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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

MU Stage 2 and 2014 CEHRT Public Comment Period thru May 7th, 2012

Click either screen snip below (they open in new windows).
You have a voice. Use it.

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Logo/Branding Launch:
HealtHIE Nevada Town Hall Meeting



I've known about this for a while, but had to keep it under wraps pending Board approval. Kudos to the designer, Alex
. A home run, IMO. We unveiled it today at an offsite stakeholder "Town Hall Meeting."

Below, our Marketing and Communications Lead Kym Roundtree gets things going

Next up, our Executive Director Deborah Huber.

Above, Imagine Communications Creative Director Alex Raffi. Dude, when do I get my t-shirt? XL, full frontal logo.

Below, my friend Erick Maddox, our HealthInsight Nevada REC Manager, takes the crowd through the impending Stage 2 Meaningful Use HIE implications.
In three words
: Ongoing Interoperable Exchange.

Above our HealtHIE Nevada Manager Rachel Papka takes us through our next steps path.

Below, I was doodling around in Photoshop last night at home while watching and listening to the GOP Stupor Tuesday Primary returns. I have maybe 15-20 minutes in this pastiche. Click to enlarge.



Interesting that the iPad3 was unveiled today.

Ahhh...The Power of Photoshop Compels Me,
The Power of Photoshop Compels Me, The Power of Photoshop Compels Me, The Power of Photoshop Compels Me...

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GOTTA LOVE THIS

It all seemed so easy

In 2010 an article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Preventing Surgical-Site Infections in Nasal Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus. Patients were screened for Staphylcoccus aureus ( including MRSA, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and those that were positive underwent a 5 day perioperative decontamination procedure with chlorhexidine baths and an antibiotic, mupirocin, in the nose. The results were impressive. Before the intervention the infection rates were 7.7 % and after the intervention it was 3.4 %. That is an impressive drop in surgical infections.

One of the orthopedic groups approached us (us being the hospital administration, pharmacy, nursing and infection control, of which I am Chair) to implement the protocol in their patients, citing a similar study on an orthopedic population. Great. It should be an easy enough intervention. I should have known better, of course, long experience has continually demonstrated that what appears to be simple never is...
Great article.


3 comments:

  1. This is a photo of my mother. She is on the right, the little one. I have this picture at home. Thanks for sharing it!

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  2. This is a photo of my mother. She is on the right, the little one. I have this picture at home. Thanks for sharing it!

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  3. This is a picture of my mother. She is the on the right. I have this picture at home. Thanks for sharing it! I'm honored, I know she would be too.

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