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In This Issue:  President's Corner Perspectives on the HIMSS 2007 Annual Conference Board Election Update State of Illinois RHIO Activity Second Annual Regional Nursing Informatics ConferencePresident's Corner Well, it’s hard to believe that HIMSS 2007 has come and gone. We had a record 166 in attendance at our Annual GCC HIMSS Reception this year in New Orleans. We know the week is filled with so many things to do and we appreciate everyone who stopped to say hello. There is nothing quite like the start of Spring in Chicago! We are about to begin our final quarter of the 2006-2007 HIMSS year and there is a lot happening in the next three months! If you are interested in becoming a member of the board, please see the section below from Frank Scafidi on Elections. Whether you want to be a candidate or not, please take five minutes to vote on April 17th. Register now for the annual nursing informatics program on Friday, May 19th. The Nursing Informatics Planning Committee is very excited about this year’s program entitled "Destination: Promoting Patient Safety Excellence Through Technology" (See NI program agenda below). Last year’s program drew over 125 attendees, including HIMSS members from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and more! For more information on this program, please see article below by Terry Piazza and be sure to register at www.gcchimss.net. Mark your calendars now for the Annual Business Meeting and Social, currently being planned for the evening of Thursday, July 19th. We are venturing from the Oak Brook Drake this year and promise a fun-filled evening of food, drink, networking and entertainment in a room with a view of our fabulous city on the "Sprit of Chicago". We will be offering a special discount to members who have attended programs throughout the 2006-2007 year, but welcome those of you who have not been able to make it. We will not be able to support walk-ins, however, so please plan ahead to register and attend. This will be the year-end meeting that you will not want to miss! Please be sure to take five minutes to vote for your 2007-2008 board beginning April 17, 2007. We look forward to seeing all of you at the Nursing Informatics Program and our Annual Business Meeting and Social! Happy Spring! Dawn Mitchell President, GCC HIMSS Perspectives on the HIMSS 2007 Annual Conference Well another Annual Conference has come and gone! This was something like my twelfth straight (I can’t remember anymore!). The theme was "Innovation Will Happen" and I think that’s generally true. These are my thoughts on some of the finer points of the meeting. It was held in New Orleans and reached the record attendance levels set last year in San Diego. I consider this a ‘pity visit’ to a certain extent. HIMSS wanted to make a statement that it would support renewal and rebirth in the ‘Crescent City’ by holding the Annual Conference there even amidst infrastructure issues and rising crime in the French Quarter. Many attendees (vendors and providers) I think felt a little guilty honestly not to attend. Regardless of the motivation, though, the conference went-off without incident, was a big boost to the local economy, and overall was a huge success. That’s not to say it was the same, old New Orleans HIMSS visited a few years ago – it most certainly was not. For me, I can just say that the ‘spark’ wasn’t there. The locals I talked to though are resigned to move on and do whatever they can to bring back the old ‘feel.’ At the current pace of reconstruction though, this looks like a decade or more out. I had friends that participated in the CHIME-Habitat for Humanity project on the Saturday before who validated that the pace of this renewal needs better project management and industrial engineering. I think this is a function of keeping New Orleans’ plight in our all-too-attention-deficit social conscience. Re: the conference, the revamped, IT-enabled registration process seemed to work more smoothly. I didn’t see the huge lines or hear the usual complaints from vendors about the typical Monday morning rush. The exhibit hall was a mile long (no exaggeration!) and it always seemed like I needed to get from one end to the other for some reason (sure this was poor planning on my part but I still think vendor booth sizes and staffs are simply excessive). The educational sessions I attended were generally good and the keynotes were excellent – I especially liked Colin Powell (BTW, become a Fellow if for no other reason than to get the reserved special seating upfront at the Keynotes). The evening events calendar simply includes too many vendor parties to get to in one night (at least for someone my age). These are spilling into Sunday night, breakfast and lunch times – the slots I typically reserved to meet the people I really wanted to see! There were more ‘visit these booths’ games as vendors copied the success of NextGen, HealthData Management, and Healthcare Informatics. Bottom-line, I didn’t win a car, exotic trip or anything else though. I did get some cute vendor trinkets! I’m kind of looking forward to next year in Orlando even though my kids are a little beyond Disney. See you there! Board Election Update Dear GCCHIMSS Member, The following is an update on our Board election. This year there are EIGHT Board Positions to be filled: Positions: • President Elect (3 year term. See Term of Office below for details) • Secretary (2 year term) • Treasurer (2 year term) • Communications (2 year term) • (4) At-Large (1 year term) - One At Large position holds the responsibility for Advocacy Liaison, one is responsible for RHIO Federation Liaison and the other two carry on general Board business as assigned. Eligibility. Members who are elected to the Board must be active, dues-paid members of National HIMSS who have completed one (1) year of membership. Nominees for President Elect must have held a position on the Board in at least one of the immediately three (3) prior years. Term of Office. The tenure of elected Officers shall commence July 1st through an election process. President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past President are each one-year terms that are served consecutively. The president term is effectively 3 years with one year in each position. A President-Elect will be elected each year. Member-at-Large positions will be elected for one-year terms. All other officers' terms shall be two years. All officers, except president, may serve in the same position for two (2) consecutive terms. Schedule: • Nominations Open - March 19, 2007 • Nominations Close - April 6, 2007 • Bios Collected - April 9 - 13, 2007 • Ballots Mailed - April 17, 2007 • New Board Members Notified - May 5, 2007 Nominations: Some nominations have already been received. If you would like to nominate someone or want to run for one of these positions, please email me (fscafidi@emhc.org) or Rose Ann Laureto (rlaureto@uic.edu) with the name of the nominee by no later than April 6, 2007. For a list of current officers and more information about our chapter, visit our website at http://www.gcchimss.net/. Best regards, Frank Scafidi Past President GCCHIMSS State of Illinois RHIO Activity What should the State of Illinois’ role be in Health Information Exchange? This is the question that Representative Julie Hamos is attempting to answer in the draft legislation that she submitted to the general assembly of Illinois on February 13, 2007, using input from the Electronic Health Records Task force (EHR task force). The EHR task force was established by legislation in March 2006. Its vision is to assure interoperablility with other states, safeguard the legal and personal rights to privacy, ensure that the transport, management and uses of healthcare data are appropriate, and assure the safe provision of care for individuals, providers, and public. The goals of the taskforce are to make recommendations and an implementation plan for secure, standardized EHRs utilized by Illinoisans and persons served by Illinois Providers. Representative Hamos has incorporated the EHR task force recommendations in the draft legislation, which is titled: Illinois Health Information Network (ILHIN). The draft legislation has two main goals: 1. To establish a state-level health information exchange to facilitate the sharing of health information among health care providers within Illinois and beyond other states; 2. To foster the widespread adoption of electronic health records and health information exchange by health care providers and the general public. Representative Hamos’s legislation specifies that the state-level health information exchange be based on a Federated model and that minimum standards should be established by the ILHIN to ensure security and confidentiality for patient information. Full text and current status of the legislature may be found at the Illinois General Assembly Web Site: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1254&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30009&SessionID=51&GA=95#actions Everyone is encouraged to write a two-paragraph letter to their legislatures in support of this very important legislation. Destination: Promoting Patient Safety Excellence Through Technology The HIMSS Chapters of Greater Chicago, Wisconsin Dairyland and South East Wisconsin in collaboration with the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Task Force present the Destination: Promoting Patient Safety Excellence Through Technology The recent national campaign to save 5 million from harm (IHI, 2006) challenges health care providers to create ever-safer patient care environments. Building on last year’s successful conference, this conference will provide individuals involved in health care informatics real answers to these challenges. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with nationally recognized experts in evidence-based practice and technology solutions. The morning portion of the conference will include: • An overview of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), 5 Million Lives Campaign and the impact that informatics has on achieving success • Presentations describing the association between standardized nursing languages, evidence-based practice and their contribution to creating an enriched quality and patient safe environment The afternoon portion of the conference will allow attendees to pick sessions from four presentations divided into two tracks: • Track 1: Demonstrating Outcomes Using Technology • Track 2: Using Technology to Create a Safe Environment Additional networking opportunities will be available at a cocktail hour scheduled for the end of the program. DATE: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:00AM – 5:00PM LOCATION: Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Kenosha 11800 108th Street Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 53158 262-857-3377 A limited number of rooms are available at the Radisson Hotel at a special conference rate. Please contact the hotel directly for reservation information. 262-857-3377 The advanced registration fee for this day-long program has been held to $125 and includes: All conference materials, refreshment breaks and lunch NOTE: On site registration the day of the program is available but will be at $150. 6 Contact Hours Have Been Applied For! For online registration, go to http://www.gcchimss.net Conference Agenda 8:00-8:45AM Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:45-9:00AM Welcome Ruth MacCallum, RN, BS Program Co-Chair, Healthia Consulting Nicole Mohiuddin, RN, BC, MS Program Co-Chair, Perot Systems Greater Chicago Chapter Board Wisconsin Dairyland Board South East Wisconsin Board 9:00-10:30AM 5 M Lives Campaign Perspectives: Making Advances for Safe Healthcare Marina L. Douglas, MS, RN, Principle Beacon Healthcare Consulting Following its successful 100,000 lives campaign, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has recently launched the 5 Million Lives Campaign. The campaign, its new initiatives and the present and future impact of informatics in attaining campaign success for participating organizations will be discussed. Leading organizations toward the adoption of a culture of safety and innovation as outlined in the Campaign will require transition management skill and finesse. Principles of transition management and clinical information technology implementation will be presented. 10:30-11:00AM Refreshment Break 11-12:30PM Evidence Based Nursing Practice: Importance and Impact Patricia S. Button, EdD, RN Director, Nursing Content, Zynx Health Incorporated Dr. Button will discuss the research that provides the basis for evidence based nursing practice, the exciting developments that are supporting the delivery of evidence based practices to the bedside clinician, as well as the results of an evidence based nursing project that demonstrated improvements in quality and safety. 12:30-1:30PM Lunch TRACK 1 1:30-2:45PM Supporting Quality, Reducing Clinician Burden! Kate Reynolds, RN, Senior Director Medical Informatics, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare This presentation will focus on the practical efforts by Evanston Northwestern Healthcare to use the EMR to support quality and care outcomes without increasing the burden on the clinicians. The presenter hopes to be able to demonstrate through real examples how we can really make the EMR work for both our patients and clinicians. TRACK 2 1:30-2:45PM Design Considerations for a Safe Hospital Kim Pemble, MS, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Synergy Health, West Bend, WI & Mike Murphy, RN, MBA, Vice President Administration/CNO, Synergy Health-St. Joseph Hospital, West Bend, WI This presentation will look at physical design as well as systems design and share SynergyHealth St. Joseph’s experiences in constructing and moving to a new facility as well as the process of establishing a team and process to support implementation of electronic medication administration and other clinical documentation. The presentation will emphasize the importance of being "change agents" in these initiatives. 2:45-3:15PM Refreshment Break TRACK 1 3:15-4:30PM Taking Data to the Bedside with the use of Rounding Reports Heather Creason, RN, MS, CPHQ, CCM Director of Performance Improvement and Infection Control, University of Tennessee Medical Center This presentation follows the Performance Improvement Department through development and implementation of Rounding Reports. It covers lessons learned, barriers met and outcomes of an ongoing process that is designed to help nurses learn to look at data and then become involved in process improvement. TRACK 2 3:15-4:30PM A Baldrige Winner's Approach to Informatics Mac McClurkan, MBA, Vice President/Chief Information Officer, Bronson Healthcare Group, Kalamazoo, MI Hear how Bronson Healthcare Group, recipient of the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, uses a cross-functional approach to informatics. 4:45-5:00PM Wrap Up 5-6:30PM Complimentary Cocktail/Networking Hour Program Planning Committee: Ruth MacCallum RN, BS, Program Co-Chair Senior Consultant, Healthia Consulting, Chicago, IL Nicole Mohiuddin, RN, BC, MS Program Co-Chair Senior Consultant, Perot Systems, Healthcare Solutions Thomas Andrews RN, BC, MS Director, Nursing Informatics, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL Ida Androwich PhD, RN BC, FAAN Professor & Director of the Health Systems Management Program, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Karen Carroll PhD, RN Manager, Nursing Informatics, Children’s Memorial Medical Center, Chicago, IL Robin Clisso, CSE, IPCA, LCSE Account Manager, Direct Networks, Inc., Madison, WI Lydia Lindholm Manager, Clinical Information Systems, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Carolyn Messerschmidt RN, BSN Information System Clinical Coordinator, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, IL Judy Murphy RN, BSN, FACMI Vice President, Information Services, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI Terry Piazza Senior Analyst, Information Services, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Linda Potter RN, BC, MSN, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Manager, Clinical Solutions, Centegra Health System, McHenry, IL Bonnie Siegel Vice President, Hersher Associates, Ltd, Northbrook, IL Catherine Sprague Senior Business Analyst, American Imaging Management, Deerfield, IL Coordinator Student Volunteers: Julia Havey, RN BSN CCM Student Loyola University, Graduate Nursing Certification Program: Informatics |
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