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About Us - H.I. Mentors - HIM Consulting
 Biographical
Summary: Darice M. Grzybowski,
MA, RHIA, FAHIMA, President and Founder,
HIMentors, LLC
Darice is a registered
health information administrator
(RHIA) who holds a masters degree
in clinical data management from
DePaul University and is a Fellow
of the American Health Information
Management Association. Prior
to establishing HIMentors, Darice worked
from 1999-2005 as the National Manager
for Industry Relations (Marketing)
for 3M Corporation's Health Information
Systems division, the country's leading
HIM HIS software provider. Darice
spent 15 plus years of her career in
hospital/HIM administration, consulting,
and teaching where she still
holds adjunct faculty appointments
with the University of Illinois at
Chicago School of Biomedical and
Health Information Sciences, Northwestern
University Kellogg MBA Program, and
DeVry University Online.
Darice is a recognized speaker, author,
mentor, and leader in the HIM community
and has held a variety of volunteer
and elected positions including Past
President of the Illinois Health
Information Management Association
and as a team leader and participant
in eHM workforces such
as Computer Assisted Coding and
Electronic Document Imaging. Darice
is a sought after lecturer on topics
from revenue cycle management to electronic
health records and has published over
50 papers and spoken at all major health
association conferences across the
country. She sits on
the editorial board of HCPro's Medical
Records Briefing and is a regular
guest columnist and editorial members
for Electronic Health Records Briefing. She
has provided advisory testimony to
Federal and State government agencies,
trained Joint Commission physician
reviewers, and hosted a health care
summit to the Honorable Secretary
of HHS Michael Leavitt in his former
role as Utah State Governor when
he was developing the Smart Site
Coding Initiative.
Darice is an honored recipient of
multiple awards for innovation in
health information practice and EHR
advancement. Some of these awards
include: AHIMA
(Triumph) Professional Achievement
Awarded (1994), Advance for HI Professional
of the Year Award (1998), CAHIMA (1993)
and ILHIMA (2005) Distinguished Member
Awards, AHIMA Best Practice Aware (1999),
and induction into the Manchester
Who's Who of International Business
roster for her work in international
health care technology marketing. She
believes strongly and is committed
to guiding organizations, students,
and staff to reach their highest potential
in health information management. References
available upon request.
 Biographical Summary: Edward
Stewart, Vice-President
Ed is a 25 year veteran
of the health information management
industry and holds a BS in Business
Education from Trevecca University
in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition
to his role as Vice President Sales/Consulting
with HIMentors as a space utilization
and record management expert, Ed
is president and co-owner of Stewart
Systems. Ed's
varied career in the medical industry
allowed him to work with planning
and implementation of various hospital
medical record storage projects,
space utilization, equipment implementation,
record moves, inventory, workspace
coordination, and sales. Ed
holds a patent in the high density
storage equipment industry design
and continues to develop new and
innovating record management solutions
for HIM professionals.
Ed is a recognized leader and strong
proponent of efficient and strategic
space utilization to help facilities
meet compliance standards and improve
organizational operations. Realizing
profitability depends on efficiency
at every level of the organization,
a well thought out planned storage
environment at each step along
the eHIM continuum is essential. Ed's
personal approach in working with organizations
towards cost effective, long term storage
solutions which help reduce facility
risk, sets the pace in helping health
information managers in moving from
the hybrid to electronic legal health
records. Prior to establishing his business specializing
in storage systems, Ed was a professional baseball player and
taught health and physical education for high school students. References available
upon request.
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