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Wisconsin Health Information Management Association

The Link--Winter 2008

Jennifer Laughlin--President's Message (continues)

STRATEGIC “BIG ROCKS”

 1. EHR  

  • The Leadership Conference Team
    • This team put on a very successful e-Discovery workshop in November. The evaluations were very positive, as this topic seems like a “hot” one. Discussions are in place to add this topic as a chapter in future versions of the Legal Resource Manual.
  • The myPHR Team   
    • AHIMA rolled out a new national myPHR campaign in October.  Peg Schmidt and Chrisann Lemery forwarded WHIMA ’s presenters an article on PHRs that appeared in the Kenosha News.  AHIMA was mentioned along with their website. Peg Schmidt attended the Gateway Tech College Advisory committee meeting and discussed how we might partner with the college to introduce the PHR concept to their students and faculty. Peg reports they would definitely like to explore this and have some presentations given. This is beyond just the HIT class, but to other health programs as well. John Lynch was present and would like to explore this for UWM as well.  Peg is looking for volunteers who would do the presentations and work with John Lynch, Cindy Fickenscher and her to develop the idea. They have health fairs as well that this would fit into.  Please contact Peg if interested.
    • WHIMA ’s Marketing Team will be working with this team as they have identified the PHR campaign as an area for focus. There will be a conference call to discuss ideas/strategies
  • The e-Health Board
    • HISPC activities have continued, with the work group concluding its assignment to propose changes to Wisconsin Statutes 146 and 51.30  (the 146 recommendations have been posted on the WHIMA CoP) and will be submitted to the eHealth Board at the December meeting.
    • There is still considerable dissent surrounding 51.30, mainly with the mental health advocates. The eHealth Board to date has shown great interest in placing patient safety first.

 2. Engagement  

  • The Recruitment Team
    • The volunteer and new graduate recruitment teams were combined this year. Several of our board members are diligently working to understand the issues surrounding dwindling recruitment and clinical placement numbers. We look forward to their results in working to improve!

3. Image Building  

  • The Marketing Team
    • Speaking of the marketing team…this is a new one we created this year. Through the strategic planning process, we discovered so many opportunities to “market”, not only the HIM profession but WHIMA .
    • The team is focusing on two major objectives:
      • Sponsor WHIMA to other associations:
        • We will be present at two association meetings this year. The goal will be to exhibit as well as speak, if possible.
        • The team will be working with Laurie Schimek to developing the theme for the exhibits.
        • The two associations identified are HIMSS and the State Medical Society. Cheryl Becker attended this fall’s HIMSS meeting on behalf of WHIMA . Thank you!
      • The second objective is to get the word out about the myPHR campaign. The marketing team will work with the myPHR team.
      • One of the campaign goals is to encourage all members of WHIMA to lead the way in the creation of PHRs. We will be developing helping tips to do so. Stay tuned for more information!
  • The Link Team
    • WHIMA members continue to comment that they like the new printer-friendly version.
  • The E-communications Team
    • The e-communications team continues to work on archiving the previous issues and hopes to place this issue on the web site soon. 

4. Preparing the Workforce

  • The Annual Conference and Fall Conference Teams
    • The Fall Conference team had a very successful meeting this past fall in the WI Dells. The Annual Conference Team is right on track and has an abundance of excellent topics to present this spring!! It is going to be one of the best! Keep looking for details out soon! For details, go to www.whima.org.
  • The Spirit Team
    • This team is responsible for our ‘fun’, especially at the annual conference. They seem to out do themselves every year.

5. Organization and Financial Management

  • The Scholarship Team
    • This team reviewed applications and awarded one scholarship this year.
  • The Legal Resource Team
    • 2007 update to be completed in December.
  • The Professional Practice Manual Team
  • This team worked very hard in 2007 to make major edits and additions to this manual. They are available for purchase through WHIMA .

I know I haven’t covered all the activities on all the teams…but, I am sure you can see that we have been incredibly busy in 2007…2008 doesn’t look any less busy. We love it and wouldn’t have it any other way…actually, I take that back…what we would love even more is more volunteers on the work teams. We are always looking for more creative and task-oriented members to work with us to accomplish the goals of WHIMA . If anyone is interested, please let me know. Enjoy your new year…I’ll be in touch soon!

Jennifer Laughlin , MBA, RHIA
WHIMA -President