Debra Cook is a graduate of the Health Information Management and the Adult Education programs at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Her HIM experience includes: 5 years in acute health care practice in a variety of positions including management, UR and QM coordinator, and coding, 10 years in HIM education at Alderson-Broaddus College and Marshall University in West Virginia, and Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, NC, and is currently employed by Catawba Valley Community College as HIM Program Director.