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Peek towards 2009...Healthcare Innovation Challenge! YOU can change our world!
Props for Profs
EHR - Go Live!
Seeking Evidence Based Collaborative Expertise: Medicare Non Payment
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Haaaaaaaappiest holidays
to you and yours!!!!

 
Another semester in the books, yeah!  For our new group of students, Cohort Delta, the first semester was a phenominal success!  And I'm sure they are ready for a little R&R.

Please do take some time to be thankful and grateful.  Pray for those less fortunate and in harm's way.  Think of what little things you can do today to make this a better world.  Spread a teeny tiny bit of joy and love, and see what comes back!

And for some of us...graduation is tomorrow!  We are sorry that all of our fellow graduates won't be able to make it.  Hard job, saving the world, and we'll be thinking of you!  Do come and visit sometime though!!

Our first Innovation & Technology Workshop was successful and included some rapid prototyping 'live' webcasting for the afternoon session.  More Workshops to follow in 2009!  Let us know what is of interest and needed.

Remember, half the battle is just trying!  Have an absolutely joyous December and here's to a tremendous 2009l!!!

Happy Tuesday, DaN

ASU Center for Healthcare Innovation & Clinical Trials proudly announces...

Be a part of creating the future of healthcare!


Join the Healthcare Innovation Challenge




The Healthcare Innovation Challenge® will be the first healthcare related innovation competition of its kind. Innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration will come together in a forum designed to transform the quality, efficiency, safety and effectiveness of healthcare. Arizona State University's Center for Healthcare Innovation & Clinical Trials has partnered with Idea Crossing, the creators and producers of the global Innovation Challenge®, to present a groundbreaking experience to academia and the Healthcare sector. This competition has been designed to bring together the best minds from a variety of disciplines to solve real-world healthcare challenges.

Come one, come all. 
Student Teams needed to COMPETE (and WIN)
SPONSORS needed
Judges needed, nominate an expert

http://healthcare.innovationchallenge.com/
http://nursing.asu.edu/research/chict/challenge/index.htm

YouTube information or visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdlWu9uuFHM

Squidoo information or visit:
http://www.squidoo.com/Healthcare-Innovation-Challenge--ASU--Idea-Crossing
 
Please forward to individuals within your organization who might be interested!!
Props for Profs

Angela Golden, RN, MS, FNP-C

I am a DNP student and have had the most interesting semester in my Biostats course which is my elective for the final semester.  Dr. Mays is the faculty member and she has truely demonstrated innovation.  Using webcasting she provides face-to-face presentations and uses a polling tool to "check" and see if the we are getting the information and can apply it (and this is recorded if we can't be there to participate live).  I believe this is a great innovation for students that are working adults some from outside the Phoenix metropolitan area.

How might this apply to your world?
ASU Nurse Managed Health Centers

JoAnn Woodward WHNP-BC

MedBox
ASU Nurse Managed Health Centers announces:

Electronic Health Records GE Centricity System
"Go Live"


ASU Nurse Managed Health Care staff has successfully completed the first phase of a two part implementation of a fully integrated electronic health record system. The staff is now using the electronic practice management functions of the GE Centricity EHRS product to make appointments, create schedules for the provider staff, maintain practice database and submit claims for third party billing. The second half of the installation will take place over the 2009 calendar year. When completed, all ASU NMHC sites will be using a patient documentation system that includes clinical decision making support and electronic prescribing.

Objectives:

  • To promote optimum patient care in a team Nurse Managed Health Center system
  • Increase patient safety thru portability and error-free documentation
  • HIPAA compliant system that provides for secure storage and transfer of Protected Health Information
  • Increase understanding of how Health Care Providers adopt an electronic health record system

Funding for the entire project is provided in part by a research grant thru AHRQ, with additional funding provided by United Healthcare. ASU's implementation team is lead by Dr.Denise Link, with additional team members including Ali Hajaig, Denise Evans, Leslie Nowak and Andrew Smith.
Evidence-Based and Medicare

Seeking advisers, collaborators and partners!

Expertise sought to address non-payment conditions as outlined by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this year.

A huge challenge and opportunity!

If interested contact dan.weberg@asu.edu or den13@asu.edu -- as soon as possible -- pretty please!
 
We'll be thinking about you!  Let us know how you are doing.  Looking forward to a stupendous 2009 together!

Dan Nienhauser, Editor v1.8
Masters in Healthcare Innovation at ASU