Observations made so far...

I am back in the Toronto area for the last stretch of the reabstraction study - just 2 weeks left before heading back to my life in Calgary.

I had spent last week split between two smaller cities outside of Toronto. Orangeville and Brampton. Being majority of Canadian hospitals are heading towards a total electronic record, many of us face hybrid charts where the coder has to spend more time per chart as they read the paper copy of the chart and then the electronic documentation and lab results to find the appropriate diagnoses and procedures.

I was able to speak to the coding coordinator at Brampton. She graduated from George Brown College the year I started. That was cool. She reinterated that don't be afraid of trying new things but realize it won't always happen with the snap of the fingers. Hearing that, it helped me make a decision I have been thinking about the last couple of days. My coworker Chris that accepted one of the coding coordinator positions in Calgary is also the inpatient coding trainer. The CC position has so many duties especially as we head into the year end coding deadlines. So this weekend, I emailed my coding director that if she was looking for an inpatient coding trainer in the future that I would be willing to step forward. Thinking of that saying in regards to one's "comfort zone" - if I don't try, I won't know if it is something I can succeed in.