Topic of the Week

Tips for internship and fellowship interviews:
What to expect, How to prepare, Finding the Best Fit

Administrative Internship Opportunity

First Years,

There is a summer administrative internship opportunity at the University of Florida's College of Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. It fulfills the 12 week summer requirement and they are looking for MHA students.

Here is a description taken from their website:

The internship’s primary focus is physician group operations and management in an academic health system environment. The position includes project management in physician revenue cycle principles, strategic marketing and planning, research and decision support.

Located in North Central Florida, Gainesville is the educational, business and cultural center for the region and provides easy access to an array of metropolitan offerings such as Orlando, Jacksonville and Tampa.

The application process is competitive, and applicants should submit a letter of consideration and their resume by March of each fiscal year. For more information, please contact:

Mr. Leslie R. Jebson MHA, CMPE, CHE
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
UF&Shands Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute
University of Florida College of Medicine
PO Box 112727
Gainesville, FL 32611

Workin' with Alumni

We had a promising suggestion from one of our alumni regarding integration with our website. Dexter D'Costa thought a "Topic of the Week" would be a great way for students to ask questions and for alumni to share their expertise.

Email your questions to hmigsa@gmail.com and we'll post a "Topic of the Week" and alumni can post a comment of their personal experience for students to read and respond.

Thanks Dexter!

MGC HIMSS Scholarship 2008 Application- $1000 Cash Award!!!

The Midwest Gateway Chapter of HIMSS (St. Louis) annually awards a
$1000 cash scholarship. This year the application process has been
simplified and made easy to encourage more student applications.

The scholarship is awarded to HIMSS student members who have achieved
academic excellence and have the potential to be future leaders in the
healthcare information and management systems industry.

Scholarship Eligibility: Students pursuing an undergraduate or
master’s or advanced degree (PhD) in health informatics (HI),
health information technology (HIT), and/or health information
management (HIM), in the Missouri and Illinois region. (Proof of current
HIMSS membership required).

The scholarship is awarded to the student deemed most deserving as determined by the MGC HIMSS Scholarship Review Board.

Applications are now accepted for the 2008 MGC HIMSS Scholarship.


Completed applications must be postmarked no later than December 26, 2008.
Winners will be notified no later than March 31, 2009.

Midwest Gateway Scholarship Application Checklist:
- Complete application
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Personal statement
- Letter of recommendation in sealed envelope
- Proof of current HIMSS membership

Visit our "Student's Corner" on the MGC HIMSS Chapter website at
www.himssmidwest.org at
http://www.himssmidwest.org/education/education.html

For more information, contact:
Dexter D'Costa, MBBS, MHA, CPHIMS
MGC HIMSS Student/Scholarship Liaison
Email: dr_dexterdcosta@yahoo.com
Phone: 573-529-1791

From the Sidelines

Some memories rock . Tonight will be one such nite. I started following American football last season for the first time when Mizzou took centrestage. So , I am pretty new with the terms in football and the rules. All I have played is lawn tennis, cricket, softball , badminton, table tennis.

Tonight I went with the hope of getting to know some more people in the HMI department. When I reached , everyone was practicing . To my wonder I found an interesting and prettyl cheerleader on the sidelines. Through conversation I learnt that her name is Lana. The practiced went on. To the sideline spectator, it looked like Andrew was in total control of the proceedings . Kyle is the cool cucumber . One minute he stands there pondering over his moves. The next minute he is running like a cheetah(or tiger).

Well during practice we had some really good catches and moves, mostly by Michelle and the new girls on the block. Suddenly everyone started moving towards the field and we knew that it was time for the game to start.

Have to mention here that it was getting too cold now. I had one leather jacket on and then another one. Things started pretty smoothly. Kyle was off like a Cheetah every time he had the ball in his hand. Ackil made the defense of the day, he plucked the ball out of thin air. Excellent save!!! Kyle kept running goals and Andrew kept planning from the sidelines and Jessica made 2 wonderful throws that I think really setup the game for a win, I thought. All the girls, especially Nicole and Michelle were too good on the defense and Kyle was unstoppable on the offense.
We won 18-3 against Mad Dawgz (they looked like a good team).

New Funding Opportunity for HMIGSA

Our buddy Nishant has done it again!!!

Nishant has turned us on to Google Adsense to help HMIGSA make some money from our website.

My concern with the prospect centered around the eye sores Google Ads would put on an already aesthetically mediocre web experience. After doing some searching on my own, however, I found an interesting way to use javascript and Google Adsense. Basically, when you first navigate to our website, a box fades into the center of your browser asking you to click on some links. Once you click on one of them, then the box won't appear again unless you close and reopen your browser.

The other side to this venture is getting permission from the University. I took the first step by signing us up for Google Adsense, but they have an approval period of 1-2 business days. Hopefully by the time we hear back from Google, Kyle will have gained approval from the "power that be" at MU.

Please make any comments you may have about this new revenue opportunity. And yes, YOU CAN POST A COMMENT WITHOUT SIGNING IN!!!!

Below are some links about how they pay and how we are supposed to make money.

THANKS NISHANT!

How much will I earn through Google Adsense?

When do we get paid?

Behavioral Interviewing

Nishant Jain has kindly provided a Guide to Behavioral Interviewing to help 1st and 2nd year students in our quest for internships, fellowships, and careers.

Topics in this guide include:
What is Behavior Based Interviewing?
What Do Employers Evaluate in A Behavioral Interview?
How Are Behavioral Questions Different from Other Types of Interviewing Questions?
Examples of Behavioral-Based Models
How Can I Prepare for A Behavioral Interview?

Click here if you'd like to see the whole Microsoft Word 2007 document.

HMIGSA Featured in ACHE Regent's Fall Newsletter!

I am happy and proud to announce that HMIGSA is featured in the ACHE Missouri Regent's Fall newsletter. Our MS Bike event from September are highlighted under the "Updates from the Higher Education Network" section of the online newsletter. Thank you to ALL who participated and I hope we will continue to make great strides for our organization through philanthropy, ACHE, and all other areas of HMIGSA!

To access the newsletter, please click on the link below. You will need to enter your username and password.

Regent's Newsletter

Regards,

Anna

CHC '08: With a Vengeance

It just keeps getting better.

After a long night of refining PowerPoint slides, we were reinvigorated this morning with the Keynote Address from Cerner CEO and Co-Founder, Neal Patterson. Demand for rapid change in the current healthcare market has pushed Cerner to adopt a new strategy to include Client Committees and open source projects.

What does that mean?

Client Committees are a collaboration between a participating healthcare institution and a Cerner physician strategist. Together these two forces will pool resources to developed new functionalities based on the various Cerner platforms.

Open source means that Cerner has decided to make the source code for the programs freely available to their clients. Giving clients the freedom to innovate and customize Cerner products to their needs.

Demonstrating (but not demonstrating) the possibilities!!

Neal Patterson made it clear that the products they would discuss coming out of the new business strategy would not be demonstrated during the keynote. However, he didn't actually define what they were doing on stage...and for lack of a better word, it looked like a demonstration to me.

Patterson was looking for a WOW-factor from the work presented during the keynote. Dr. Mike LeFerve (UMHC Chief Medical Informatics Officer) and Brian Lancaster (Cerner Director of Physician Stategy) showcased the work that University of Missouri has worked hard to development. The main focus during their showcase was the patient & condition summary screens. Links below allow you to download presentation related to what was presented.

The other notable demonstration the new launch of iAware. The new tool brings the meaning of patient-centered care to a whole new playing field. There are two dynamic screens in the patient's bedroom. The mainscreen is a 50" LCD monitor with various "Cerner Gadgets" displaying the patient's current status. The second display is 15" display on a pivot designed for patient use. The really interesting aspect of these two monitor is that they adjust to the environment around them.

During a mock encounter between a nurse and a patient, a warning pop-up displayed on the 15" screen. It informed the patient that the beeping they were hearing was normal and it was a simply notification that they IV medication was almost empty and should be attended to. The nurse is then notified and enters with the replacement IV bag. On the patient 15" screen a photo, name, and credentials of the nurse walking into the patient's room are displayed. The patient can then use the 15" touch display to look up a minutae of facts regarding the medication being administered and other facts regarding their care. The large display behind the patient (designed for nurse and clinician use), then adjust display the new medication and monitor the progress/level of the medication administration. WOW!!!!

After the exciting keynote, presentations were given throughout the day explain the "behind the scenes" work that took place to create, development, and maintain the various demonstrations.

If you'd like to see the three PowerPoint presentation, follow the links below.

To have a general overview of the Medical Home project presented by Dr. Mike LeFevre, Dr. Jeff Belden, Dr. Hal Williamson, and Marilee Bomar, APRN, CLICK HERE

To have an in depth discussion regarding the development and creation of Discern Analytics with Patient & Condition Summary Screens developed by Dr. Karl Kochendorfer, Jared Coberly, and Andrew Hutson, CLICK HERE

To review the possibilities for creating rules and summary screens using Cerner Discern Desktop presented by Jared Coberly and Scott Barger, CLICK HERE

CHC '08 PART DEUX

Hey HMIGSAers,

Busy day at CHC. We had two presentations reporting on our successes at University of Missouri Healthcare regarding PQRI reporting and HotSpot dictation within PowerChart.

PQRI Summary:
According to an article from JAMIA, written by Paul Tang et. al, reporting care based on claims/administrative data alone produces a statistically significant difference when compared to clinical data from an electronic health record. More specifically, out of 5385 patients, only 75% of patients who had diabetes were identified using claims data compared to 94% using clinical data from an EHR. The conclusion is that quality measure reporting will be better performed using data elements from a populated EHR.

For more details, Click Here to download the PowerPoint slides presented by Karl Kochendorfer, M.D. and Rob Odom.

HotSpot Dictation:
Completing chart notes using a structured electronic health record, like PowerChart, significantly limits a physician's diagnosis. In addition, taking the time to fill out a structured EHR after a patient encounter is more time consuming for the physician than dictating. In order to remedy these issues within EHRs, specifically Cerner PowerChart, the University of Missouri Department of Internal Medicine is piloting a program to improve electronic documentation efficiency by implementing structured documents with dictation.

For more details, Click Here to download the PowerPoint slides presented by Emily Coberly, M.D. and Bryan Rose. Click Here if you would like to read the article published in Physician Executive.

Cerner Health Conference '08

Hello all!

I just wanted to give a brief update to the activities here at CHC '08 in Kansas City. The atmosphere here is chaotic. Over 7,000 healthcare professionals have joined together to share their innovations in the field of Health Informatics.

Here's a picture of the Solutions Gallery (where all the business showed their stuff).


Here is a list of the companies I was able to speak with and who I felt where doing some amazing things with technology.

Welch Allyn
Drager
Lexi Comp
Talyst
Sigma International
Microsoft
Emmi Solutions
Flo Healthcare
Bernoulli Enterprise
Niceware Healthcare
Dragon Medical Nuance
Motion Computing F5

HIMSS '09 Keynote Speakers

There are four Keynote speakers for the HIMSS '09 Conference. If you'd like to read more about each individual speaker, follow the link provided.

Keynote Speakers

Dennis Quaid
Award-winning actor and director
President, The Quaid Foundation
for Patient Safety

George C. Halvorson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Alan Greenspan
Economist, Former Chairman, board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

Jerry M. Linenger, MD, MSSM, MPH, PhD
Captain, Medical Corps, USN (Ret.)
NASA Astronaut
Space Analyst, NBC News

International Bazaar

International Bazaar

DATE: Tuesday, September 23rd

LOCATION: Lowry Mall(rainsite:Stotler Lounge)

TIME: 11am-2pm

Mizzou's International Students would like to offer a taste of their culture to Mid-Missouri. International bazaar is one of Mizzou's longest running traditions. This year marks the 33rd annual International Bazaar and the 1st MU International day. Come enjoy FREE ethnic food, beverages, and souvenirs.

How Will Alumni Stay in Touch?

START BLOGGING!!!

Once HMIGSA members get familiar with the minimal technological tools we are now implementing, every past, present and future member will become part of a true network.

Hopefully, this blog is the beginning of such a transformation.

Together, we will positively impact the future of healthcare.