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HIMSS Ambulatory Information Systems Committee 2006-2007
Staff Liaison: Mary P. Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS
Director, AIS
“Relationship is enabled or disabled by the way a system is designed and
the technological and other tools supporting the systems.”
Ambulatory Committee
Working with leaders from large healthcare enterprises, small physician offices and the military health system, plus consulting and vendor communities, the Ambulatory Information Systems Steering Committee expands HIMSS’ ability to increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care by removing barriers to IT adoption, and increasing the use of EHRs and Business Systems Integration in physician offices and outpatient care settings.
Ambulatory Committee
Staff LeadershipMary Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS
Director Ambulatory Information Systems
Steering CommitteeChair - Laura Jantos, FHIMSS
Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Inc, WA
Vice Chair - Dr. James Nuckolls Former Medical Director Carilion Medical Group, VA
HIMSS FY07 Committee Structure - Updated October, 2006
Ambulatory IS Steering Committee
Task Force
Wireless HITAmbulatory
Education and Virtual Conference
Practice Leadership
Community Health Network
Business SIKatrina PhoenixDigital Office
CCHIT Ambulatory
Review
Visioning
Database Tools
Internet KnowledgeResource
EHR Best Practices
Advocacy & Vendor Guidance
First Responder
Paperless Clinic
Open Source
Technology
Legend_________ Task Force________ Work Group
Membership
Ambulatory Committee Work Groups
2. Open Source Technologies, Chairperson, Ken Kennedy, Healthcare Business Development Manager, Force 3, Inc
Purpose is to develop a fact Sheet/tool kit on open source technologies available and successfully used in the Ambulatory care setting by June 30, 2007.
3. Paperless Clinics, Chairperson, Karen Colafari, KJ Consulting, RN, MBA
Purpose is to develop a White Paper highlighting successful Business Cases where HIT has resulted in Ambulatory paperless clinics by June 30, 2007.
Practice Leadership Task Force
Chair - James Morrow, MDVP and CIO, North Fulton Family Medicine, P.C., GA
Purpose: Working towards developing relationships with state medical societies to educate them on who we are and what we do.
Increase ambulatory membership via outreach efforts.Develop relationships with state medical societies and provide education on HIMSS Ambulatory HIS efforts.Develop educational materials on EMR adoption and implemntation.
Work Group; Ambulatory CCHIT Review
Education & Virtual Conference Task Force
Chair - Jennifer JarrielCIO, Baylor College of Medicine, TX
Work with the HIMSS Education team to expandeducation offerings to the ambulatory communitythrough audio-conferences, webinars and ambulatoryfocused Education offerings at annual conference.
Supply Ambulatory focused content for 2007 Virtual Conferences.
Work Group: Internet knowledge Resource
Community Health Organization Task ForceChair - Lyman Dennis, CPHIMSS, FHIMSSCIO, Partnership Health Plan of California
Provide a forum for the providers of the nation's 30,000 Community Health Centers to meet, network, and develop an outreach effort that allows the providers to explore topics of common interest, learn from best practices and provide a collective voice advocating for information technologies for populations at risk.
The Community Health Organizations Task Force will be working on developing a survey/database of community health organizations efforts.
Workgroups: Visioning, Membership, Survey/database, EHR Case Study, Advocacy & Vendor Guidance
Chair - Chuck ParkerVice President and Chief Technology Officer, MassPro, MA
Connecting practices with the timely, comprehensive coverage and analysis of use of the electronic medical record in independent physician practices.
The Digital Office is a complimentary resource for HIMSS members, physicians, the media and anyone involved and interested in the transformation of today’s medical practice through healthcare IT.
The newsletter is published on the second Wednesday of the month to keep you informed of the latest news on ambulatory care and the electronic medical record.
Staff: HIMSS Davies Manager, David Collins
Wireless Health Information Technology Task Force
Chair – Dr. Steve Arnold
Develop tools and resources for HIMSS membership to facilitate understanding and implementation of wireless health information technology in healthcare facilities, mobile medicine and ambulatory care.
Staff, Russell Bourke, RN MBA, CPHIMS
Katrina Phoenix
A collaborative effort focused on helping physician practices that were equipped with paper health records to replace them with Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems donated by hardware and software vendors.
Staff: HIMSS Davies Manager, David Collins
Contact Information
Mary Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS,
Director Ambulatory Information Systems
48 Shepherds Trail
Madison, Ct 06443
(203) 421-8317 - Office
(203) 623-2581 - Cell