Background
Adams, Richard Paul was born on December 25, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
healthcare management executive
Adams, Richard Paul was born on December 25, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Certified medical record technical, Rindge Technology Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969; Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management, University Texas, Galveston, 1989; Master in Public Health, University Texas, Houston, 1992.
Assistant supervisor medical record department, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1967-1969;
director inpatient medical records, Boston City Hospital, 1969-1971;
annual meeting coordinator, assistant continuing education division, American Health Information Management Association, 1971-1975;
director medical records, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio., 1975-1976;
assistant director, director medical record services, Medical Dimensions, Inc., Houston, 1976-1978;
director medical record services, Medical Dimensions, Inc., Houston, 1977-1978;
consultant, director health information services, Contemporary Health, Inc., Houston, 1978-1984;
consultant, director health information services, Cambridge International, Inc., Houston
administrative associate, Orchard Creek Hospital, Houston, 1984-1989;
director health information services IntraCare Hospital, Cambridge International, Inc., Houston, 1989-1990;
corporation director quality assessment risk management, Cambridge International, Inc., Houston, 1990-1996;
director utility management, Pine Lands Hospital, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1997-1998;
risk manager, Park Plaza Hospital, Houston, since 1998. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Lyndon Baines Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1992. Medical record consultant Yale Clinic and Hospital, Houston, 1983-1992, nursing homes in Chicago, 1971-1975.
Instructor medical terminology Thornton Community College, South Holland, Illinois, 1973-1974.
Board trustees IntraCare Hospital, Houston, since 1988. Chairman Mayor's Task Force on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Houston, 1984-1987. Board directors The Montrose Clinic, Inc., Houston, 1980-1987, member planning committee, 1980-1982, corporation secretary, 1982-1983, chairman, 1984-1985, 87, vice chairman, 1986.
Member substance abuse services panel The United Way of Texas Gulf Coast, Houston, 1989-1990. Member American Health Information Management Association (member mental health record section since 1985), Texas Health Information Management Association (chairman publications committee 1979-1981, ad hoc committee 1977-1978), Houston Area Health Information Management Association.