Deloris Farthing, director of health information management at HaysMed, part of The University of Kansas Health System, has been elected to the position of president-elect for the Kansas Health Information Management Association.

Farthing will assume her duties as president-elect on July 1 and will transition to president in July 2020.

The Kansas Health Information Management Association has over 1,000 members and is an organization of health information management professionals who provide guidance, best practices, education and advocacy for quality healthcare to improve health record quality in the effective management of health data and information.

Farthing has been an associate of HaysMed since 2003.