Minnesota Chapter of HIMSS

Chapter Board Meeting - Minutes

 

Friday, December 10, 2004 7:00AM

StoneBridge Group Offices

701 Xenia Ave. South, Suite 170

Minneapolis, MN

 

 


Present: Andy, Dana, Jeff, Ken, Pam, Shawna, Scott

Absent: Clark, Stephen, Bobbie, Susan, Ray, Tom, Mike

Guests: Pete Palmer (Guidant), Robert Fischer (StoneBridge Group)

 

Standing Items

 

Administrative – Shawna and others

Meeting Time

·          Beginning in February, board meetings will be held 2nd Wednesday of each month, 5:30p – 7:30p at StoneBridge Group offices in St. Louis Park, MN

Holiday Event

·          To be held 1st Wednesday in January (1/5) at 5:30p.  Location: Jax

Awards

·          Chapter of the Year / Chapter Leader of the Year – should hear results soon.  Shawna will notify board when results are distributed.

Chapter Leaders Seminar

·          Will occur during National conference – 2/13 11a – 4p, Communities from 4p – 5p.  Andy G. and Ken S. will represent the Minnesota chapter.

Chapter Success Stories (E-Leader News Articles)

·          Board will submit articles on the topics of strategic planning, CIO dinner and RHIO event.

Complimentary Conference Registrations

·          Linda Halverson (Guidant) won free member registration

·          Jeff will take board free registration (if registration is transferable)

Chapter Reception

·          Location: Hyatt or Magnolia

National Conference Promotion

·          National provided chapters will various options for conference promotion

Newsletter

·          Topics: programs (past and future), advocacy, professional (HIMSS certification and advancement), MedCentrus

·          Timeline: 1/3 – All content to Scott, 1/10 distribute to members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q       Jeff H. to write paragraph re: strategic planning and CIO dinner.

q       Pete P. to write paragraph re: RHIO event.

q       Shawna to send Jeff and Pete deadlines and expectations

 

q       Shawna to check into cost of two sites

q       Scott to post banners / buttons on website.

 

Program Updates - Andy

December program – wrap-up

·          National HIMSS RHIO workgroup formed – Pete Palmer as chair.  Looking for Minnesota chapter representative to workgroup

·          LA HIMSS Chapter to have similar program on 1/23.  Board decides to send representative from MN chapter to LA program.

·          Board decides to send out communication in the next 1-2 weeks with recap of event, intro to the MedCentrus web-streaming, HIMSS National feedback opportunity.

·          Board decides to investigate having MN HIMSS website serve as repository / gateway of RHIO information (local and/or national).

·          Board rep(s) to have one-on-one meeting with Jim Bradley and Marty Laventure re: their perspective on MN HIMSS participation

·          Second program?

·          Committee formed for RHIO: Jeff H., Pete P., Scott A., Ray G., Robert Fischer.

March Program

·          Need to investigate 3/11 as a program date option.

·          Board decides to investigate having panel of representatives from systems that have implemented PACs for discussion after Fairview’s presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

q       Shawna to draft communication re: December program

q       Pete P. to ask where / when RFI information will be available to post on our site.

q       Scott to get quote from Telusys on adding advocate and RHIO links from our webpage

q       Andy G. to follow up with Pete P. re: becoming an At-Large member

 

 

 

q       Scott to check with U of M for availability on 3/11.

q       Ken to check with Mayo for availability on 3/11.

q       Shawna will put out feelers for PACs panel

q       Scott will touch base with Pat Berger on program format

 

Outreach Update - Scott

MedCentrus

·          MedCentrus will have link to draft of webpage for web-streaming of December program by end of day Monday (12/13).

·          Board decides to put link to MedCentrus under Members Only section

Locations

·          Scott to meet with Marshall Hoff at U of M to tour Health Learning Commons Center as potential program site.

 

 

Member Relations Update - Scott

December numbers

·          Total members: 343 (+29)

·          National members: 272 (+16)

·          Local members: 41 (+5)

·          Student members: 30 (+8)

q       Scott to modify membership graph to overlap each year July – June.

q       Scott to provide quarterly break-out by organization type

 

Treasurer Update - Pam

·          Total Assets: $25170.24

·          Jul – Dec net income: $1990.35

·          December program expenses: $3846.58

 

 

Board Recruitment Update - Dana

·          Dana has list of attendees by program

q       Dana to compile list of frequent attendees, and distribute to board so that we may contact.

 

 

Next Board Meeting:

Wednesday, February 9, 2005 @ 5:30pm

StoneBridge Group Offices – St. Louis Park, MN