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The Academy of Health Information Professionals

Chapter Credentialing Liaisons

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Chapter credentialing liaisons (CCLs) promote the Academy of Health Information Professionals in their respective chapters by sharing information about the academy and encouraging membership. 

Qualifications
  • Be an academy member.
  • Be enthusiastic about the academy.
  • Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Use email.
  • Demonstrate organizational skills, such as paying attention to detail and consistently following up with questions and requests for information.
  • Preferred: willingness to attend MLA annual meetings to learn about updates to the academy.
Responsibilities
  • Encourage chapter members to pursue academy membership.
  • Answer questions about the academy.
  • Read MLA and Credentialing Committee (CC) communications about the academy.
  • Subscribe to the Credentialing Committee mailing list (mla-credexec) and participate in discussions.
  • Foward issues raised by chapter members to Credentialing Committee.
Recognition

The academy recognizes the work done by CCL by awarding them 10 points per year of service, which count toward the five-point MLA activities requirement at the distinguished level.

CCL Activity Suggestions
  • Contact new chapter members to discuss the academy.
  • Refer difficult academy questions to MLA HQ (Lisa C. Fried) for triage.
  • Assist members to locate forms and instructions for applying to academy.
  • Agree to be listed as local contact on CC's "Who's Who in the Academy" Web page.
  • Agree to be listed as local contact on chapter's Website.
  • Agree to be listed as local contact in chapter newsletter.
  • Assist CC in testing and refining new Web pages.
  • Exhibit at chapter meetings.
  • Hold an academy clinic at chapter meetings.
  • Call current academy members who are about to renew and offer assistance.
  • Write articles for chapter newsletter.
  • Present academy information at local library schools.
  • Speak about the academy in chapter forums.

To top of page Roster of Chapter Credentialing Liaisons

Chapter
Liaison
Hawaii-Pacific Chapter Carolyn Ching , AHIP
Medical Library Group of So. California/Arizona Tania Bardyn, AHIP
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Jeff Coghill, AHIP
Midcontinental Chapter Gayle Willard, AHIP
Midwest Chapter Nancy Allee , AHIP
New York-New Jersey Chapter Laura Barrett , AHIP
North Altantic Health Sciences Library Chapter Joan Yanicke, AHIP
Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group Anne L. Shew, AHIP
Pacific Northwest Chapter Chris Shaffer, AHIP
Philadelphia Regional Chapter Esther Y. Dell, AHIP
Pittsburgh Chapter Linda M. Hartman, AHIP
South Central Chapter Kelly Gonzalez, AHIP
Southern Chapter Cynthia Henderson, AHIP
Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter Sue Ben-Dor, AHIP
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