Lan'Tejuana Samone Cooper
- lantejuana.cooper@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-561-2025
- OFFICE
- Div of Hlth Informatics/Info M
Health Informatics and Information Management
Lewis-Beck Allied Health Bldg. Room #324
HIM 3116 Quality Management in Health Services Mon. Wed.-10:00a.m. -11:15a.m.
HIM 4935 Current Issues in Health Informatics and Information Management - Online
Dr. Cooper is a tenured Associate Professor with a BS degree in Health Informatics and Information Management (Formerly Health Information Management), an MS degree in Healthcare Administration, and a PhD degree in Educational Leadership from Florida A&M University. She also received the State of Florida Certified Public Manager designation from the Florida Center for Public Management at Florida State University. Annually, for over a decade, Dr. Cooper co-authored the Health Law Chapter for the Professional Review Guide for the RHIA and RHIT examinations. In addition, she has published in the Journal of AHIMA, Journal of Health Care Finance, Florida Public Health Review, and the NSAH Journal. Dr. Cooper has over 20 years of experience in teaching adults and more than 16 years of experience in academia, teaching foundations in health information management, legal aspects of health information, quality management in health services, professional development, and coordinating professional practice/clinical experiences and internships. She has developed policies and procedures for implementing HIPAA requirements, developed training modules, and designed HIPAA assessments and quality improvement tools. She is an active member of the regional, state, and national Health Information Management Associations. She received the Florida Health Information Management Association’s (FHIMA) 2017 Educator of the Year Award. Dr. Cooper is the Director of the Division of Health Informatics and Information Management and has served in this capacity since 2018. She also successfully led the Division through its second re-accreditation process in 2021-2022, providing the program with the maximum term of continued accreditation.
- Dr. Cooper's research interests include training health professionals on increasing effective patient-provider communication by adopting health literacy strategies, perceptions on medical marijuana, and telehealth and telemedicine.
- Florida A&M University, 2014
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership - Florida A&M University, 2004
Master of Science in Health Care Administration - Florida Center for Public Management at Florida State University, 2002
Certified Public Manager - Florida A&M University, 1998
Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management
- Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 2005 - Present
- Director and Associate Professor, August 2020 - Present
- Interim Director and Associate Professor, May 2018- August 2020
- Associate Professor, August 2015 - Present
- Assistant Professor, January 2007-August 2015
- Clinical Coordinator, January 2007- August 2020
- Adjunct Instructor, January 2005- January 2007
- Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Tallahassee,
FL January 1999 - January -2007,
Administrative Services Manager
Corporate Trainer
Unit Supervisor
- Peer Reviewed Journal and Articles- Recent
- Stroud, O., Friday-Stroud, S., Farmer, E., Cooper, L. (2023) An Analysis of the Legal and Managerial Implications of Telemedicine on the Haves and Have Nots Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of the National Society of Allied Health.
- Cooper, Lan'Tejuana S., Davis Weaver, Jullet. Crowther, Vanessa; and Lewis, Marissa A (2022). Exploring Medical Marijuana Knowledge and Perceptions among a Community-Based Sample, Florida Public Health Review: Vol. 19, Article 10.
- Peer Reviewed Book Chapters for Health Law:
Schnering P. Online Professional Review Guide for RHIA and RHIT Examinations, Cengage Learning, Stanford, CT 2019-2023. - Schnering P. Professional Review Guide for RHIA and RHIT Examinations, Cengage Learning, Stanford, CT 2010-2019.
- Dr. Cooper is the recipient of the 2019 FAMU Marijuana Mini-Grant; the Florida Health Information Management Association’s (FHIMA) 2017 Educator of the Year Award; and the 2009 American Health Information Management Foundation Merit Scholarship (Rita Finnegan Memorial Scholarship) recipient.
- HIM 3006 Foundations in Health Information Management Lecture and Lab
- HIM 3016 Legal Aspects of Health Information
- HSA 3110 Organization and Administration of Healthcare Facilities
- HIM 3116 Quality Management in Health Services Lecture and Lab
- HSC 3535 Medical Terminology
- HIM 3930 Professional Development I
- HIM 3806 Professional Practice Experience I
- HIM 4306 Organization and Management of Health Information Lecture and Lab
- HIM 4406 Health Care Records
- HIM 4838 Management Internship
- HIM 4816 Professional Practice Experience II
- HIM 4932 Professional Development II
- HIM 4935 Current Issues in Health Informatics and Information Management
- HSA 6385 Quality Management in Health Care
