Senior Lecturer, Health Informatics and Health Information Management
Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Services
School of Public Health, University of Washington
4333 Brooklyn Ave., Box 359455, Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: (206) 543-8810 Email: peterk4@u.washington.edu
Kathy is a senior lecturer in the Health Informatics and Health Information Managment Program. She teaches courses on introduction to health information management, clinical vocabularies and coding, revenue cycle management, and electronic health records and health information sytems. She works with students on selected independent study projects and capstone projects. Kathy is a past president of the Washington State Health Information Management Association (WSHIMA). She is a recipient of the WSHIMA President's Award and the AHIMA Coding Roundtable Coordinator award. She serves as a reviewer for the Commission on the Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Teaching Interests- Clinical coding systems for acute care hospital, outpatient hospital and professional services
- Revenue cycle management for acute care hospitals
- Healthcare information systems
Kathy is an active member of the American Health Information Management Association, Washington State Health Information Management Assocation, and Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Community Interests- Clinical Vocabularies Practice Council
- ICD-10
- Clinical coding and revenue cycle seminars, audits and projects
