Carmel Cheney: Health Information Management Consultant.
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In 1978, I chose to study an Associate Diploma in Medical Record Administration, not from any strong identity with the ideals of the profession, but just because of an urge to get out into the workforce and become financially independent as quickly as possible. It was only a two-year course, so I enrolled! Having completed clinical placements in large teaching hospitals, I was afraid of then becoming lost in one of those notorious departments in the hospital basement run by Medical Record Librarians, who always looked and sounded so intimidating. However, after graduating I was employed by the Australian Agent Orange Study1, conducted by the Australian Government. It was a great experience to be involved in a topical project and to feel like a useful member of a team. Part of my role with the Agent Orange Study involved visiting many hospitals to extract information from medical records of Vietnam veterans. This gave me an insight into how many different forms of medical record systems there were and how each had its strengths and weaknesses. From there I moved into a job as Medical Record Administrator (MRA) for Lismore Base Hospital in 1982. If I was going to move away from ‘the big smoke’ of Sydney, the north coast of NSW wasn’t a bad place to go. I enjoyed this move very much and realised the value of a solo MRA role, providing professional contacts are maintained. I developed very quickly professionally and it was this time that cemented my
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia
دوره 38 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009