Recent News: Clinical Excellence Takes Center Stage at Nurse Informatics Workshop

Source: http://www.meditech.com

One of the most important goals for any health care organization is achieving clinical excellence, in order to improve patient outcomes as well as remain competitive in this demanding industry. However, I.T. alone cannot guarantee success—caregivers, and nurses in particular, must learn to use these technologies effectively in order to become driving forces for quality care.

These issues will take center stage at MEDITECH's upcoming Nurse Informatics Workshop, which will be held April 10th and 11th at our Canton facility. This year's Keynote Speaker, Sandy Summers, is the Executive Director of the Center for Nursing Advocacy, and will be discussing how the media's image of nursing and public misconceptions can adversely affect health care.

"We're looking forward to having a very interesting slate of speakers this year," says Event Coordinator Sharon Collins. "In addition to Summers, we'll also feature a panel discussing several innovative approaches to training nurses on new technologies. Hand-off communication, error reduction, and medication verification will be big topics as well."

Nurses will also have opportunities to learn more about how to efficiently use I.T., through expanded and improved track sessions. "We began holding track sessions last year, as a way to engage nurses more with the Development process, in a forum that is smaller and easier to answer questions," says Collins. "This year, we're improving on the concept by holding track sessions specifically dealing with our newest enhancements, which tend to be the most popular topics of discussion. We're really excited about this year's sessions."

Two separate sessions, one for each of our MAGIC and Client/Server customers, will focus on the most significant new enhancements to our Nursing products. These sessions will encourage an active dialogue between MEDITECH staff and our customer users. "Other sessions will show how nurses can get the most out of their Patient Care System, and we'll have an introduction to MEDITECH for those attendees who are newer to the system," says Collins.

Nurses can earn up to 8 Contact Hours for attending this year's workshop. For nurses wishing to participate remotely, the event will also be accessible via WebCast.

More info: http://www.meditech.com/MIX/Pages/2008nurseworkshop/titlepage.htm