ISHE Issues

Midwest Conference Exhibitor Spotlight: EMI

Start forming your "Groundwork for Success" with the innovative education and networking designed to hone and enhance the skills you use daily in your profession. Mark your calendar now for the next Midwest Healthcare Engineering Conference November 4-6, 2009 in Indianapolis.

As a preview of the conference, ISHE Issues will highlight some of the new and returning exhibitors for this year's conference. This issue we take a closer look at EMI.

Engineering Ministries International (EMI) is a non-profit Christian development organization made up of architects, engineers and design professionals who donate their skills to help children and families around the world step out of poverty and into a world of hope.

Each year, more than 2.2 million people in developing countries die from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene (UN Water Policy Brief, 2005).

EMI exists to transform lives by providing hope to poorest of the poor. We invite you to join us on an upcoming project.

Learn more about EMI at http://emiworld.org or by speaking with your fellow ISHE member who has volunteered on an EMI project: Alison Pacheco, P.E., Senior Project Manager at Clarian Health Partners. Alison was part of a team of five engineers and two architects that traveled to Bolivia. "I enjoyed the adventure and the challenge," reports Alison. You may reach Alison at apachec1@clarian.org.

Improving the Patient Experience with Nurse Call Technology

Date/Time:
Thursday, August 27th
10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. EST

With the advent of the HCAHPS program, the way you deliver care is as equally important as the care itself. Patient experience is no longer secondary or expendable; it is the critical foundation for care quality and patient safety. The availability of your HCAHPS scores to consumers, competitors and the media with a direct link to future reimbursement, has made a positive patient experience a business imperative.

While nursing leadership is increasingly held accountable for driving higher HCHAPS scores, rarely do the necessary tools accompany the mandate.

We invite you to join this insightful discussion highlighting the crucial role of today's nurse call technology with integrated staff locating as one of your most valuable tools for improving patient experience. The focus of this webinar will be the innovative ways nurse call technology can enhance each component of the patient experience including:

The successful integration of advanced nurse call technology into care processes to directly improve communication, response time and the care environment.
The use of nurse call technology as an effective performance improvement tool to improve care responsiveness and increase patient care time.
A case study showcasing the real-world application of nurse call technology and the positive outcomes that were derived.

Presenters
Michelle McCleerey, PhD, MA, MEd, MBA, RN
Director, Patient Safety Business Unit
Hill-Rom IT Solutions

Mary Ann S. Jacobs, MS, BSN, RN, CNA-BC
Manager of Centralized Monitoring
Bryn Mawr Hospital

Earn CEU Credit: 1.0 Contact Hours
Earn educational credits while learning best practices and trends available to aide you in your patient care. This webinar brings technical insight to a level that promotes clear understanding for the clinicians. Strengthen your ability to influence the decisions that bring you the right tools required to provide quality care and improve efficiency.

Who should attend:
Chief Nursing Officers, Nurse Managers, Nursing Staff, (and any others who ESCO targets)ie:
Facilities design, construction, plant operations, bio med clinical engineering.

Register now at:
https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8001233085/Registration.aspx?pageName=69lc0blwk5db99bv