Healthcare IT News - March 2009 - (Page 37) www.HealthcareITNews.com jobspot March 2009 ■ Healthcare IT News 37 Penn Nursing, Eclipsys partner to put IT into curriculum By PaTTy ENrado, Contributing Editor PHILADELPHIA – A partnership between Eclipsys and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, or Penn Nursing, will bring the healthcare IT company’s technology and clinical expertise into the nursing curriculum. Eclipsys and Penn Nursing share the same values of promoting evidence-based practice, said Kathryn Bowles, RN, associate professor of Nursing at Penn Nursing. More clinicians use Eclipsys solutions for physician order entry than any other similar solution, and an more than half a million clinical-care team users across 245 client sites, representing more than 1,500 hospitals, use Eclipsys solutions, said James Cato, RN, Eclipsys vice president and chief nurs- ing officer. That said, Cato noted that regardless of the vendor supplying the solution in nursing schools graduates gain knowledge and understanding of the benefits of clinical information systems in general. Any exposure to systems like Eclipsys is a plus, Bowles agreed. Understanding the components of electronic health records, or EHRs, and how to use data for such things as clinical disease management helps reduce orientation time for EHR systems, she said. Nursing students trained on clinical information systems make quicker, easier transition into their new work environments, which saves time and money in new employee orientation, Cato said. “I’ve also noticed that students who learn in nursing programs with clinical information systems stimulate more rapid nurse adoption of technology because they tend to serve as mentors,” he said. That type of environment is very much needed in nursing, Bowles said. “One of the goals is graduating nurses who know what to ask for, to be advocates for healthcare IT in hospitals, physician offices and clinics,” she said. As more and more healthcare systems develop nursing informatics committees, graduates from Penn Nursing will prove to be ideal candidates for these positions, she added. Bowles said she hopes the efficiencies gained by clinical information systems will help relieve the nursing shortage. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: NursiNg 0309 ● ad index 3M 12 AHIP 33 Allscripts 16 Beacon.Partners 25 Bellevue.University 10 Carestream 4 CDW 15 Dell 7 Emdeon 31 Enovate.IT 6 GE.Healthcare 40 HealthConnection 29 HIMSS.Analytics 26 HIMSS09.Annual.Conference.&.Exhibition 24 . HITN.Job.Spot 36 HITN.Website 37 Intersystems 2 LG.Electronics 20 LINK.Medical.Computing 36 Nuance 28 Optum.Health 14 Orion.Health 32 Panasonic 19 Qwest.Business 5 Sprint 35 Varian.Medical.Systems 39 Verizon 11 Welch.Allyn 18 The biggest news of the year Besides the actual NEWS we report on. Presenting the new HealthcareITNews.com Get all the news you need, in addition to enhanced functions such as: Article commenting and rating: Tell us which stories you love, and which ones you merely like Blog: Guest commentators, independent bloggers, and other ranting and raving Video and Podcasts: For your late-night viewing and listening pleasure (or morning, afternoon…) Experience Customization: You’re in control of the way our site looks to you Expanded Resource Central and event rundown: You could literally spend all day on our site, if you really wanted to ad sales contacts Neil.Rouda neil.rouda@medtechpublishing.com T.(207).688-6270.F.(207).688-6273 John.D..Payne john.payne@medtechpublishing.com T.(207).688-6270.F.(207).688-6273 Cathleen.Martindale,.Southeast.Sales.Manager cathleen.martindale@medtechpublishing.com T.(727).376-2900.F.(727).376-4097 Vincent.Biunno,.Northeast.Sales.Manager vincent.biunno@medtechpublishing.com T.(201).666-2118.F.(201).666-9660 Steven.Loerch,.Midwest.Sales.Manager steve.loerch@medtechpublishing.com T.(847).498-4520.F.(847).498-5911 Gordon.Hunt,.Western.Sales.Manager gordon.hunt@medtechpublishing.com T.(949).366-3192.F.(949).366-3193 E.J..Fechenda ellen.fechenda@medtechpublishing.com T.(207).688-6270.F.(207).688-6273 inside account Manager west Midwest northeast southeast Vice President sales Publisher Medtech Publishing company 71.Pineland.Drive,.Suite.203 New.Gloucester,.ME.04260 T.(207).688-6270.F.(207).688-6273 Visit www.HealthcareITNews.com today http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/penn-nursing-eclipsys-partner-put-it-curriculum http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com
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