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Welcome to the Clinical Gateway, the one-stop resource for understanding how healthcare IT can help tackle the challenges clinicians face today:
- Access the clinical thought-leadership educational webcasts
- Read the latest clinical IT news and updates on the sites that are leveraging IT to their success
- Stay informed about upcoming conferences and events
- Hear updates from Siemens clinical leadership
What's New?
A Letter from Gail Latimer: Thoughts on HIMSS ‘13 and Nursing Informatics 105kB
Bridging the EHR Divide
Main Line Health's Karen Thomas featured in Healthcare Informatics article
Published December 18, 2012
Ready, Set, Go: Performance-Based Reimbursement
John Glaser and Neeraj Chopra, Siemens Health Services
In the evolving health care ecosystem, providers must be prepared to handle a complex mix of both public and private sector payment mechanisms while meeting a diverse set of patient safety and quality goals. Read the article.
Gail Latimer is First Nurse Executive Appointed to AONE’s Board of Directors
Siemens Health Services congratulates Gail Latimer, vice president and chief nursing officer, on her appointment to the American Organization of Nurse Executives’ (AONE) Region 2 Board of Directors, representing Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Latimer’s selection is unique in that she is the first nurse executive in the HIT sector to be chosen for this honor and is emblematic of her reputation and continued contributions to the nursing profession. Click here for the AONE press release.
Nursing in the New Decade Series 2012: Have you read any or all of the five chapters of our popular nursing series? Click here to explore how nurses at Siemens customer sites are leveraging technology to make profound impacts on clinical care delivery and healthcare industry initiatives. The fifth and final chapter of our popular e-series on using technology to support clinical practice is now available.
"Essentials in Nursing Informatics 5th edition” – Free Chapter Available
Workflow and Healthcare Process Management
Enter “Siemens2” for the access code.
John Glaser, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, and Gail E. Latimer, MSN, RN, FACHE, FAAN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Siemens Health Services, have played integral roles as distinguished contributors to McGraw Hill’s newly-updated textbook, “Essentials in Nursing Informatics 5th edition.”
For a limited time, Siemens is pleased to offer our customers and prospects a free downloadable chapter, Workflow and Healthcare Process Management. This chapter examines the role of information technology in the continuum of care.
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Next upcoming events:
Innovations ’13 for Healthcare IT
August 11-14, 2013
San Diego, CA
Bridging the EHR Divide
Published in Healthcare Informatics, December 18, 2012
Hospital systems ease access
Charleston Daily Mail
Technology professionals and doctors from Thomas Memorial, Charleston Area Medical Center, and St. Mary’s discuss how Soarian is allowing clinical care teams to access information instantly and provide patients with quicker, more efficient care.
Take advantage of the excellent education opportunities found in our complimentary webcast section and earn continuing nursing education credits.
Registration details coming soon.
2013 Nursing Thought Leadership Webcasts
Siemens announces the first webcast in its popular thought leadership series. These education sessions explore topics that impact the nursing profession and highlight improvements in clinical practice to address today’s evolving world of health reform.
Achieving Success with Joint Commission Standards
Roberta Fruth, PhD, RN, FAAN, JCR/JCI, Senior Consultant, Joint Commission Resources
Learn about updates to the Joint Commission standards and how you can prepare your organization for success during the survey process. This session will highlight changes in requirements, tips and strategies for implementation, and how to approach the survey in a world of electronic health records.
Click here for the webcast replay.
Siemens Nursing Informatics webcast series features topics that are relevant for nursing informatics today and tomorrow. With many national initiatives underway, including ARRA and Health Reform, the role of nursing informatics will take on greater importance. These education sessions explore how the role of nursing informatics will continue to evolve and how you can best prepare, in addition to sharing ways organizations have captured the power of health IT to address clinical practice.
Earn Credit for Attending: Continuing Nursing Education Credits of 1.0 contact hour will be offered by Corexcel. Corexcel is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Webcasts on Demand
Nursing Informatics: Bridging Clinical Practice and IT
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Continuing Nursing Education Credits will be offered by Corexcel
Tips and Tricks for Improving Usability in Electronic Medical Records
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Continuing Nursing Education Credits will be offered by Corexcel
Utilizing Technology as a Tool to Advance the Management and Care of the Diabetic Patient Population
December 14, 2011: Tammy Miles, Manager, Integration and Workflow; Sharon Easter, RNC, CDE, CPT, Office Manager; and Lisa Wood, Workflow Developer, Riverside Health System
Technology as a Tool to Support Complex Clinical Workflow Processes
June 13, 2011; featured speakers: Barbara B. Frink, PhD, RN, FAAN Vice President for Clinical Excellence and Informatics, Main Line Health and Deborah Evenson, MSIST, BSN, RN-BC Vice Project Manager, Workflow Engine, Information Services, Main Line Health.
Siemens Nursing Thought Leadership webcast series presents new topics for nursing leaders that address the impacts of healthcare reform on clinical practice, the changing role of leadership in meeting challenges of the new decade, and achieving successful results in addressing ever-changing industry and regulatory demands.
Earn Credit for Attending: Continuing Nursing Education Credits of 1.0 contact hour will be offered by Corexcel. Corexcel is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Webcasts on Demand
Understanding the Impact of Magnet: Recognizing Excellence in Nursing
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Maximizing the Use of IT to Address the Needs of the Cardiac Patient Population
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Preparing Your Organization for the 2012 Joint Commission Standards
February 7, 2012: Roberta Fruth, PhD, RN, FAAN, JCR/JCI Senior Consultant, Joint Commission Resources
Download presentation487kB
Nursing for the Future: Are We There Yet?
January 23, 2012: Julie Fairman, RN, PhD, FAAN, Nightingale Professor and Nursing Director, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Investigator in Health Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
Download presentation1.81MB
Coordinating Care with MobileMD
Complexity Leadership: Guiding Healthcare through the Storm of Reform
January 10, 2011: Tim Porter O'Grady, DM, EdD, ScD(h) GCNS-BC, NEA-BC, FAAN, Senior Partner, Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates, Associate Professor and Leadership Scholar.
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How Advances in Genomics Will Change Nursing Practice
November 1, 2010: Patricia J Friend, PhD, APRN, AOCN, Assistant Professor, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago
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