This document provides information about the 2013 Fall Conference for the Wisconsin Health Information Management Association (WHIMA).
The conference will focus on current trends in using health data to drive improvements in healthcare, with tracks on performance measurement and emerging opportunities. The opening session will discuss information governance models and best practices. Concurrent sessions will cover topics like accountable care organizations, healthcare analytics, ICD-10 preparation, and using clinical data to develop student coders.
The document includes the conference schedule with details of general sessions, concurrent tracks, speakers, and session topics over the two day period. Special events include a student clinical experience panel and a two-day ICD-10 boot camp for long-term care. The closing
Six Need-to-Know Guidelines for Successful Care ManagementHealth Catalyst
In a job that changes every minute, care managers don’t have much time to think as they tackle unpredictable situations. Care managers stay on track amid the distractions by following six key elements of successful care management:
Act as an advocate for the patient.
Practice cultural competence.
Garner support from leaders.
Develop effective communication skills.
Prioritize patients based on up-to-date data.
Don’t ever forget that the patient is a human being first.
As care managers practice these six crucial components for successful care management, the patient’s health and well-being will always be the top priority for everyone involved, which translates to better outcomes and lower costs.
You are required to submit a one page covering letter, composed of a short statement (max 300 words per question) in response to the two targeted questions.
Technology Enabled Care (TEC) uses digital technologies like telehealth, telemedicine, and mobile apps to improve healthcare outcomes. It aims to provide quality, cost-effective care by enabling more treatment at home. TEC includes monitoring devices, video consultations, and apps for patients to self-manage conditions. While TEC faces barriers like standards and funding, it can help address rising healthcare demands by improving access, outcomes, and efficiency if adopted widely. Stakeholders recommend actions like strengthening privacy, gathering evidence, and developing reimbursement to promote TEC's potential.
This document provides an overview of nursing informatics. It discusses the historical context of nursing informatics from the 1970s to present day. Nursing informatics is defined as integrating nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data to support patient care. Key areas covered include competencies, education, roles, skills, evidence-based practice, healthcare technology, socio-technical issues, foundations and committees, and the present and future agenda. The document references several sources and provides images of healthcare technology like alarms and monitoring systems.
Exposome & Expotype - Exploring new challenges for Health Informatics Researc...Fernando Martin-Sanchez
This document discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by precision medicine and digital health technologies. It begins with an introduction to precision medicine and how it relies on integrating diverse data sources, such as genomics, the exposome, and patient-generated data. It then explores several specific areas in more depth, including exposome informatics, participatory health informatics, and self-quantification. The document argues that digital technologies are important for enabling precision medicine approaches and that new models of participatory health are emerging through technologies like social media and self-tracking tools.
Providers need to move towards real-time analytics that have become critical to demonstrate their quality of care, as reimbursement by government programs can be contingent upon how providers are measured in “Quality of Care”. For example, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, also called the Permanent Doc Fix, changes the way Medicare doctors are reimbursed with the implementation of a merit based incentive. The performance-based pressure is huge, which makes it imperative that every provider consider technology solutions. Read more at https://www.solix.com/solutions/data-driven-solutions/healthcare/
The Modern Care Management Team: Tools and Strategies Evolve, but the Outcome...Health Catalyst
The care management team concept has evolved over the last decade to be more patient- and data-driven. Truly modern care management teams—those that represent the future of care management—provide team-based care that is carefully planned, comprehensive, highly coordinated, data driven, evidence based, seamless, and patient centric. But what’s equally important as being patient-centric and patient-driven, is relying on a comprehensive, effective care management system—a suite of tools with features in five core competencies:
Data integration.
Patient stratification and intake.
Care coordination.
Patient engagement.
Performance measurement.
As the industry’s care management teams continue to evolve (e.g., using predictive analytics to proactively identify patients), their primary goal remains: achieving optimal outcomes for the patients they serve.
Leveraging Technology to Increase Patient Satisfaction and Employee EngagementHealth Catalyst
Health systems are challenged by the need to keep patients and employees satisfied and engaged. This can be especially difficult for organizations in flux, growing, merging, and changing. And as leaders of these organizations know, poor patient satisfaction ratings lead to reduced reimbursements, which affect the bottom line.
To meet this challenge and improve patient satisfaction, health system leaders are taking advantage of technology, such as rounding software, that supports effective communication and drives the type of culture change that boosts both caregiver and patient satisfaction and encourages engagement. Embedding rounding technology into current processes makes rounding better and easier. The correlation between effective, efficient rounding and high patient satisfaction scores is clear. Rounding can and does increase engagement and satisfaction, which in turn leads to higher reimbursement potential. Learn how health system leaders can move from talking about rounding technology to incorporating it into daily workflow.
Six Need-to-Know Guidelines for Successful Care ManagementHealth Catalyst
In a job that changes every minute, care managers don’t have much time to think as they tackle unpredictable situations. Care managers stay on track amid the distractions by following six key elements of successful care management:
Act as an advocate for the patient.
Practice cultural competence.
Garner support from leaders.
Develop effective communication skills.
Prioritize patients based on up-to-date data.
Don’t ever forget that the patient is a human being first.
As care managers practice these six crucial components for successful care management, the patient’s health and well-being will always be the top priority for everyone involved, which translates to better outcomes and lower costs.
You are required to submit a one page covering letter, composed of a short statement (max 300 words per question) in response to the two targeted questions.
Technology Enabled Care (TEC) uses digital technologies like telehealth, telemedicine, and mobile apps to improve healthcare outcomes. It aims to provide quality, cost-effective care by enabling more treatment at home. TEC includes monitoring devices, video consultations, and apps for patients to self-manage conditions. While TEC faces barriers like standards and funding, it can help address rising healthcare demands by improving access, outcomes, and efficiency if adopted widely. Stakeholders recommend actions like strengthening privacy, gathering evidence, and developing reimbursement to promote TEC's potential.
This document provides an overview of nursing informatics. It discusses the historical context of nursing informatics from the 1970s to present day. Nursing informatics is defined as integrating nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data to support patient care. Key areas covered include competencies, education, roles, skills, evidence-based practice, healthcare technology, socio-technical issues, foundations and committees, and the present and future agenda. The document references several sources and provides images of healthcare technology like alarms and monitoring systems.
Exposome & Expotype - Exploring new challenges for Health Informatics Researc...Fernando Martin-Sanchez
This document discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by precision medicine and digital health technologies. It begins with an introduction to precision medicine and how it relies on integrating diverse data sources, such as genomics, the exposome, and patient-generated data. It then explores several specific areas in more depth, including exposome informatics, participatory health informatics, and self-quantification. The document argues that digital technologies are important for enabling precision medicine approaches and that new models of participatory health are emerging through technologies like social media and self-tracking tools.
Providers need to move towards real-time analytics that have become critical to demonstrate their quality of care, as reimbursement by government programs can be contingent upon how providers are measured in “Quality of Care”. For example, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, also called the Permanent Doc Fix, changes the way Medicare doctors are reimbursed with the implementation of a merit based incentive. The performance-based pressure is huge, which makes it imperative that every provider consider technology solutions. Read more at https://www.solix.com/solutions/data-driven-solutions/healthcare/
The Modern Care Management Team: Tools and Strategies Evolve, but the Outcome...Health Catalyst
The care management team concept has evolved over the last decade to be more patient- and data-driven. Truly modern care management teams—those that represent the future of care management—provide team-based care that is carefully planned, comprehensive, highly coordinated, data driven, evidence based, seamless, and patient centric. But what’s equally important as being patient-centric and patient-driven, is relying on a comprehensive, effective care management system—a suite of tools with features in five core competencies:
Data integration.
Patient stratification and intake.
Care coordination.
Patient engagement.
Performance measurement.
As the industry’s care management teams continue to evolve (e.g., using predictive analytics to proactively identify patients), their primary goal remains: achieving optimal outcomes for the patients they serve.
Leveraging Technology to Increase Patient Satisfaction and Employee EngagementHealth Catalyst
Health systems are challenged by the need to keep patients and employees satisfied and engaged. This can be especially difficult for organizations in flux, growing, merging, and changing. And as leaders of these organizations know, poor patient satisfaction ratings lead to reduced reimbursements, which affect the bottom line.
To meet this challenge and improve patient satisfaction, health system leaders are taking advantage of technology, such as rounding software, that supports effective communication and drives the type of culture change that boosts both caregiver and patient satisfaction and encourages engagement. Embedding rounding technology into current processes makes rounding better and easier. The correlation between effective, efficient rounding and high patient satisfaction scores is clear. Rounding can and does increase engagement and satisfaction, which in turn leads to higher reimbursement potential. Learn how health system leaders can move from talking about rounding technology to incorporating it into daily workflow.
This roundtable discussion focused on overcoming barriers to sharing patient data across health systems. Key points included:
- Sharing data is challenging but important to provide integrated care and avoid duplicate tests. Approaches need to be pragmatic and incremental.
- Canterbury District Health Board in New Zealand successfully implemented shared records across its health system after an earthquake disrupted services.
- Local NHS areas are at different stages of implementation with varying electronic systems. Small pilot programs can help drive wider adoption.
- Ensuring engagement from nurses, who are major users of patient records, is important for implementation and uptake of new systems. Their needs around access should be considered.
Sydney Local Health District implemented Qlik to address challenges around managing big data and inconsistent reporting. Qlik consolidated data from various clinical, financial, and operational systems into interactive dashboards accessible to executives, clinicians, and other staff. This has improved decision-making, reduced reporting time by 75%, and achieved annual efficiency savings through increased productivity, optimized resource use, and reduced incidents. Qlik has transformed the organization's use of data to drive clinical, quality, and financial improvements.
ParaMed implemented a mobile technology platform created in collaboration with CellTrak to improve home healthcare delivery. The platform includes a clinical documentation app and healthcare team portal that allow nurses to access patient records and receive supervisory feedback in real-time. Nurses report that the platform improves care by facilitating access to patient histories, enhancing communication, and supporting evidence-based practice. The data collected also helps ParaMed identify trends to shape policies and practices.
Healthcare Process Improvement: Six Strategies for Organizationwide Transform...Health Catalyst
Healthcare processes drive activities and outcomes across the health system, from emergency department admissions and procedures to billing and discharge. Furthermore, in the COVID-19 era’s uncertainty, process quality is an increasingly important driver in care delivery and organizational success. Given this broad scope of impact, process improvement is intrinsically linked to better outcomes and lower costs. Six strategies for healthcare process improvement illustrate the roles of strategy, skillsets, culture, and advanced analytics in healthcare’s continuing mission of transformation.
Emerging into E-Health Information Management pdfkatnick56
Kathy is excited about the benefits of e-health initiatives like electronic health records and health information management. She believes these can help both individual patients and communities affected by health conditions. However, there are barriers to implementing these initiatives. As a health information management professional, Kathy's mission is to help break down barriers to adopting electronic health information management. She wants to find a specific barrier and help remove it. E-health involves applying e-commerce principles to healthcare to improve efficiency, quality of care, patient empowerment and more.
This document discusses opportunities for healthcare innovation in Whatcom County, Washington. It outlines the region's assets that make it well-positioned for innovation, including engaged healthcare providers, health information technology infrastructure like the Shared Care Plan, and research institutions. The document envisions creating an "innovation ecosystem" to accelerate the development and commercialization of new technologies and care models. This would involve forming partnerships between local healthcare organizations, researchers, startups, and investors to pilot innovative solutions and help companies secure funding. The goal is to improve outcomes and lower costs through more personalized, preventative, and coordinated care that engages patients.
The Digitization of Healthcare: Why the Right Approach Matters and Five Steps...Health Catalyst
While many industries are leveraging digital transformation to accelerate their productivity and quality, healthcare ranks among the least digitized sectors. Healthcare data is largely incomplete when it comes to fully representing a patient’s health and doesn’t adequately support diagnoses and treatment, risk prediction, and long-term health care plans. But even with the obvious urgency for increased healthcare digitization, the industry must raise this trajectory with sensitivity to the impacts on clinicians and patients. The right digital strategy will not only aim for more comprehensive information on patient health, but also leverage data to empower and engage the people involved.
Health systems can follow five guidelines to digitize in a sustainable, impactful way:
Achieve and maintain clinician and patient engagement.
Adopt a modern commercial digital platform.
Digitize the assets (the patients) and the processes.
Understand the importance of data to drive AI insights.
Prioritize data volume.
Three Strategies to Deliver Patient-Centered Care in the Next NormalHealth Catalyst
Juggling financial demands, uncertain healthcare legislation, and COVID-19 can distract healthcare leaders from the most important aspect of care—patients. Delivering patient-centered care in this volatile market can be challenging, especially when traditional healthcare methods (e.g., in-person visits) are on hold. These sudden disruptions to routine care have highlighted the importance of keeping patients at the center of care, whether care delivery is in-person or virtual. Health systems can manage competing priorities, adjust to pandemic-induced changes, and deliver patient-centered care by focusing on three strategies:
Improve the patient experience.
Implement the Meaningful Measures Initiative.
Transition in-person visits to virtual.
1) Wearable technologies can help create a more individualized and preventative approach to healthcare that significantly reduces costs by monitoring vital signs and activity levels in real-time.
2) Sharing health data from wearables with doctors and insurers allows for timely feedback and treatment while also incentivizing individuals to engage in preventative care through rewards programs.
3) However, using wearable data in healthcare raises privacy issues that must comply with regulations like HIPAA, and organizations collecting and sharing health data could face legal liabilities depending on how the data is used and interpreted.
Patient relationship management on the cloudComidor
The document discusses patient relationship management (PRM) systems and their benefits. It notes that as populations age, healthcare organizations want to improve patient satisfaction and care through stronger relationships. A PRM allows for more personalized treatment, improved understanding of patient needs and monitoring of care. It benefits both patients and healthcare organizations by providing a more customer-centric environment. Moving a PRM system to the cloud can further connect systems and data to improve inter-clinic communication and focus on patient health. The cloud provides cost-effective and secure storage of protected health information while allowing access from anywhere.
This document provides an overview and summary of key concepts related to applying service science principles to health systems. It begins with an introduction to service science and findings from Vargo and Lusch on service-dominant logic. It then provides overviews of the American healthcare system and literature on key concepts. The document outlines innovation processes for health systems and discusses IT enhancements like e-healthcare, big data, mobile technologies, and telemedicine. It provides examples of successful health systems like Bumrungrad Hospital and discusses the Affordable Care Act and future directions including reducing costs and improving coordination through technologies like cognitive computing.
This document discusses electronic tools available for nurses and how they can improve healthcare. It lists several mobile applications and online resources that nurses can use, such as Nursing Central and Epocrates. These tools allow nurses to search for disease information, access related nursing diagnoses and skills, and facilitate improved communication and decision-making. Prior research studies have found that nursing informatics tools can support nursing practice and knowledge development, and may potentially reduce healthcare costs.
Held each year in Boston, Medical Informatics World connects more than 400 healthcare, biomedical science, health informatics, and IT leaders to navigate emerging trends and opportunities in the evolving industry. The event responds to the challenges in collaborating and maximizing the benefit of enabling technologies with inspiring plenary keynotes combined with focused expert-led presentations and discussions. Coverage includes population health management, predictive analytics, payer-provider-pharma data collaborations, patient care and engagement, mobile and wearable technologies, care delivery models, enterprise hospital information systems, clinical decision support, error and readmission reduction, and healthcare data security. The 2015 program features six conference tracks, two interactive dinner workshops and six plenary keynote presentations, providing attendees with the connections, tools and strategies for taking their research and care delivery to the next level. Learn more at http://www.medicalinformaticsworld.com
But Does It Work? The Critical Role of Evaluation in Digital HealthDustin DiTommaso
KEYNOTE AT HxD 2021.
Overall Message:
A. Effectiveness is the most important differentiator between digital health offerings
B. Everyone in digital health should be evaluating their offerings
3 Key Takeaways:
1. We are rapidly moving towards effectiveness as the key differentiator in digital health
2. Apps need to be evaluated throughout the design process
3. There are things you can and should do now to make your life easier and Your apps better
Find out more inside!
Healthcare Data: Creating a Learning Healthcare EcosystemHealth Catalyst
The document discusses several topics related to healthcare data and creating a learning healthcare ecosystem. It notes that patients want more involvement in their health and data use, but this can be difficult with de-identified data. Next-generation models will focus on using data to improve outcomes rather than data licensing. Large data assets should be managed by neutral third parties focused on improving clinical outcomes, not companies owned by payers, providers, or manufacturers. The document advocates for combining diverse data sets to provide a full picture of patient journeys and help all types of organizations.
Zero Sepsis Deaths: A Dialogue of Passion and Practical Wisdom on Sepsis Prev...Health Catalyst
Each year 1.7 million Americans are diagnosed with sepsis, resulting in 270,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s one death every two minutes, making sepsis the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. The financial toll is also high, with the average cost per sepsis stay over $18,000. Sepsis is the number one cause of both initial hospitalizations and readmissions.
Nearly all sepsis deaths are preventable. Community outreach, focused attention on the emergency department, and effective technology and processes to monitor patients already admitted can reduce sepsis mortality. Making a goal of “zero sepsis deaths” a reality is a personal and professional passion of Armando Nahum, a patient activist and co-founder and President of the Safe Care Campaign, and Kathleen Merkley, DNP, ANP, FNP, Senior Vice President of Professional Services at Health Catalyst.
Nahum and Merkley share stories and practical steps to drastically reduce the sepsis toll. Michael L. Millenson, Senior Advisor to Health Catalyst, patient safety expert, and long-time advocate of safer, higher-quality, more patient-centered care, facilitates the dialogue.
What You’ll Learn
- How to implement community outreach to facilitate timely sepsis recognition and seeking of care.
- How to organize emergency department processes for prompt sepsis recognition and treatment.
- How to ensure prompt sepsis recognition and treatment in the inpatient environment.
- How to avoid sepsis readmissions.
The document discusses strategies for improving teamwork and patient safety using the TeamSTEPPS framework. It describes how TeamSTEPPS was developed based on over 25 years of research in various high-risk industries. The framework focuses on team structure, leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, communication, and developing team competencies. Proper teamwork and communication are emphasized as ways to address issues like medical errors during handoffs and reduce preventable adverse events.
The FDA Digital Health Center of Excellence and the Advancement of Digital He...Greenlight Guru
The FDA Digital Health Center of Excellence is part of the planned evolution of the digital health program with the intent to drive synergy for digital health efforts, align strategy with implementation, prepare the FDA for the digital health future, and protect patients and maintain the FDA standards of safety and effectiveness.
Ultimately, the program works to strategically advance science and evidence for digital health technologies that meets the needs of
stakeholders.
This free in-depth webinar, presented by Matthew DiamondChief Medical Officer, Digital Health Center of Excellence, will cover the digital health landscape and areas of application, goals and outcomes, planned services and launch plan, and the current areas of focus - including AI/ML-Based SaMD.
This presentation originally aired during the 2021 State of Medical Device Virtual Summit.
United States Diagnostics Market Size, Share, Trend and Forecast 2026 | TechS...TechSci Research
According to #TechSci Research report, United States Diagnostics Market stood at USD30.08billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a steady rate of 5.17% during the forecast period.
Gain More Insight: https://bit.ly/3wWI0do
Get Sample Report: https://bit.ly/3ltFdo6
Website: https://www.techsciresearch.com/
Market Research News: https://techsciblog.com/
9 Actionable Healthcare Tweets from HIMSS 2015Buddy Scalera
9 tweets and action items for healthcare marketers and content strategists, as developed by Marilyn Cox @MarilynECox (Oracle) and Buddy Scalera @MarketingBuddy.
Be sure to visit: http://www.slideshare.net/americanregistry
Health Information Management At Pdn EssayNina Vazquez
Here are the key steps the HIM director should take to conduct an effective HIPAA audit:
1. Review the organization's Notice of Privacy Practices and ensure it accurately reflects current privacy policies and procedures. Make any necessary updates.
2. Evaluate privacy safeguards such as access controls, encryption of devices/media, and business associate agreements. Ensure all systems that store or transmit PHI are secure.
3. Assess privacy incident response plans and employee training programs. Ensure plans are comprehensive and training is ongoing to keep staff aware of policies.
4. Conduct a risk analysis to identify potential compliance issues. Areas to examine include minimum necessary access to data, accounting for disclosures, and handling of complaints.
This roundtable discussion focused on overcoming barriers to sharing patient data across health systems. Key points included:
- Sharing data is challenging but important to provide integrated care and avoid duplicate tests. Approaches need to be pragmatic and incremental.
- Canterbury District Health Board in New Zealand successfully implemented shared records across its health system after an earthquake disrupted services.
- Local NHS areas are at different stages of implementation with varying electronic systems. Small pilot programs can help drive wider adoption.
- Ensuring engagement from nurses, who are major users of patient records, is important for implementation and uptake of new systems. Their needs around access should be considered.
Sydney Local Health District implemented Qlik to address challenges around managing big data and inconsistent reporting. Qlik consolidated data from various clinical, financial, and operational systems into interactive dashboards accessible to executives, clinicians, and other staff. This has improved decision-making, reduced reporting time by 75%, and achieved annual efficiency savings through increased productivity, optimized resource use, and reduced incidents. Qlik has transformed the organization's use of data to drive clinical, quality, and financial improvements.
ParaMed implemented a mobile technology platform created in collaboration with CellTrak to improve home healthcare delivery. The platform includes a clinical documentation app and healthcare team portal that allow nurses to access patient records and receive supervisory feedback in real-time. Nurses report that the platform improves care by facilitating access to patient histories, enhancing communication, and supporting evidence-based practice. The data collected also helps ParaMed identify trends to shape policies and practices.
Healthcare Process Improvement: Six Strategies for Organizationwide Transform...Health Catalyst
Healthcare processes drive activities and outcomes across the health system, from emergency department admissions and procedures to billing and discharge. Furthermore, in the COVID-19 era’s uncertainty, process quality is an increasingly important driver in care delivery and organizational success. Given this broad scope of impact, process improvement is intrinsically linked to better outcomes and lower costs. Six strategies for healthcare process improvement illustrate the roles of strategy, skillsets, culture, and advanced analytics in healthcare’s continuing mission of transformation.
Emerging into E-Health Information Management pdfkatnick56
Kathy is excited about the benefits of e-health initiatives like electronic health records and health information management. She believes these can help both individual patients and communities affected by health conditions. However, there are barriers to implementing these initiatives. As a health information management professional, Kathy's mission is to help break down barriers to adopting electronic health information management. She wants to find a specific barrier and help remove it. E-health involves applying e-commerce principles to healthcare to improve efficiency, quality of care, patient empowerment and more.
This document discusses opportunities for healthcare innovation in Whatcom County, Washington. It outlines the region's assets that make it well-positioned for innovation, including engaged healthcare providers, health information technology infrastructure like the Shared Care Plan, and research institutions. The document envisions creating an "innovation ecosystem" to accelerate the development and commercialization of new technologies and care models. This would involve forming partnerships between local healthcare organizations, researchers, startups, and investors to pilot innovative solutions and help companies secure funding. The goal is to improve outcomes and lower costs through more personalized, preventative, and coordinated care that engages patients.
The Digitization of Healthcare: Why the Right Approach Matters and Five Steps...Health Catalyst
While many industries are leveraging digital transformation to accelerate their productivity and quality, healthcare ranks among the least digitized sectors. Healthcare data is largely incomplete when it comes to fully representing a patient’s health and doesn’t adequately support diagnoses and treatment, risk prediction, and long-term health care plans. But even with the obvious urgency for increased healthcare digitization, the industry must raise this trajectory with sensitivity to the impacts on clinicians and patients. The right digital strategy will not only aim for more comprehensive information on patient health, but also leverage data to empower and engage the people involved.
Health systems can follow five guidelines to digitize in a sustainable, impactful way:
Achieve and maintain clinician and patient engagement.
Adopt a modern commercial digital platform.
Digitize the assets (the patients) and the processes.
Understand the importance of data to drive AI insights.
Prioritize data volume.
Three Strategies to Deliver Patient-Centered Care in the Next NormalHealth Catalyst
Juggling financial demands, uncertain healthcare legislation, and COVID-19 can distract healthcare leaders from the most important aspect of care—patients. Delivering patient-centered care in this volatile market can be challenging, especially when traditional healthcare methods (e.g., in-person visits) are on hold. These sudden disruptions to routine care have highlighted the importance of keeping patients at the center of care, whether care delivery is in-person or virtual. Health systems can manage competing priorities, adjust to pandemic-induced changes, and deliver patient-centered care by focusing on three strategies:
Improve the patient experience.
Implement the Meaningful Measures Initiative.
Transition in-person visits to virtual.
1) Wearable technologies can help create a more individualized and preventative approach to healthcare that significantly reduces costs by monitoring vital signs and activity levels in real-time.
2) Sharing health data from wearables with doctors and insurers allows for timely feedback and treatment while also incentivizing individuals to engage in preventative care through rewards programs.
3) However, using wearable data in healthcare raises privacy issues that must comply with regulations like HIPAA, and organizations collecting and sharing health data could face legal liabilities depending on how the data is used and interpreted.
Patient relationship management on the cloudComidor
The document discusses patient relationship management (PRM) systems and their benefits. It notes that as populations age, healthcare organizations want to improve patient satisfaction and care through stronger relationships. A PRM allows for more personalized treatment, improved understanding of patient needs and monitoring of care. It benefits both patients and healthcare organizations by providing a more customer-centric environment. Moving a PRM system to the cloud can further connect systems and data to improve inter-clinic communication and focus on patient health. The cloud provides cost-effective and secure storage of protected health information while allowing access from anywhere.
This document provides an overview and summary of key concepts related to applying service science principles to health systems. It begins with an introduction to service science and findings from Vargo and Lusch on service-dominant logic. It then provides overviews of the American healthcare system and literature on key concepts. The document outlines innovation processes for health systems and discusses IT enhancements like e-healthcare, big data, mobile technologies, and telemedicine. It provides examples of successful health systems like Bumrungrad Hospital and discusses the Affordable Care Act and future directions including reducing costs and improving coordination through technologies like cognitive computing.
This document discusses electronic tools available for nurses and how they can improve healthcare. It lists several mobile applications and online resources that nurses can use, such as Nursing Central and Epocrates. These tools allow nurses to search for disease information, access related nursing diagnoses and skills, and facilitate improved communication and decision-making. Prior research studies have found that nursing informatics tools can support nursing practice and knowledge development, and may potentially reduce healthcare costs.
Held each year in Boston, Medical Informatics World connects more than 400 healthcare, biomedical science, health informatics, and IT leaders to navigate emerging trends and opportunities in the evolving industry. The event responds to the challenges in collaborating and maximizing the benefit of enabling technologies with inspiring plenary keynotes combined with focused expert-led presentations and discussions. Coverage includes population health management, predictive analytics, payer-provider-pharma data collaborations, patient care and engagement, mobile and wearable technologies, care delivery models, enterprise hospital information systems, clinical decision support, error and readmission reduction, and healthcare data security. The 2015 program features six conference tracks, two interactive dinner workshops and six plenary keynote presentations, providing attendees with the connections, tools and strategies for taking their research and care delivery to the next level. Learn more at http://www.medicalinformaticsworld.com
But Does It Work? The Critical Role of Evaluation in Digital HealthDustin DiTommaso
KEYNOTE AT HxD 2021.
Overall Message:
A. Effectiveness is the most important differentiator between digital health offerings
B. Everyone in digital health should be evaluating their offerings
3 Key Takeaways:
1. We are rapidly moving towards effectiveness as the key differentiator in digital health
2. Apps need to be evaluated throughout the design process
3. There are things you can and should do now to make your life easier and Your apps better
Find out more inside!
Healthcare Data: Creating a Learning Healthcare EcosystemHealth Catalyst
The document discusses several topics related to healthcare data and creating a learning healthcare ecosystem. It notes that patients want more involvement in their health and data use, but this can be difficult with de-identified data. Next-generation models will focus on using data to improve outcomes rather than data licensing. Large data assets should be managed by neutral third parties focused on improving clinical outcomes, not companies owned by payers, providers, or manufacturers. The document advocates for combining diverse data sets to provide a full picture of patient journeys and help all types of organizations.
Zero Sepsis Deaths: A Dialogue of Passion and Practical Wisdom on Sepsis Prev...Health Catalyst
Each year 1.7 million Americans are diagnosed with sepsis, resulting in 270,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s one death every two minutes, making sepsis the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. The financial toll is also high, with the average cost per sepsis stay over $18,000. Sepsis is the number one cause of both initial hospitalizations and readmissions.
Nearly all sepsis deaths are preventable. Community outreach, focused attention on the emergency department, and effective technology and processes to monitor patients already admitted can reduce sepsis mortality. Making a goal of “zero sepsis deaths” a reality is a personal and professional passion of Armando Nahum, a patient activist and co-founder and President of the Safe Care Campaign, and Kathleen Merkley, DNP, ANP, FNP, Senior Vice President of Professional Services at Health Catalyst.
Nahum and Merkley share stories and practical steps to drastically reduce the sepsis toll. Michael L. Millenson, Senior Advisor to Health Catalyst, patient safety expert, and long-time advocate of safer, higher-quality, more patient-centered care, facilitates the dialogue.
What You’ll Learn
- How to implement community outreach to facilitate timely sepsis recognition and seeking of care.
- How to organize emergency department processes for prompt sepsis recognition and treatment.
- How to ensure prompt sepsis recognition and treatment in the inpatient environment.
- How to avoid sepsis readmissions.
The document discusses strategies for improving teamwork and patient safety using the TeamSTEPPS framework. It describes how TeamSTEPPS was developed based on over 25 years of research in various high-risk industries. The framework focuses on team structure, leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, communication, and developing team competencies. Proper teamwork and communication are emphasized as ways to address issues like medical errors during handoffs and reduce preventable adverse events.
The FDA Digital Health Center of Excellence and the Advancement of Digital He...Greenlight Guru
The FDA Digital Health Center of Excellence is part of the planned evolution of the digital health program with the intent to drive synergy for digital health efforts, align strategy with implementation, prepare the FDA for the digital health future, and protect patients and maintain the FDA standards of safety and effectiveness.
Ultimately, the program works to strategically advance science and evidence for digital health technologies that meets the needs of
stakeholders.
This free in-depth webinar, presented by Matthew DiamondChief Medical Officer, Digital Health Center of Excellence, will cover the digital health landscape and areas of application, goals and outcomes, planned services and launch plan, and the current areas of focus - including AI/ML-Based SaMD.
This presentation originally aired during the 2021 State of Medical Device Virtual Summit.
United States Diagnostics Market Size, Share, Trend and Forecast 2026 | TechS...TechSci Research
According to #TechSci Research report, United States Diagnostics Market stood at USD30.08billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a steady rate of 5.17% during the forecast period.
Gain More Insight: https://bit.ly/3wWI0do
Get Sample Report: https://bit.ly/3ltFdo6
Website: https://www.techsciresearch.com/
Market Research News: https://techsciblog.com/
9 Actionable Healthcare Tweets from HIMSS 2015Buddy Scalera
9 tweets and action items for healthcare marketers and content strategists, as developed by Marilyn Cox @MarilynECox (Oracle) and Buddy Scalera @MarketingBuddy.
Be sure to visit: http://www.slideshare.net/americanregistry
Health Information Management At Pdn EssayNina Vazquez
Here are the key steps the HIM director should take to conduct an effective HIPAA audit:
1. Review the organization's Notice of Privacy Practices and ensure it accurately reflects current privacy policies and procedures. Make any necessary updates.
2. Evaluate privacy safeguards such as access controls, encryption of devices/media, and business associate agreements. Ensure all systems that store or transmit PHI are secure.
3. Assess privacy incident response plans and employee training programs. Ensure plans are comprehensive and training is ongoing to keep staff aware of policies.
4. Conduct a risk analysis to identify potential compliance issues. Areas to examine include minimum necessary access to data, accounting for disclosures, and handling of complaints.
Health systems recognize the potential of digital health but e-health programs have had modest returns. Ambitious initiatives focus on providing clinicians information but struggle with legacy systems that impede data integration. The solution is a digital services platform that holds healthcare data and optimizes access through APIs and services for identity, access and consent management. This platform could serve as an innovation ecosystem for third-party digital health services and advanced by health systems. It could revolutionize health services and help bend the cost curve through contextualized information, ushering in an era of "Healthcare 3.0."
HealthPanel is a platform that connects users to health experts for personalized consultations and shares health data to provide actionable advice. It aims to make healthcare more convenient, accessible, and results-oriented through a feedback loop model. By leveraging diagnostic testing, lifestyle data, and continuous accountability, HealthPanel believes it can help users take control of their health and avoid disease. It sees an opportunity in disrupting traditional healthcare models through personalized, software-based solutions that are simple for everyday people to use.
Assignment 1 Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administrat.docxbraycarissa250
Assignment 1: Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administration
Due Week 3 and worth 200 points
Prevailing wisdom reinforces the fact that working in U.S. health care administration in the 21st Century requires knowledge of the various aspects of health laws as they apply to dealing with medical professionals. Further, because U.S. health care administrators must potentially interact with many levels of professionals beyond the medical profession, it is prudent that they be aware of any federal, state, and local laws that may be applicable to their organizations. Thus, their conduct is also subject to the letter of the law. They must evaluate the quality of their professional interactions and be mindful of the implications and ramifications of their decisions.
Nearly 65 million surgical operations were performed in 2015 in the U.S. resulting in an estimated 200,000 deaths from complications or other post-operative issues (Ghaferi, Myers, Sutcliffe, & Pronovost, 2016). Ongoing innovation in healthcare can improve patient outcomes. According to the Harvard Business Review article, The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer, over the past several decades, there have been three distinct waves of surgical improvement: technical advancements, standardizing procedures, and high reliability organizing.
Assume the role of a top health administrator at We Care Hospital. You are interested in propelling the hospital to the next level by applying for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. However, you want to ensure surgical outcomes for patient morbidity and mortality rates. You begin by researching the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) aimed to improve adherence to quality protocols. You need to ensure the hospital policy is consistent with the law and that the hospital is correctly reporting Sentinel Events to the Joint Commission, a hospital regulatory agency.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Analyze how standardizing procedures and documenting steps can improve outcomes when performing a complex procedure. Review the peer-reviewed journal article, The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer. Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct and negligence in SCIP quality guidelines.
2. High Reliability Organizing emphasizes the varying actions that can affect patient safety given that standardized systems ignore the fact that each patient is different. Ascertain the major ramifications when the health care team “fails to rescue” the patient. Identify what hospital policies should be in place and identify previous case laws.
3. Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.
4. Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non- ...
3rd Big Data Conference at Arab Health 2015Cheryl Prior
Newly launched as a full two-day conference programme, this year's format for Big Data Conference (28-29 January 2015 at Arab Health) will focus on the four main issues affecting the big data in the healthcare industry. With the new theme of 'From data-rich to decision smart healthcare', the topics will incorporate presentations, real-life case studies and interactive panel discussions, allowing senior level delegates to understand how big data can effectively and tangibly improve their everyday clinical practices and patient outcomes.
Key topics
Detection & Prediction
The wearable’s explosion
Digital health and data
Mhealth & big data
Conference Chair:
Dr Aaron Han, Chief of Department of Pathology, American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
1) The document discusses how healthcare culture must change to effectively adopt electronic health records (EHRs) and personal health records (PHRs).
2) Migrating from paper-based to electronic records is a "wicked problem" due to differing views among stakeholders and changing constraints.
3) An iterative approach considering people, processes, and platforms together is needed to solve complex problems in healthcare and drive innovation through technology.
The Sustainable Health Care Facility of the FutureTextbooks H.docxchristalgrieg
The Sustainable Health Care Facility of the Future
Textbooks:
Hayward, C. (2006). Healthcare Facility Planning: Thinking Strategically. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Vickery, C.G., Nyberg, G., & Whiteaker, D. (2015). Modern Clinic Design: Strategies for an Era of Change. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Instructions: Please ensure to substantiate your response with scholarly sources and/or also a personal account of your own experience in the work place or personal life. Cite and reference work! Must be 150 -200 word count.
What reactions do you have to the ideas they presented? Include examples from the course readings or your own experience to support your perspective, and raise questions to continue the dialogue. 100 to 150 words for questions 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 & 11.
1. I agree that the changes made with CMS (center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) how changed the guidelines for how providers can bill for services. One of the biggest changes was the upgrade of ICD codes which has expanded enormously to be more specific with diagnosis and services to bill for. I work for a program of hospice, called palliative care, and the change over from using ICD9 codes to ICD10 was a very large task that took time to switch over to but I have come to realize that changes in health care are inevitable and to be prepared for things to change constantly. With being a palliative care program I don't think the change was as big of an impact on us like I'm sure it was for a hospital. Our program provides education on disease progress for chronic illnesses such a chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, heart disease and so on. The amount of ICD 10 codes we use are minimal compared to what a hospital would see. Nonetheless the codes are way more specific now which can be challenging when trying to narrow down for accuracy.
2. I think training and feedback are two important aspects of implementing electronic medical records. The users are the most important stakeholders and they should be trained properly. Their feedback should be taken seriously as this helps with post implementation changes to the system. No one likes changes but change in any organization is essential. Technology has completely transformed the health care industry and from my experience resistance typically comes from the older generation who doesn't really understand the importance. Most are used to doing things manually. Most organizations are turning to the technology to transform their environment by cutting costs and ensuring that their revenues are coming in timely.
3. Open your web browser and search for videos, articles and other resources discussing the health care system in the United States. Look for new trends, current issues affecting the health care system, etc.
4. Discuss your findings with the class
5. As a healthcare leader, you will need to have a strong base with understanding healthcare systems. Where will health care be delivered in the future? ...
Healthcare Everything’s latest edition “10 Most Trusted Healthcare Consulting Firms” have shortlisted a few healthcare consulting firms that are pivotal in driving positive change and innovation within the healthcare industry.
Medical Informatics Update 2013 Programpaulgoldfarb
Event program for the Medical Informatics Update 2013 held October 16, 2013 and sponsored by the Center for Advanced Information Management at Columbia University and IBM Healthcare.
ODF III - 3.15.16 - Day Two Morning SessionsMichael Kerr
Slide presentations delivered during morning sessions of Day Two of the California Statewide Health and Human Services Open DataFest - March 14 - 15, 2016, Sacramento, CA
Expert Opinion - Would You Invest In A Digital Doctor_Hamish Clark
This document discusses the future of healthcare in the Middle East and opportunities for investors. It notes that healthcare systems are struggling to keep up with increasing demand and costs of chronic diseases. New technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital healthcare delivery could help address workforce shortages and improve productivity. These changes may significantly alter the roles of clinicians over the next 5 years. The document suggests investors should consider companies applying these new technologies to reinvent healthcare models.
Engage Front-line Care Team Using Clinical Audit Checklists iCareQuality.us
The culture of patient safety, quality, and transparency is central to improving care delivery at the organization and industry level. Implementing a sustainable frontline solution like quality checklists will require new leadership, innovative thinking, applications of human factor engineering, and patient voices who demand better. We need to reward staff engagement and quality patient safety efforts which can translate into better patient outcomes. CCG, PSO developed a Clinical Audit Checklist program that can support a culture of transparency and accountability, thereby reducing healthcare costs and delivering positive patient outcomes. Together, we can make continuous daily improvement a standard practice at the hospital and system level. Patients are counting on us to make care delivery safer today for a better patient experience tomorrow.
HEC 2016 Panel: Putting User-Generated Data in Action: Improving Interpretabi...Pei-Yun Sabrina Hsueh
Chair/Moderator: Pei-Yun Sabrina HSUEH, PhD (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
Panelists: XinXin ZHU, Bian YANG, Ying-Kuen CHEUNG , Thomas WETTER, and Sanjoy DEY
a IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
b Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
c Mailman School of Public health, Columbia University, USA
d, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Washington, USA
e Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
The rise of consumer health awareness and the recent advent of personal health management tools (including mobile and health wearable devices) have contributed to another shift transforming the healthcare landscape. Despite the rise of health consumers, the impact of user-generated health data remains to be validated. In fact, many applications are hinged on the interpretability issues of this sort of data. The aim of this panel is two-fold. First, this panel aims to review the key dimensions in the interpretability, spanning from quality and reliability to information security and trust management. Secondly, since similar issues and methodologies have been proposed in different application areas ranging from clinical decision support to behavioral interventions and clinical trials, the panelists will also discuss both the success stories and the areas that fall short. The opportunities and barriers identified can then serve as guidelines or action items individuals can bring to their organizations to further improve the interpretability of user-generated data.
D1 1020 related paper a booster shot for health and wellness exec report v4Dr. Wilfred Lin (Ph.D.)
A cognitive computing system like IBM Watson has the potential to transform the healthcare industry by enabling enhanced patient care, advanced discoveries, and better decision making. Cognitive systems can analyze large amounts of data to identify patterns and insights that humans may miss. The healthcare industry faces challenges from factors like rising costs, regulatory complexity, and a shortage of skilled workers. Cognitive computing can help healthcare organizations improve their abilities to engage with patients, discover new insights from data, and make personalized, evidence-based decisions.
Healthcare data and its impact upon the patient care decision process via accurate, real-time, reliable data from disparate sources is creating a digital health revolution. Data-driven healthcare is beginning to have a huge impact addressing the challenges of every provider, through efficient handling of huge volumes of patient care data.
This document discusses the importance of data integration for new care models like patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations. It notes that electronic health records on their own are not sufficient, and that successful models require integrating data across settings to power analytics, clinical decision support, and population health management. The document outlines strategies for organizations, including developing strong data governance, clinical analytics capabilities, and health information exchange infrastructure to share information and coordinate care.
Assessment 2
Quality Improvement Proposal
Overview:
Write a quality improvement proposal, 5–7 pages in length, that provides your recommendations for expanding a hospital's HIT to include quality metrics that will help the organization qualify as an accountable care organization.
Health care has undergone a transformation since the release of the Institute of Medicine's 2000 report
To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System.
The report highlighted medical errors as a contributing factor leading to poor patient outcomes. The Institute of Medicine challenged organizations to implement evidence-based performance improvement strategies in order to improve patient quality and safety. Multiple governmental and regulatory agencies, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ), vowed to strengthen and improve incentives for participation, safety, quality, and efficiency in accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Health information technology (HIT) performs an essential role in improving health outcomes of individuals, the community, and populations. Health organizations, consumer advocacy groups, and regulatory committees have made a commitment to explore current and future opportunities that HIT offers to continue momentum to meet the Institute of Medicine's goal of improving safety and quality.
Understanding HIT is important to improving individual, community, and population access to health care and health information. HIT enables quick and easy access to information for both patients and providers. Accessible information has been shown to improve the patient care experience and reduce redundancies, thereby reducing health care costs.
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to make recommendations for expanding a hospital's HIT in ways that will help the hospital qualify as an ACO.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 2: Explain the relationship between care coordination and evidence-based data.
Recommend ways to expand an organization's HIT to include quality metrics.
Identify potential problems that can arise with data gathering systems and outputs.
Competency 3: Use health information technology to guide care coordination and organizational practice.
Describe the main focus of information gathering in health care and how it contributes to guiding the development of organizational practice.
Competency 4: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
Write clearly and concisely, using correct grammar and mechanics.
Support main points, claims, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Reference
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PLEASE UNPLOAD EACH DISCUSSION SEPARATELYAccording to Deloitte (2019CicelyBourqueju
PLEASE UNPLOAD EACH DISCUSSION SEPARATELYAccording to Deloitte (2019) “Digital technologies are supporting health systems’ efforts to transition to new models of patient-centered care and helping them develop “smart health” approaches to increase access and affordability, improve quality, and lower costs. New technologies are helping with diagnosis and treatment; helping with speed, quality, and accuracy; and improving the patient experience.” (the U.S. and Global Health Care Industry Outlook)While we can likely agree with the statement above, we also know this transformation inevitably comes with many challenges for both healthcare providers and consumers. Resistance to change is one of the biggest challenges. With emerging technologies, customer experience and exposure to information technology are increasing. The explosion of patient portals, portable technology, self-monitoring wearable devices, etc.… has created a more aware, assertive, and educated patient. How you feel about these changes will greatly impact the success you have with it. Challenges are many, and reflection upon your feelings is vital.Assess the challenges of technological advances in Healthcare.Include the following aspects in the discussion:1) Using your text and other course resources investigate ways to make the digital transformation process as smooth as possible2) Provide an approach from a patient education perspective3) Discuss your personal point of view regarding the health care technology revolution
REPLY TO 2 OF MY CLASSMATES DISCUSSION TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE. MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS EACH CLASSMATE POST 1
Any change in process is difficult, especially when dealing with a large team or a complex system such as healthcare. When transition into a more advanced digital technology it becomes even more difficult when dealing with the variety of backgrounds and ages the team ranges. Sullivan places it in 5 easier steps to help the transition into a more digital area easier. Those steps include starting with a baseline, conducting a needs assessment, building out the technology and process roadmap, executing and delivering, and ensuring ongoing holistic services and support (Sullivan, 2019). Starting with a baseline is assessing the current system in place and conducting a needs assessment is identifying areas of improvement. Building out the technology and process roadmap is correctly identifying to proper system that best resolves those needs and creating a plan. Executing and delivering is executing the plan that was set with a full team exciting and engaged in the process change. Lastly, ensuring ongoing holistic services and support is continuing to support the staff even after the process and plan is completed to allow for proper support for new team members or other problems that may arise. The best approach I find for patient education perspective is information communication model. This mo ...
Apa format…450 words each. please include biblical integration. a AASTHA76
The document discusses the roles and functions of health informatics (HI) professionals. It covers several key points:
1. HI professionals are responsible for collecting, storing, organizing, and managing health data to improve healthcare services. Their roles require technical skills with health information systems, clinical knowledge of medical processes, and administrative skills.
2. Proper education and training are needed to build the clinical competence required for various HI roles. Experience and graduate-level education are important for advancing to higher positions.
3. HI professionals play critical roles on healthcare teams by ensuring standardized data, analyzing collected information, and supporting quality patient care through the use of technology.
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WHIMA Fall 2013
1. Page 1
Welcome
Page 1
2013 Fall Conference
Dear Colleagues,
You have probably heard this is the era of “Big Data”. In less than a dec-
ade, the U.S. healthcare system has gone digital, replacing paper medical
records with electronic health records and introducing a range of point-of-
care, mobile, and patient accessed technology. Healthcare information,
management of the information and use of the information has reached the
tipping point. There is no going back. Stories about healthcare organiza-
tions using data to drive improvements in operational performance, quality
of care, decision-making, and cost management appear the Wall Street
Journal, the New York Times, and the magazine Hospitals & Health Net-
works. But how does one turn data into information for the biggest possible
impact? What is the skill set required to discover the important patterns in
the data and then communicate the results? We have designed this year’s
Fall Conference tracks “Performance Prisms” and the “Spectrum of Possi-
bilities” to explore current trends, pose future roles for HIM professionals,
and offer best practices for change, and new paths to follow for success in
using health information to generate new insights into improving health-
care. Welcome to the 2013 Fall Conference!
The opening general session was selected to provide a framework for ad-
vancing enterprise information management and governance. It will offer
you the talking points to ensure policies are workable and processes are
effective for information management and governance in the digital era. In
the closing session, Patty Sheridan will share AHIMA’s long-term goal to
drive the power of knowledge and ensure that HIM professionals are posi-
tioned to take leadership roles in consumer education and data analytics.
A special event for this conference will be the two-day program on ICD-10
for Long Term Care and Home Health Care. Attendees will be introduced
to ICD-10-CM coding conventions, guidelines and the code set as they per-
tain to long-term care settings.
Make plans to join us.
Sincerely,
Vicki Peshek, RHIA, Fall Conference Team Leader
Debbie Case, RHIT, President, WHIMA
Sandy Bissen, MS, RHIA, Executive Director, WHIMA
Vicki Peshek
Debbie Case
Sandy Bissen
2. Page 2
At-a-Glance
Page 2
7:30—8:15 Registration
8:15—9:05 General Session: Health Information Management & Governance for a Digital
Era: Models, Principles & Best Practices
Track 1: Performance Prisms Track 2: Spectrum of Possibilities
9:10—10:05 The Accountable Care Organization: Why Ac-
countable Care? Why Now?
Medical Transcription and the Transition to
Coding
10:05—10:20 Break
10:20—11:15 The Changing Landscape of Healthcare Ana-
lytics and Quality Improvement: Opportunities
for HIM Professionals
Panel: Student Clinical Experience: Why is it
Important to Host a Student at Your Facility?
11:20—12:15 Meaningful Use: The Journey to Stage 3 Diamonds in the Rough—-Forging Quality Cod-
ers for the Future
12:20—1:15 Lunch
1:20—2:10 Panel: Best Practices: Addendums and
Amendments in the Electronic Health Record
Successful Deployment of a Computer As-
sisted Coding (CAC) Solution
2:15—3:05 Best Practices Panel (Session continues) Roundtables: 1) E & M, and 2) Query
Process
3:05—3:20 Break
3:20—4:10 Legal Issues in Mobile Health Technology Dual Coding & ICD-10 Preparation
5:30—7:30 Networking Circles
7:30—8:15 Registration
Track 1: Performance Prisms Track 2: Spectrum of Possibilities
8:15—9:05 Generations in the Workplace A Competency Based Curriculum for Biomedi-
cal and Health Informatics
9:10—10:05 Legislative Action Possibilities Data Sanity as the Underlying Catalyst to All
Improvement
10:05—10:20 Break
10:20—11:15 Building the Statewide Health Information Net-
work
Data Sanity (session continues)
11:20—12:15 Health Analytics: Beyond Meaningful Use Data Sanity (session continues)
12:15—1:15 Lunch and Closing Session: ”Driving the Power of Knowledge,
Health Information Where & When It is Needed”
Friday, September 13
Thursday, September 12
Boot Camp for Long Term
Care & Home Health—
September 13 and 14
ICD-10
3. Page 3
Thursday, September 12, 2013
2013 Fall Conference Program Schedule
10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Break
9:10 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Student Clinical Experience: Why is It Im-
portant to Host a Student at Your Facility?
10:20 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Kathy Eaton, RHIT, System HIM Supervisor, Agnesian
HealthCare, Fond du Lac; WI, Kerry Heinecke, RHIA,
Health Informatics & Information Management Pro-
gram Director, Mid-State Technical College, Marsh-
field, WI; Kathy Schleis, RHIA, Team Leader Medical
Record/Privacy Officer, Bellin Health, Green Bay, WI;
and Frank Waterstraat, PhD, RHIA, Health Information
Management & Technology Program Director, UW-Extension,
Madison, WI
An interactive panel session designed to share ideas and make connec-
tions on ways to better prepare the student for the workforce and en-
hance the student professional practice experience. It is your chance to
learn about how you can play a part in enriching the knowledge base for
students by sharing real-life scenarios for your work place setting.
Opening General Session
8:15 to 9:05 a.m.
Linda Kloss, Principal, Kloss Strategic Advisors, Ltd., Chicago, IL
Health Information Management & Governance for a Digital Era:
Models, Principles & Best Practices
Healthcare’s information transformation has been nothing short of remarkable. In 2013, the US reaches the half-
way mark in digitizing health information. The policies and practices for the management and governance of
digital and hybrid information have not kept pace with the technology and its imperative that healthcare organiza-
tions, led by HIM professionals, take an enterprise view of their information assets.
This presentation will provide a framework for advancing enterprise information management and governance. It will offer the talking points
to help you make the case and it will describe approaches being used by information management professionals in other information inten-
sive industries and by proactive HIM professionals in the US and Canada.
The Changing Landscape of Healthcare Ana-
lytics and Quality Improvement: Opportunities
for HIM Professionals
10:20 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Linda Kloss, Principal, Kloss Strategic Advisors, Ltd.,
Chicago, IL
Quality improvement in recent decades has been aligned with a
volume driven fee for service business model, but accountable
care is raising the bar. To succeed under risk-based payment
requires effective use of information to manage high-risk popula-
tions, improve care processes, outcomes, and resource use.
In this session, participants will examine the evolving informa-
tion and analytics requirements to succeed in a value based
health care system. New models and approaches to organizing
for data-driven performance improvement, including engaging
individuals, families and communities in health improvement,
are discussed along with the challenges for HIM and quality
professionals.
The Accountable Care Organization:
Why Accountable Care Why Now?
9:10 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.
Christine Baker, RN, PhD, Administrative
Director of Quality & Safety Systems, St.
Mary’s Hospital, Madison, WI and Kim Vol-
berg, Director of Quality & Care Manage-
ment, Dean Clinic, Madison, WI
The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is an
essential pillar for the health of populations and
the delivery of high value health care to all pa-
tients. Created under the provisions of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Medicare
ACOs bring together healthcare providers and organizations to
deliver highly coordinated care, preventive services, and
chronic disease management. This presentation will describe
why the US health care system needs accountable care and
provide an overview of the structure and quality program of the
Dean and St. Mary’s ACO in Madison, WI.
Medical Transcription and the Transition to Coding
9:10 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.
LeeAnn Spoehr, Director of Health Information and Privacy Officer,
Affinity Health System, Appleton, WI
The move to the electronic health record is changing how healthcare docu-
mentation is done and processed. Meaningful use will require structured
data, leading to less and less “traditional transcription” in the future. At the
same time, many medical transcriptionists are seeking new career paths
where they can use the skills they have, add to them with additional educa-
tion, and move into something new. Medical coding may be the answer for
some.
When comparing the two professions, there are many similarities in the
knowledge base required for medical transcription and medical coding. Both
groups need to have a solid understanding of medical terminology, anatomy
and physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology.
This session will address how one organization managed workforce reduc-
tions and coached staff on what was required to make a career path
change.
4. Page 4
Thursday Concurrent Sessions (continue)
12:20 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Lunch & WHIMA Delegates
Forum
Delegates to the 2013 AHIMA House of Delegates will be present to present bylaw
amendments approve, for example, Student Membership, and actions of the AHIMA
House of Delegates have approved. Hear about the issues ton a national levels and
Best Practices: Addendums and
Amendments in the Electronic
Health Record
1:20 p.m. to 3:05 p.m.
This session covers 2 time slots
Becky Berling, Manager, Health Informa-
tion Management, Gundersen Health Sys-
tem, La Crosse, WI; Carol Jean DeGroot,
EPIC Trainer and Adjunct Professor, Ras-
mussen College, Green Bay, WI; Maria
Glodosky, RHIA, Application Specialist
HIM, Mayo Clinic Health System, La
Crosse, WI; and Betty Rockendorf, Direc-
tor, Health Information Management & Privacy Officer,
Ministry Door County Medical Center, Sturgeon Bay, WI
In this session, panel members will facilitate a discussion on
patient portals that have lead to more patient requests for
amendment of their medical record. Questions posed and dis-
cussed will be: How organizations handle the request for
amendment? What policies or procedures are in place? What
are the challenges of amending or correcting information in the
Electronic Health Record?
Successful Deployment of a Computer As-
sisted Coding (CAC) Solution
1:20 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.
Mark Hendrix, RHIA, Vice President and General Manager of
precyseCode™ and Precyse CDI Solutions, Wayne, PA
The presenter will evaluate the vision for CAC and address
the benefits of implementing CDI programs and CAC technol-
ogy. In addition, the presenter will discuss planning, deploy-
ment and implementation best practices and identify for the
attendee the benefits of implementing a CDI program before
layering on a CAC platform. The presentation will also identify
implementation challenges and steps to ensure your organiza-
tion is well prepared for implementation success. The session
will conclude with opportunities for CAC program outcomes
and success.
Concurrent Sessions Continue
Meaningful Use: The Journey
to Stage 3
11:20 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Reid Haase, REACH HIT Consultant
for Minnesota & North Dakota, Stratis
Health, Bloomington, MN
The presenter will describe the purpose and progression of
Meaningful Use stages and help attendees understand the
expected direction and current thing about Meaningful Use
Stage 3. This session will also address what hospitals and
professionals will need to do to prepare for Stage 3 and iden-
tify how this will contribute to transformation of health care.
Diamonds in the Rough—Forging
Quality Coders for the Future
11:20 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Rae Archie, CCS-P, UW Health Education
Specialist, UW Medical Foundation, Middle-
ton, WI and Birgitta Larson Gamez, MPH,
UW Health Coding Education Specialist, UW
Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI
This session will introduce the innovative ICD-10
Coding Apprenticeship Program at UW Hospital
and Clinics, including how it operates, how it came
into existence, who is involved in the joint venture,
and the benefits that are gained by students, the
school, and the employer. The speakers will discuss lessons learned
after the inaugural semester and plans for going forward.
5. Page 5
Legal Issues in Mobile Health
Technology
3:20 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.
Mark Dahlby, Attorney; Hall Render Kil-
liam Heath & Lyman, Milwaukee, WI
The convergence of eHealth and mobile
health technologies is enabling remote diag-
nosis, monitoring and therapy for many pa-
tients. This presentation will discuss: When mobile devices and
clinical decision support software become medical devices; the
FDA’s regulations that apply to mHealth and eHealth medical
devices; and, other regulatory considerations for telemedicine
and mHealth, such as data privacy and security.
4:10 p.m. Adjournment
3:05 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Break, refreshments & drawing for prizes
Coding Roundtables
2:15 p.m. to 3:05 p.m.
The Roundtables will feature 2 topics:
E & M Coding
The Query Process
Select one of the roundtable topics to attend during
this time slot.
Each roundtable will have a facilitator. Join your
coding peers to discuss current coding issues and
solutions. Share ideas with each other and learn from the combined
wealth of knowledge.
The Roundtable on E & M Coding will be facilitated by Denise Reit-
meyer, RHIA from Rasmussen College, Green Bay, WI.
Carla Gechas, Clinical Decision Support Analyst, St. Mary’s Hospital,
Madison, WI will facilitate the roundtable on the query process.
Thursday Concurrent Sessions (continue)
Best Practices: Addendums and Amend-
ments in the Electronic Health Record
(session continues)
2:15 p.m. to 3:05 p.m.
Dual Coding & ICD-10 Preparation
3:20 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.
Kristine Bergmann, RHIA, Ministry Healthcare, Dousman,
WI
Attend this interactive session for information on ICD-10 planning
and implementation strategies. Discussion will include timelines,
dual coding and preparations for “going live” with ICD-10. Atten-
dees are invited to come and share their challenges and strate-
gies in preparation for ICD-10.
Networking
Circle
The Networking Circle offers attendees
a chance to come together in various
groups to talk, share a refreshment, or
walk along the Drumline Glacial trails.
Ideas for networking and places to go
will be provided at conference
registration
6. Page 6
Friday, September 13, 2013
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Registration (Coffee Service and Pastries)
8:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
A Competency Based Curriculum for Biomedical
and Health Informatics
8:15 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Timothy Patrick, PhD, Associate Professor, UWM, Depart-
ment of Health Informatics and Administration, Milwaukee,
WI
The talk focuses on a kind of tree structure of an informatics cur-
riculum based on general and specific competencies. Within the
time constraints of a two year program, the most general compe-
tencies (the roots) are those required of every student, while the
most specific competencies (the branches) are those required of
students pursuing a particular specialization.
Legislative Action Possibilities
9:10 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.
Chrisann Lemery, RHIA, Senior Healthcare
Consultant and Privacy Officer, Avastone
Technologies, LLC, Little Chute, WI
This session will provide an overview of the legis-
lation impacting health information management,
the advocacy activities of the WHIMA Policy and
Legislative team, the AHIMA Hill Day activities, and advocacy activi-
ties members can perform.
Data Sanity as the Underlying
Catalyst to All Improvement
9:10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
This session covers 3 time slots
Davis Balestracci, Consultant, Harmony
Consulting, LLC, Portland, ME
Please forget everything you’ve learned in
your previous “sadistics” courses (No doubt,
you already have!). Data Sanity will introduce a “mind set,” not a
“tool set” – an everyday organizational language to understand
the many lurking guises of variation and react appropriately.
Whether or not people understand statistics, they are already
using statistics; but people don’t need statistics, they need to
solve their problems.
A deeper understanding of variation is far more important than
statistical techniques…many of which become invalid in routine
work environments. This talk will demonstrate several common
statistical traps and how many common data displays unwittingly
create significant waste of precious time and energy. You will
experience how a few elegantly simple—and counterintuitive—
alternatives can create deeper, more productive conversations
about data issues…and be the surprising catalyst for true organ-
izational excellence.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Understand how process-oriented thinking is the foundation
of any improvement approach,
Recognize the futility and unintended destructive effects of
common analyses such as bar graphs, trend lines,
rankings, “traffic lights,” and variance-from-goal re-
ports and, as a result…
...utilize the deceptive power of “plotting the dots”
Make the crucial distinction between “common” and “special”
causes of variation…and totally different strategies for
dealing with each
See how applying a “common cause strategy” could solve a
longstanding organizational problem
Building the Statewide health Information
network
10:20 p.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Joe Kachelski, CEO, WISHIN, Madison, WI
This session will provide information on how
WISHIN’s technical services and network architec-
ture advance compliance with Meaningful Use rules
and position health care organizations for the future
health care delivery, financing and regulatory environment. It will in-
clude information about which organizations have agreed to participate
in WISHIN and a discussion of the roadmap for the future of the state-
wide health information network.
10:05 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. Break
Generations in the Workplace
8:15 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Julie Coates, Vice President, Membership
Services, LERN, Inc. River Falls, WI
For the first time in history, there are multiple
generations of adults in substantial numbers in
the workplace. Generational differences affect
how we communicate, our expectations about work, our attitudes
toward co-workers, and how we learn in training situations. This
presentation will provide information on the key characteristics of
each generation and provide information on how to manage and
motivate workers from all the generational groups.
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12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Lunch & Closing Session & Drawings for Prizes
Closing Session
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Patty Sheridan, AHIMA Past President, AHIMA, Chicago, IL
Driving the Power of Knowledge, Health Information Where and When It’s
Needed (AHIMA’s 2014-2017 Strategic Plan and Vision for HIM)
AHIMA’s long-term goal to drive the power of knowledge and ensure that health information is
where and when it’s needed reflects AHIMA’s continued focus on its vision of advancing the
ethical use of quality health information to promote health and wellness worldwide. As big data
and interoperability create both challenges and opportunities, AHIMA and the HIM profession
are positioned to take leadership roles in consumer education and data analytics, and create
health intelligence that can be used to lower costs and improve patient care.
1:15 p.m. Adjournment
Data Sanity as the Underlying Catalyst to All Im-
provement
11:20 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
This session continues
Davis Balestracci, Consultant, Harmony Consulting, LLC,
Portland, ME
Health Analytics: Beyond
Meaningful Use
11:20 a.m. to 12:15 a.m.
Patrick O’Donnell, Product & Mar-
keting Manager, Information Sys-
tems, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield,
WI
The Meaningful Use incentive program
successfully accelerated the adoption of
electronic health record systems by eligible professionals and
hospitals. Now that a majority of providers are capturing medical
information electronically, what can be done with it to support the
triple aim: improve outcomes, lower costs and increase patient
satisfaction? This presentation will demonstrate how Marshfield
Clinic has built an analytics practice to successfully lower costs
and improve patient outcomes for numerous chronic conditions.
It will also highlight the use of predictive and computational ana-
lytics that will dramatically impact care delivery in the future.
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ICD-10 Training Session for Long Term and Home Health Care
Joint-sponsored by WHIMA & WCTC
September 13 & 14, 2013
Location:
Waukesha County Technical College
Richard T. Anderson Conference Center
800 Main Street, Pewaukee WI 53089
Speakers:
Lynn Kuehn, RHIA and Victoria Wolf, RHIT
(AHIMA Approved ICD-10 Trainers)
Description:
In this two-day program, attendees will be introduced to ICD-10-CM coding conventions, guidelines and the code
set as they pertain to long-term settings. Concepts will be applied through the hands-on coding of scenarios and
realistic case studies from long term care records.
CEUs: 12 CEUs over 2 days
Session Logistics & Responsibilities
Fee: $395 if registered by August 29th. After August 29th, the fee is $495
Books attendees must bring:
ICD-10-CM code set book for each person attending
You can order your books from either of the sources listed below:
$99.95 each plus shipping from Ingenix
https://www.optumcoding.com/Category/100276/
$69.95 each plus shipping from Channel
http://www.channelpublishing.com/?page_id=10
Included in the Conference Fee:
2013 ICD-10-CM Coder Training Manual (AHIMA)
Day 1 – Friday September 13, 2013 Day2 – Saturday September 14, 2013
8:30 – 9:00 Registration 8:30 – 10:15 ICD-10-CM Chapters 19 – 20
9:00 – 10:15 Introduction to ICD-10-CM Lecture and Chapter Specific Case Studies
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK 10:15 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – Noon ICD-10-CM Chapters 1 – 3
Lecture and Chapter Specific Case Studies
10:30 – Noon Chapter 21
Lecture and Chapter Specific Case Studies
Noon – 1:00 LUNCH (provided) Noon – 1:00 LUNCH (provided)
1:00 – 3:00 ICD-10-CM Chapters 4 – 9
Lecture and Chapter Specific Case Studies
1:00 – 2:15 Practical Case Studies specifically for
Long Term Care facilities
3:00 – 3:15 BREAK 2:15 – 2:30 BREAK
3:15 – 5:00 ICD-10-CM Chapters 10 – 14 & 18
Lecture and Chapter Specific Case Studies
2:30 – 3:45 Practical Case Studies Continued
Conference Wrap-Up
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Early Conference Discount
To receive the early registration discount, your regis-
tration must be received by August 29, 2013.
The one and two day conference fees includes access
to all program sessions, including attendee materials,
lunch, and breaks.
Registration fees are based on current membership
status. Fees will be adjusted if the registrant is not a
current AHIMA/WHIMA member or if registration is
received after published deadlines.
Registration
On-Line:
To register online, visit http: //
www.regonline.com/2013whimafallconferencecopy
Website registrations must be charged to Visa,
MasterCard, American Express or Discover. If you
register online, you will immediately receive an elec-
tronic confirmation of your registration.
Phone:
If you are paying for your registration with a
check, call us at: 608-787-0168. Please be
prepared to provide your registration information
when you call. You may register between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday—Thursday. The last
date to register with a check for payment is noon
on August 29, 2013
Fees by August 29
WHIMA Member, Full Conference Pass $185
WHIMA Member, Thursday Conference Pass $150
WHIMA Member, Friday Conference Pass $115
Non-Member, Full Conference Pass $200
Non-Member, Thursday Conference Pass $165
Non-Member, Friday Conference Pass $130
WHIMA Student Member, Full Conference Pass $85
WHIMA Student Member, Thurs Conference Pass $65
WHIMA Student Member, Fri Conference Pass $50
ICD-10 Boot Camp for Long Term Care $395
Payment
WHIMA accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express
and Discover credit or debit cards.
WHIMA will accept payment by check. However, to
register and pay with a check, you must call the
WHIMA Office between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. M-Th. The last date to register with a check
for payment is noon on August 29, 2013.
All checks for payment must be received in the
WHIMA Office by September 3, 2013 for you to be
considered a registered conference attendee and to
receive a confirmation.
Registration Confirmation
Conference confirmations are immediate if you regis-
ter online. Confirmation for registrations received by
phone will be sent out following receipt and processing
of your check in payment for your registration.
Late, Walk-in & On-Site Registrations
WHIMA will accept late registrations until September
5, 2013, or walk-ins at the conference. There is a $25
additional fee if you register on-site or walk-in. We
cannot guarantee seating, meals or a program for ei-
ther late or walk-in registrations. We recommend that
you arrive by 7:30 a.m. to register for the morning
opening sessions if you are a walk-in.
Consent to Use Photo-
graphic Images
Registration and attendance at, or
participation in, WHIMA meetings
and other activities constitutes an
agreement by the registrant to
WHIMA’s use and distribution (both
now and in the future) of the registration or attendee’s
image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic
reproductions and audiotapes of such events and ac-
tivities.
Continuing Education Credits
For the two days of the Fall Conference, a total of 12
General Information and Advance Registration
Save $75
Fees increase by $75 when you register after
Thursday, August 29
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General Information and Registration Information
Continuing Education credits can be earned. The
breakdown is 7 CE hours for Thursday and 5 for Fri-
day.
Weather and Clothing
Fall weather in Wisconsin can be cool. Dress for the
conference is business casual. We strongly recom-
mend you bring a sweater or jacket, as air condition-
ing in the meeting rooms can be unpredictable.
Substitutions, Cancellations and Refunds
WHIMA, Inc. reserves the right to substitute faculty or
cancel or reschedule programs due to low enrollment
or other unforeseen events. If, for any reason,
WHIMA must cancel this program, registrants will re-
ceive a full refund of the registration fee. Should you
be unable to attend, a prompt refund, less a $60 proc-
essing fee, will be made for cancellations received in
writing prior to September 5, 2013. Cancellation by
telephone is NOT valid. Fax written cancellations to
608-787-0169 or e-mail them to whima@whima.org.
No refunds for any reason will be made after Septem-
ber 5, 2013. Substitutions can be made up to 48
hours before the conference. Non-members who are
substitutes for members are charged at the non-
member fee rate.
Hotel Reservations
The Country Springs Hotel & Con-
ference Center is easy to find off I-
94 in Waukesha County.
Amenities include high speed wire-
less internet throughout the prop-
erty and computer access and
printer capabilities for guests. The
1.5 mile walking and biking trail,
Drumlin Glacial hike/bike trail, can be accessed from
the hotel property. The Westwood Health and Fitness
Center & "The Spa" is adjacent to the Country
Springs Hotel and offers special day rate passes to
Country Springs Hotel guests. You can enjoy the
indoor pool and outdoor courtyard.
Wildflowers Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and
dinner and Coppers Pub & Grill serves lunch and din-
ner.
The Executive Business Center is designed to meet
all of your on-site business needs. Services include
high speed and color copying and office supplies.
WHIMA has reserved standard rooms at $89 per
night, executive suites at $109 per night and the gov-
ernors suite at $129 per night. Hotel check-in time is
4:00 p.m. and check out is 11 a.m. Reservations will
be accepted at the WHIMA group rate until Monday,
August 12, 2013.
To make your reservation, call 262-547-0201 or
800-247-6640 and ask for the WI Health Informa-
tion Management Association's room block.
Questions
To ask questions regarding the conference content or
registration, contact Sandy Bissen or the WHIMA Of-
fice Manager at 608-787-0168 or e-mail your inquiries
to sbissen@whima.org or whima@whima.org