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Medical Informatics. Why change the world? To me that's what life is about. If you don't do that, you might as well hibernate and sleep. If everyone thinks what you do is "normal" . . . it probably is. Why do that? Do something else! - Dean Kamen, Inventor of "Ginger," a personal transportati
                
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1. GCC HIMSSHealth IT Leadership ExchangeFebruary 4, 2011 Mimi Broeker
Vice President
Medical Informatics 
2. Medical Informatics  
Why change the world? To me that's what life is about. If you don't do that, you might as well hibernate and sleep. If everyone thinks what you do is "normal" . . . it probably is. Why do that? Do something else!
				- Dean Kamen, Inventor of "Ginger," a personal transportation breakthrough  
3. My Career  30 years in 30 seconds Medical Records
Nursing School (for a little while)
Undergrad Degree  Communications / Journalism
Front Desk Receptionist
Coder / Biller
Administrative Coordinator
Graduate Degree - MBA
Clinical Office Manager
Administrative Director, Operations
Assistant Vice President, Operations
Sr. Director, Ambulatory, Medical Informatics
Assistant Vice President, Medical Informatics
Vice President, Medical Informatics
 
4. NorthShore Career Paths Application Analyst Levels
Programmer Analyst Levels
Project Lead
Management Track	Technical Track
Manager Levels		Application Consultant
Director			Project Specialist
Sr. Leadership
 
5. Skill Set  Whats Important? What Physicians say:
Understand what we do
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the systems you support
Know how to communicate with us
 
6. Future of my role More organizations will view Medical Informatics and Information Systems as a partner to achieve strategic goals
Medical Informatics Leaders will have an equal balance of technical skill and first hand user experience
 
7. Whats attainable 1 - 3 years post grad Find the balance:
If you have an operations background - get technical experience
If you have a technical background - get operations experience
Be willing to walk in a lot of different shoes to gain knowledge and experience
Get certified as soon as the opportunity presents 
Be at the right place at the right time 
8. Whats attainable 1 - 3 years post grad Possible Positions:
	Application Analyst
	Programmer
	Project Specialist
	Project Manager (Supervisory)
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery,                       it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. -Michelangelo 
 
9. Strategy for Achieving Meaningful Use 
10. Meaningful Use Strategy 
11. Meaningful Use Strategy Proposed IFR published		Dec 2009
Internal analysis & review		Jan 2010  Mar 2010
Formed committee structure	Apr 2010
Began work effort 			Jun 2010
	- items we were sure to stay in FR
Final Rule published		Jul 2010
Action plan finalized			Aug 2010
Reporting  multiple iterations	Sep 2010  Dec 2010
Education to Users			Sep 2010  Dec 2010
Baseline Reports			Jan 2011
Target Attestation			Jun 2011				 
12. 
Thank You
mbroeker@northshore.org