Creating an Organizational Chart Instructions:

Create an electronic draft of an organization chart for the HIM department as described below using Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint (using one slide only).

Department Description: The Director of Health Information at Maryland University Medical Hospital reports to the Chief Financial Officer (who reports to the CEO). There are two Assistant Directors in the department.

- One is assigned responsibility for Medical Transcription, Birth Certificate clerk, and Release of Information.

- The other is responsible for Record Processing (Assembly & Analysis, Incomplete Records), Coding and Case Mix Management, Retention & Retrieval, and the evening shift of three clerks in the file area.

In Medical Transcription, there is a supervisor and four Transcriptionists. There are two employees in Release of Information. Record processing has a supervisor and four clerks. Retention & Retrieval has three clerks and the evening supervisor works with three file clerks.

In coding, the supervisor has five coders working for her.

Evaluation Rubric:

Professional appearance 25 points

Organization and uniformity 25 points

Accuracy in detail 50 points

The chart should be dated and include the hospital and department names Each position should have a box.

For example, there are five coders, each coding position should have a box.