
Grand Forks, N.D. – Altru Health System is proud to announce that Ashley Brusseau has accepted the position of manager of health information management and transcription. Most recently, she was an instructor at North Dakota State College of Science in the health information and medical coding programs. She has 14 years of experience in the healthcare industry and is excited to be back in a healthcare facility.
Ashley attended Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota, earning a bachelor’s degree in health information administration. She holds the credentials, RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician) and is pursuing RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator). In her free time, she enjoys being outside and spending time with her husband, Jeff, and two children, Hadley and Tucker.
Altru Health System is a regional-owned, integrated system with an acute care hospital, a specialty hospital, more than a dozen clinics in Grand Forks and the region, and a large home care network. It employs nearly 200 physicians and 4,000 staff and has an annual net operating revenue of more than $549 million. As the first member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, Altru’s providers have access to clinically integrated tools extending Mayo Clinic’s knowledge and expertise to patients.
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