Author: Fox, Leslie Ann; Clark, Jean S.; Bowen, Rita K.; Postal, Susan

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2007

Introduction: A Framework for Leading Change: Systems-based Leadership and Change Management™

Today’s fast pace of change is a huge challenge to the survival of every business organization. Whether change is rapid, sudden, large scale, or constant in nature, it is the most difficult type....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 25, 2003

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This and not much else is the essence of leadership.
–John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist1
Anxiety in America is a daunti....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 1999

Opportunities abound for HIM professionals—but how can you, as a manager, create a work environment in which employees will want to stay? This process begins with managing yourself. Here's a new way to think about employee retention.
Unemployment is at a 30-year low. The....

Author: Grzybowski, Darice; Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 1996

Project Rationale and History

We dream of a world where all medical record forms are complete and legible, neatly and proportionately designed, easily converted into electronic format, and efficient for those who document in them; contain clear identification data; and meet all legal, ac....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

The momentum building toward the creation of the national health information infrastructure (NHII), and as part of that initiative, the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in the US, signals the beginning of a renaissance in health information management....

Author: Thierry Sheridan, Patty; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.; Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2016

Abstract


Even though leadership is one of the most examined topics in the organizational literature, its application in the field of health information management (HIM) has not been studied extensively. This descriptive, mixed-methodology study examined HIM leadership through the....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2005

As healthcare organizations implement EHRs, effective HIM leadership becomes more important than ever. Key to establishing a defining role within your organization is appreciating how groups interact.
Despite the excitement surrounding the impending arrival of the electronic health recor....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2001

Introduction

The Internet is rapidly transforming many industries, and the healthcare industry is no exception. E-health organizations collect and manage individually identifiable patient information, thus presenting new employment and consulting opportunities for HIM professionals.....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann; Sheridan, Patty Thierry

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2007

Change is part of life. You lie comfortably in your mother’s womb and suddenly the cozy environment changes. A flood of hormones—then pushing, pulling, and pop! Your senses are instantly assaulted by touch, sound, and light, and you reflexively cry out. That cry is your first emotiona....

Author: Fox, Leslie Ann

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 23, 2002