- December 13th 1-3 p.m. by Telehealth video
- January 10th 9-3 in Bridgeport at Prairie Winds
- Wed, Oct 4, 9-3, Regional Health Records meeting, Prairie
Winds Community Center, Bridgeport.
- Wed, June 14, 9-3, Regional Health Records
Meeting, Harms Advanced Technology Center, WNCC, Scottsbluff
- Wed, May 3, 9-3, Regional Health Records
Meeting, Prairie Winds Community Center, Bridgeport
- Wed, April 5, 9-3, Regional Health Records
Meeting, Prairie Winds Community Center, Bridgeport
-
Wed, Nov 9th, 9-3, Regional Health Records Kick Off
Meeting and Pizza Party, Harms Advanced Technology Center,
Scottsbluff
- ToPs Training to be Held in
Scottsbluff
May 1-2, 2007 - In conjunction with the Panhandle Partnership
for Health and Human Services Training Academy, the Panhandle
Public Health District is taking names for the ToPs TRAINING TO
BE HELD IN SCOTTSBLUFF. Each class can accept up to 30 people.
If you were to take this training in Omaha it would cost
$545.00 Because this is running through PPHHS’s Training
Academy, the only registration cost to you or your employer is
$50.00 Cost for non- PPHHS members is $360.00We anticipate that this class will fill up
very quickly, as there was a huge demand when this class was
offered last fall.. We will maintain a waiting list in case of
cancellations and also to plan for future opportunities. If you
would like to have your name included please e-mail
woodsconsulting@actcom.net
“This is absolutely one of the best and
most applicable trainings I have ever gone to. I have used one
of the methods every week. I highly recommend this for
community organizers, director’s managers, CEO’s, private
consultants, educators, concerned citizens, and team members.
This is an excellent leadership building course.”- Kim Engel,
PPHD Director
Technology of Participation (ToP) is a
unique method of facilitation, developed by the Institute of
Cultural Affairs, Inc. ToP courses provide participants with
the skills for creating and sustaining a climate of involvement
in the workplace and the community. Participants experience the
methods of participation, talk about the theory behind them in
small groups, and then get feedback on their own unique styles
and skills. Participants leave the course ready to immediately
apply what they have learned. Each course comes with a
comprehensive participant workbook, which becomes a practical
tool for future use.
ToP methods use innovative approaches,
which have been extensively researched and field tested for more
than 30 years and are supported by practical results that have
proven sustainable over time. Leaders gain a renewed confidence
in their capability to support participative approached and
strategies in their organization and communities.
Group Facilitation methods (two days)
training is an intensive method transfer course for facilitators
to learn the three collaborative methods that are the foundation
of the Technology of Participation: Focused Conversation, the
Consensus Workshop method, and Action Planning.
Focused Conversation participants
learn and practice a method of mastering the art of leading
groups and involving group members in in-depth discussions on
significant and often difficult issues.
Consensus workshop participants
learn and practice skills for building group consensus and
mobilizing action on critical priorities and thereby increase
team effectiveness.
Action Planning participants
learn and practice a method for helping groups to pull together
an action plan quickly and collaboratively from vision to
implementation.
Target audience; people who
are actively involved in the leadership and facilitation of
groups and teams including supervisors, executive directors,
managers, professional facilitators, private consultants,
training managers, educators, health practitioners, community
specialist, concerned citizens and team members in high
performance environments who need increased exposure to group
participation methods.
What's New !. . .
WNHIE Monthly Update for November
The Western Nebraska Health
Information Exchange is on the move! There are so many exciting
developments that it is hard to communicate all the activity only
through our scheduled team meetings. So, we are launching a new,
monthly email that will update everyone on the most important
highlights, decision points, and upcoming events. This month's
update includes:
1. Work and Training
at the Regional Teams Meeting
2. Drafting our Request for Proposals
3. Governance and Legal Entity Decision-making
4. Nationally-recognized Trainings
***********
1. Work and Training at the Regional Teams Meeting. Our teams
met in Bridgeport on October 4 for a joint meeting. The work of the
group included:
a. Training on issuing and managing any type of Request for
Proposal solicitation
b. Confirmation of the Request for Proposal process
specifically for the WNHIE
c. Review of Code of Conduct for any communications with
potential vendors (to be forwarded to the Steering Committee for
further distribution)
d. Hearing an update on Portal rollout and upcoming trainings
that are scheduled for partner organizations (contact Lisa Bewley if
you want additional information)
The next meeting of the Regional Teams will be a Telehealth Video
Conference on December 13 from 1 - 2:30 pm.
2. Drafting our
Request for Proposals (RFP). A confidential draft of the RFP has
been emailed to all members of the Regional Teams. Feedback on
changes to the draft were solicited during the Regional Teams
Meeting on Oct. 4 and announced via email following the meeting. The
final steps that must be accomplished before issuing the RFP are:
a. Making a recommendation about whether to include Administrative
Transactions as part of the RFP. The committee has met, consulted
with other health information exchanges, and will be making a
recommendation to the Steering Committee.
b. A few final details such as ensuring the Information Technology
survey is accurate (distributed at the Oct. 4 Teams Meeting) and
finalizing presumptive contract language for vendors to agree to.
b. Confirming the slate of vendors to whom the RFP will be sent.
The Steering Committee will make this decision.
c. Determination of the legal entity that will engage in a
contract with the selected vendor.
3. Governance and
Legal Entity Decision-making. The Steering Committee will meet on
October 31 for an important meeting to finalize the legal and
organizational vision for the WNHIE entity. Paul Smith of Davis,
Wright, Tremaine, our legal consultant with extensive expertise in
healthcare, will lead the meeting.
4.
Nationally-recognized Trainings. We have convened some extremely
well-received trainings to ensure that all our partners (and
potential partners!) are prepared to participate in a region-wide
health information exchange. Based on the enthusiastic response, we
have brought back the nationally-recognized certification program
for two, separate trainings.
A. Certified Professional in Health Information
Technology (CPHIT) - November 1-3, 2006
This course will be excellent for anyone wanting to know more
about all aspects of Health Information Technology (e.g.,
legal/regulatory, privacy/security, technology, planning for,
implementing, managing, and communicating to others outside the
Panhandle)
B. Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records
- December 5, 6 2006
This is the course for anyone who wants to know more about
how electronic health records are used for data management, patient
safety, care coordination, interoperability, knowledge management,
and document management
Interested in more information? Contact Kim Woods
(woodsconsulting@actcom.net; 308-235-2313)
An article on the comparison of confidentiality of Electronic vs
Paper-based Medical Records
Panhandle is the most "wired" Region
The University of Nebraska 2005 Nebraska Rural Poll shows that
75% of the residents of the Panhandle has internet access compared
with 66% in north central or rural southeast Nebraska.
The entire report.
-
Bush: Healthcare IT can control costs, reduce errors
President Bush during his State of the Union address Tuesday
night called for greater use of electronic medical records and
other healthcare information technology as part of a larger
healthcare plan that includes expansion of health savings
accounts and medical liability reform.
-
CHT Connectivity Conference: Accelerating Transformation through
Health IT -On October 18th, the Center for Health
Transformation and IDX Systems Corporation hosted more than 100
industry experts and government leaders at a conference in
Washington, DC. Dr Todd Sorensen gave a presentation at this
conference, click on Webcast.
The Regional Health Records Leadership Team Is
Pleased To Announce
Western Nebraska’s
First
Regional Health Information Technology Summit
SEPTEMBER 23, 2005, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Harms Advanced Technology Center
2620 College Park
Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff NE 69361
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS: Janet M. Marchibroda,
CEO and founder of the eHealth Initiative, has been named one of
America's top 25 women in healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Shaun Grannis, M.D., M.S.
Indiana University Department of Family Medicine
 Dr.
Shaun Grannis is a Medical Informatics Researcher at the
Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and Assistant Professor of
Family Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine,
where his research interests include developing,
implementing and studying technology to overcome the
challenges of integrating data from distributed systems for
use in health care delivery and research. Dr. Grannis
developed a patient record linkage algorithm using
cryptographically deidentified demographic data for use in
distributed clinical data networks. The goal of the linkage
algorithm is to maintain patient confidentiality while
providing researchers with access to clinically meaningful
data. He further extended and characterized this linkage
methodology using robust probabilistic techniques.
|
Key topics will include:
-
The national vision for health information
technology and exchange
-
Learn more about Indiana’s leadership in health
information exchange.
-
Rural Healthcare Cooperative Network CEO Panel
-
Regional Update: A Rural Vision for Health
Information
-
Recommit to the Year Ahead: Putting the Plan
Into Action
PARTICIPANTS: Western Nebraska health systems
employees and providers. Local Electronic Health Records Teams,
Regional Health Records Planning Team, providers of health, mental
health and public health in Western Nebraska will all benefit from
the summit.
Special guests from state partners have also been
invited.
FEE: This event is sponsored the RHCN.
Registration is easy: e-mail Bill Loring (pphhsmis@earthlink.net)
To avoid duplication please provide name and organization of those
attending.
|
