In This Issue:
 Programs
Update
Members
in the National News
Communications
Update
Membership
Sponsorship
Update
HIMSS-MN
Scholarship Program
National
Chapter Innovation Award
Programs Update
Pete Palmer, Programs
Chair
The Programs
Committee is pleased to report that we had a very
successful November program with Alden Solovy, Most
Wired Magazine’s executive director, describing the
Lessons Learned from the Top 100 Wired Hospitals. The
event, hosted in the Twin Cities with Rochester and
Duluth participating via video conferencing, was very
well attended and well received by the attendees.
Two important events are coming up over the next
two months, so mark your calendars! The events are the
Chapter's Annual Advocacy Program and the HIMSS-MN
Chapter reception at the 2008 National Conference. Tom
Keefe, HIMSS Senior Director State Government Relations,
will be flying to the Twin Cities for a January 31st
evening program on the 2008 Legislative Agenda that
HIMSS supports. This will help our Chapter membership
prepare for Minnesota State caucusing the following
week. This event is free for all our chapter
members.
Event
information and registration
The
complimentary reception at the National conference has
become a solid tradition for the Chapter and for many
Minnesota attendees. It is THE place to be on Monday
evening of conference week where networking, food, wine
and good cheer are in abundance. This year, the
reception it is being held at the Peabody Hotel just two
blocks from the Orlando Convention Center.
Event
information and registration
Members in the National
News
Pam Graves,
President
Chapter
members who were recently selected to participate at the
National level include:
Ray Gensinger, Jr.,
M.D., CPHIMS, FHIMSS, was recently selected as a
member of the Nominations Committee. Committee members
are recruited annually through an application process,
and selected by the Chair-Elect of the HIMSS Board of
Directors.
Susan Heichert, FHIMSS, has
been appointed to the Davies Award committee. The HIMSS
Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence recognizes
excellence in the implementation and use of health
information technology.
Pete Palmer, the
Chair of the HIMSS RHIO Federation Work Group, has been
selected to participate on the PHR national steering
committee.
Congratulations to these members for
contributing to our society. If you or someone you know
has been selected to a HIMSS National committee, please
let us know so that we may celebrate this news with our
members.
Andrew Galbus, MBA, FHIMSS
recently achieved Fellow status in HIMSS. National
members with at least five years membership and active
participation within the organization must apply to this
peer reviewed process to attain this recognition. HIMSS
national members are chosen for advancement after
meeting several criteria based on professional
capability, experience, leadership and service to their
profession. Less than 2% of Minnesota chapter members
have attained this advancement. Congratulations to Mr.
Galbus for achieving this
recognition.
Communications
Update
Sue Green, CPHIMSS,
Communications Chair
Thank you to our Minnesota HIMSS Members!
After careful consideration we've selected a new look
for our web site and newletters. Our new website look
was posted just in time for the New Year!
The
HIMSS Board would like to thank all members that
participated in submitting pictures as well as those who
voted. We've reached our goal to customize our website
and letterhead to be more Minnesota friendly with our
four new pictures as a banner on our web pages. We did
this with your valued photographic
assistance.
.... and the winners are a Fall Woods
Scene, Deer in Spring, Serene Summer Lake with a Canoe,
and Mighty Lake Superior in Winter. The transition
between scenes really displays Minnesota's true changes
in seasons as well as supports our objective in the
transformation of healthcare.
Once again a "big"
thank you to all who participated in making this
selection, we hope you enjoy the new
"look".
Membership
Mark Rubin, Director
At-Large
Our chapter
membership statistics reveal a spike in membership at
the end of the calendar year that continues in the early
months of the next year. We attribute this to the
success of the National Conference. With this backdrop,
our chapter has had a very stable membership over the
last four years and we appreciate all members who renew
their membership. The networking opportunities and
remote access to the educational events continue to
provide value to our local chapter members.
Since
the last newsletter, our membership has grown from 450
to 505 members. The members are from the following
locales:
If
you know any colleagues that would be interested in
joining the chapter, they can easily join by visiting http://himss.org/ASP/membershipHome.asp.
They can join at the national level for $140 or the
chapter level for $30. Both memberships provide for
complimentary registration at our evening or short
education programs and a discount at the national
conference
Sponsorship Update
John Eichten & Dan Fitzgibbons,
Sponsorship Co-chairs
The Minnesota HIMSS Chapter wishes to
thank our 2007-2008 sponsors.
Our sponsors not only
allow us the capability of providing educational
sessions with nationally acclaimed presenters but also
to provide scholarships each year for candidates in the
industry. Without corporate support, an organization
such as ours could not exist. Thank you for your
support!
Platinum
Sponsors
HealthBPM
Healthia
Consulting
Sprint
Virtelligence
Gold
Sponsors
HealthPartners
IBM
University of
Minnesota Carlson School of Management
Silver
Sponsors
EMC
FCG
Siemens
MN-HIMSS
now offers a variety of sponsorship levels with exciting
benefits - Silver, Gold and Platinum. Depending on the
level selected, some of the benefits include things such
as a logo and link on the MN-HIMSS web site,
complimentary MN-HIMSS memberships and even exclusive
sponsorship opportunities for our chapter socials.
For more information, please contact go to our
link at http://www.himss-mn.org/sponsorship_program.pdf
HIMSS-MN Scholarship
Program
Ken Stensvold,
Scholarship Chair
If
you are a full- or part-time student taking courses
toward a degree in healthcare or information services,
you could be awarded $1,000 by the MN Chapter of HIMSS
scholarship program!
The MN Chapter of HIMSS
annually awards a $1000 scholarship to undergraduates,
graduates and PhD students studying in the healthcare
information or management systems field. Scholarships
are awarded for academic excellence and the potential
for future leadership in the healthcare information and
management systems industry.
Completed
applications must be postmarked no later than March 1,
2008. Winners will be notified by April 1, 2008. You can
access a copy of the application by visiting our scholarship
page.
For more information, e-mail Ken
Stensvold at Stensvold.Kenneth@mayo.edu
National Chapter Innovation
Award
Pam Graves,
President
Beginning
in 2003, the Minnesota chapter has made it a tradition
to think of innovative educational programs that would
not only provide up-to-date information to our members,
but provide the information in a way that was either
novel (video conferencing in 2003 to the North, South
and Twin Cities) or unique to our state.
While
the program chairs select and produce the educational
events, the Board strategizes about how to showcase our
chapter at the National level. In each of the previous
three years, the Minnesota Chapter has submitted an
application to the National committee for consideration
in the Innovation award category. In the previous three
years, the Minnesota chapter has won one of the awards~
either First place or runner up.
This year, the
chapter was proud of two initiatives: the journey to the
highest recognition for a Chapter in Advocacy- the
Ambassador level, and our publication of the educational
programs on the web in podcast and powerpoint format.
The Advocacy application showcased our engagement of
membership in an effort to improve the legislation that
affects our ability to produce progress in electronic
medical records. The second effort made it possible to
hear the entire program if members were unable to attend
in person, or if members wanted to review information
from these programs.
Unfortunately, we have just
heard that our chapter did not win one of the awards
this year. The good news is that this shows that more
chapters are all producing innovative initiatives that
will aid all the chapters and members.
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Be sure to check out our upcoming
events at http://www.himss-mn.org/calendar/calendar.html
and register online today!
January 31,
2008
HIMSS-MN and Election Year
HIT on the
Frontlines: Make a Difference in 2008
February
25, 2008
Minnesota Chapter Reception at HIMSS
National Conference
Thank you to all of our
sponsors!
Platinum
Gold
Silver
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