Deresa Claybrook

Deresa Claybrook, MS, RHIT is the President of Positive Resource Health Care Industry Consultants. She has over 25 years in the healthcare industry. She has practical experience as a Coder, Medical Records Director, Human Resource Director and as an instructor. She also has experience as a Long Term Care Administrator. Ms. Claybrook loves to train, motivate and inspire those in the healthcare field to perform their best. She is an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City Community College. She also loves to work as a consumer advocate to ensure that everyone understands the importance of their health care information. Ms. Claybrook received her Masters of Science degree in Management and her Bachelors of Science in Human Resources from Southern Nazarene. She graduated with her Associates degree in Medical Records Science from Amarillo College in 1986. She is a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and proudly holds a membership with American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She has served on the local board of OkHIMA as the state Continuing Education Coordinator (CEC). She works directly with healthcare organizations to offer resources in the area of Human Resource Management and Health Information Management with a special emphasis on bridging the gap between health care information and the health care industry. She has recently served on the Oklahoma Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration Project also known as the Oklahoma governor’s task force. She has written professionally for many health care magazines. Her focus is on tracking health care information for health care organizations and for health care consumers. She is a Competent Communicator through Toastmaster and speaks nationally on various health care topics in her field.