Candidacy Phase for BS in Health Information Management

Great news!  Our BS in Health Information Management is now in the candidacy phase of the CAHIIM (www.cahiim.org) accreditation process.  Our students can now register as students with AHIMA (www.ahima.org)  using our SPS Educational Program Code (#159).  This will allow students to reap the benefits of membership and get a member discount on books!

For questions, contact Academic Director, Ellen Shakespeare at ellen.shakespeare@mail.cuny.edu.

Meet Our New Academic Director, Ellen Shakespeare

Please join us in welcoming our new Academic Director for the Health Information Management program, Ellen Shakespeare. Ellen joined CUNY School of Professional Studies in August from her last position as a faculty member and the program coordinator for the health information technology programs at Raritan Valley Community College.

Prior to her position at RVCC, she was a health information management department director and consultant at hospitals in Florida, New York, and New Jersey. Ms. Shakespeare recently achieved Fellowship with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), an honor only bestowed on 116 fellows out of over 60,000 members.

Ellen also serves as a panel reviewer for CAHIIM (Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management), as past president of the New Jersey Health Information Management Association, and is a member of AHIMA’s Council for Excellence in Education and Health Information Exchange Practice Council.

She received her MBA with a concentration in health administration from the University of Miami, and a B.S. in health information management from the University of Central Florida.

The CUNY SPS Online B.S. in Health Information Management prepares students for careers in this dynamic and rapidly expanding field. Students learn to develop, implement, and manage health information and data systems for quality care, reimbursement, research, planning, and evaluation.

Find out more about this and other SPS programs by visiting our website, sps.cuny.edu, or by attending an in-person information session. The next Online Baccalaureate Info Session will be held Wednesday, September 12th 6-8pm at the CUNY Graduate Center. Click here to register.

Back from an interesting workshop on the applications of social media in healthcare

Hi all:

A few of you know that I was at University of Maryland during the last week in August to participate in a workshop on the applications of social media and emerging technologies. All of the speakers were excellent, but there are two that I wanted to point out to the health information management crowd. But the more I thought about it, these presentations should be of interest to many more SPS students, especially anyone interested in communication and culture, sociology, serving people with disabilities, and the business of healthcare.  And for sure, anyone who wants to learn more about practical research.

The first was a talk by Sylvia Chou, a program director and research fellow at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Chou gave a broad overview of how social media is being used to connect patients with patients, patients with providers, and providers with each other. She points to a number of challenges, but also shows the successes of online communities such as patientslikeme.com. Dr. Chou is a linguist and behavioral scientist.

The second presenter, Dr. Brad Hesse, is Chief of the Heath Communication and Informatics Research Branch in the Behavioral Research Division at the National Cancer Institute.  Dr. Hesse, a psychologist by training, conducts research in human computer interaction, health communication, medical informatics, and computer-supported decision making.  In his presentation, he discusses the value of technology mediated social participation and the resulting opportunities in information studies for improving healthcare.

Much more to come.

Paul Russo
Interim Academic Director, Health Information Management Programs and

Director of Online Programs

Dr. Sylvia Chou

Research Area: Patient-provider communication, social media, mixed methods research, health literacy, qualitative methods, health disparities, community-based participatory research

Profile: http://staffprofiles.cancer.gov/brp/prgmStaffProfile.do?contactId=993308&bioType=stf

Sylvia Chou from Summer Social WebShop – UMCP on Vimeo.

Dr. Brad Hesse

Research Area: Health communication, informatics research, human system integration

Profile: http://staffprofiles.cancer.gov/brp/prgmStaffProfile.do?contactId=1546&bioType=stf

Brad Hesse from Summer Social WebShop – UMCP on Vimeo.