Ruthann Russo, PhD, JD, MPH, RHIT, is a healthcare expert with more than 20 years of experience working in and advising healthcare organizations. She designed the HealthMap™ program to help healthcare consumers create plans for their own health that reflect their personal values, vision and mission. She works with physicians to help improve their documentation in patient medical records and to improve the quality of healthcare. She has personally instructed more than 3,000 physicians in hospitals across the country, including hospitals affiliated with the University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Massachusetts. She is the author of five books on the topics of health information, documenting in patient records, using medical record information, and ensuring medical bills are correct. She is a graduate of Dickinson College, American University’s Washington College of Law, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s program in public health, and Touro University, where she earned her doctoral degree in business administration. She is a Partner with the Bethlehem-based law firm Russo and Russo and a Managing Director with Navigant Consulting. Ruthann and her husband, Joe, an attorney in Pennsylvania and New York, have been married for 25 years. They have two children, Emmalea and John. They live in Center Valley, Pennsylvania and New York City.

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