Loretta A. Horton, M.Ed., RHIA
Co-Chair, Allied Health Department
Coordinator, Health Information Technology Program

Office:  DH 16 - Davis Hall Room 16
Hutchinson Community College, 815 North Walnut, Hutchinson, KS 67501
Phone: 620-665-4955
Fax: 620-665-4988
e-mail: hortonl@hutchcc.edu

Education

• M.Ed. - Curriculum and Instruction, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
• HIA Certificate - Health Information Administration, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
• B.A. - Psychology, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO
• MRT Certificate - Research Hospital and Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

HCC Courses Taught

• Medical Terminology
• Legal Aspects of Health Information
• Quality Management
• Financial and Management Issues
• Health Record Applications I
• Health Record Applications II
• Health Record Applications III
• Principles of Supervision

Membership in Professional Organizations

• American Health Information Management Association
• Council on Accreditation, Chair (2003)
• Kansas Health Information Management Association

Publications and Presentations

Speaker, Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, "Enliven Your Advisory Committee", St. Louis, MO, June 2005
Horton, L. (2004) Calculating and reporting healthcare statistics. AHIMA: Chicago, IL.
Speaker, Kansas Health Information Management Association Fall Meeting,  "AHIMA Credentials", Great Bend, KS, September, 2003
Speaker, Teacher Prep Workshop, Assembly on Education  Summer Symposium, "Program Evaluation and Outcomes-based Accreditation", Columbus, OH,  June, 2003
Speaker, Assembly on Education Summer Symposium, Council on Accreditation Update - Accreditation Standards", Columbus, OH, June, 2003
Speaker, Audio-seminar, American Health Information Management Association - Education and Accreditation, Short Takes, "Advisory Boards" and "E-learning", November, 2002
Speaker, Assembly on Education, Indianapolis, IN – “Traditional v distance education:  Similarities and differences”, June, 2002
Speaker, Kansas Health Information Management Association, “HIM education – Are we ready for the 21^st century”?, September, 2000
Speaker, KAECT Tri-Conference, Salina, KS, “Distance education strategies and support”, April, 1999
Horton, L. (1998). “Effects of wait time in a medical terminology class”, Educational Perspectives in Health Information Management, 1 (2) Winter
Speaker, Quality Improvement Panel, Assembly on Education, Kansas City, MO, June, 1996
Editor, Case Manual, Assembly on Education, 1996
Gillespie J. and Horton, L. (1995). “Recruitment: Have we oversold the profession”?, JAHIMA Nov-Dec
Speaker, Teacher Preparation Workshop, St. Louis, MO, “Role of an educator”, June, 1994  

Awards

Kansas Health Information Management Association, Motivator Award, 2001-2002

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