Hospitals
10 health information management experts
These ten professionals have directed health information management departments at hospitals and health systems, with health information management or HIM named in their own job titles. A reader can learn how hospitals and health systems organize and run their HIM departments.
Professionals to explore
01—10Barbara Harrison
LinkedInExperience: Director Health Information Management · PeaceHealth
Director Health Information Management at PeaceHealth since June 2014, a role the profile describes as supporting Document Management, Release of Information, and Chart Completion. The listing also shows Manager, Clinical Ancillary Applications at PeaceHealth (2001–2014) and Manager, HID Systems Support Team there (1999–2001).
Cheryl Braunreiter
LinkedInExperience: Director, Health Information Management & Privacy Officer · ProHealth Care
Former Director, Health Information Management & Privacy Officer at ProHealth Care (2012–2024) and HIM Director at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (2000–2012); Director Health Information Management at Optum since January 2024. The profile describes leadership in all aspects of Health Information Management, including hospital and professional coding, data integrity, deficiency management, chart correction and transcription.
Jane Bowden
LinkedInExperience: Director Health Information Management · HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital
Director Health Information Management at HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital since November 2012, with the listing also showing Director,Health Information Management at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center since 2011. The profile describes directing and overseeing daily HIM operations, including document imaging, record integrity and timely resolution of unbilled accounts, and managing HIM staff schedules.
Karen Clark
LinkedInExperience: System Director Health Information Management · CHRISTUS Health
Former System Director Health Information Management at CHRISTUS Health (2008–2016), a role the profile describes as directing operations of Health Information Management for a large health system comprised of 24 short term acute care hospitals and evaluating operations. HIM Director at Byrd Regional Hospital since June 2017.
Kathy Monroe
LinkedInExperience: Director of Health Information Management Services · Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (LifePoint)
Director of Health Information Management Services at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (LifePoint) since January 2015, a role the profile describes as spearheading all aspects of the health information management operations. Other listed roles include Senior HIM Consultant at CRS Healthcare IT Group (2013–2015) and Regional Director at Forrest General Hospital (2009–2013).
Mana Harris
LinkedInExperience: Regional Health Information Management Director · AdventHealth
Regional Health Information Management Director at AdventHealth since August 2023, and Director Health Information Management there from 2021 to 2023. The profile describes responding to public and in-house HIM or HIPAA questions, investigating and reporting HIPAA/HITECH breaches and conducting privacy rounds, and notes an Epic go-live in December 2022.
Mary Anne De Venezia
LinkedInExperience: Director of HIM & Privacy Officer · Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
Director of HIM & Privacy Officer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway since July 2008. The profile summary describes acute care hospital experience as Director of Health Information Management, work as a coder/abstractor who reported cancer cases to the State Department of Health, and experience as Privacy Officer.
Pat Gastonguay
LinkedInExperience: System Director, Health Information Management · University of Minnesota Medical Center
System Director, Health Information Management at University of Minnesota Medical Center since March 2010, and Director, Health Information Managmeent Services there from 2000 to 2010. The highlight places the System Director, Health Information Management role at Fairview Health Services.
Paula Bolds
LinkedInExperience: Director, Health Information Management · Summa Health
Director, Health Information Management at Summa Health since April 2001, and Manager, Health Information Management at Mercy Medical Center, Canton, Ohio from 1979 to 2001. The profile describes a history of working in the hospital and health care industry and lists HIPAA, patient safety and healthcare information technology among skills.
Robin Poole, BS, RHIA, CHPS, CRCR
LinkedInExperience: Director Health Information Management · Bryan Health
Director Health Information Management at Bryan Health since July 2019, described in the profile as the HIM Director role at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE. Other listed roles include Manager, HIM- CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy at Conifer Health Solutions (2013–2019) and Epic Project Analyst at Alegent Creighton Health (2012–2013).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your organization, since running HIM for a single hospital differs from setting standards across a multi-hospital system. Also check whether the role you are asking about carried privacy officer duties or an electronic health record conversion, because those change what the job involves.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you structure an HIM department across release of information, record completion, coding support and scanning?
- 02Which metrics do you watch to keep chart deficiencies and unbilled accounts under control?
- 03What changes in an HIM department when a hospital moves to a new electronic health record?
Reaching health information management experts
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Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 10 companies, including PeaceHealth, ProHealth Care and HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, based on profile data retrieved on October 4, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach health information management experts?
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