2018RisingStarAward

In honor of educator Marilyn Craddock, this award serves to recognize an outstanding industry student for a contemplative and informed response to the Association’s annual essay contest. Each year, staff and leadership will determine an essay topic which is relevant and timely to the state of the industry. Students actively enrolled in a medical transcription/healthcare documentation program will have an opportunity to submit an essay for consideration by the awards committee. Judging is based on clarity of content, organization, creativity, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. There will be no more than one winner. If there is a tie in scoring, the committee is responsible for breaking the tie, and the decision of the committee is final.

All essays will first go through a blind review by representatives of the awards committee. A rubric will be used to score each essay to ensure they meet the criteria established by the committee. The committee will choose up to 5 essays to be presented to the voting members.

The candidate must:

  • Be a Student Member of AHDI in good standing.
  • Be enrolled in a medical transcription/healthcare documentation program at the time of submission.
  • Submit an essay that meets contest criteria, format, and deadline.
2018 Essay Topic:“How is the Evolution of Healthcare Documentation Shaping Your Future?”

Submit this application and essay form and a letter from your instructor on school letterhead verifying your student status by April 30, 2018, when applying. This form is designed to be filled out and submitted electronically.

Award recipient receives:

  • Commemorative award.
  • A complimentary registration to the next year’s Annual Healthcare Documentation Integrity Conference (HDIC).
  • Announcement of award via AHDI publications and social media streams.
  • Feature of the winning essay in Plexus magazine.

Return this completed form and any other required attachments by email no later than

April 30, 2018, to:

AHDI Awards Committee

Attn: Tina Wilson

2018RisingStarAward APPLICATION & essay Form

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APPLICANT

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2018 ESSAY TOPIC

“How is the Evolution of Healthcare Documentation Shaping Your Future?”
There is one constant in healthcare documentation, that is change. From its inception in the early 20th century, healthcare documentation has continued to evolve. Innovations in technology have streamlined how the patient story is captured, processed, and stored. Technological advancements have created new and exciting opportunities for healthcare documentation specialists. With these newly emerging roles, many of the essential skillsets required to capture and document the patient story cross pollenate from one healthcare sector to another, from speech recognition editing to auditing to scribing to patient advocacy, and more. You are the next generation of healthcare documentation specialists.
Write a 200-word responsive essay in the space provided below outlining what you can do to ensure you are evolving with the industry? Which skillsets do you currently possess, or are you obtaining, that will cross pollenate from one sector of healthcare documentation to another? Considering the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, how is the evolution of healthcare documentation shaping your future?

STUDENT ESSAY

ADDITIONAL ITEMS CHECKLIST (PLEASE ATTACH/INCLUDE WITH APPLICATION)

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Letter of Confirmation from your instructor on school letterhead? Yes (click box to select)
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I attest that the essay accompanying this application is an original document and that I am its author. Further, I give AHDI permission to use this essay and reprint it in any form.
Date:

02/06/2018