MUSE International
August 2010
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MUSE Event - Philadelphia
Did you know ¼ of the US population lives within a 5.5 hour drive of Philadelphia - and 40% is within a day's drive!
 
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If you're too far to drive, the city is also easily accessed by train and plane.

Presentations are still being accepted for the MUSE Event September 21-23, at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing.

This event includes a full-day forum on MEDITECH 6.0 with presenters from Doylestown Hospital, the 6.0 beta site. Also featured will be a Site Visit to Grand View Hospital highlighting the Advanced Clinicals implementations.

Expect more education and the best opportunity available for MEDITECH user networking. Do yourself and your organization a favor, and register now.


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Meaningful Use, Stage 7 & More -
Using MEDITECH to its Fullest
Time and seats are running out!
 
Citizens Memorial Healthcare

Have you registered to attend the August 26-27 MUSE Event at Citizens Memorial Hospital? Two new nursing department tours have just been added. Contact info@museweb.org if you've already registered for the conference and would like to register for a nursing tour.

View the expanded agenda.

August 26-27
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, Missouri


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Dr. First

School is back in Session!
Earn extra-credit by attending the MUSE September Webcasts!
 
Back to School

September 8: Project Management: When Trouble Comes Calling, Don't Just Stand There, DO SOMETHING! 

Presenter: Mary Moewe, Associate VP of Interface Services, Iatric Systems

Learn skills to be a proactive project manager and provide early intervention when problems begin to occur. To avoid trouble in projects, the project manager must set appropriate expectations from the initiation phase and maintain stakeholder support throughout the project lifespan by communicating effectively. Poor project initiation is the single largest factor that leads to project time/cost overruns and project abandonment.
 
This webcast will teach you when trouble calls, don't stand still or run away ... be effective.

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September 9: Boldly Go Where No Canadian Hospital Has Gone

Presenter: Margaret O'Dell, Manager of Finance, Ontario Shores.

 
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences is heralded as being the first Canadian healthcare facility to successfully implement 6.0.  This webcast will introduce Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, a 329-bed public hospital in Whitby, Ontario and cover these topics:
  • Divestment to Pre-implementation
  • Standards
  • On Your Mark, Get Set, Implement!
  • Lessons Learned
  • Plus, hear the presenter's perspective on MAGIC to CS to 6.0: same vs. different, likes vs. dislikes, efficiencies gained, functionality lost.
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September 14:  Understanding Project Risk Management - Assessing Risk and
Managing it Effectively

Presenter: Mary Moewe, Associate VP of Interface Services, Iatric Systems
 
All project management is composed of risk management and it is important to have a structured approach and knowledge of risk. Having a process for managing risks and opportunities will make you a more effective project manager. Having a good balance between thinking about what could go wrong and then doing everything you can to make sure the project is executed as planned is key.


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September 15:  Avoiding the Accidental Architecture

Presenters: Brian McAlpine, Director of Strategic Products, Capsule Tech, Inc. and Todd Ledyard, Director of Sales, Forward Advantage, Inc.

Accidental Architecture is a term used to describe what happens when a hospital, starting out with very good intentions, ends up deploying multiple points of integration across the enterprise to achieve device connectivity - a process that truly happens "by accident." When hospitals have an accidental architecture they have a collection of systems that causes multiple points of failure, is a troubleshooting nightmare, forces separate silo workflows, and is not flexible nor scalable. 
 
This webcast will explore how hospitals can avoid the accidental architecture by deploying an open, vendor-neutral device connectivity solution that connects virtually any medical device to any information system, promotes standard workflows, and delivers the flexibility and scalability needed to add and change devices and systems.

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September 28: The Top Five Things You Hate About NPR Report Writer ... and   
How to Love Them    

Presenter: Jenny Blue, President, Interface People

Stop banging your head against a wall. Join us as we discuss and resolve common problems that plague NPR report writers. You'll leave with solutions that help eliminate the report writing frustrations from your job and will have you one step closer to loving NPR report writing.
 
5. My report is slow
4. I created a report only to find out that MEDITECH had a program that would have saved me hours.
3. I want to create one report that displays information in different ways
2. I need data from multiple applications - Can/Should I use a Macro?
 
And the winner is...
1.   Bugs are plaguing my report and I want them gone!


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September 30: Converting from 1A and 1B allergies to V2 Allergens from a
Pharmacy and Nursing Perspective
        
Presenter: Charles Downs, IT Pharmacist, Washington County Hospital.

Washington County Hospital converted to version 1B allergies in the fall of 2007 and converted to version 2 allergies on 9/28/08. Support for version 1A ceased after 1/1/09, but there are still hospitals who have not moved to 1B. Attend this webcast  to learn in detail both conversions since those users who are live with 5.61 will have to convert to 1B, and those live with 5.62 will have to convert to V2.

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In This Issue
MUSE Event - Philadelphia
MUSE Event - Bolivar MO
Upcoming Webcasts
MUSE Event - Spokane WA
MUSE Event - Norman OK
MUSE EU
Have a coffee on MUSE
Ask MUSE

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MUSE Event - Spokane
Hosted by INHS
 
Inland Northwest Health Services

Come enjoy the picturesque beauty of the Pacific Northwest, while learning about Vmware, Datacenter, Help Desk,  Stage 6 with CPOE and BMV, Beacon Community, Meaningful Use and more.

Hosted by Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS), this MUSE Event is October 5-6 at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane.

Extend your trip through the 7th and attend the MEDITECH Regional Event at the same location! Learn more and register.

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MUSE Event - Norman OK
Implementing eMAR, BMV and CPOE.
 
Norman Regional Health System

Norman Regional Health System, located in Norman, Oklahoma, is opening its doors to MUSE members October 28-29 for an education-packed program, highlighting its successful implementation of eMAR/BMV and its more recent project of CPOE.

Learn about these topics from the ones who actually performed the task, including the hospital's CEO, CNO, clinical and IS staff, as well as physicians who will share their insights. Learn more and register.   


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MUSE Event - EU
For MUSE members across the pond ...
 
Manchester Inn

Be sure to register and attend the MUSE Event September 15-16 at the City Inn Manchester - Manchester, UK.

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MUSE Clues
 
Have a coffee on MUSE

Play MUSE Clues as featured in the Summer Edition of MUSE Matters magazine and win a $25 gift card to Starbucks.

Read the Summer Edition of MUSE Matters Magazine for game details.
 

Ask MUSE
 
Ask MUSE

My facility needs more information about achieving Stage 7 on the EMR Adoption Model; are there any MUSE facilities that have achieved this level?

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Joke of the Month



The new employee stood before the paper shredder looking confused.

"Need some help?" a secretary, walking by, asked.

"Yes," he replied, "how does this thing work?"

"Simple," she said, taking the fat report from his hand and feeding it into the shredder.

"Thanks, but where do the copies come out?"