Nancy Szwydek, MPH, RN, RHIA, RMA, CMAC, CRAT, has more than 40 years’ experience working in the health care field in both clinical and administrative capacities. She is currently assistant dean, director of quality assurance, and online department chair for the Health Information Management, Health Informatics, and Billing & Coding programs at Purdue University Global. In addition, Ms. Szwydek is an MAERB board member, an accreditation peer reviewer for MAERB/CAAHEP, and an item and module writer for medical assisting exams for a national credentialing organization. For over 10 years, Ms. Szwydek served as chair of the Medical Assisting program at Kaplan University, where she was instrumental in completing the first self-study program and achieving programmatic accreditation for the program through CAAHEP.
Ms. Szwydek holds a master of public health degree and a certified medical assistant certificate (CMAC). She is a registered nurse, a registered health information administrator (RHIA), a registered medical assistant (RMA), and a certified rhythm analysis technician (CRAT).
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