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www.himss.org October 2008 s The HIMSS Insider 39 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 s VOLUME 10 s NUMBER 4 Improving Healthcare with IT: Nation’s Best Practices Recognized Candidates for HIMSS Board of Directors Barbara M. Drury, FHIMSS Pricare Inc. Larkspur, Colo. Willa Fields, RN, DNSc, FHIMSS San Diego State University San Diego, Calif. Helen L. Hill, FHIMSS Henry Ford Health System Account / CSC Covansys Detroit, Mich. Reid Scott Holbrook, FHIMSS Medicity Salt Lake City, Utah Jenifer Jarriel, BS, MBA Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas Guillermo Moreno, FHIMSS Aurillion Micro Systems Celebration, Fla. Miriam J. Paramore, FHIMSS Emdeon Business Services Nashville, Tenn. Joseph J. Wagner, MPA, FHIMSS The Courtyard Group New York, NY has recognized excellence in the implementation and use of health information technology, specifically electronic health records (EHRs), for healthcare organizations, private practices, public health entities and community health organizations. HIMSS is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Davies Awards in the Organizational, Ambulatory and Community Health Organization categories. The 2008 Davies Public Health Award recipients, announced Aug. 27, were Cherokee (NC) Indian Hospital Authority and the New Jersey Department of Health AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM S 2008 HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence INCE 1994, THE HIMSS NICHOLAS E. DAVIES HIMSS Brings and Senior Services in Trenton. Organizational serves communities in central, eastern and northern Maine. An EHR system was implemented as part of EMMC's Patient First Initiatives Program, a tri-fold approach to delivering high quality patient care by transforming care delivery, adopting a patient-focused culture and implementing a technology plan to support the care delivery process. EMMC's use of data derived from its healthcare IT systems is a shining example of how to drive performance improvement, quality and improve care in response to state and national reporting requirements. • Eastern Maine Medical Center–EMMC Healthcare IT Solutions to Professionals Online T DAVIES [continued on page 42] Candidates for HIMSS Nominating Committee Drexel G. DeFord, FHIMSS Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center Seattle, Wash. BOARD [continued on page 40] 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' thirdparty election services provider, outlining the voting process. Eligible voting members in HIMSS' database who do not have an e- Online election for Board, Nominating Committee kicks off Oct. 15 of Board of address will receive online voting TDirectors15.and Nominatingtheelectronic mail ensurein the mail. integrity, SBS will Committee instructions begins Oct. This exclusively To the election's HE ANNUAL ELECTION he fourth HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo on Nov. 19-20 makes it easy for clinicians and senior IT leaders to grow professionally, research technology solutions and connect with their peers online. Free to qualified registrants, the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo educational program includes opening and closing keynote sessions, education sessions around IT leadership and clinical informatics, and four concurrent sessions for ambulatorycare professionals titled, Stepping Stones in HIT Adoption. Atlantic Media Co. Political Director Ronald Brownstein, celebrated columnist and author, is set to kick-off HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo with an insightful keynote presentation on how the current divisions in American politics will affect the debate over healthcare issues-from universal coverage to insurance reform-in the months after the presidential election. VIRTUAL [continued on page 40] 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. s Several recent articles have highlighted the various uses for telemedicine, including providing care to people living in rural areas or to prison inmates. Nearly three-quarters of respondents believe telemedicine will improve access to care, particularly to those individuals in rural or underserved areas. However, two-thirds believe telemedicine will not be widely adopted for at least four years. Respondents were most likely to report the lack of reimbursement for offering technology services as the biggest barrier to adoption of telemedicine. Summary: Telemedicine Time Toward Widespread Telemedicine Adoption Currently in place Within the next year Two to three years Four or five years More than five years Don’t know 7% For more information, visit www.himss.org/vantagepoint. 2% 2% 24% 31% 35% is a the blood thinner Heparin while in the hoshallmark of HIMSS' annual confer- pital recovering from an infection. The ence. In continuing this tradition, twins were born on Nov. 8, 2007 in Santa four outstanding keynote Monica, Calif. As an actor, Mr. speakers have been confirmed Quaid has been honored by the for the 2009 Annual HIMSS New York Film Critics Circle and Conference & Exhibition, the Independent Spirits Awards as April 4-8 in Chicago. The “Best Supporting Actor of the keynote lineup features today's Year” and also garnered nominanewsmakers exploring how tions for a Golden Globe Award the healthcare market is evolvand Screen Actor's Guild Award ing, offering their vision of for the critically acclaimed 2002 what lies ahead and examining film, Far From Heaven. George C. Halvorson, chairman the key role healthcare IT plays and chief executive officer of in shaping the delivery of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan healthcare. Actor Dennis Quaid Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Actor Dennis Quaid will open HIMSS09 on Sunday, April 5, with his pres- Hospitals, will deliver the keynote on entation, “Dennis Quaid and the Quaid Monday, April 6. An award-winning CEO Foundation Story.” Mr. Quaid, and his wife recognized for his commitment to health Kimberly, started their foundation to pro- technology, Mr. Halvorson is widely creditmote patient safety after their twins, ed with supporting the successful rollout of Thomas and Zoe, received an overdose of KEYNOTE [continued on page 44] HOUGHT-PROVOKING EDUCATION T HIMSS09 keynote speakers' lineup takes shape http://www.himss.org http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/93115/62E0A5060A4E http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/93115/62E0A5060A4E http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37449383456 http://www.twitter.com/himss http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/93115/62E0A5060A4E http://www.twitter.com/himss http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37449383456 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37449383456 http://www.himssvirtual.org

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