Northern Ohio Chapter of HIMSS
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Thank you to everyone who attended the 2018 NOHIMSS Conference last week at Akron Childrens Hospital. Initial feedback we heard from both the 200 attendees and our sponsors was positive. A special thank you to Akron Childrens Hospital for hosting the event and to all of our presenters.
Please make sure you fill out the evaluation - your feedback is utilized as we plan upcoming events. Here is the link for the evaluation - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8BRMKK3.
Please plan on attending our Upcoming Spring Conference - date and location to be announced in the coming weeks.
Congratulations - New FHIMSS Member
Dear Members of Northern Ohio Chapter of HIMSS (NOHIMSS),
I and the NOHIMSS Board would like to recognize and CONGRATULATE…….Barb Bungard on achieving the designation of FHIMSS (Fellow Member of HIMSS)!! This is a great accomplishment and honor that is bestowed in recognition of Barb’s service, professional participation, job experience, publications, and presentations as a member of HIMSS.
Barb Bungard, RN, MSN, CPHIMS has been a dedicated part of the NOHIMSS Board for many years and is currently the elected Secretary for the NOHIMSS Board of Directors and the NOHIMSS Website Administrator. Barb works for Akron Children’s Hospital where she is the Manager of Epic Applications & IT Regulatory Operations where her responsibilities include: Managing Epic ASAP, HIMS, OpTime/Anesthesia, Care Everywhere Applications. Responsible for Collaboration with Clinical Informaticists & Epic Build Team to Support Clinical Decision Support, Responsible for Meaningful Use, TJC and other regulatory related initiatives. Barb also participates in the Ohio Meaningful Use Networking Group.
Barb joins Chris Hudak, Ph.D., RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS (Chair, Education Committee) and Brent Hicks, CPHIMS, FHIMSS (Member At-Large) as other FHIMSS Fellow’s that are currently serving on the NOHIMSS Board of Directors. We are so very proud of all these members of our Board and are very excited to have another one of our hard working and dedicated Board Members achieve the FHIMSS designation.
Congratulations Barb and thank you for everything that you do for the NOHIMSS Board and its Membership!
Jonathan Levoy
President
Northern Ohio Chapter of HIMSS
Congratulations to Mercy Health - HIMSS Davies Award Winner
Mercy Health will be recognized at the 2019 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition, which takes place February 11-15 in Orlando, Florida.
Learn more about how Mercy Health has embraced the value of health information and technology: explore three award-winning use cases.
Ohio Lt. Governor Mary Taylor will be speaking at the Cross Border Health Foundation Opioid Summit on 9/24 in D.C. to discuss U.S.-Canada relations to address the opioid epidemic. Hal Wolf, HIMSS CEO will be moderating the panel. Lt. Governor Taylor’s two sons have struggled with an addiction to opioids, so this issue is near and dear to her heart.
NOHIMSS Board of Directors and Committee Members for 2018-2019
| Elected Officers | ||||
| Name | NOHIMSS Board Position | Company | Title | Certifications |
| Jonathan Levoy | Chapter President | Optimum Healthcare IT | Regional Director, Client Services | |
| Barb Bungard | Secretary | Akron Children's Hospital | Manager of Regulatory IT Operations, Epic ASAP | RN, MSN, CPHIMS |
| Greg Sanker | Treasurer | KeyBank Commercial Banking | VP, Enterprise Healthcare Banker | |
| Frank Longley | President-Elect | Cleveland Clinic | IT Services & Solutions Partner | MBA, PMP, BRMP |
| Tony Caponi | Past-President | RecruitIQ Staffing | Division Vice President | |
| Appointed Directors | ||||
| Name | NOHIMSS Board Position | Company | Title | Certifications |
| Jonathan Levoy- Interim | Chair, Programs | Optimum Healthcare IT | Regional Director, Client Services | |
| John Paganini | Chair, Marketing & Communications | Paguar Informatics | President | MBA, CPHIMS |
| Amy Liberty | Chair, Sponsorships | Staffing Solutions Enterprises | Director, StaffMatrix On-Site Services | |
| Christine Hudak | Chair, Education | Kent State University | Professor & Program Coordinator, Health Informatics | Ph.D., RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS |
| Suzanne Fink | Chair, Memberships | Cleveland Clinic | Lead Clinical Analyst-Emerging Clinical Solutions Center | MSN, RN, CCRN-K |
| Larry Voyten | Chair, Advocacy | IoT Directions | Chief Strategist | |
| Gena Fouke | Chair, Special Issues | Connection | Strategic Healthcare Consultant | |
| Tanya Arthur | At-Large (East) Chair, Strategic Planning | Summa Health | CIO | |
| Pete Kandis | At-Large (East) | Aultman Hospital | Executive Director, Customer & Physician Services | |
| TBD | At-Large (West) | |||
| Donna Graham | At-Large (Open Area) | The MetroHealth System | Executive Director, Revenue Cycle | |
| Giuseppe Dilulio | At-Large (Greater Cleveland) | Blue Chip Consulting Group | Director of Business Development | |
| John Shanahan | At-Large (Greater Cleveland) | University Hospitals | Director of Cancer Informatics | |
| Michelle Bambauer | At-Large (Greater Cleveland) | University Hospitals | Manager, IT Clinical Applications | MSN, RN |
| Ashish Masih | At-Large (Greater Cleveland) | The MetroHealth System | Director, Business Applications | FACHE, CPHIMS |
| Brent Hicks | At-Large | Cleveland Clinic | CPHIMS, FHIMSS | |
| TBD | Student Board Member | TBD | TBD | |
| Appointed Committee Members | ||||
| Committee Members | Committees | Company | Title | Certifications |
| Brenda Sue Russell | Sponsorships Committee Member | University Hospitals- CMC Seidman | Chemotherapy Orders Specialist | MSN, RN-BC |
| David Kissinger | Advocacy Committee Member | City of Maumee | Councilperson | RN |
| Joo Hyun Ha | Education Committee Member | Firelands Regional Medical Center | Clinical Informatics Pharmacist | |
| Alex Laluk | Memberships Committee Member | Sisters of Charity Health System | Clincial Systems Analyst | |
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Membership Update
We are 1,300 members strong — up from 1,100 as of June 2014. If you would like to become a new member and belong to HIMSS affiliated organization, you can join for free via the HIMSS Organizational Affiliate Membership Sign-Up Page. Note that you must use a valid work or school email to take advantage of this great offer. NOHIMSS affiliate organizations include Akron Children’s Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Lake Health, Southwest General Health Center, Summa Health System, The MetroHealth System, University Hospitals, Cuyahoga Community College and John Carroll University. For a full list organizations, visit the HIMSS Organizational Affiliate Directory
If you do not belong to an HIMSS affiliated organization, you can select an individual membership option on the JoinHIMSS page. National HIMSS membership is offered at $199 which includes membership to NOHIMSS. Chapter-Only and student members are available for $39 and students for $30. Affiliates are automatically renewed with their organization; others will be reminded annually. New members can request a mentor via email with MENTOR in the subject line. If you have additional questions, please contact us at AskNOHIMSS
HIMSS Grant Assistance for Veterans
If you are an active duty person who is interested in Health IT or a veteran looking to advance please go to the national HIMSS website at HIMSS Veterans Career Services Initiative. Please contact Amy Justice who has a grant to help veterans and is a veteran herself. Also see bottom of this page for a feature on a fellow veteran.
Health Information Exchange
We are proud of our member contributions that helped make Ohio one of the nation’s best Health Information Exchanges – 90% of hospitals have joined an exchange. The CliniSync Health Information Exchange now has 149 hospitals contracted, more than 117 “live” sending results and reports directly to physicians and other providers, more than 400 long-term and post-acute care facilities, and independent physicians in over 1,200 practices.
NOHIMSS Sponsorships
If you are considering sponsoring an event, please see our Sponsor Page. For a list of our current sponsors, visit our Current Sponsors Page