• Computing cluster speeds targeted treatments for childhood cancer

• FCC to vote on broadband space for patient monitoring

• Another IT deadline: HIX plans due Nov. 16

Announcements Mark you calendar! 7th Annual Georgia Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference October 2, 2012, 7:15AM-4:00PM Westin Peachtree, Atlanta, GA GA-HIMSS 3rd Annual Golf Tournament and Fundraiser, May 14, 2012 more... Nursing Informatics Boot Camp Piedmont Hospital Conferece Center, Atlanta, Ga, June 9-10, 2012, TBA Lunch & Learn May 23, 2012 Networking Event June 7, 2012 CPHIMS Coaching April & May 2012 CPHIMS Exam May 11, 2012

Our Sponsors Become a GAHIMSS Sponsor Today

Connect with GAHIMSS Expand your network by connecting to GAHIMSS on these social media sites:

The Georgia Chapter of HIMSS

The Georgia Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (GAHIMSS) provides statewide leadership for the advancement and management of healthcare information and technology. Collectively, HIMSS represents more than 30,000 individual members across the country – with GAHIMSS encompassing over 1600 healthcare IT professionals – including many key CIOs from the state’s largest hospitals and healthcare facilities. GAHIMSS is dedicated to improving Healthcare IT locally through advocacy, collaboration and education, and to ensure quality patient care throughout the state of Georgia.

GA-HIMSS and Piedmont Hospital Host Nursing Informatics Bootcamp
Sponsored by Georgia State University
June 9-10, 2012

This intensive two day course focuses on current informatics trends and issues in health. It includes content for nurses who are interested in becoming ANCC board certified Informatics Nurses.  Other clinical professionals working in informatics may wish to take the course to become exposed to the course topics.  ANCC contact hours will be awarded based on the length of each program (average 14).
 
Date:  June 9-10, 2012
Location:  Piedmont Hospital, 1968 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA   30309
 
Registration and Fee:  Register by web at www.gahimms.org. The registration fee is $450 until May 24, 2012; after that, the fee is $500. Registration deadline is June 4, 2012. Fees include all course materials, CE documentation, breaks, buffet supper on Saturday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday.  Make checks payable to GAHIMSS – NIBC.
 
Register today!

Georgia HIMSS 3nd Annual Golf Tournament
TPC Sugarloaf
Duluth, GA
May 14, 2012

Online sponsorship registrations for our
3rd Annual GA-HIMSS Golf Tournament is now open!

The tournament will be held on Monday, May 14, 2012, at TPC Sugarloaf. Last year's tournament raised over $10,000 for our scholarship fund in support of the state's future leaders in Health Information Management and Systems. We would like to make an even greater scholarship contribution this year, and depend on your Tournament Sponsorships to make this happen.

To review our Tournament Sponsorship packages and opportunities, please click here to visit our Tournament web-page.

To register securely online as a sponsor, please click here.

Thank you for your continued support of GA-HIMSS!

The 2012 Golf Tournament Committee

Lunch N Learn - May 23, 2012

Best Practices to Securely Embrace BYOD

Managing security ahead of the curve while BYOD pushes the boundaries. With the potential for greater patient care, flexibility and advancing healthcare services, learn about the options and what to consider while embracing BYOD.

Please join us on May 23^rd for expert insight into BYOD with security experts, including  a speaker’s forum with leading area providers.

Date: May 23, 2012

Time: 11:30am – 2:00pm

Location: Maggianos Little Italy – Buckhead
3368 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA

GA HIMSS Members: $25

Non-Members: $35

Lunch N Learn Registration

For questions, please contact Anita Hemrick, GA-HIMSS Program Chair: ahemrick@enterasys.com

Agenda & Speakers

11:30-Noon
Networking with GA HIMSS members and attendees

Noon - 1:15
Industry Subject Matter Expert Presentations and and Maggianos Family Style Lunch –

• Kim Singletary, Director of Technology Solutions Marketing  - McAffee
• BYOD Live demo with Gary Rollie -  Enterasys Secure Networks -Director of Healthcare Infrastructure Solutions- North America.  CCIE, JNCIE, CCNA, CCNP, ESCIE.  Published Author of Firewalls: The Complete Reference McGraw-Hill/Osborne

1:15 - 2PM
ISO and Compliance officer Panelist from local hospitals – Moderator  is GA HIMSS Board Member Chris Paravate- CPHIMS, PMP, Chief Application Officer at Northeast Georgia Health Systems.

• Chris Carpinello- Security Architect at WellStar Health System
• Griff Law CTO- Northeast Georgia Health System
• Chris Zalewski , Network Engineering Team Lead  Northeast Georgia Health System
• Angelique Culver  - Interim Chief Compliance/Privacy Officer. Grady Health System

The Georgia Chapter of HIMSS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Georgia HIMSS David Z. Cowan scholarship!

The goal of the Georgia HIMSS David Z. Cowan scholarship is to foster leadership in the advocacy, collaboration and education of Health IT and Management Systems in Georgia. This was the inaugural year of the scholarship and GA HIMSS received an overwhelming response from students across the state of Georgia who are interested in making a difference in health care through the use of information technology.

The applicants were evaluated on their leadership, scholarship, vision, experience, and commitment to GA HIMSS. Each scholarship recipient received $2000. This year's scholarship recipients are: Ana Alston, Georgia Health Sciences University; Tiffany Formby, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laura Griggs, College of Coastal Georgia; Lars Moen, Georgia State University; Laura Sims, Georgia Institute of Technology.

The recipients will be publicly recognized at the Georgia HIMSS 3nd Annual Golf Tournament on May 14, 2012 at the Sugarloaf Golf Course in Duluth, GA. The proceeds from the golf tournament are used to fund the scholarship and support our dedication to developing student leadership in the healthcare industry. Students enrolled in an accredited Georgia college or university may apply for the 2013 GA HIMSS David Z. Cowan scholarship this fall. Check our site this summer for application information and forms.

Thank you again to all our GA HIMSS sponsors, Golf Tournament participants and student applicants.

7th Annual Georgia Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference

Mark your calendar!
Our largest annual chapter member-attended event is scheduled this year for Tuesday, October 2nd at The Westin Peachtree in downtown Atlanta, GA. The 7th annual Georgia Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference sponsored by GAHIMSS will run all day from 7:15am through 4:00pm. The event will once again have multiple keynote speaker presentations, dozens of HIT focused presentations, and over 50 HIT solution provider companies exhibiting. We anticipate over 300 attendees from Georgia’s hospitals and health system organizations, not including another 100+ exhibitor company staff persons. Below is additional information to view:
 
Event Agenda and how the event day unfolds hour by hour.
Floor Plan (bird’s eye view).
Host Hotel page, including special lodging event rates and driving directions.
Sample event photos from the 6th annual Georgia event this past Fall 2011.
Exhibitor List and Attendee Sample will be posted later this winter, check the event website periodically for weekly updates. To receive additional information to exhibit, sponsor, or attend, please email the event organizer Robert Glanville or call 541-764-4448.
 
Be sure to mark your calendar to be with us during this big upcoming event this Fall. it will be a wonderful day of peer to peer networking onsite, plus very timely topics and sessions. We look forward to seeing you at this day long ‘mini HIMSS’ regional focused HIT event.

6th Annual Georgia Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference

The 6th annual Georgia Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference sponsored by GAHIMSS was a great success! With record attendance and outstanding keynote and session speakers, attendees found the event informative and timely. Thank you to all of our speakers and vendors, and especially to Emory Healthcare for sponsoring the reception following the event.

Click here to view the available presentations from this year’s Conference.

Thank you for attending our GA-HIMSS Luncheon and Networking Event

A Lean Approach to Enterprise EMR Training Initiatives:
Learn how the SIPOC Six Sigma process improvement methodology was incorporated into existing instructional design and project management processes resulting in a high-impact, comprehensive training program. Our guest speaker, Von Baker, will walk you through the process of how to assemble the right people, at the right time to define a training program that closely reflects the workflow being impacted by the implementation.

Click here to view presentation.