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32 The HIMSS Insider s December 2008 www.himss.org 2008 HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence Recipients he recipients of the 2008 Davies Public Health Award are successfully utilizing information technology to enhance the care provided to their defined populations within the states of North Carolina and New Jersey and many neighboring vicinities. Patients are receiving more effective, integrated healthcare through implementation of an EHR and a communicable disease reporting and surveillance system. IT boosts services, successes of public health agencies ideas at CIO Forum presented T between Cherokee, NC, and Atlanta, Ga., a three–hour drive. The EHR's range of solutions meets the needs of the different facilities and levels of service within the system, as well as supports CIHA's need for technology solutions that can be easily extendable to other tribes and rural communities. For instance, Snowbird, NC, approximately 7-miles from CIH, is connected to the Vista imaging system, allowing digital radiology images and retinal pictures from the diabetes clinic to be shared over the network. such as patient information, clinical status, signs and symptoms, contact tracing, risk factors and case classification. CDS staffers manage the CDRSS help desk phone line and email account, as well as develop training materials and deliver training sessions. Enhancements are continually developed, based on users' suggestions. CDS believes streamlined and efficient communication among all CDRSS stakeholders has contributed significantly to the system's success. The recipients of the 2008 Davies Award in the organizational category will be profiled in next month's HIMSS Insider. Visit www.himss.org/davies for more information on the Davies Award and to view all awardwinning applications. Sharing inspiring and strategic by CHIME and HIMSS T Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA), Cherokee, NC Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority is the primary public health provider for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a population with more than 10,000 members. CIHA is the governing body for Cherokee Indian Hospital (CIH); hospital services include a 25-bed inpatient unit, emergency room, outpatient department, physical therapy, pharmacy, social services and a dental clinic. The hospital's outpatient department sees an average of 1,800 patients per month. In 1986, CIH was the first Indian Health Service facility in the country to implement the Resource Patient Management System (RPMS), a computerized medical record. In 2004, CIH successfully tested and implemented an RPMS EHR graphical user interface. The EHR-enhanced system enables CIH to utilize and maintain clinical and administrative data collected since 1986. Combining the database capabilities of the RPMS with a GUI, the EHR offers easy access to patient information; users can “point and click” to obtain data, rather than log in and out of separate RPMS applications. EHR functions include management of patient lists; provider order entry for labs and medications; report retrieval; clinical encounter and patient education documentation and clinical decision support. A fiber optic network is in place New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, NJ Within the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), the Communicable Disease Service (CDS) features more than 900 various public health partners, including epidemiologists, public health nurses, health officers, public health educators and hospital infection control professionals. These partners based in New Jersey's 114 local health departments covering 566 municipalities in 21 counties work to protect the health of the state's more than 8 million residents. They monitor the incidence and prevalence of communicable and infectious diseases, develop recommendations regarding prevention and control and communicate those recommendations to all public health partners. CDS' electronic Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (CDRSS) was implemented to improve the timeliness and quality of disease reporting and minimize underreporting. System highlights include capture of influenza-like illness data from schools, hospitals and long-term care facilities; antimicrobial resistance reporting; disease mapping; epidemiologic and administrative activity reports; and screens for data entry, Coming Next Month: Call for 2009 Applications Opens The Call for Applications for the 2009 Davies Award opens the second week of January. Details about submitting an application are available at www.himss.org/davies and will be featured in next month's HIMSS Insider. For more information, contact David Collins, director, healthcare information systems, HIMSS, at 703-562-8817 or dcollins@himss.org. s he 2008 CIO Forum presented by CHIME and HIMSS on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at McCormick Place in Chicago, offers participants strategies for taking their professional and organizational excellence to new heights. This powerful idea exchange, open to all CHIME members, analyzes the trends impacting healthcare IT today and provides participants with strategies on how to lead change within their own organization, while leading the new era of healthcare. This year's CIO Forum is sponsored by Beacon Partners, CTG Healthcare Solutions, Epic and Innerwireless. For more information, including a list of speakers and to register, visit www.himssconference.org/education. s HIMSS09 hotel and travel information available M ake hotel and travel arrangements today for the 2009 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, held April 4-8, in Chicago. The HIMSS09 Web site, www.himssconference.org, provides registration, air travel and hotel information. Hotels are expected to fill up quickly, so attendees are encouraged to make reservations early. Hotel reservations can be made with no upfront out-of-pocket costs through Ambassadors Travel Service, HIMSS' official travel bureau, by calling 877-517-3038 or by visiting www.himssconference.org/travel. HIMSS has contracted with numerous hotels to provide discounted room rates for attendees and exhibitors. Registration for HIMSS09 includes complimentary shuttle bus service for all HIMSS hotels to and from the convention center and complimentary transportation from the convention center to the airports on Wednesday, April 8 from 10 am to 3 pm. When making air and hotel reservations, remember HIMSS09 starts earlier than previous conferences. HIMSS09 kicks off on Saturday, April 4, with pre-conference symposia and workshops. Keynotes, education sessions, the exhibition and opening reception begin on Sunday, April 5. s Get noticed at HIMSS09 Health IT Venture Fair T he Health IT Venture Fair on Saturday, April 4, at the 2009 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Chicago is the must-attend event for any company seeking venture capital investment for new healthcare IT solutions. The HIMSS09 Venture Fair is an opportunity to gain a competitive edge. This special benefit, offered exclusively to qualifying HIMSS09 exhibitors, will put participants directly in front of an audience looking to invest money in ventures. Investor attendees include leading venture capital firms, private equity firms, investment bankers, Wall Street analysts and other financial industry leaders. Investors seeking potential merger and acquisition opportunities cannot miss this unique chance to see some of the best new products entering the healthcare IT market. For more information about the Health IT Venture Fair or to register and complete a presenter application, visit www.himssconference.org/venturefair. Organizations and companies interested in sponsorship opportunities can contact Kathy Shaw, director of corporate relations, HIMSS, at 734-477-0853 or via e-mail at kshaw@himss.org. s http://www.himss.org http://www.himss.org/davies http://www.himssconference.org/education http://www.himssconference.org/education http://www.himss.org/davies http://www.himssconference.org http://www.himssconference.org/travel http://www.himssconference.org/travel http://www.himss.org/bookstore http://www.himssconference.org/venturefair http://www.himssconference.org/venturefair http://www.himss.org/bookstore

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