Nilgun Sezginis

Positions

overview

  • Awards:

    • 2022 The University of Toledo, Distinguished University Lecturer award
    • 2022 The University of Toledo, the Alice H. Skeens Outstanding University Woman award
    • 2021 Ohio Health Information Management Association (OHIMA) Professional Achievement Award
    • 2020 OHIMA Lifelong Learning Scholarship
    • 2020 University of Toledo, Ella Fridman Award
    • 2018 Distinguished Member Award, Northwest Ohio Health Information Management Association (NWOHIMA)
    • 2014 The University of Toledo, College of Health Sciences Dean's Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
    • 2011 Distinguished Service Award, Health Information Administration, Judith Herb College of Education, Health Science and Human Services, University of Toledo
    • 2009 and 2018 Distinguished Member Award, NWOHIMA
    • 2002 AHIMA FORE Merit Scholarship recipient
    • Member of Phi Theta Kappa Society
    • Franklin University Community College Scholarship recipient
    • Bowling Green State University Tuition Scholarship recipient

    Relevant Teaching Experience Online and Face-to-Face:

    • HEAL 1800: Medical Terminology (online)
    • HEAL 2700: Introduction to Public Health (face-to-face)
    • HIM 2210: Medical and Pharmacological Terminology (online)
    • HIM 2300: Healthcare Resource, Payer, Consumers (online)
    • HIM 2310: Acute Care Clinical Classification Systems and Services (online)
    • HIM 2320: Ambulatory Care Classification Systems and Services (online)
    • HIM 3230: Healthcare Documentation Requirements (online)
    • HIM 2350: Reimbursement Methodologies (online)
    • HIM 4240: Topics in HIM: Professional Domains (online)
    • HIM 4910: Integrative Capstone Experience (online) 
    • HIM 2260: Legal Issues in Health Information Management (online)
    • HIM 4230: Compliance and Ethical Issues in Healthcare (online)
    • HIM 4940: Professional Practice Experience (online)
    • HIM Lab:  On-campus Tutoring
    • Health Information Statistics (face-to-face)
    • Professional Practices (face-to-face)
    • Introduction to Health Information Management (face-to-face)
    • Medical Office Billing and Reimbursement (face-to-face)
    • Medical Office Coding, Medical Terminology (face-to-face)
    PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

    Singh, S., Evans, n., Williams, M., Sezginis, N & Baryeh, N. (2017): Influences of Sociodemographic Factors and Health Utilization Factors on Patient-Centered Provider Communication, Health Communication, DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1322481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1322481

    Combs, T., Endicott, M., Kravtsova, M., Mogbo, C., & Sezginis, N. (2017). Practice Brief: Impact of physician engagement on Clinical Documentation Improvement programs. Journal of AHIMA, July 2017, pp.42-45.

    Boyle, G., Combs, T., Endicott, M., Ewoterai, O., Kravtsova, M., Lo, W., & Sezginis, N. (2017): Proceedings of AHIMA's 2017 Summit on Clinical Documentation Improvement: Advancing the Documentation Journey, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation, Perspectives in Health Information Management, http://perspectives.ahima.org/ahima2017cdisummit/#

    Sezginis, N. (2016): Older Americans' Need to Access Dental Health Services, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2016 Annual Meeting & Expo, Denver. APHA 2016 Annual Meeting Poster Presentation

    Williams, M., Sezginis, N., Baryeh, N., & Singh, s. (2017): Influences of sociodemographic factors and healthcare utilization factors on patient-centered provider communication, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta. APHA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING ORAL Presentation

    Sezginis, N. (2017): Association between oral health knowledge and oral hygiene behavior in school-aged children, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta. APHA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING POSTER PRESENTATION

    Singh, S., Saltzman, B., Sezginis, N., Melendez, K., Headley, S. (2018): Impact of perceived public and personal stigma of mental illness on help-seeking behavior for mental health services among college students, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo, San Diego. APHA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING ORAL Presentation

    Sezginis, N. (2018): Evaluation of breastfeeding promotion program for low-income women in Wood County, Ohio, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo, San Diego. APHA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING POSTER PRESENTATION

    SERVICES TO THE UNIVERSITY 

    • The University of Toledo Social-Behavioral-Education Internal Review Board (SBE-IRB) member and chair-designee: 2013-present 
    • The College of Health and Human Services, College Council member: 2023-present
    • The Health Information Administration Program Advisory Board, University of Toledo: 2008- present
    • Served as a judge for the area and state high school health education/public health competitions in 2016, 2017, and 2018
    • The Ohio Department of Higher Education, Transfer Assurance Guidance (TAG) Faculty Review Panel member: 2017-present

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and SERVICES

    • Wood County Health Department (WCHD) Board of Health Member Appointed by the District Advisory Council in March 2013 and later on by the Mayor of Northwood, OH, 2013-present
      • Appointed as the President of the BOH on January 1, 2024
      • Appointed as the BOH VP, January 1, 2022 -December 31, 2023
      • Wood County Medical Reserve Corp (MRC), January 2021 -present
    • American Public Health Association Member
      • Served as an abstract reviewer for the APHA 2018-2024 Annual Meeting & Expo
    • US Together, a not-for-profit Refugee Resettlement Agency, Interpreter: 2018-present
    • The Health Information Technology Program Advisory Board, Terra Community College, Advisory Board Member: 2016-present
    • The Ohio Department of Higher Education, Transfer Assurance Guidance (TAG) Faculty Review Panel member: 2017-present
    • American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
      • Served on the AHIMA FORE Merit Scholarship Committee 2023, 2024
      • Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Task Force Member: January 1, 2017-2019
      • Served as a reviewer on the revision to the existing "Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant ICD-10-PCS Query" Practice brief
        • AHIMA Inpatient Query Toolkit
      • Clinical Documentation Improvement Summit Program Committee Member: January 1, 2017-2019
        • Served on the abstract selection committee and as a liaison
      • Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Council and the AHIMA annual conference CDI Track Committee Member: January 2020-December 2021
        • Served on the abstract review and selection committee
      • Career Mapping Task Force: July 2017-2019
      • AHIMA Mentor: 2014-present
    • Ohio Health Information Management Association (OHIMA) Member
      • Served on the OHIMA Awards Selection Committee: 2017-2018
      • Serving on the OHIMA Educators Day Planning Committee: 2021-present
    • Northwest Ohio Health Information Management Association (NWOHIMA) Member: 2001-present. Served in the following board member positions: 
      • Treasurer: 2006-2009
      • Data Quality Reimbursement Counsel (DQRC) Representative: 2003 -2005
      • Director of Alliances: 2003-2004

    PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION 

    • Served as a reviewer for the Journal of American College Health
      • Manuscript # JACH-2022-04-0268.R2 titled "The Influence of Communicative Environments: Factors Affecting College Students' Mental Health Help-Seeking" for the Journal of American College Health.
    • Subject Matter Expert/Technical Writer as a Health Information Administration and Certified Coding Specialist:
      • Developed and reviewed test items for the national Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certification exam and the national and international Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist exams as a technical writer and reviewed test items as the subject matter expert
    • Wrote assessment questions for an end-of-course pharmacology assessment in a Healthcare Informatics academic program as a Subject Matter Expert, Healthcare/Pharmacology Assessment, CompTIA Exam Services (Exemplify)
    • Wrote online ICD-10-CM/PCS actives and exercises for Pearson Education as the Subject Matter Expert for a MyMedicalCodingLab
    • Developed 2,250 question-and-answer sets for 30 chapters
    • Developed 150 mini-medical record exercises, ten capstone activities, and supporting documents to be utilized by the students.

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