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Professor Elizabeth D. Bowman of

 

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

 

Earns American Health Information Management Fellowship

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Memphis, Tenn. (August 20, 2010) – Noma Bennett Anderson, PhD, dean for the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is proud to announce that Elizabeth D. Bowman, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, has been selected as a fellow of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Bowman, a professor in the Department of Health Informatics and Information Management, is among an elite group of individuals to become a fellow of AHIMA.  The AHIMA boasts approximately 52,000 members nationwide, but fewer than 120 hold the prestigious designation.  The fellows program recognizes sustained contributions to the field of health information management (HIM) and fosters collaboration among HIM professionals across the United States.

Bowman has served as a professor of Health Informatics and Information Management at UTHSC for 36 years.  Among her contributions to the HIM field that AHIMA considered in her selection was her work in developing a model curriculum to be used by HIM educational programs nationwide.  Additionally, she served as a commissioner and chair of the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education during its initial development.  Bowman holds a bachelor’s degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., and a master’s in public administration from the University of Memphis. 

Expertise in traditional and complex electronic health records systems is critical for the prompt delivery and payment of health care services.  Thus, educators like Bowman are vital for preparing career seekers for the abundance of jobs emerging in HIM nationwide.  The U.S. Department of Labor estimates a 49 percent job growth in health information and medical informatics through the year 2016.  

As the flagship statewide academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region, by pursuing an integrated program of education, research, clinical care, and public service.  Offering a broad range of postgraduate training opportunities, the main campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges: Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.  UTHSC has additional colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy plus an Allied Health Sciences unit in Knoxville, as well as a College of Medicine campus in Chattanooga.  For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu.

 

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