meditec.com

Faculty & Staff

Meditec, Inc., is a Utah Corporation in business since 1969. It is a closely held family corporation and its stock does not trade publicly.

The faculty and staff involved are:

Jari Davis – CEO and Course author and instructor, Officer, Staff Member
Educational background: Brigham Young University, education and bacteriology. University of Utah
Medical Center computer science, programming, medical coding and chart abstraction and trainer (for World Health Organization). Set up the standards for data generation and collection for WHO and various NIH federal government grants for various medical departments. Contributed to the Utah Tumor Registry Program with Charles R. Smart, M.D.

Started Meditec, Inc., providing outsourced services to medical providers in medical transcription, coding and billing. Commenced training programs for Meditec employees. Set up the entire accounts receivable, patient information system up for the Utah State Department of Family Health Services. Consulting services to many hospitals/clinics in medical transcription, coding training and billing functions. Trained MDs to use encounter forms. Formalized the training programs in early 1990s for on-line education – competency-based learning.

Feature writer for various medical/legal publications in magazines, journals and textbooks. Major contributor to medical/legal online dictionaries.

Recognition/Awards:
1977 – Named Utah Businesswoman of the year by Utah Business Women’s organization.

1983 – Became the first Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) in Utah. Chaired the Utah Chapter of the American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT) and served as the President. Initiated the Idaho Chapters of this organization.

1990 – Named “Boss of the Year” by the Utah Business Women’s Association

1998-2007 – Guardian ad litem in children’s program through Juvenile Court System, CASA Volunteer. Working with children in various stressful homes, discovering potential programs, which might be of assistance, recommending to the Juvenile Court authorities a course of action specifically designed to assist and benefit the affected children.

Dawn Moreno – Program Manager, Instructor, Writer
Background in marketing and sales as well as medical transcription. Major course content writer for another online medical transcription school as well as a director there for several years. Technical and content reviewer for Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins in their medical transcription pre-publications. Contributor of related medical career articles for related industry publications.

Education includes a degree in Human Services where she graduated with honors. Trained as an MT, she has also mastered coding and billing through a Meditec Coding and Billing Course.

Currently serves as an instructor-mentor, Jumpstart Internship coordinator, newsletter writer, and primary monitor for the Meditec student forum. Her passion is in helping adult learners meet and exceed their educational and career goals, and to find a job. Her motto is that one is never too old to learn something new.

Gary McCall – Staff Member, Web Technician, Instructor
Location: Utah. Two years of study at Idaho State University (business programs).
Wrote the specifications for and assisted in the programming of Meditec’s proprietary accounts receivable, patient management for the State of Utah, contributing a relational database to the process. Managed the US’ OSHA website under another contract for 6 years). Designs and administers websites. Trained Meditec employees for billing and coding functions. Available as instructor for on-line questions. Meditec system support. Student on-line support.

Recognition/Awards:
Excellence Award: ACS – Technical Excellence – November 1998
Excellence Award: ACS – Organizational Excellence – February 2001
Letter of Appreciation: U.S. Army, Joint Contact Point, Dugway – from Technical Director and Chief Scientist – February 1996
Letter of Appreciation: OSHA Director of Information Technology, April 2000, July 2000 and April 2001
Certificate of Recognition – OSHA Customer Service – January 2001
Letter of Appreciation: U.S. Secretary of Labor, Elaine Chao – September 2002

Advisory staff:
Marvin D. Loflin, Ph.D.
Gary Stanford, M.D.