Michigan HIMSS Interest Group
Minutes from
Meeting Tuesday, August 26, 2003
If you cannot attend the bimonthly planning
meetings in person, please call in! The
toll free dial in number is: (866)
680-0146. Enter the participant code of
297455. Our host is Helen Hill.
This was a
phone only meeting.
Conferenced in: Helen Hill, Elaine Roach, Dave Davis, Jennifer Horowitz, Alicia Brown
Introductions were made as we began and people joined the call.
PLEASE NOTE: Our meeting location continues to be changed to Reliance Software Systems in Farmington Hills. Directions are at the end of these minutes.
Review of Minutes
Elaine provided excellent updates to the previous minutes via email. Those updates have been incorporated into the formal minutes. Thanks Elaine!
Officer Reports:
President
Treasurer
So far, we are in the black about $3400 from
the conference. This does not include
expenses incurred by our keynote speaker nor expenses for the gifts.
Total income approx. $8000
Total expenses so far approx: $4600
We will be providing an estimated budget to
National based on our numbers from this past year.
Secretary
We are waiting for some presentations to still arrive. Helen suggested that Alicia call presenters to follow up.
Committee Chair/Regional Advisory Council Reports:
Regional Advisory Council
We will use the list
from the last conference to help build more involvement in the chapter. Keith Grantham offered to help Karen
Hollingsworth in her area.
We need to readdress
our strategic planning concepts and engage more people in the regional
council. There is particular pressure
to gain interest from the west side of the state.
How do we help
people network other than in sponsoring events? Ron thinks some of that will come out of our strategic planning
meeting.
ACTION ITEM: Helen and Ron both offered help to Alicia to
get the strategic planning notes done.
There would be a
good opportunity to advertise our next event at the HISA conference, but we may
not be able to pull that information together by that time. It is possible that we will have some
information to advertise at that time.
We are looking at possibly meeting after the HISA presentation, September
26.
ACTION ITEM:
Alicia will check availability for meeting September 9 because we would
like the whole group involved.
Posting Jobs at Michigan HIMSS Web Site
It has been suggested that we offer a job posting feature at the Michigan HIMSS web site. Elaine wondered about the benefits of hosting this type of feature. Ron sees this as added value for Michigan members of HIMSS. The vision is that we provide the service to both post and respond to jobs. Jennifer raised the potential of listing the jobs at our web site and providing further value added to link to the National site, particularly if people are interested in relocating. Jennifer will pursue linking to JobMine.
Future Agenda Items
Determine methods to archive all HIMSS data permanently in anticipation of handing off to future HIMSS officers.
MI-HIMSS Supermarket. This would be a mini-exposition of Michigan vendors. We would group by technology, which is where the Supermarket concept comes from—for example, CPOE vendors are in one area, EMR vendors in another, Security is in another, etc. We would bring in vendors and allow them to present separately, perhaps even a technology face-off, as well as provide the expo. We expressed some concern regarding HIMSS National feelings about this type of event.
HIMSS Speaker Assistance Program
Working with Ann Arbor office to publicize programs and get their assistance.
Meetings
Meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
Upcoming meetings include:
Tuesday, September 9
Tuesday, September 23
Tuesday, October 14
Tuesday, October 28
Meeting Locations
Our meetings are currently held at Reliance
Software Systems, 30500 Northwestern Highway, Suite 415, Farmington Hills. Main phone: 248-865-7850 or 877-735-9273.
Reliance is on the north side of Northwestern
between Inkster and 13 Mile Road in the North Valley Office Building.
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From
the North:
Take Telegraph (US24) South to 13 Mile Road. Turn right (West) on 13 mile to
Northwestern (M10). Make a "Michigan Left" onto Northwestern,
heading South-East. You will see our building on the left (East). |
30500 Northwestern Highway
If you need to contact someone for directions
or information, contact Alicia Brown at 248-496-4983 (cell) or Reliance
Software Systems at 248-865-7850 or 877-735-9273.
Please participate. If you can’t attend in person, dial in!
Toll Free Dial in Number: (866)680-0146
PARTICIPANT CODE: 297455
Host: Helen Hill