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Managing Risks in Project

afernando — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:09:01 +0000

There will be another webinar on project management called “Managing Risks in Project Management” given my Jim Lewis from the Lewis Institute.

WHEN: May 17. 2012

TIME: 12 Noon-1 PM

LOCATION: Webinar

To register, for this webinar, click here.

Engaging, Transforming, and Empowering Nurses

afernando — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:17 +0000

I attended a nursing conference this past weekend called “Engaging, Transforming, and Empowering Nurses through Clinical Practice, Education, Research and Information Technology. I wrote about the conference last week and I attended. I am glad I was able to attend and learned a lot! There was a lot of information and I will outline the conference in another blog post. I wanted to highlight one of the speakers, Tatiana Arreglado, since she is a nurse informaticist from Mount Sinai.

In Tatiana’s presentation, she spoke about patient centered care and the interdisciplinary team, how the electronic medical record practices safe medicine with legible handwriting and clinicians being able to view patient’s chart from the doctor’s office to the hospital. Clinicians can also view the patient’s record in another state if that facility has the same medical software. In addition, Ms. Arreglado spoke about Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). Accountable care organizations are an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers and hospitals that coordinate care, avoid duplication of services. cost effective and better quality of care. ACO’s offer a new approach to healthcare delivery and are designed to provide consistently high-quality care to a specific population of patients while controlling costs. ACO are a result of the new healthcare law: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

This is the first time I have heard of Accountable Care Organizations and would like to research it more. I’d like to leave you a video on the Future of Healthcare by Barry Bittman that explains the true reality.

Happy Nursing Informatics Day

afernando — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:59 +0000

This week is National nurse’s week from May 6-12. May 12 is Ms. Florence Nightingale’s birthday. It’d been 102 years since her death, but her spirit still lives among us. Without Florence, the nursing profession will be non-existent. We thank you Florence for your vision on the art and science of nursing care.

May 12 is also Nursing Informatics Day. I’d like to take this time to thank all of the nurse informaticists and the pioneers of nursing informatics. Thank you for your contribution on the nursing specialty of informatics. Without your work, the nursing informatics community will not exist. I’d like to say the some of the nursing pioneers mentioned below were once my professors at the University of Maryland and some were authors whose research or books I read while I was in school.

Nursing informatics pioneers (in no particular order):

Dr. Patrica Abbott

Dr. Ida Androwich

Dr. Jean Arnold

Dr. Suzanne Bakkem

Dr. Marion Ball

Dr. Patty Brennan

Dr. Patricia Button

Dr. Betty Chang

Dr. Connie Delaney

Dr. Carole Gassert

Dr. Susan Grobe

Dr. Rosemary Kennedy

Dr. Debra Konicek

Dr. Norma Lang

Karen Martin

Susan Matney

Dr. Kathleen McCormick

Judy Murphy

Dr. Susan Newbold

Dr. Judy Ozbolt

Dr. Carol Romano

Dr. Virginia Saba

Dr. Patricia Schwirian

Dr. Joyce Sensmeier

Roy Simpson

Dr. Diane Skiba

Dr. Nancy Staggers

Dr. Linda Thede

Dr. James Turley

Dr. Judith Warren

Dr. Charlotte Weaver

Dr. Elizabeth Weiner

Dr. Rita Zielstorff

Happy Nurses Week

afernando — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:00:50 +0000

HAPPY NURSE’S WEEK

To all of my fellow nurses -

Thank you to all of the clinical and non-clinical nurses who give so much of themselves professionally and personally! Your compassion and caring nature is greatly appreciated. Have a great week and keep up the good work! Nurses’ week ends on Florence Nightingale’s birthday on May 12 – also Nursing Informatics Day.

Trivia on Nurse’s week: The first call for national nurse recognition occurred in 1953. Dorothy Sutherland of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to President Eisenhower to declare a day in October, “Nurse Day”. A “nurse day” in October was never proclaimed, but National Nurse Week was celebrated October 11-16 the following year. However, the national designation of May 6-12th as the permanent timeframe was not proclaimed until 1990.

Project Management Course

afernando — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:00:22 +0000

Learn the essential principles and tools of Healthcare Information Technology Project Management

Intensive 2 day project management course in Mystic, Connecticut

WHEN: August 10 & 11

LOCATION: Mystic Hilton

20 Coogan Boulevard

Mystic, Conneticut

(The Mystic Hilton is located in the center of Mystic tourism attractions such as the Mystic Village, Seaport, Aquarium, outlet shopping and many restaurants.)

TIME: 8 AM – 5 PM

COST: $650 before June 23

$700 after June 23

Registration Information:

Sandy McPherson, DNP, RN-C, CPHIMS

smcpherson@lmhosp.org

860-271-4268

Course objectives:

Participants will be able to discuss how a clinical system project is initiated, along with the role of the project charter.
Effectively run a healthcare IT project using a disciplined approach.
Explain the seven steps in the system implementation life cycle
Identify the five techniques that will positively impact the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of a clinical system implementation.
Describe the five process groups in project management methodology, and identify key inputs and outputs.

Faculty:

Patricia Dykes, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FACMI

Senior Nurse Scientist, Program Director Research

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Lisa Anne Bove, MSN, RN-BC

Project Director, Strategic Services

Vitalize Consulting Solutions

Engaging, Transforming, and Empowering Nurses Conference

afernando — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:57 +0000

I am happy to announce a conference in New York City. The sponsor is the Philippine Nursing Association of New York.

Engaging, Transforming, and Empowering Nurses through Clinical Practice Education Research and Information Technology

Program Description: Sweeping health care changes brought higher expectations and increasing demands in professional nurses. Since nurses are tasked to lead in transforming health care delivery, they face multiple challenges brought by these changes and must take steps to manage these imminent changes.

This one day conference aimed s to explore the multiple challenges of health care changes and creative strategies to prepare nurses for the future of nursing.

Objectives: Discuss the different challenges of today’s health care climate and their impact on nurses.

2.) Describe best practices to engage, transfer, and empower nursing to manage the future of nursing.

3.) Explain the value of technology in preparing nurses meet the challenges of the nursing profession.

May 12, 2012

7 AM – 5 PM

Farkas Auditorium

NYU Langone Medical Center

550 First Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Faculty:

Wilhelmina Manzano, MA, RN, NEA-BC

Senior VP and CNO

New York Presbyterian Hospital and Healthcare System

Janet Mackin, EDd, RN

Dean

Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing

Reynaldo Rivera, DNP, EdM, MA, RN

Director of Nursing, Medicine Services & Special Programs

New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, MPH, MSN, BC-ADM, CDE

Diabetes Nurse Practitioner

New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Georgia Persky, DNSc, MBA, RN

Vice President, Patient Care Services

New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center

Angelo Reyes, MD

Attending Physician, Thoracic Surgery

Beth Israel Medical Center

Tatiana Arreglado, MSN, RN

Clinical Program Manager, Nursing Informatics

The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Cecilia Alvarez, DNP, MA, BSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Fairleigh Dickinson UNiversity

220 Days Til Go-Live

afernando — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:00:06 +0000

It’s coming close, our go-live date. 220 days. Someone calculated the go-live date to the exact minute – 7 months, 14 hours, and so many minutes. I prefer counting the days instead of the months. How am I feeling? I was feeling stressed but I am getting my work done and noticing our team progress.

Since my last update, the majority of the project team went on vacation for a week except for me. I had taken my vacation in early March. Last week, we had our kick-off for the Clinical Practice Model (CPM) at both hospitals. Overall, the kick-off went well, despite some last minute changes. We all work well under pressure and work well as a team.

The project team are helping the clinicians understand how CPM works. The Chief Nursing Officer explained her vision of the medical center and how the clinicians can help with the vision. We need everyone’s help in order for the CPM project to be successful.

Besides the CPM kick-off, our unit testing scripts are all written and integrated script writing began. Everyone is working very hard and is evident in everyone’s attitudes. Not that everyone is rude or anything but I can see it in everyone’s faces. We all look tired especially at the end of the week. We are in Day 220/365. Next week is May and on May 2 it will exactly be 7 months until go-live.

7th Annual unSUMMIT

afernando — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:21:02 +0000

If you are planning for, implementing, or optimizing a Barcode enabled Point Of Care system in your hospital, we have expert advice from your peers — at the click of a button. Earn CE without leaving your facility via webcast.

Gather your team and tune in for a single session, a full track, or enroll for the 2-day Webcast agenda on May 3rd and 4th. There will be select CE-approved sessions that will be Webcast live in Anaheim, CA.

Register for easy, effective, expert eLearning from The unSUMMIT University by calling 518-779-8603 or register online.

Registration Fees* (US)
Any single class : $149
3 Thursday tracks (basic or advanced): $400
Two-day registration (3 Thursday + 3 Friday): $720

Schedule:

The unSUMMIT LIVE Webcast Program
All classes are 1 contact hour for pharmacists and nurses

1.2 contact hours for nurses in Iowa

Thursday - May 3, 2012 Basic BPOC Tracks: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PST)

9:00 AM Staging Coach: Setting the Stage for BPOC Success
Mike Wisz and Associates

9:55 AM: Implementation 101: What We Didn’t Do but Wish We Had
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

11:10 AM: Barcode Nirvana: Leveraging Technology and Your Wholesaler for a Seamless Barcode Data Import and Packaging Solution
Lahey Medical Center

Advanced BPOC Tracks - 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PST)

9:00 AM: High-Risk Medication Case Study of “Near Miss” BCMA Logs: Quantifying the Benefit
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

9:55 AM: Using Barcode Scanning to Uncover Potential Medication Diversion
Charleston Area Medical Center/Comprehensive Pharmacy Services

11:10 AM: BPOC Benchmarking: Multihospital Collaboration to Enhance Patient Safety
Partners Healthcare/Northshore Medical Center

Friday - May 4, 2012 – 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PST)

8:30 AM: Continuous Quality Improvement Using BCMA Data
HCA, Clinical Group

9:30 AM: Expert Panel: Executing Barcoding in Specialty-Care Areas
(1.25 contact hour for pharmacists and nurses)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Lancaster General and HCA

10:55 AM: Infusion Management: Working Smarter, Not Harder
Wellspan Health

IEEE International Symposium

afernando — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:00:36 +0000

Consider submitting or attending this international symposium. The 25th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (IEEE CBMS 2012) will be held on 20-22 June 2012 at the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy. Go to http://www.cbms2012.org or http://www.facebook.com/CBMS2012 for prettier web presentation and more details. The conference is technically sponsored by the IEEE, the Italian Chapter of the IAPR (GIRPR), the Italian Chapters of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, the Italian Chapters of the IEEE Computer Society, and the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. CBMS 2012 will provide an international forum for discussing the latest developments in the field of computational medicine, biomedical informaticsand related fields. The conference is part of the Bioengineering Week, an exciting week totally dedicated to bioengineering research, featuring a unique concentration of several scientific, cultural and educational events, mostly taking place in Rome (www.bioengweek2012.org). The scientific program of CBMS 2012 will consist of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international programme committee, as well as keynote talks and tutorials given by leading experts in their fields. The symposium is the premier conference for computational medicine, providing a mechanism for the exchange of ideas and technologies between academics and industrial scientists, and attracts a worldwide audience.

Regular and special track presentations will cover a broad range of issues in (but not limited to) the following areas: RELEVANT TOPICS (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST)

• Software Systems in Medicine

• Network and Telemedicine Systems

• Web-Based Delivery of Medical Information

• Medical Databases & Information Systems

• Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining

• Computer-Aided Diagnosis

• Knowledge-Based Systems and Techniques

• Content Analysis of Biomedical Image Data

• Decision Support Systems

• Multimedia Biomedical Databases

• Medical Devices with Embedded Computers

• Medical Image Segmentation & Compression

• Signal and Image Processing in Medicine

• Handheld Computing Applications in Medicine

• e-Health

• Pervasive Health Systems and Services

• Machine Vision in Medicine

• Medical Robotics

• Health and Wellbeing

• Medical Data Streams

• Learning methods for skewed data CBMS 2012 invites original unpublished contributions that are not submitted concurrently to a journal or another conference. Prospective authors are expected to submit their contributions to one ST or to the general track if none of the special tracks is relevant. Please see submission guidelines for further details. The Italian Chapter of the IAPR (International Association for Pattern Recognition) offers a prize to a young researcher in memory of professor Ezio Catanzariti. The prize will consist of 500 € and a plaque. Best papers will be invited to submit extended versions for a Special Issue on Elsevier Journal of Computers and Biology in Medicine and/or IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. CBMS 2012 will feature a general track and eleven special tracks:ST01-Bioinformatics: towards personalized medicine from omics dataST02-Collaboration and Technology-Mediated Communication in HealthcareST03- Image processing for ophthalmology: challenges in retinal analysis and related fieldsST04-Emerging Smart Technologies for Personalised HealthcareST05-Endoscopic Image Processing and AnalysisST06-Knowledge Learning-Based Biomedical Information SystemsST07-Informatics Challenges of Patient Centric Health and Social CareST08-Processing and Managing Medical Data StreamsST09-Ontologies, Terminologies and Language ProcessingST10-Systems and services for quality enhancement of healthcare provisioning.

ST11-Grid and Cloud Computing in Biomedicine and Life Sciences

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission due (general and special tracks) January 15, 2012

Notification of acceptance for papers March 15, 2012

Final camera-ready paper due April 10, 2012

Pre-registration deadline April 10, 2012

CBMS symposium days June 20-22 2012

For further questions please contact info@cbms2012.org or consult www.cbms2012.org

Creativity and Innovation in Project Management

afernando — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:30:08 +0000

Last Thursday, I was able to attend a project management webinar called Creativity and Innovation in Project Management. I heard about this webinar through my professional organization called ANIA- American Nursing Informatics Association, formerly called ANIA-CARING.

The webinar was an hour long and during my lunch hour so I was able to listen and eat lunch at the same time. This was my first time taking a project management webinar so it was very interactive. Dr. Jim Lewis, President of the Lewis Institute was the speaker. I liked how he engaged the participants and asked about their creative ideas. In addition, Dr. Lewis had a contest for all of the participants to submit their creative ideas to him and the winner will win a seminar for their company.

Dr. Lewis started the webinar asking the participants how to define creativity and innovation? Creativity is original ideas and innovation is finding new ways to do something that has already been done before.

Creativity and innovation can be applied in project management. Creativity is beyond art and design and even problem solving can be creative. New and innovative ways can be applied to decision making and communication.

Dr. Lewis referenced Stephen Covey’s book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as an example to his next point. For those of you unfamiliar with Stephen Covey’s 7 habits, here they are:

Habit 1: Be proactive

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

Habit 3: Put first things first

Habit 4: Think Win/Win

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand

Habit 6: Synergize

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Dr. Lewis referenced Stephen Covey’s Habit 2: begin with the end in mind. This habit allows the person to think how the project will look like, even if you are in the first steps of the project. Dr. Lewis’ suggestion was to visualize the final outcome of the project. He suggested the project manager ask someone on the team to write the final report as they envision the project to get everyone on the same page. In addition, Dr. Lewis suggested at the end of project, not to write a lessons learned since its suggestive of a scapegoat. But, to have a contest for the person, who was, if there was any, a scapegoat of the project. To have a contest is more fun and makes it lighthearted and not to blame anyone.

Dr. Lewis had many other examples in the webinar and I thought this was a thought provoking session. I highly recommend taking a webinar about project management.