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www.HealthcareITNews.com Jobspot December 2008 ■ Healthcare IT News 45 Partnership brings technology to nursing curriculum By PaTTy Enrado, Contributing Editor – Students attending the Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing at Texas Woman’s University, or TWU, will be able to employ technology in their curriculum as a result of a partnership the school has with Memorial Hermann Hospital System and VISICU. With the integration of clinical informatics, patient simulators and VISICU’s eICU telepresence solution, students will have access to technology designed to improve the quality of HOUSTON healthcare. “We need to be able to utilize what’s going on in the hospital in the academic world to better prepare our students,” said Anne Coleman, director of TWU’s Nursing Education Center. She expects the technology will advance peer-to-peer learning and care guidance. “We’re expanding the use of technology based on our academic needs,” she said. VISICU’s tools and products help ameliorate the lack of available personnel and the shortage of specialists in intensive care units by enhancing productivity and efficiency in the care of critically ill patients, said Martin Doerfler, MD, vice president for clinical operations for VISICU. The partnership of healthcare IT companies and schools to incorporate technology into the curriculum “certainly could be a trend,” he said. Doerfler said the partnership addresses many fronts: the need for nurses to be better prepared in a more modern, real environment; the introduction of technology including telehealth and change processes in nursing educa- tion; and bringing patient simulators to nursing schools. “I do expect some of the academic institutions incorporating some of these technologies into their nursing programs,” he said. Students face a steep learning curve when they enter the job market, but adding technology to the curriculum will help ease the transition and enable them to come out “job ready,” Coleman said. ■ More at HealthcareITnews.com e Connect: Nurses 1208 ● Ad index 3M 47 Canon 16 Cardiac.Science 42 Carstens 19 Eclipsys 15 Emdeon 13 EnovateIT 6 Fuji 5 . GE.Healthcare 48 HIMSS.Analytics 33 HIMSS09.Annual.Conference 31 HIMSS.Individual.Membership 40 HIMSS.Publications 32 HITN.e-Newsletters 30 HITN.Job.Spot 36,.45 HITN.Reprints 44 Hyland/Onbase.Software 37,.39 Ingenix 23 Intel 7 Intersystems 2 LG.Electronics 20 LINK.Medical.Computing 44 Olympus 4 Omnicell 43 Orion.Health 18 Panasonic 10 Philips.Speech.Recognition 35 HealthIT.Insight.Conference 22 Sentillion 11 Snomed.Terminology.Solutions 25 TSystem 24 Verizon.Wireless 26 VHA 14 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 northeast southeast Vice President sales Publisher No one has to know Except you and your new employer. Anonymous Resume Posting. Just one of the ways Healthcare IT Job Spot helps you find the healthcare IT position you’re looking for. Visit http://jobspot.healthcareitnews.comV Visit http://jobspot.healthcareitnews.com 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 Julia.Caron julia.caron@medtechpublishing.com T.(207).688-6270.F.(207).688-6273 adVertising sales assistant inside account Manager west Midwest Medtech Publishing company 71.Pineland.Drive,.Suite.203 New.Gloucester,.ME.04260 T.(207).688-6270.F.(207).688-6273 Career Tools. Career Advice. Career Opportunities. Career Advancement. http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10576 http://jobspot.healthcareitnews.com http://jobspot.healthcareitnews.com

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