EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
In the Information Mix: Discharge and the Patient Portal (5.x) Session: 1146 Presenters: Karrie Ingram and Kerri Nash Organization: Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar, Missouri; MEDITECH
Scheduled: Thursday May 29 at 2:30 pm
Abstract: The Multidisciplinary Discharge routine increases care coordination among providers, while the Patient Portal keeps patients informed and engaged after they leave your facility. Attend this session to learn how the MEDITECH EHR benefits both clinicians and patients – and be the first to get a sneak peak at the 5.x Discharge Medication Reconciliation redesign! We’ll discuss hot topics related to Discharge in 5.66, as well as lessons learned and implementation strategies. Citizens Memorial Healthcare, MEDITECH’s first customer to achieve Stage 7 recognition from HIMSS, will share their success with Patient Portal implementation. You don’t want to miss this! Karrie Ingram, PMP is the Project Manager for a HRSA Rural Health IT Network Development grant; assisting Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH) and eight network partners in implementing the tools and processes needed to meet the Meaningful Use requirements. She is currently managing the Patient & Consumer Health Portal project and the DIRECT project for CMH. Since joining MEDITECH in 2006, Kerri Nash, Project Coordinator, Client Services, has held several positions supporting and implementing MEDITECH’s physician products. Kerri has worked with hundreds of customers throughout the United States; assisting with the planning, roll-out and LIVE support of MEDITECH's Medication Reconciliation and Discharge solutions. As a current member of the Strategic Customer Optimization Team, Kerri serves as a strong customer advocate helping hospitals realize optimal usage of their MEDITECH products. Prior to MEDITECH, Kerri worked for several years as a Clinical Research Assistant with Harvard Medical School, conducting clinical drug trials on individuals diagnosed with Schizophrenia and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.
New Tools for a Modern Physician’s Workflow Session: 1147 Presenters: Dr. Andrew Burchette, Janet Desroche, and Jenny Capizzi Organization: Avera Health, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; MEDITECH
Scheduled: Wednesday May 28 at 3:30 pm
Abstract: Join us for a LIVE and interactive demonstration of the 6.1 Ambulatory solution presented by Dr Andrew Burchette of Avera. Dr. Andrew Burchette is the Chair of Family Medicine at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He has been a practicing family physician with Avera Medical Group for seven years. Avera Medical Group is made up of 545 providers at more than 130 locations, in more than 50 communities in a five state area. Dr Burchette is one of the medical information officers for Avera Health, acting as a liaison for the medical community and IT. He is also board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and is part of the Palliative Medicine Service at Avera. He is an assistant professor in the departments of family and internal medicine at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. Dr. Burchette attended Des Moines University and completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of South Dakota. Janet Desroche, Director, 6.x Client Services has been with MEDITECH for 30 years and is currently responsible for development and coordination of MEDITECH's physician consultant programs and is part of the leadership team overseeing the READY implementation methodology. In addition, Janet has responsibility for internal Training and Education (new staff and continuing education) and oversight of 6.x ARRA Meaningful Use customer coordination. Her background prior to MEDITECH was in teaching and education. Over the last seven years at MEDITECH, Jenny Capizzi, Supervisor, Client Services, has supported and implemented the various components of the Physician Care Manager suite as well as served as an Advanced Clinical Coordinator. She has worked with a wide scope of customers to optimize their Advanced Clinicals as well as achieve Meaningful Use. Jenny is currently the Supervisor overseeing the Physician Analyst team involved with facilitating internal/external education and serving as Development liaisons and collaborators for the Physician Products. Prior to MEDITECH Jenny worked in several clinical settings with various software systems, and was heavily involved in a project to implement, roll out, and maintain an EHR system at a large Internal Medicine practice which resulted in making the office completely paperless in 6 months. It was that experience that sparked her interest in the field of Medical Software and brought her to MEDITECH in 2007.
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