Patti Slaughter

HIM Director & Facility Privacy Officer, Western AZ Reg’l Med Center at Community Health Systems

Patti Slaughter, RHIA, currently serves as the HIM Director and Facility Privacy Officer at Western Arizona Regional Medical Center under Community Health Systems since September 2020. Prior to this role, Patti held the position of HIM Director for the Central Coast Area at OPTUM360 SERVICES, INC. from October 2017 to January 2020 and served as HIM Director at Rideout Health from January 2015 to May 2017. With extensive consulting experience from November 2009 to January 2015, Patti took on various interim roles including HIM Ops Manager and HIM Director in multiple healthcare facilities across California and Nevada. Earlier in the career, Patti was HIM Director at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital under Dignity Health from January 2005 to October 2009. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Health Information/Medical Records Administration from Stephens College and an Associate of Science in Health Information/Medical Records Technology from Boise State University.

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