.  

 

Master of Business Administration with Management of Information Systems degree from University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. 

August 1995

 

Additional graduate coursework in areas of computer science and computer education 1996 and 2003.

 

Additional undergraduate coursework in areas of economics, management, marketing, and financial management, 1989 to 1991.

 

Dakota State University, Madison, SD.  B.S. degree in Medical Records Management, graduated Summa Cum Laude honors,

July, 1989.

 

Dakota State College, Madison, SD.  A.A. degree in Medical

Records Technology, graduated Summa Cum Laude honors,

May, 1978.

 

Madison High School, Madison, SD.  Diploma, graduated in top ten

percent of class, May, 1976.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Dakota State University, Madison, SD.  Director of Health Information      Management Programs and Assistant/Associate Professor.  (7/98 to present)

 

Dakota State University, Madison, SD.   Instructor/Assistant Professor (Technical), Health Information Management Programs.  (8/87 to 7/98)

 

Contractural practice as a consultant for a number of facilities, including long term care facilities and acute care and special hospitals.  (1978 to 2000)

 

Contractural practice as a workshop/inservice/seminar presenter on computer applications and health information management topics, including ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 coding, confidentiality, documentation, legal aspects of health records, ethics and  medical terminology.  (1989 to present)

 

Nebraska Veterans' Home, Grand Island, NE.  Medical Records

Manager.  (1987)

 

Lake County Community Health Office, Madison, SD.  Office Manager.  (1978 to 1987)

 

Estelline Community Hospital, Estelline, SD.  Accredited Record Technician.  (1978)

 

As part of my college training I completed directed practice at the medical record/health information management departments of the following facilities for four weeks at each:

  University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.  (1989) 

  Madison Community Hospital, Madison, SD.  (1977)        

  Jenkins Methodist Nursing Home, Watertown, SD.  (1978)

  Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD.  (1978)

 

ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

 

Member of the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) – 2005-2007; Member of the Council of Accreditation of the American Health Information Management Association – 2004; Accreditation site reviewer 1997-2004, 2007-present

 

Named a Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association, 2004

 

Certification – TekXam Technology Proficiency Examination, Spring 2000.

 

Named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2000 (by student nomination)

 

Nominated for SD Humanities Council 1999.

 

Awarded SDHIMA's Educator Award for teaching. 1998.

 

Awarded SDHIMA’s Legacy Award for literary contributions.  1997.

 

Named to Who’s Who of American Women, 1995-1996.

 

Awarded Outstanding Young Woman of America for 1987.

 

Participant in 1981-1982 Madison's Young Careerist Program of

  Business and Professional Women's Club, Madison, SD.

 

Member of the American Health Information Management Association (formerly the American Medical Record Association), the AHIMA Coding Society, the AHIMA Assembly on Education, the AHIMA Long Term Care Section, the South Dakota Health Information Management Association, and the Southeastern Regional Health Information Management Club.

   AHIMA/CAHIIM Accreditation Site Evaluator 1997-present.  AHIMA Assembly on Education Director 2000-2002.  AHIMA Professional Practice Committee 1999-2000.  AHIMA Committee on Professional Development 2000.  AHIMA Education Strategy Committee 2002.  AHIMA Nominating Committee 2004-2005.  AHIMA Fellowship Review Committee 2007-2009.  SDHIMA President 1997-1998.  SDHIMA Director of Education 1996-1998. SDHIMA Bylaws Committee 1994-1996.  Chairperson of SDHIMA Marketing and Recruitment Committee 2000-2001.  Chairperson of SDHIMA Arrangements Committee, Spring 1993 meeting.  Chairperson of SDHIMA Education Funding Committee 1991-1992. Chairperson of SDHIMA Recruitment Committee, 1990-1991.   Coordinator of SDHIMA Each One Reach One Program 2000-2006.  Editor of SDHIMA Newsletter 1996-2006.  Co-chair of SDHIMA Website Committee 2006-2007.  SD nominee to AHIMA Nominating Committee 1999.

 

Member of Dakota State University Women's Club.     

  Vice-President 1989-1990.

 

Member of American Association of University Women.

  Secretary 1990-1994.

 

Member of Delta Kappa Gamma (International Honor Society for Women Educators). Secretary 1994-1996. Chairperson Nominating Committee 1997-1998.

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

Presenter – Developing Classes for Distance Learning, Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, June 2005

 

Contributor – Article in Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, Going the Distance: Balancing Work and Education in a Distance Learning Program, June 2005

 

Participant – Focus Group on HIA Textbook: Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles and Practice, 2002.

 

Designing the HIM Curriculum, AOE Teacher Preparation Workshop, 2001.

 

Presentation at Stop Surfing Start Teaching 2000 Conference, February 2000.

 

Facilitator of Focused Group Roundtable Discussions, AHIMA Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, June 1999.

 

Author of article, “Going on the Web and the People Involved”, Advance for Health Information Professionals, May 1999.

 

Presentations at the American Health Information Management Association's Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, June 1998 and June 1997.

 

Participant:  Focus Group on HIA Student Recruitment; AOE Symposium, 1998.

 

Developing Professional Practice Sites – Assembly on Education Advanced Educators Workshop, 1998.

 

Critique Your Web-Based Syllabi – Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, 1998.

 

Information Technology Model Curriculum Cluster Development – Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, 1998.

 

Caucus Facilitator, AHIMA House of Delegates, 1997

 

Integrating Technology into the Health Information Management Curriculum -- Chapter in book Technology and Teaching, 1997.

 

Computers and Technology in the Health Information Management Programs at Dakota State University -- Proceedings of the Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, June 1996.

 

Report on the Status of Automation of Medical Record Functions in South Dakota Hospitals -- Winter 1992 SDHIMA Newsletter.

 

Health Information Management -- Long Term Care Facilities, SDHIMA Focus Notes, June 1992.

 

Summary: Durable Power of Attorney, December 1991 SDMRA Newsletter.

 

Coding for Long Term Care Facilities, May 1991 SDMRA Newsletter.