Kathy Marcotte Award

Kathy Marcotte Award

Kathy was a very important member of our profession until her passing in early 2011. Among many other things Kathy played a major role in the roll out of ICD-10-CA and CCI in Saskatoon in 2001 and was also a Provincial Trainer for Saskatchewan. Her strong commitment to her work made her an ideal Classifications Specialist for CIHI where she developed and delivered education sessions relating to coding practices and the application of ICD-10-CA and CCI, responding to the Coding Query Database,the development of national coding standards and the enhancement and maintenace of the coding classifications. Kathy's dedication to our career and quest for perfection made her an invaluable resource for HIM's in our region, province and indeed our country. She embodied all of the qualities that we look for in an outstanding member of our profession and enriched every life that she touched. For these reasons our organization made the decision to rename our Outstanding Member Award to the Kathy Marcotte Award at the 2011 Annual AGM.

Criteria:
Candidate must be a current active member of SHIMA in good standing as per Secretary-Treasurer's current list.
Candidate nominated by two (2) active members of the Saskatchewan Health Information Management Association.
Candidate shall exhibit pride and enthusiasm in the Health Information Management profession.
Candidate shall demonstrate leadership and motivational abilities.
Candidate shall display excellent communication skills.
Candidate may not be a current member of SHIMA Executive or Chair of a Standing Committee due to conflict of interest.
Candidate shall have actively participated on a Standing Committee of the Association and/or held an Executive position within SHIMA
This award was first given in 1990 to Darlene Jones.
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Award Year Recipient Biography

2011 Kathy Marcotte Kathy was a very important member of our profession until her passing in early 2011. Among many other things Kathy played a major role in the roll out of ICD-10-CA and CCI in Saskatoon in 2001 and was also a Provincial Trainer for Saskatchewan. Her strong commitment to her work made her an ideal Classifications Specialist for CIHI where she developed and delivered education sessions relating to coding practices and the application of ICD-10-CA and CCI, responding to the Coding Query Database,the development of national coding standards and the enhancement and maintenace of the coding classifications. Kathy's dedication to our career and quest for perfection made her an invaluable resource for HIM's in our region, province and indeed our country. She embodied all of the qualities that we look for in an outstanding member of our profession and enriched every life that she touched. For these reasons our organization made the decision to rename our Outstanding Member Award to the Kathy Marcotte Award at the 2011 Annual AGM.

2009 Cassandra Klassen Cassie was a Manager within HIM Services department of the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region. She has also held positions in Weyburn and St. John’s, Newfoundland.Cassie served on the SHIMA Executive as the President for one year as well as Past President for a couple of years. She was also a strong leader for the duration of time when SHIMA changed names from the Saskatchewan Heath Record Association (SHRA). She participated in the development of the SHIMA Corporate Sponsorship as well as many other initiatives. Cassie chaired the SHIMA Professional Education and Promotion (PEP) Task Force in 2006. The vision of the PEP task force was to develop a strategy to expand and promote the HIM profession to members, non-members and external stakeholders. In addition to her many contributions to SHIMA, Cassie has also been a member of the CHIMA Marketing Committee for the past several years. Cassie is a very enthusiastic HIM professional and we feel that she is well deserving of the SHIMA Outstanding Member Award