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Instructors

HIHIM program faculty are active in state and national professional activities, including standards development in health informatics. Several faculty members have authored and edited textbooks currently used in the field, including: Health Information Management and Ethical Decision Making; Health Information: Management of a Strategic Resource; Electronic Health Records: Changing the Vision; and Aspects of Computer-Based Patient Records.

Wendy Baesler, M. Acc., Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington

Ingrid Bentzen, M. Ed., R.H.I.A., Consultant, Health Information Management

Mary Alice Hanken, Ph.D., R.H.I.A., C.H.P., Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington

Susan Helbig, M.A., R.H.I.A., Director, Medical Records Services, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care Systems

Sharon Huitsing, M.B.A., Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington; Principal/Consultant, Huitsing Enterprises

Gretchen Murphy, M.Ed., R.H.I.A., F.A.H.I.M.A., Program Director, Degree and Certificate Program in Health Informatics and Health Information Management; Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington

Carole L. Okamoto, M.B.A., R.H.I.A., C.P.H.Q., Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington; Principal, C.O. Concepts, Inc.

Kathleen Peterson, M.S., R.H.I.A., C.C.S., Clinical Faculty, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington

Fernando Vega, M.D., Family Practice Physician, Seattle Healing Arts Center

Stephen Wagner, M.S., Certificate Program in Health Informatics and Health Information Management, Project Lead, Clinical Informatics Research Group; Systems Analyst, Center for Public Health Informatics, University of Washington

Instructors are subject to change.