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Medical Informatics. Why change the world? To me that's what life is about. If you don't do that, you might as well hibernate and sleep. If everyone thinks what you do is "normal" . . . it probably is. Why do that? Do something else! - Dean Kamen, Inventor of "Ginger," a personal transportati
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1. GCC HIMSSHealth IT Leadership ExchangeFebruary 4, 2011 Mimi Broeker
Vice President
Medical Informatics
2. Medical Informatics
Why change the world? To me that's what life is about. If you don't do that, you might as well hibernate and sleep. If everyone thinks what you do is "normal" . . . it probably is. Why do that? Do something else!
- Dean Kamen, Inventor of "Ginger," a personal transportation breakthrough
3. My Career 30 years in 30 seconds Medical Records
Nursing School (for a little while)
Undergrad Degree Communications / Journalism
Front Desk Receptionist
Coder / Biller
Administrative Coordinator
Graduate Degree - MBA
Clinical Office Manager
Administrative Director, Operations
Assistant Vice President, Operations
Sr. Director, Ambulatory, Medical Informatics
Assistant Vice President, Medical Informatics
Vice President, Medical Informatics
4. NorthShore Career Paths Application Analyst Levels
Programmer Analyst Levels
Project Lead
Management Track Technical Track
Manager Levels Application Consultant
Director Project Specialist
Sr. Leadership
5. Skill Set Whats Important? What Physicians say:
Understand what we do
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the systems you support
Know how to communicate with us
6. Future of my role More organizations will view Medical Informatics and Information Systems as a partner to achieve strategic goals
Medical Informatics Leaders will have an equal balance of technical skill and first hand user experience
7. Whats attainable 1 - 3 years post grad Find the balance:
If you have an operations background - get technical experience
If you have a technical background - get operations experience
Be willing to walk in a lot of different shoes to gain knowledge and experience
Get certified as soon as the opportunity presents
Be at the right place at the right time
8. Whats attainable 1 - 3 years post grad Possible Positions:
Application Analyst
Programmer
Project Specialist
Project Manager (Supervisory)
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. -Michelangelo
9. Strategy for Achieving Meaningful Use
10. Meaningful Use Strategy
11. Meaningful Use Strategy Proposed IFR published Dec 2009
Internal analysis & review Jan 2010 Mar 2010
Formed committee structure Apr 2010
Began work effort Jun 2010
- items we were sure to stay in FR
Final Rule published Jul 2010
Action plan finalized Aug 2010
Reporting multiple iterations Sep 2010 Dec 2010
Education to Users Sep 2010 Dec 2010
Baseline Reports Jan 2011
Target Attestation Jun 2011
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Thank You
mbroeker@northshore.org