Elizabeth Layman, PhD, RHIA, CCS, FAHIMA
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Services and Information Management
BA, French, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Health Information Administration, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota
MA, Organizational Leadership, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
PhD, Higher Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
ECU faculty member and Chair since July, 1996. Prior faculty appointment: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta Georgia (1990-1996)
Courses Taught
Managed Care in Health Systems
Professionalism in Health Information Management
Health Care Reimbursement
Health Data Structures
Health Service Coding
Topics in Health Information Management
Quality Management in Health Care
Management of Health Information Services Department and Seminar
Recent Publications
Layman, E.J. (2008, April-June). Ethical issues and the electronic health record. Health Care Manager, 27(2), 165-176.
Layman, E. (2008, March-April). Training health care personnel to work with health care data. North Carolina Medical Journal, 69(2),159-162.
Rosenthal, D.A., & Layman, E. (2008, February 13). Utilization of information technology in eastern North Carolina physician practices: determining the existence of a digital divide. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 5(3). Available at http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_036774.html.
Layman, E.J., & Watzlaf, V.J. (2008). Health informatics research methods: Principles and practice. Chicago, IL: American Health Information Management Association.
Casto, A. B., & Layman, E. (2009). Principles of healthcare reimbursement, 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: American Health Information Management Association.
Layman, E.J. (2007, April-June). Job redesign and the health care manager. Health Care Manager, 26(2), 98-110.
Layman, E., & Bamberg, R. (2006). Coping with a turbulent healthcare environment: An integrative literature review. Journal of Allied Health, 35(1), 50-60.
Bamberg, R., & Layman, E. (2006). Chapter 3: The development of allied health leaders for dean positions in schools or colleges of allied health. In A. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in psychology research, volume 41 (pp. 53-73). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Layman, E. J., & Bamberg, R. (2005, July-September). Environmental scanning and the health care manager. Health Care Manager, 24(3), 200-208.
Shah, M. A., & Layman, E. (2005, January-March). Using a multi-pronged approach to implement organizational performance improvements. Health Care Manager, 24(1), 48-54.
Bamberg, R., & Layman, E. (2004, Summer). Approaches to leadership development used by deans of allied health. Journal of Allied Health, 33(2), 113-124.
Layman, E. (2003, January-March). Health informatics: Ethical issues. Health Care Manager, 22(1), 2-15.
Layman, E. (2006). Chapter 16: Research methods. In K. M. LaTour & S. Eichenwald Maki (Eds.), Health information management: Concepts, principles, and practice, 2nd ed. (pp. 437-487). Chicago, IL: American Health Information Management Association.
Layman, E., Bamberg, R., & Jones, H. P. (2002, Winter). Filling the position of lead administrator in schools of allied health: The experience of search committees. Journal of Allied Health, 31(4), 197-204.
Layman, E., & Watzlaf, V. (2002, June). Manuscript characteristics affecting reviewers’ decisions for journals in health information management. Proceedings of the Leslie Blide Memorial Research Forum of the Assembly on Education of the American Health Information Management Association, Chicago: American Health Information Management Association, Tab 12.
Bamberg, R., Layman, E., & Jones, H. P. (2000, Winter). Leadership progression in schools of allied health. Journal of Allied Health, 29(4), 196-202.
Layman, E. J., & Guyden, J. A. (2000). Renewal versus burnout: A career blueprint. Health Care Manager,18(3), 52-62.
Layman, E. J., & Guyden, J. A. (1999, Winter). The relationships among organizational and departmental characteristics, hardiness, and burnout in directors of hospital health information management departments. Educational Perspectives in Health Information Management, 2(2), 41-62.
Layman, E. J., & Guyden, J. A. (1999, Spring). The relationships among psychological type, coping mechanisms, and burnout in directors of hospital health information management departments. Educational Perspectives in Health Information Management, 2(1), 29-41.
Layman, E. J. (1998). The relationships among psychological type, coping, and burnout in directors of health information management departments. Proceedings of the Association of Management and International Association of Management: Health Care Management, 16 (1, Supplement), Virginia Beach, VA: Maximilian Press, 15-22.
Layman, E., & Guyden, J. A. (1997). Reducing your risk of burnout. Health Care Supervisor. 15(3), 57-69.
Lloyd, S. S., & Layman, E. (1997). The effects of automated encoders on coding accuracy and coding speed. Topics in Health Information Management, 17(3), 72-79.
Layman, E. (1996). Ethics education: Curricular considerations for the allied health disciplines. Journal of Allied Health, 25(2), 149-160.
Layman, E. (1995). A model to implement and sustain change. Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, 66(7), 52-55.
Layman, E. (1993). Preparing for the future: Job redesign. Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, 64(9), 96-98.
Layman, E., Heaps, T., & Bell, B. (1992). The human factor: Ergonomics and the coding function. Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, 63(8), 77-87.
Layman, E., Johnston, C., O'Neal, D., & Crawford, M. (1992). Coding education: A partnership between a hospital and an academic program. Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, 63(4), 63-74.
Layman, E. J. (1999). Quality management history and philosophy. In J. Gulledge & L. B. Haught (Eds.), Health care quality and outcomes management (pp. 1:1-1:19). Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen.
Layman, E. J. (1999). Behavioral foundations of the ergonomic process. In J. P. Kohn (Ed.), Ergonomic process management: A blueprint for quality and compliance (pp. 43-65). Boca Raton, FL: Lewis.
Awards and Certification
Legacy Award of the Triumph Awards of the American Health Information Management Association and the Foundation of Research and Education of AHIMA with co-recipient Anne Casto, October 2007
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research, School of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, August 2007
Drs. Rick Bamberg, Elizabeth Layman, and Harold Jones were recipients of the 2001 J. Warren Perry Distinguished Author Award for their article "Leadership Progression in Schools of Allied Health." The Author Award honors the best article of the year in the Journal of Allied Health.
Layman has been appointed to the Fellowship Review Committee of the American Health Information Management Association. This distinguished group is responsible for making recommendations for fellowship and candidacy.
Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association (FAHIMA), February 2001
Spotlight Award, North Carolina Health Information Management Association, May 2001
J. Warren Perry Distinguished Author Award, Journal of Allied Health, Nov. 1996
Outstanding Poster Presentation in Health Care Reform, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, 29th Annual Conference, Charleston, SC, November 1996
Outstanding Dissertation 1995-1996, College of Education, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, May 1996
Aspen Systems Graduate Scholarship, Foundation of Record Education, American Health Information Management Association, 1993
Outstanding Member, Augusta Area Health Information Management Association, 1993
Alpha Eta Society, Georgia Chapter, June 1993
Certificate of Achievement for Superior Achievement and Excellence, Minnesota Medical Record Association, 1986
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Association of Psychological Type, June 1994
Certified Coding Specialist, C05514, June 1992
Registered Record Administrator, 17041, October 1989
Accredited Record Technician, 26751, September 1986
Research Interest
Leadership and Management
Coping
Professional Burnout
Governance in Higher Education
Ethics
Curriculum
Professional Organizations
American Health Information Management Association
North Carolina Health Information Management Association
National Association for Health Care Quality
Assembly on Education of the American Health Information Management Association
American Educational Research Association
