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Thomas Jason Hunt,PHD

Department : Health Informatics

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Office Address:

Email: tjh156@rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
AAS	Mercy College of Ohio	1999
BBA	Cleary University	1999
MBA	Davenport University	2007
PHD	Indiana Institute of Technology	2015

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
Evaluation of a PlayPosit Guided Group Project’s Impact on Student Engagement in an Undergraduate Course.	Sherifi, S., Jia, J., Hunt, T. & Ndanga, M.	2023, Discover Education, September.
The Symbiotic Relationship Between Health Information Management and Health Informatics: Opportunities for Growth and Collaboration	Sherifi, D., Ndanga, M., Hunt, T., & Srinivasan, S.	2022 Perspectives in Health Information Management Online Research Journal, Winter.
Telehealth Documentation Trends	Houser, S., Flite, C., Foster, S., Hunt, T., Morey, A., Palmer, M., Peterson, J., Pope, R., & Sorensen, L	2022 Perspectives in Health Information Management Online Research Journal, Winter.
Patient clinical documentation in telehealth environment: Are we collecting appropriate and sufficient information for best practice?	Houser, S., Flite, C., Foster, S., Hunt, T., Morey, A., Palmer, M., Peterson, J., Pope, R., & Sorensen, L.	2021 mHealth
Population Health: Identifying Skill Sets and Education Alignment for HIM Professionals.	Houser, S., Flite, C., Foster, S., Hunt, T., Kinnerson, L., Palmer, M., Peterson, J., Pope, R., & Sorensen, L.	2021 Perspectives in Health Information Management Online Research Journal, Winter.
Professional Networking for Health Information Management/Technology Students and New Graduates: A Survey of HIM Professionals in Michigan.	Hunt, T.	2021 Perspectives in Health Information Management Online Research Journal, Winter.
Coding compliance and clinical documentation integrity. In P. Oachs and A. Watters (Eds.), Health information management: Concepts, principles, and practice (6th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA.	Hunt, T. and Kirk, K.	2020 AHIMA Textbook
Cultural Intelligence and the Proposed Cultural Understanding and Diversity Competencies in Health Information Management Education Curricula	Hunt, T.	2019 Educational Perspectives in Health Information Management Online Research Journal, Spring.
Clinical documentation improvement. In C. Fahrenholz (Ed.), Documentation for health records (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA.	Hunt, T.	2017 AHIMA Textbook
Coding compliance and clinical documentation improvement. In P. Oachs and A. Watters (Eds.), Health information management: Concepts, principles, and practice (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA.	Hunt, T.	2016 AHIMA Textbook
Measured success: Evaluating the effectiveness of spinal decompression therapy.	Burkhardt, T., Blumke, Z., Daley, K., Sorensen. L, & Hunt. T.	2015 Chiropractic Economics, 4(March), 19-22.
Leader-Member Exchange relationships in Health Information Management	Hunt, T.	2014 Perspectives in Health Information Management Online Research Journal, Spring.
Leveraging the Leader-Member Exchange Theory in HIM.	Hunt, T.	2014 Journal of AHIMA, 85(8), 54-55

Awards
Award	Year
Michigan Health Information Management Association (MHIMA) Distinguished Member Award	2022
Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association	2015
Michigan Health Council - Building Michigan’s Healthcare Workforce Award	2012
AHIMA Merit Award - Westlake Component State Association Leadership Scholarship	2011

BioSketch
Title	Details
T.J. Hunt, PhD, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA 2022	Dr. Hunt joined the faculty of Rutgers University in 2017. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Health Profession's Department of Health Informatics. He previously served as Associate Dean and Professor at Davenport University. Before transitioning to higher education Dr. Hunt served in leadership roles with Sparrow Health System, ProMedica Health System, and Mercy Health Partners. He is a past-president of the Michigan Health Information Management Association (MHIMA) and the Lake Huron Health Information Management Association. He previously served on the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Nominating Committee and led the AHIMA Communities of Practice Committee as Chairperson. He is currently serving on the Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM). Dr. Hunt has presented at the International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA) Congress and General Assembly, AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, AHIMA Assembly on Education, and MHIMA State Conference. Dr. Hunt earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Indiana Institute of Technology in Global Leadership with a concentration in Organizational Management. He is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) through AHIMA, and has been recognized as a Fellow of AHIMA for service and contribution to the Health Information Management profession.

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