Industry Contributions
Secant Healthcare strives to impact the users and providers of imaging and information systems within the healthcare provider space. In pursuit of this goal, Secant Healthcare is consistently engaging at the industry level and at the individual facility level through speaking opportunities, educational venues and contributions to standards boards. Below is a sampling of the contributions that Secant has provided recently:
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Digital Imaging: Indicators for Success
-- Jake Nunn, Director, Metro Region Imaging Services, Aurora Health Care, Jay Backstrom and Gary Nicolas, Vice President, Secant Healthcare
To gain operational efficiencies in Digital Imaging (DI), departments need to establish a set of KPIs that continuously measure process outcomes. The core challenge then becomes what to measure and how to drive change, both within the department and throughout the enterprise. In this call, prominent field experts will help you answer: How do I intricately assess my digital imaging operations without being lost in a paper mountain of reports and documents? What KPIs should I be measuring? Are there KPIs that can help me gain a competitive advantage within my market? How can I improve the experience of my referring physician base? How do I use KPIs to drive change within my institution? Join us to learn more about KPIs and the key metrics you should be capturing to drive operational improvements within your digital imaging environment. (Apr 22, 2008)
Eliminating Digital Imaging Optimization Barriers
-- Randy Wilder, Director of Imaging, Ardent Health Services, Nashville, Jay Backstrom, Vice President and Gary Nicolas, Vice President, Secant, Chicago. As digital imaging systems have gained momentum over the last decade, healthcare organizations continue to grapple with optimization and adoption of these systems at the department and enterprise levels.
In this roundtable discussion, prominent institutions and field experts share relevant experiences, address the barriers to optimization, and discuss how leading organizations maintain high adoption rates. In this discussion, expert panelists provide answers to the following issues: How do I maximize my technology investment by realizing operational efficiencies? How do I seamlessly deploy a new system into my organization's workflow? How do I ensure high adoption rates by my clinicians and staff? Is there a "one-size-fits-all" training program I can institute in my environment? How can I leverage my digital imaging vendor to my advantage? (Mar 20, 2008)
Data Never Gets Obsolete: How to Develop a Data Vision
-- Gary Nicolas, Secant Healthcare, Jim Philbin, Senior Director of Medical Imaging, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Chris Balbi, Corporate Medical Imaging Program Director, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
As leading providers plan for technology upgrades and updates, data consistency across information systems has become a top concern for maintaining the patient data continuum. In this roundtable discussion, prominent institutions and experts share their experiences with technology upgrades and updates, describe their vision around the patient data continuum, and discuss the 2014 mandate on patient records. They answer: What are the lessons learned from technology upgrades and updates today? How do I develop a data vision blueprint? Can I leverage technology today that will support my data vision? How do I prepare today for 2014? Most organizations have spent enormous sums on information technology, but many still fall short of meeting their data continuum objectives. What strategies, rigor, and discipline should healthcare providers consider to drive greater value from their data? From Secant's innovation labs and prominent healthcare provider panelists, hear how organizations are changing the game and making data a vision priority. (February 28, 2008)
Data Migration: Optimizing Image Data Use to Improve Clinical Workflows
2005 AHRA Annual Meeting and Exposition: Gary Nicolas
Virtualization of the Electronic Healthcare Record
2007 Wisconsin Chapter of ACHE: Gary Nicolas
Operational Intelligence Tools for Digital Imaging
2008 College of Imaging Administrators 10th Annual Fall Conference: Gary Nicolas
IHE: Standards and Best Practices in Medical Informatics, Data Migration solutions and Planning
Chicago PACS Users Group Meeting (June 18, 2009): Gary Nicolas
Industry Associations
Secant healthcare is proud to participate in a number of industry professional organizations. Secant's subject matter experts participate in and may possess the following healthcare and IT credentials:
- PMP - Project Management Professional
- CIIP - Certified Imaging Informatics Professional
- Six-Sigma/Lean certifications (Blackbelt and Greenbelt certifications earned)
- DICOM fundamental training
- HL7 Advanced training
- ACC - American College of Cardiology (conference attendance and participation)
- ACHE - American College of Healthcare Executives
- AHRA - American Healthcare Radiology Administrators
- HIMSS - Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
- HIPPA - Health Insurance Associate, HIPPA Associate, HIPPA Professional certificates from the Health Insurance Association of America
- HITSP - Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (nonvoting member)
- IHE - Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (voting member)
- MSCE trained - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (trained)
- NMA - National Medical Association, Radiology Division
- Scottsdale Institute
- SHS - Society for Health Systems
- SIIM - Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (formerly SCAR)
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