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Renae Spohn

Renae Spohn

Renae Spohn

Director of HIM Programs / Coordinator for Master of Science in Health Informatics and Information Management Program

Department

College of Business and Information Systems

Education

Ph.D., Health Sciences, University of South Dakota, 2020
Graduate Certificate, Technology Management, Colorado Technical University, 2006
A.S., Management Information Systems, Colorado Technical University, 2003
M.B.A., Healthcare Administration, City University, 1999
B.S., Medical Record Administration, Dakota State University, 1984
A.S., Medical Record Technology, Dakota State University, 1984
A.S., Medical Record Transcription, Dakota State University, 1984

Biography

Renae Spohn is the Director of the Health Information Management programs at Dakota State University. She is also the Coordinator of the Master of Science in Health Informatics and Information Management program.

She is a registered health information administrator (RHIA), a certified professional in healthcare informatics (CPHI) and healthcare quality (CPHQ), and a fellow in the American Health Information Management Association and in the National Association for Healthcare Quality.

Spohn currently serves as president-elect of the HIMSS Dakotas Chapter Board of Directors. She also serves on DSU's curriculum committee, and faculty emeritus selection committee.

Additionally, Spohn served as the chair of DSU's CQI Committee. She is a member of the Health Information Management Accreditation Council and has also served as a Peer Reviewer for CAHIIM, the accreditation organization for HIM educational programs. She has served on the SDHIMA Board of Directors and has been President of SDHIMA. She has served on the AHIMA Board of Directors and has served on the AHIMA Fellowship Committee, Triumph Awards Committee, and Nominating Committee. She served as a Chair and Co-Chair of the Long-Term Care Practice Council for several years. In addition, she has served as a Baldrige Evaluator for the Performance Excellence Network (SD, ND, MN).

Contact

Office Location: East Hall
Phone: (605) 256-5165
Email
Website

I believe a successful model teacher (Richmond, Boysen, & Gurung, 2021) working in the Health Information Management (HIM) field exhibits the following attitudes and behaviors: commitment as a lifetime learner; passion for growing the profession and giving back; genuinely interested in helping students to be successful; professional; knowledgeable but curious to learn more; innovative; efficient with student’s time and resources; prepares students for the workplace by assigning student tasks and projects that are practical and important in the workplace; organized; engaged; easy to talk with; provides positive words of wisdom and inspiration to students; is responsive to students; and is an enthusiastic leader utilizing up to date course content.

My favorite courses to teach are Health Information Management, Health Informatics, Healthcare Data Analytics, Health Information Governance, Healthcare Data Integrity, Health Information & Informatics Research, Electronic Health Record Application Current Trends and New Technologies.

My research interests and passions surround the electronic health record documentation system of healthcare including healthcare information governance, data integrity, security, patient privacy, safety, and consumer literacy.

  • HIM 265 Course DSU Quality Matters Certified DSU 2021
  • Golden Key International Honor Society USD 2016
  • SDHIMA Distinguished Member SDHIMA 2014
  • CQI Team Recognition DSU 2014, 2015
  • Outstanding Professional Achievement DSU Alumni Association 2010
  • SDHIMA Board Member of the Year SDHIMA 2006
  • SDHIMA President’s Plaque SDHIMA 2005
  • Honorable mention photograph in poster contest AHIMA 2001
  • Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 1999/2000

  • Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
  • Certified Professional in Healthcare Informatics (CPHI)
  • Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
  • Fellow of American Health Information Management Association (FAHIMA)
  • Fellow of National Healthcare Quality Association (FNAHQ)

Faculty Research Initiative Funding DSU 2022
  • The NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Self-Assessment Process for Enterprise Planning in Healthcare Settings: A Health Case Study
  • Success Factors for Passing the CHDA Credentialing Exam: A Case Study

Faculty Research Initiative Funding DSU 2016

  • Towards Improvement of Safety for Patient Health Information Exchange
  • Finding the Most Effective ICD-10-CM/PCS Training Method
Faculty Research Initiative Funding DSU 2014
  • Toward Understanding HIM Student Learning Activity Preferences in Blended Learning Classes
Faculty Research Initiative Funding DSU 2013
  • The Self-Assessment Process and Impacts on the HIM Program Performance: A Case Study
Grant for research on optical storage systems AHIMA 1997

  • Spohn, R., Schweinle III, W., Berg-Poppe, P., South-Winter, C., & DeJong, D. (2021). FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFULLY PASSING CERTIFICATION EXAMS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 18(4).
  • Spohn, R., Schweinle III, W., South-Winter, C., & DeJong, D. (2021). CHDA CERTIFICATION EXAM SUCCESS FACTORS. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 18(4).
  • Spohn, R., Schweinle III, W., South-Winter, C., & DeJong, D. (2021). RHIA CERTIFICATION EXAM SUCCESS FACTORS. Perspectives in Health Information Management 18(4).
  • Spohn, R. (2020). Factors Associated with Successfully Passing Health Information Certification Exams (Doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota).
  • Ahmed, A., Nasralah, T., Wang, Y., Noteboom, C., Spohn, R., Parks, L., ... & Shan, R. (2017). Impact of E-Visits on Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers.
  • Spohn, R. (2015). The Self-Assessment Process and Impacts on the Health Information Management Program Performance: A Case Study. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 12(Spring).
  • Force, A. L. T. C. T. (2013). AHIMA's Long-Term Care Health Information Practice and Documentation Guidelines. Introduction: Purpose and Use of These Guidelines. AHIMA's Long-Term Care Health Information Practice and Documentation Guidelines. Introduction: Purpose and Use of These Guidelines/AHIMA, American Health Information Management Association.
  • Bartschat, W., Burrington-Brown, J., Carey, S., Chen, J., Deming, S., Durkin, S., ... & Hisle, R. (2006). Surveying the RHIO landscape. A description of current RHIO models, with a focus on patient identification. Journal of AHIMA, 77(1), 64A-64D.

SDHIMA Spring Conference
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: What HIM Professionals NEED to Know!

 

SD CTE Instructors Conference
  • Charting a Career in HIM: The Future of Technology

 

CAHIIM FAll Symposium 2023

  • HIM Storytelling Awards....and the Winner IS???

 

NDHIMA Fall Conference 2023

  • Transitioning from RHIT to RHIA

 

SDCSTA Spring 2024

  • Careers to connect with while in high school

 

SDHIMA Spring Conference 2024

  • Gen Z Colleague Recruitment with SD Spark!

 

CAHIIM Summit on Higher Education 2024

  • Gen Z Colleague Recruitment with SD Spark!

 

CAHIIM Town Hall Series, November 2024

  • Faculty Strategies for Managing Demands

 

CAHIIM Fall Festival: Higher Education Summit 2022

  • Escaping the Ordinary: Building and Using Escape Rooms for HIM Student Assessment, Soft Skills Reinforcement, and Recruitment


SDHIMSS Webinar 2021

  • A Brief Review of Certification Testing Success Factors

CAHIIM Fall Festival: Navigating Higher Education 2021

  • HIM STEM Student Recruitment IS BiG BUSiness!

DSU Research Symposium Spring 2021
  • Factors For Successfully Passing HIM Certification Exams

USD IdeaFest Spring 2021

  • Factors For Successfully Passing HIM Certification Exams

SDHIMA Spring 2019

  • Diving into Data Analytics

SDHIMA Fall 2018
  • Healthcare Delivery and Financing Models

FDI/AOE Summer 2018

  • Eating the Data Analytics Elephant One Bite at a Time
  • SDIGO-The Game of Life!

SDHIMSS Spring 2018

  • Healthcare Delivery and Financing Models

AHIMA National Convention 2016 (ePoster)

  • Cruising Through CAHIIM Curriculum Update
  • Toward Understanding HIM Student Learning Activity Preferences in Blended Learning Classes

AHIMA AOE Summer 2016
  • Bloom to the Moon with Interactive Case Study Scenarios (Co-Presenter)

SDHIMSS/SDAHO Fall 2015
  • Practical Strategies and Skills for Advancing an Information Governance Program

DSU Research Day 2015

  • Toward Understanding HIM Student Learning Activity Preferences in Blended Learning Classes

Salem Community Spring 2015

  • Identity Theft Awareness (Co-presenter)

DSU Faculty Development 2015

  •  Course Design in 3 HIM Blended Learning Courses

SDHIMA Fall 2014

  • HIM Legal CSI Challenge

SDAHQ Fall 2014

  • Strategic Planning for Fellowship (Co-presenter)


DSU Research Day 2014
• The Self-Assessment Process and Impacts on the HIM Program
Performance: A Case Study (Presentation and poster)