1. Elaine L. Fanwick, RHIA
234 Speen Street
Natick, MA 01760
(508) 655-3815
elfanwick@rcn.com
Work Experience:
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, MA 4, 2001-6, 2016
Medical Records Coordinator/Privacy Officer
 Policy/Procedure Development (4, 2001-2010) including:
Policy/Procedure for ConfidentialityandRelease of Information
Co-authored Consent for Treatment
Notice of PrivacyPractices
All HIPAA requiredPolicy/Procedure andall HIPAA requiredforms
Authorizations for Release ofInformation
Intra Department Policy/Procedure for Chart Purging andStorage
 Set-up for Release of Information function
 Departmental trainingfor Release ofInformation, Chart Storage, File Retrieval and Tracking, Scanning
 Verificationof Scanningfor correctness
 Medical Record Committee/EMR Committee member
 Co-Chair, HIPAA Committee, (4, 2001-4, 2003)
 Compliance Committee Member
 Respondingto Patient Grievancesas PrivacyOfficer (4, 2001-2010)
 Worked with Compliance Officer andOutside Counsel re: Patient Grievances (2010-2016)
 Hands onassistance andcoverage for departmental tasks during employee absences andvacations
Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Westborough, MA 5, 1999-10, 1999
Medical Records Manager
 Management, Supervision, andTraininginthe areas of Chart DeficiencySystems, Release of Information, Federal,
JCAHO and State laws andregulations, Chart Storage, Chart File Retrieval andTracking
 Correspondence andTranscription
 Medical Records Committee meetings, meeting minutes, andstudies
 Design andImplementationof CQI studies
 Inpatient and Outpatient Coding
 Departmental RecruitingandHiring
 Hands-onassistance andcoverage withdepartmentaltasks during employee absences and vacations
ROMAC International, Tampa, Florida 4, 1998-5, 1999
Consultant
 Consulting, as needed, inJoint CommissionSurveyPreparation
Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT 3, 1997-10, 1997
Health Information Management Coordinator
 Supervision, Training, andMonitoring inthe Chart Analysis andCompletionArea (staff of six):
Reduceddelinquent chart completionfrom (app.)1300 to 691 by July, 1997
StreamlinedPhysicianAudit Clerk function
Retrained Audit Clerkre:physician delinquencyletter scheduling to meet requirements ofState, Federaland JCAHO
compliance
File Building for new computer Chart DelinquencySystem
Developednotificationto Nursing Units for charts not received
Other improvements suggestedandpending implementationincludedstreamlining workflowinthe areasof
Transcription Editing andChart DeficiencyAnalysis
 Scheduling for coverage in Chart Analysis andCompletion Area
 Medical Records Committee coverage andstudies
 Pull list assignment (inthe absence ofthe File Room Supervisor)

2. Saint Joseph Medical Center, Stamford, CT 4, 1994-3, 1997
Private Contractor
 Vacation Coverage
 Chart Deficiencyupdate andcorrespondence
 Tumor Registryabstracts and coordination ofmonthlyTumor Boards andTumor Conferences
 Outpatient Coding (as requested)
 Birth Registry(as requested)
 QI meeting minutesand studies (for six Medical Staff QI Committees)
 Served on the following hospital wide QI Committees:
Co-Chair, ClosedRecordReview Committee (inpreparationfor JCAHO Survey)
Joint CommissionTask Force
Hospital wide QI Committee
Medical Records Committee
Hall Brooke Foundation, Westport, CT 8, 1992-4, 1994
Director of Medical Records
 Training, Supervision, andMonitoring ofMedical Records Staff
 Retrained Correspondence Clerkandstreamlinedfunction
 Implementednotification ofdictations due
Saint Joseph Medical Center, Stamford, CT 3, 1992-8, 1992
Outpatient Coder
 Outpatient Coding
 PhysicianDelinquencyletters andlist
 Maintenance of computer codes onphysicianfile
 Maintenance of DRGlist (as requested)
 Birth Registry(as requested)
 ComputerizedDelinquencyFile purge
 PhysicianSuspensionSystem(as requested)
Hebrew Home for the Aged, Bronx, NY 1, 1992-3, 1992
Assistant Director of Medical Records
 Coding out to hospital discharge charts
 QI review ofout to hospital discharge charts
 Log of discharge charts andlogof deathcertificates
 Discharge Summaries
 Delinquent workfollow-up
Waveny Care Center, New Canaan, CT 1986-10, 1991
Medical Records Coordinator
 Monthlyand annualstatisticalmaintenance of Patient Census, Patient Profile, State Roster
 DelinquencyChart Analysis andDelinquent Chart follow-up (during this time the facilityreceivedthe highest JCAHO
rating)
 Chart Thinnings (cullingof paperwork fromcharts toolarge)
 ICD-9-CMCodingandDisease Index Maintenance
 Correspondence includingChart Retrieval, Release of Information andsending offollow-up questionnaires
 QualityImprovement Secretary(through7-91)
Education:
Touro College, New York, NY
 Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management
 Class Valedictorian
 Certificate PrograminCommunityHealthCenter Management, Sponsoredbythe Massachusetts League of
CommunityHealth Centers andSuffolk University
 Currentlypreparing for future certificationas a Microsoft Office Specialist
Certification, Memberships, and Committees:
 RHIA Certification fromthe AmericanHealthInformationManagement Association
 Member of the AmericanHealthInformationManagement Associationandthe Massachusetts HealthInformation
Management Association
 Former Board Member, Massachusetts Health Information Management Association
 Former Co-Chair, Legislative Affairs Committee ofthe Massachusetts HealthInformationManagement Association