Teaching the Legal Record-Professor Combines HIM and Legal Backgrounds to Educate the Future

摘要

Laurie Rinehart-Thompson, JD, RHIA, CHP, didn't plan on going into academia when she began her HIM career. "I absolutely love it, but I didn't originally consider it," she says of how she came to be assistant professor of clinical allied medicine at The Ohio State University.Rinehart-Thompson began her career as the director of a medical records department in a small rural facility, where she became interested in medical malpractice defense. She eventually left her position to enroll in law school. However, Rinehart-Thompson soon discovered that litigation was not the path for her.