Tina J. Harwell
1024 East Jean Street
Tampa, Florida 33604
(813) 263-9510
EDUCATION:
College: Watterson College, Charleston, SC
July 1990 - September 1990
Major Course Work: Business Administration
Mansfield Business College, North Charleston, SC
August 1991 - April 1992
Graduate - Medical Transcription Program
Director's List, Valedictorian, GPA 4.0
Other: School for Lifelong Learning, Portsmouth, NH
Wordperfect 5.1 Seminar, July 1992
Wordperfect Tools Seminar, June 1995
CoPath System for Pathology
EditScript/Escription
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
May 2008- present
Independent Contractor; pathology, neurology, nephrology, dermatology,
December 2001-
April 2008
Medical Transcriptionist
MedQuist Inc.
Assignment: Tampa General Hospital
Transcribe dictation for all surgical components
June 1997- Medical Transcriptionist
December 2001
Transcription South, Inc.
Clearwater, Florida
Assignment: Tampa General Hospital
· Transcribe dictation for all surgical components
September 1995 - Pathology Secretary / Transcriber
June 1997
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (F.K.A. Corning Clinical Laboratories) Tampa, Florida
Transcribe dictation of correspondence and technical reports
Processing reports on surgical specimens for pathologists
· Application of CPT/ICD-9 coding for billing of medical services
Use of PLAB software
February 1995 - Senior Pathology Office Coordinator
July, 1995 Path Lab, Inc., Portsmouth, NH
Assignment: Exeter Hospital, Department of Pathology, Exeter, NH
Coordinate coverage for all pathology office personnel and the cytopathology office
coordinator. Assist with selection, orientation and training of new personnel
· Assessment and consideration of various alternatives for any given situation and
implementation of appropriate course of action · Capital equipment assessment and update for all offices
· Provide active coverage at all offices as necessary
June 1993 - Pathology Office Coordinator
February 1995 Path Lab, Inc., Portsmouth, NH
Assignment: Exeter Hospital, Department of Pathology, Exeter, NH
Management of office personnel and procedures to maintain/develop cost efficient
measures
· Transcribe dictation of correspondence and technical reports
· Secretarial duties to assist in monthly billing and reporting
· Assist Histology with daily logging and accessioning of surgical specimens
according to unit requirements
· Personal computer operations for data inquiry
· Preparation of surgical slides and patient history reports for weekly tumor board
cancer conference meeting
June 1992 - Pathology Secretary
June 1993 Path Lab, Inc., Portsmouth, NH
Assignment: Exeter Hospital, Department of Pathology, Exeter, NH
· Processing reports on surgical specimens for pathologists
· Provide answers to inquiries and technical clarification of medical reports to
physicians
· Maintaining medical files
Secretarial and clerical duties requiring knowledge of medical terminology, office
procedures and corporate services
COMPUTER SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
• Extensive CoPath knowledge
Escription program ·
Wordperfect 5.1 DOS / 6.1 Windows Word 2003, XP
· Transcription Speed - 85+ WPM
· PLAB software
· CPT & ICD-9
REFERENCES: Furnished upon request
Tina J. Harwell