Healthcare IT News - October 2007 - (Page 35)

www.HealthcareITNews.com October 2007 ■ Healthcare IT News 35 A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E H E A LT H C A R E I N F O R M AT I O N A N D M A N A G E M E N T S Y S T E M S S O C I E T Y ■ VOLUME 4 ■ NUMBER 10 Online election for Board Nominating Committee Kicks off Oct.15 TDirectors and Nominating Committee HE ANNUAL ELECTION HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo Less Than a Month Away Keynote speakers bring healthcare revolution to HIMSS08 speakers ThaveHIMSS confirmed for Exhibition, been the 2008 Annual Conference & WO OUTSTANDING KEYNOTE of the Board of begins Oct. 15. This exclusively electronic election will run through Nov. 15. All members whose e-mail addresses are on record with the national office will receive an e-mail from SBS, HIMSS’ third-party election services provider, outlining the voting process. Eligible voting members in HIMSS’ database who do not have an e-mail address will receive online voting instructions in the mail. To ensure the election’s integrity, SBS will track who has voted. All votes are confidential and will not be linked to members’ identification. Members with questions regarding this year’s election should contact HIMSS’ Executive Office at 312-915-9268 or via email at executive@himss.org. ■ Feb. 24-28, 2008, in Orlando, Fla. Recognized for the caliber and content of the educational sessions at its annual conference, HIMSS maintains this standard for its opening keynotes at HIMSS08. Steven D. Levitt—Best Selling Author T Candidates for HIMSS Board of Directors Steven L. Arnold VIP Health Plan, Lagrangeville, NY Jack Corley, Fellow Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) North Charleston, SC David Finn he second HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo, Nov. 6-7, is rapidly approaching and attendees can anticipate the event’s new program offerings and educational sessions to provide healthcare IT solutions to everyday challenges right from their computers, without time away from the office. Next month’s conference features two high-level keynote sessions including an opening presentation from Harvard Medical International’s Dr. Robert Crone and Dr. John Helfrick on the explosive growth of medical tourism and what it means in terms of establishing global standards for patient care and health information exchange. Cleveland Clinic CIO and Chairman, IT Division, C. Martin Harris, MD, FHIMSS, will kick-off day two with a discussion on eEnabled medical practices. The conference’s educational proVCE [continued on page 39] Steven D. Levitt, with co-author Stephen J. Dubner, a New York Times reporter, published NY Times best-seller Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything in 2005. At HIMSS08, Levitt, the Alvin Baum Professor of Economics and director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory at the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, will discuss his freakonomics theories—economics is the study of incentives—in the context of healthcare. KEYNOTE [continued on page 37] Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas Holly Miller, FHIMSS IT Staffing in Healthcare try may suffer shortages of qualified information technology staff. The respondents to this survey suggested that they are indeed experiencing staffing shortages. For both those working at vendor and provider organizations, respondents were most likely to indicate that they are experiencing a staffing shortage with regard to clinical applications such as CPOE, eMAR or PACS. Respondents were most likely to identify training people after hiring as the best solution for maintaining appropriate staffing resources within the organization; they were less likely to identify outsourcing and use of consultants or temporary help as a solution. Respondents also felt it important to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package. Summary: A recent report suggests that the healthcare indus- Members Vote on Revisions to HIMSS Bylaws LONG WITH THE BOARD and Nominating Committee election ballot all members will receive this month, members will receive information on voting for revisions to HIMSS’ bylaws. Amendments to the Society’s bylaws require membership approval. With an expansion of programs and addition of members over the past number of years, the Board of Directors formed a work group this past year to ensure that the Society’s governance was keeping pace with these changes and to review bylaws and determine if changes were needed. After thoroughly reviewing the entire set of bylaws and concluding modifications should be made to ensure the HIMSS governance structure is designed to best lead the Society, the work group presented their findings to the Board of Directors, who unanimously approved them for submission to the membership. The board-recommended bylaw amendment includes changes pertaining to the size of the Board of Directors; the length of University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio Guillermo Moreno, FHIMSS Courtyard Group Kissimmee, Fla. Carol Selvey, FHIMSS A The Revere Group Chicago, Ill. Charlene Underwood, FHIMSS Best Solution For Maintaining Appropriate IT Staffing Resources Train People Internally After Hiring Using Temporary/Contract Help Use Consultants Where Possible Only Hire Full Time Employees Not Applicable Outsource Wherever Possible Other Don’t Know 6% 5% 32% 23% 18% 14% 14% 61% Siemens Malvern, Pa. Ray Zambuto, FHIMSS Technology in Medicine Holliston, Mass. Candidates for HIMSS Nominating Committee Lyman Dennis, FHIMSS Partnership Health Plan Fairfield, Calif. Steve Escamilla, FHIMSS MedAmerica Physician Practice Emeryville, Calif. ELECTION [continued on page 39] For more information, visit www.himss.org/vantagepoint. BYLAWS [continued on page 39] http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.himss.org/vantagepoint

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