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Check out this post from Yolanda Wimberly! Amazing program serving and growing 450 future healthcare workers. Great things continue to happen at…
Check out this post from Yolanda Wimberly! Amazing program serving and growing 450 future healthcare workers. Great things continue to happen at…
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Wow, what a great community we live in - it is exhilarating to see our community members collaborating in service. Nicky Crawford's dreams are large…
Wow, what a great community we live in - it is exhilarating to see our community members collaborating in service. Nicky Crawford's dreams are large…
Shared by Mindy Oberg, DBA, MBA, MHA
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Prepare and distribute fresh food
Grady Fresh Food Cart
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Health
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Board of Directors / Membership Chair
HIMSS Georgia Chapter
- Present 2 years
Health
Proud to serve with the current board of directors for this incredible group of individuals.
Worked alongside other board members to envision and formulate the strategy to implement the mission, vision and goals.
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Panel Participate on Artificial Intelligence
Georgia State University Health Informatics
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Education
Last week, our annual Georgia State University Health Informatics Expert Series delved into the captivating realm of AI in Healthcare: What You Need to Know. At our program, we're passionate about providing our students with opportunities to explore cutting-edge topics alongside industry leaders. It was truly enriching to delve into real-world examples, ethical considerations, and avenues for enhancing AI's role in healthcare. Special thanks to Marci Anthony Bennafield, one of our esteemed…
Last week, our annual Georgia State University Health Informatics Expert Series delved into the captivating realm of AI in Healthcare: What You Need to Know. At our program, we're passionate about providing our students with opportunities to explore cutting-edge topics alongside industry leaders. It was truly enriching to delve into real-world examples, ethical considerations, and avenues for enhancing AI's role in healthcare. Special thanks to Marci Anthony Bennafield, one of our esteemed faculty members, for spearheading the organization of this event. A big shout-out to our exceptional moderator, Petrena Saunders, MSHI, BSN, RN, LSSGB, CPHIMS, and our insightful panelists, Dr. Mindy Oberg, DBA, MBA, MHA, William Olivera, and Dr.Karen B Seagraves, PhD, MPH, NEA-BC, for sharing their expertise and making this event a resounding success! #HealthInformatics #AIinHealthcare #ExpertSeries
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Project Expert
HIMSS
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Chapter Spotlight Series Part Two: Member Outreach Strategies
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 2:00-3:00pm CT
• Membership Engagement | Georgia | Mindy Oberg
• OA Engagement | South Carolina | Michelle Hager
• OA Outreach | Iowa| Tom Feldman, Denise Grafft, and Carrie Main
• Advocacy | National Capital Area | Dan Blum
Publications
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Push notifications for critical labs results: a pilot study in the intensive care unit (ICU)
JAMIa
We developed a push notification allowing for an electronic acknowledgment of critical lab results to providers in the intensive care unit. Although the acknowledgment rate was low, every electronic acknowledgment saved lab service technicians an average of 10 minutes compared to the existing workflow. As familiarity with the technology and workflow increases, this novel form of communication has the potential to have significant cost savings for lab services, in addition to efficiency gains…
We developed a push notification allowing for an electronic acknowledgment of critical lab results to providers in the intensive care unit. Although the acknowledgment rate was low, every electronic acknowledgment saved lab service technicians an average of 10 minutes compared to the existing workflow. As familiarity with the technology and workflow increases, this novel form of communication has the potential to have significant cost savings for lab services, in addition to efficiency gains for lab, clinicians, and more timely care. The integration of health information technology and push notification of critical labs should be the focus of investigation for further future research.
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Improving Communication in a Large Urban Academic Safety Net Hospital System: Implementation of Secure Messaging
Journal of Medical Systems
Given the complexities of communication within health systems, we investigated how the implementation of secure messaging in addition to traditional paging would impact hospital communication. This study was implemented at Grady Health System (GHS), a large safety net academic hospital system in metro Atlanta that includes inpatient and ambulatory settings. GHS uses Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR), and secure messaging was performed using Epic Haiku Platform. To assess states of…
Given the complexities of communication within health systems, we investigated how the implementation of secure messaging in addition to traditional paging would impact hospital communication. This study was implemented at Grady Health System (GHS), a large safety net academic hospital system in metro Atlanta that includes inpatient and ambulatory settings. GHS uses Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR), and secure messaging was performed using Epic Haiku Platform. To assess states of communication, we implemented pre- and post-surveys. The secure messaging data tracked from 2018 to 2022 demonstrated a rise in usage from 9,378 chats per month when it went live in August 2018 to greater than 200,000 monthly messages during the pandemic when social distancing measures were enacted. Monthly usage peaked in March 2022 with 378,932 messages. Pre-and-post survey questions using a Likert scale (1–4) showed increased agreement in the ability to reach all team members through secure chat amongst healthcare workers. Within our unit staff, communication improved by being more rapid and reliable, as the Likert scale means increased from 2.18 pre-survey to 2.63 post survey. Pre-and-post survey analysis indicates improved satisfaction across GHS stakeholders with the implementation of secure chat in addition to the existing direct-paging system. Next steps could include exchanging digital media through secure messaging to facilitate faster diagnosis and treatment of certain medical conditions. Secure messaging integrated within the EHR (including mobile devices) enhances communication between healthcare team members in a HIPAA-compliant way reducing the number of pages and phone calls.
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Communication: Real Life Strategies While Working Remotely
HIMSS23
This session was part of a professional development seminar at HIMSS 2023. As an expert, a panel and I discussed our experiences and expertise on effective communication skills to achieve maximum benefit and successful outcomes in today's remote work environment.
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Reconciling External Clinical Data: Providers’ Friend Or Foe?
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/bus_admin_diss
Adopting Health Information Exchanges (HIE) increased the exchange of clinical data relevant to patient care. This type of data exchange can reduce medical costs and increase efficiencies of care. However, most health care organizations and providers fail to reap the full intended benefits, as only 28% of health care organizations integrate external data into patients’ charts. Researchers, such as Hossein Ahmadi, Mark J. Dobrow, Nir Menachemi, and Farahnaz Sadoughi validate there is no shortage…
Adopting Health Information Exchanges (HIE) increased the exchange of clinical data relevant to patient care. This type of data exchange can reduce medical costs and increase efficiencies of care. However, most health care organizations and providers fail to reap the full intended benefits, as only 28% of health care organizations integrate external data into patients’ charts. Researchers, such as Hossein Ahmadi, Mark J. Dobrow, Nir Menachemi, and Farahnaz Sadoughi validate there is no shortage of literature available related to the adoption of HIE technology. However, no previous studies address adoption attributes for reconciling and integrating data into patients’ charts to address this gap, so this study uses a case study of a safety net hospital, Grady Hospital. This study draws on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, developed by Tornatzky and Fleischer in 1990, to determine adoption-related factors. As a result, this study offers a process model with detailed opportunities to increase reconciliation and integration of external clinical data. The detailed account demonstrates how the TOE framework remains relevant and applicable in the adoption of reconciling and integrating external clinical data.
Keywords: Continuity of Care Document (CCD), External Clinical Data, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Health care Information Technology (HIT), Interoperability, Merit-Based Incentive Payments System (MIPS), Promoting Interoperability (PI), Receiving and Incorporating Clinical Data, Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) Framework
Courses
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IT Manager Institute Certification
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Projects
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Correll Pavilion Opening
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https://www.gradyhealth.org/locations/correll-pavilion/
Grady’s Correll Pavilion is open for business – expanding access to healthcare for all who need it and making our roots in the community stronger than ever.
The new state-of-the-art building will house numerous outpatient centers, including cancer, orthopedics, and ophthalmology, as well as outpatient surgery and rehabilitation services. You’ll have unparalleled access to life-changing treatments and procedures that could…https://www.gradyhealth.org/locations/correll-pavilion/
Grady’s Correll Pavilion is open for business – expanding access to healthcare for all who need it and making our roots in the community stronger than ever.
The new state-of-the-art building will house numerous outpatient centers, including cancer, orthopedics, and ophthalmology, as well as outpatient surgery and rehabilitation services. You’ll have unparalleled access to life-changing treatments and procedures that could drastically improve your health.
The Correll Pavilion will not only enhance our ability to provide exceptional care for our patients, but it will also stand as a symbol of what can be achieved when we work together to advance healthcare for the community and the city.
At Grady, we know Atlanta can’t be healthy without access to high-quality, transformative care, so we’re not going anywhere. We’re just getting bigger and better.Other creatorsSee project -
Willow Ambulatory Add-on Module Installation
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WellStar Connect (Epic Implementation)
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WellStar Connect is the name of the project for converting WellStar Health System an electronic healthcare record. The vendor, Epic, is the industry leader in integrated healthcare system software. WellStar is currently on an assortment of healthcare record systems (e.g. McKesson Horizon, NextGen, GEMMS, etc.) that do not interface with each other creating a fragmented patient experience. WellStar Connect will transform the patient experience at all levels of interaction, even the very basics…
WellStar Connect is the name of the project for converting WellStar Health System an electronic healthcare record. The vendor, Epic, is the industry leader in integrated healthcare system software. WellStar is currently on an assortment of healthcare record systems (e.g. McKesson Horizon, NextGen, GEMMS, etc.) that do not interface with each other creating a fragmented patient experience. WellStar Connect will transform the patient experience at all levels of interaction, even the very basics of eliminating the need for a patient to fill out a registration form at every WellStar appointment. WellStar Connect will allow for a single patient record across the care continuum—from the physician office to the hospital and even to the patient’s home.
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Meaningful Use
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The core project team worked to ensure the core systems were upgraded to the required versions. This required an upgrade to the core product as well as an upgrade the clinical content component. Following, reporting, for the identified meaningful use measures WellStar chose to report, was established and the data analyzes commenced. Following the team performed identified additional training, education, as well as worked with the providers on required work flow changes. Subsequently…
The core project team worked to ensure the core systems were upgraded to the required versions. This required an upgrade to the core product as well as an upgrade the clinical content component. Following, reporting, for the identified meaningful use measures WellStar chose to report, was established and the data analyzes commenced. Following the team performed identified additional training, education, as well as worked with the providers on required work flow changes. Subsequently, WellStar began attestation in April 2012 for the eligible providers.
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Data Integration and Conversions
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Use of Initiate (Enterprise Master Patient Index) for on-going data integration and conversions across multiple source systems from acquisitions and on-going operations at WellStar.
1. Greenway data import to GEMMS (Solaris acquisition with CVM)
2. McKesson Star data to GEMMS for billing EKG professional services
3. McKesson Star data to NextGen for Hospitalists, Pathology, as well as Professional Fees for Wound Care and Central LinesOther creators -
Real Time Communication with GA Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services
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Completed project that enabled WMG to communicate real time transmission of data to and from the Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions (GRITS) system.
Parsed the acknowledgement messages and error files, received from the Georgia registry, to a database, to deliver the output to the WMG practices and clinical team.Other creators
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French
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