Presenter: Julia Dyviniak, CHDS, AHDI-F Bio:

Julia Dyviniak, CHDS, AHDI-F, is the owner of Dyviniak Word Processing. She is a professional medical transcriptionist and medical record historian with more than 25 years’ experience in multiple specialties and acute care and providing patient history reports for QME purposes.

Session Description: In the first of our technology webinar series, we’ll take an in-depth look at the use of MS Word for medical documentation and business practices. You’ll learn things such as creating and using forms, setting parameters for margins within a form, filling in variables, and making forms read-only. The presenter will also cover applying formatting to outlines, adjusting paragraph spacing, inserting headers and footers, writing macros for simple functions, and using macros in Word in conjunction with shortcut programs.  

Learning Objectives

1. Create a form with variables.

2. Understand reveal codes and how they control formatting.

3. Learn keyboard shortcuts and how to create macros to save time and increase productivity.

4. Think critically about formatting forms and documents.