Boost Your Productivity Using a Personal Reference Resource (1 TT)

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Title: Boost Your Productivity Using a Personal Reference Resource

Presenters: Laura Bryan, MS, MT(ASCP), CHDS, AHDI-F, and Julia Dyviniak, CHDS, AHDI-F

Credit: 1 Technology & Tools

Session Description: This presentation will introduce methods of collecting, organizing, and searching notetaking applications to create your own database of references and resources. These skills are useful for newbies and veterans alike, as they can greatly increase productivity by quickly and easily collecting your notes from multiple sources plus information you have already researched. Learn how to save that information in a way that can be quickly retrieved and used. Learn how to save sample reports, part or whole webpages, text from academic papers, images, account specifications, and any document type (.pdf, .doc, etc). We will demonstrate how to search for specific text (keywords) within images and documents in your notetaking application for instant retrieval of relevant information with no fumbling through papers, notebooks, sticky notes, folders, or drilling down through your hard drive. Applications covered in this presentation include Word documents, Excel, and Evernote, but many of the techniques can be applied to most any notetaking application.

Learning Objectives 1. Evaluate several notetaking applications. 2. Review criteria for reliable sites for medical research. 3. Learn methods for quickly and easily collecting notes from various sources. 4. Discover methods for searching and retrieving information from your notes using keywords.

Bio: Laura has been teaching technology skills for healthcare documentation for over 24 years with an emphasis on accuracy and productivity. She has been a speaker at many local, state, and national meetings, and has authored manuals, workbooks, and textbooks for healthcare documentation that teach practical methods for working efficiently and thinking critically. Laura currently owns a healthcare documentation technology company and is a member of the AHDI board of directors.

Julia is the owner of Dyviniak Word Processing. She serves on the AHDI Board of Directors and is chair of the Best Practices Task Force and co-chair of the Webinar Committee. She is a professional medical transcriptionist and medical record historian with more than 30 years’ experience in multiple specialties and acute care and providing patient history summaries for QME purposes.

Recording Origination Date: February 27, 2024