Who Are You, Really? 

Description

I will speak about my personal journey regarding how my identity was developed at a young age by others, what others said about me or called me, and mistakes I made. Most of us go through these types of things. I will discuss how I overcame that identify and found who I am truly meant to be. I fought hard to get out of a downward spiral and pull myself and my kids out to where I am - we are today.  

Featured Speaker

Deb Tetreault, RHIT, CHIM

Coding & Consulting Services (Canada and US)

Deb has over 35 years of Health Information Management (HIM) experience with a focus in data collection, education, data quality monitoring and data standard development within the United States and Canada. Deb started out in the Health Care arena as a Candy Striper at the young age of 12, worked hard, gathered experience and invested in herself. Deb has been in a leadership role since 2006 and currently serves as H.I.M. ON CALL/Pena4’s Regional Assistant Vice President of the Coding and Consulting Services. 

Deb is a graduate with Magna Cum Laude, Health Information Management Professional, of Baker College, Michigan.  She holds a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certificate from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as well as a Health Information Management (CHIM) certificate from the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA).

With certifications in both the United States and Canada, Deb has expertise in developing data quality tools and educational resources; and is considered a subject matter expert. Since 1992, Deb has become very active in the HIM Profession and has gained a “Masters” degree in ‘Experience.’

Over Deb’s HIM career, she has been a member of many task force committees while working for hospitals, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term care as a Data Manager Coordinator, and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) taking part in their reabstraction studies/chart reviews to help develop consistency and training material.  

Deb has many years of HIM volunteerism. She has sat on the Board of Directors and a former president for the Ontario Health Information Manage Association (OHIMA). Since 2004, Deb took on a lead role with a group of HIM professionals who developed a coding compliance data quality group providing coding workshops, starting locally to regionally to provincially and now Canadian wide with CHIMA. 

Deb has had the rewarding opportunity to mentor many HIM Professionals throughout their career path.

Deb’s success has not come without the many twists and turns of life and she is here today to share with you how she navigated changes in her life through those twists and turns.