Newfoundland & Labrador
A holiday message from your local chapter chair
The holiday season is almost upon us again! Remember the reason for the season—be kind, be patient, and be generous. Keep in mind shelters, food banks, and animal shelters, which require additional help this time of year.
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season from beautiful Newfoundland and Labrador!
Tracy Burt, CHIM, CIAPP-C
Chapter Chair
The NL chapter is one of eight chapters from across the country and is led by dedicated, passionate team of health information professionals.
The Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) chapter committee consists of volunteers who each hold professional designation from the Canadian College of Health Information Management. Our expertise has been developed through experience working tertiary hospitals, regional referral centres, and community-based hospitals. Though our committee roster is not full, we bring well-rounded HIM perspectives including leadership, data integrity, privacy/confidentiality, electronic records management, and coding/analytics.
We are committed to growing both the chapter committee and health information industry in our province. We continue to seek interested volunteers to join us in creating new subcommittees that will focus on special projects and interests of the NL members, including more in-person education days. With a full committee, we will also be able to create guidelines and chapter-specific procedures for future committee members and the membership in our province. Please reach out to us if you have any ideas or suggestions for our chapter, as we hope to create a network of HIM professionals across the beautiful province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland & Labrador news
- Applications now open for the Georgina Williams Memorial Award
- National chapter updates July 2020
- Health information in a rural setting—Trista Vivian shares her experience
Looking for national CHIMA news and updates? Visit the CHIMA blog.
Chapter committee
Chapter chair
Tracy Burt, CHIM, CIAPP-C
Tracy has spent more than 25 years in the health care industry, and currently holds the position of HRT I in the health information management and privacy department with Central Health at James Paton Memorial Regional Health Centre in Gander. Here, she develops policies for record retention and destruction, as well as standards for scanning, as the EHR continues to evolve through the region.
Tracy co-chairs the Health Information Management QI Team, is a member of the Quality Improvement Oversight Committee, and provides management relief as required. She’s been a CHIMA member since 2010 and is excited to be part of the NL chapter to see where the profession is headed.
Committee members
Susan Harding, CHIM
Secretary-treasurer
Susan is an HIM I for Eastern Health at the Dr. G. B. Cross Hospital. A coder for 7 years, she’s spent more than 15 years in their health information services department. Susan is a member of the Provincial Coding Committee and the Education Task Team for the NL chapter.
Brittany Wiseman, CHIM
Brittany completed the Canadian Healthcare Association’s HIM program in 2013 and currently works as a coder with Eastern Health. This is her first time being involved with the executive chapter committee. She is also chair of the Education Task Team.
Karyn Wicks, CHIM
Karyn has been in the health care industry for 19 years and graduated from the Canadian Healthcare Association’s HIM program in 2010. She currently works in the health information services and informatics department at Eastern Health and has been a chapter committee member since 2018.
Frequently asked questions
The NL chapter meets online on a monthly basis.
There are currently four (4) openings for new committee members with NL.
Chapter committee members are responsible for attending committee meetings and actively participating in committee discussions. They must work effectively as part of the team to host in-person chapter events (typically once per year) and online webinars for chapter members.
Being part of a CHIMA chapter committee offers an opportunity to network with colleagues and provide valuable feedback that helps shape the health information profession in Canada.
Chapter committee members agree to serve for a term of three (3) years.