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Lorraine Fernandes has more than twenty-five years of experience in the healthcare industry, ten at large hospitals as director of medical record/HIM departments. Lorraine is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). As vice president, healthcare industry ambassador at Initiate Systems, Lorraine is responsible for relationships with professional organizations and industry leaders, global healthcare trends and customers.
Recent articles:
Healthcare IT News - Availity Expands Patient Profile
BeyeNetwork - “Age of Interoperability” in Healthcare Requires a Patient-Centric Data Foundation
Government Health IT - Will you Attend the CONNECT Party?
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Posts by Lorraine Fernandes:
- Braving Privacy Storms for “The Greater Good”(2)
- Notes from the ONC Tiger Team(0)
- Testifying to the ONC on Matching Patient Records(1)
- Networks for Healthcare, We Have a Few . . .(0)
- HIE Lessons from Above the 49th Parallel(1)
- Questions & Answers on RLS and Patient Registries(0)
- Patient Registries & RLS: Partners for Successful State-wide HIE(0)
- Provider Registries: Heightened Demand in the New Decade(0)
- “A Thousand Flowers Blooming”: Springtime for HIEs(0)
- Notes from The National Forum on HIE – It’s About the Patient!(1)