Summary:

Ms. Kohn is an affiliate of The CCG Group and the principal of Dak Systems Consulting. Deborah Kohn, has over twenty-five years of healthcare provider organization management and information technology experience. This includes several years in hospital management positions, in systems design and marketing positions with one of the nation's leading suppliers of healthcare information systems, and in technology advisory and strategy consulting.

She was the founder of both the national patient medical record and patient financial record Document Imaging Users Groups. These groups promote the exchange of implementation information among users of Electronic Document Management Systems in healthcare organizations.

Since founding Dak in 1985, Ms. Kohn has earned a national reputation for her expertise in strategically architecting component technologies of Electronic Health Record systems. She has published numerous articles on healthcare delivery and information systems. Also, she is a sought-after speaker on EHR systems as they relate to health information exchange initiatives, document management technology, web initiatives, diagnostic image management technology, and other healthcare technology applications.

Deborah Kohn

 MPH, RHIA, CHE, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

Curriculum Vitae

Experience:

· Deborah Kohn has worked with healthcare information systems and technologies for over twenty years.

· Deborah was involved in the design and implementation of the first healthcare information system for U.S. health care provider organizations (1978 – 1985).

· She was also involved in the design and implementation of the first electronic document management system for patient record documents for U.S. health care provider organizations (1987).

· Dak served as the healthcare IT architect for a large, tertiary care, university-based, healthcare delivery network/system in establishing the needs required for its future clinical documentation and document management systems.

· She assisted three acute care facilities, a plethora of outpatient service organizations, two home care organizations, a hospice, a skilled nursing care unit and facility, a broad network of community-based primary and wellness care programs, and a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) for some of its Medicare patients. Dak conducted an assessment of the enterprise-wide patient medical, financial, and administrative record, document and information management practices. A high-level, prospective, quantitative cost/benefit analysis was prepared to project the economic outcome of an investment in document technologies.

· Dak conducted a Needs Assessment, including a Report of Findings and Recommendations, for this large, publicly-owned, teaching healthcare delivery system, located in the heavily managed care upper midwest. Dak examined the existing patient medical record document processing and management practices to determine if and how to best apply a Document Management System (DMS). Dak demonstrated how the DMS would co-exist with and complement the existing and evolving Automated Medical Record system project. The areas that were studied included several on-site and remote ambulatory care clinics, the Emergency Department, the Health Information Management Department, the Faculty Associates, Information Services Department, and various Inpatient Services.

· Dak served as the healthcare IT architect for a large, northern U.S., not-for-profit, integrated healthcare organization in developing several strategic information technology recommendations for an enterprise-wide document management solution and vendor.

· For more complete list of clients visit Dak’s client list webpage at:
http://daksystemsconsulting.com/html/clientlist.html

Education & Professional Affiliations:

Education

· Ms. Kohn is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) with undergraduate degrees from The Ohio State University and a graduate degree from UCLA in Health Services and Hospital Administration. 

 

Professional Affiliations:

· She is board certified in healthcare management (a Certified Healthcare Executive - CHE) and a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

· She is certified in healthcare information systems (a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems - CPHIMS) and a Fellow of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

· She is an active member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association for Information and Image Management International (AIIM).

· In 1995, Ms. Kohn received AHIMA's prestigious CPR Advancement Award for her efforts in promoting and implementing component technologies of Computer-based Patient Record systems.

· At AIIM, Ms. Kohn was a member of the Emerging Technology Advisory Group (EmTAG) and is a recipient of AIIM's Master and Laureate of Information Technology designations, recognizing achievement in the area of document management.

· Currently, Deborah serves as a Senior Editorial Associate on the editorial advisory board of Healthcare Information Technology Strategies Newsletter, and she served on the editorial advisory board of Healthcare Intranet Report.

· Currently, she serves on several AHIMA and HIMSS committees, such as AHIMA's EHR Practice Council and HIMSS' Integration & Interoperability Steering Committee.

· In addition, Deborah serves as a "resource" to CalRHIO, an umbrella organization that brings together common governance, operational process, technology, and financing elements required for forming and sustaining RHIOs in California. From 1998-2001,

· Deborah served on the state of California's Committee to Advance Patient Safety, Privacy and Care 

Contact:

505 Madera Drive

San Mateo, CA 94403-1237
Telephone 650 345-9900 Office or 650 345-9906 Fax

 

email: DeborahKohen@CavanaughConsulting.org

Position:

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