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28 Healthcare IT News ■ December 2007 www.HealthcareITNews.com Spirit of HIMSS Award Recipients Address Interests of Pediatric HIT Professionals, SIG Members and Emergency Responders SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER Dexter D'Costa, MHA, CHPHIMS, the recipient of the September “Spirit of HIMSS” Award, was the driving force and key contributor of establishing and engaging the HIMSS Pediatric Health Informatics and Technology (PHIT) Special Interest Group (SIG). As co-chair of the PHIT SIG, Mr. D'Costa was instrumental in developing the PHIT SIG's SharePoint Portal and will soon be publishing the PHIT SIG's first quarterly newsletter, PHIT eNEWS. With his involvement, the PHIT SIG is now 70-plus members strong and growing. In addition, Mr. D'Costa serves as the student/scholarship liaison for the HIMSS Midwest Gateway Chapter of St. Louis. He has been actively involved in increasing student membership in the Midwest Gateway Chapter and providing networking opportunities to students pursuing a career in health informatics. Mr. D'Costa is a patient care information systems specialist at St. Louis Children's Hospital. His areas of expertise include the application of business intelligence in healthcare-using query analysis and reporting tools for electronic documentation monitoring, revenue capture and research purposes. Mr. D'Costa completed his medical degree SPIRIT OF HIMSS AWARD (MBBS-Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery) from Goa Medical College (India) in 2000. He practiced as a primary care physician in a community hospital before moving to the United States to obtain his master's in health administration (MHA) from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2005. Howard Brown, a recipient of the October “Spirit of HIMSS” Award, is an active member of the Project Management SIG, where he provides tremendous support to the SIG Chair and resides on their internal Leadership Committee. His efforts have greatly improved resources for HIMSS members involved in the SIG community. A project management analyst for Baptist Healthcare, Mr. Brown has been involved with HIMSS since 2004. This year, he created a “Project Management SIG Membership Guide” and a “Quick Reference Guide” to assist SIG members in not only joining the SIG, but also in learning how to access and navigate through the Project Management SIG Portal site. These user-friendly, detailoriented documents have now become the baseline resource documentation for all SIG portal sites throughout HIMSS. His development of the Project Management SIG SharePoint portal has evolved into a viable resource for all SIG members. HIMSS often refers new SIG Chairs to this site as an example of how to further develop their groups' portal sites. In addition, Mr. Brown suggested the "Join a SIG Today" button be added to each SIG Web page on the HIMSS Web site; this suggestion has since been implemented. These additional resources increase member activity and involvement in SIGs, as well as in all HIMSS communities. SIG members have greatly benefited as a result of Mr. Brown's expertise, hard work and dedication. A recipient of the October 2007 “Spirit of HIMSS” Award, Erik Pupo was pivotal in the success of HIMSS 1st Responder HIT Work Group, which was launched on Oct. 31, 2006. As chair, he drove the group's completion of a 50-page white paper, posted to the Web this past May. The work group was approved to become the Emergency Responder Task Force for FY08, as HIMSS continues to grow its involvement in bridging the gap between HIT and emergency response. Mr. Pupo has also spent numerous hours volunteering for the HITSP Technical Committee, providing input and guidance for the Emergency Response-Electronic Health Record use case. In addition, he chaired a new work group, a result of the collaboration between HIMSS and Internet2 between 2006 and 2007. Under his leadership and direction, this work group produced a white paper, Federated Identity Management Business Tool Kit, released this past July. As a senior enterprise architect at Vangent, Mr. Pupo is responsible for providing expertise and advisement to many of Vangent's healthcare clients whose business base includes federal health agencies and the commercial healthcare market (including health insurance, pharmaceuticals and healthcare providers), as well as state and local governments, both domestic and international. He currently works at the US Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, where he is responsible for the development and execution of HHS's enterprise, data and security architecture approach. Nominations for the “Spirit of HIMSS” Award are submitted to the Membership Committee for consideration. Nominations should be submitted to HIMSS Member Services Manager Jessica Bird at jbird@himss.org, and should include a brief description explaining the accomplishments of the member and how he or she earns the recognition of the “Spirit of HIMSS.” Recipients will be selected and announced in the HIMSS Insider and HIMSS Weekly Insider. One annual honoree is selected from the recipients each year. ■ HIMSS08 Anchor Exhibitors T he HIMSS Insider is featuring profiles of the anchor exhibitors who will be demonstrating their cuttingedge healthcare IT products and innovative emerging technologies at the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, Fla. This month's Insider profiles GE Healthcare. Siemens Medical Solutions and McKesson Provider Technologies were profiled in last month's issue. Watch for additional profiles in the January 2008 HIMSS Insider. healthcare continuum is enormous and one of the biggest challenges our customers face is being able to access and use that information at the right time and in the right place. GE Healthcare is focused on and is especially well positioned to help organization's access and utilize data in new ways today, making it more actionable and turning information into insight in ways that can enhance the delivery of care," explains Anderson. "We believe that attendees will leave HIMSS08 with a new or heightened understanding of our solutions and how, in partnership with healthcare organizations of all sizes, we can truly transform healthcare." According to Anderson, the application of informatics to identify and enhance a provider's ability to deliver care more efficiently and effectively are one of the keys to moving healthcare IT forward. "IT adoption helps caregivers predict, diagnose, monitor and treat at earlier stages in the care cycle and GE Healthcare's portfolio is well positioned to address the needs of our diverse customers," Anderson explains. "GE Healthcare is fortunate to have the global reach and resources to help advance healthcare delivery. However, we recognize this is not a goal we can achieve on our own. We continually look for opportunities to collaborate with our customers because breakthrough ideas come from working together." ■ HIMSS08 pre-conference registration rates R egistration for the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, is open at www.himss conference.org/registration. Pre-conference registration rates now apply; attendees registering after Jan. 28 will pay the late registration/onsite rates. In addition, hotels are filling up quickly, so attendees are encouraged to make hotel reservations early. Hotel reservations can be made through Ambassadors, HIMSS' official housing and travel bureau, at www.himssconference. PHOTO COURTESY OF ORLANDO/ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU available through Jan. 24 GE Healthcare Looks to Light Up HIMSS08 As a HIMSS Diamond-level Corporate Member and a co-sponsor of the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, GE Healthcare recognizes the importance of this industry-wide event. "Our participation provides us with an opportunity to meet with customers, prospects and vendors from around the globe and, in doing that, gives us a chance to articulate and show the ways in which GE Healthcare's IT business is making a difference toward our vision," says Sandy Anderson, general manager of commercial marketing, GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions. GE Healthcare hopes the solutions the company offers and networking opportunities available at HIMSS08 will create a better understanding of the complexities and challenges facing the healthcare IT industry today. "The amount of information available across the org/travel or via phone at 877-517-3038. Details on booking flights with HIMSS' airline partners, Delta and American Airlines, the official carriers of HIMSS08, are also available online. ■ Discovery Cove in Orlando HIMSS08: Exploring How to Lead Change and Achieve Service Excellence in New Era of Healthcare at CIO Forum presented by CHIME and HIMSS aced with a whole new landscape of change at every level of their organization, today's CIOs need innovative perspectives and tactics to not only keep pace with change but lead the new era of healthcare. The 2008 CIO Forum, presented by CHIME and HIMSS on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 at the Orange County Convention Center, will offer a motivational mix of inspiration and strategy for professional and organizational excellence. During this powerful forum open to all CHIME members, participants will learn from some of the most prominent leaders and experts in business and industry today, who will share best practices on leading change and achieving service excellence. Speakers include: • Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, James Madison Professor of Political Economics and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, presenting Challenges and Call for Nominations: 6th Annual CEO IT Achievement Awards HIMSS and Modern Healthcare are looking for CEOs who have changed the face of IT within his or her organizations. Nominations are now being accepted for the 6th Annual CEO IT Achievement Awards. HIMSS and Modern Healthcare are proud to announce this year's program, d http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.himssconference.org/registration http://www.himssconference.org/registration http://www.himssconference.org/travel http://www.himssconference.org/travel http://www.himss.org/CEOIT http://www.himssconference.org/education/cio_forum.aspx http://www.himssconference.org/education/cio_forum.aspx

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