Welcome to the New Jersey Chapter of HIMSS Improving the Quality of Healthcare Through Technology
The New Jersey Chapter of the Healthcare Information Management System Society (NJ HIMSS) is a consortium of healthcare professionals who are committed to promoting constant improvement in the use of information technology within the healthcare industry.
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Office of the Chief Privacy Officer plans to perform a project using a qualitative data collection approach to obtain in-depth information from mHealth users regarding privacy and security concerns with this technology and perspectives on potential safeguards. mHealth refers to the use of mobile devices to communicate health information, and includes text messaging, email accessibility on the device, Skype, or the use of applications downloaded to the device. A series of focus groups will be held in a variety of geographic regions to look at the attitudes and perspectives of individuals across different populations.
The Project Management Institute-New Jersey Chapter (PMINJ) invites the New Jersey Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and members to participate in their "2011 Project of the Year" competition.
PMINJ is accepting nominations for the "2011 Project Of the Year" competition through January 31, 2012. We invite you to nominate a worthy 2011 project executed by your organization or your members for this prestigious award.
Further information on nomination rules and processes are available at www.pminj.org/nj_poy.mr.
Indranil Ganguly is one of our New Jersey HIMSS Chapter board members. Ganguly is the Vice President and CIO of CentraState Medical Center. He is the Past President of the NJ HIMSS Chapter and has Co-Chaired the Advocacy Committee for several years. Ganguly also served as Public Policy Chair for HIMSS Governmental Affairs during 2010 – 2011. Ganguly has also been awarded the 2011 State Advocacy Award from The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
Update (December 7th, 2011): Ganguly has been selected to the HIMSS National Board and his term will expire in June 2013.
New Jersey HIMSS would like to thank everyone for their support.
Key Findings from the New Jersey Health Information Network Request for Information (NJHIN RFI) Colleen Woods, New Jersey Health IT Coordinator, hosted a webinar on Friday, October 21, 2011 to review the findings resulting from an evaluation of responses to the NJHIN Request for Information. Colleen summarized the overall strengths, weaknesses, and key learnings from the RFI responses, and outlined the next steps for NJHIN. The webinar also included an open online Q&A session for attendees.
It took coordinated effort by the entire Somerset Medical Center (SMC) organization to become one of three hospital centers in New Jersey to attest for Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 1. The project was led by Dave Dyer, Vice President of Information Technology Services and Planning and CIO, and Barbara Boelter, Assistant Vice President of Information Technology. How was the organization able to achieve this feat? This is a story of how a vision created a set of goals and how the goals were aligned and adjusted to MU requirements. This, along with detailed planning and a commitment to results, led to the September, 2011 submission.
The 2011 NJ/DV HIMSS Fall Conference in Atlantic City, NJ on September 22-23 was a huge success. Visit our Fall Conference website to find recaps of all the breakout sessions, video from all theater presentations, interoperability demonstration videos, PDF presentations from speakers, and more!
NJHIMSS would like to congratulate one of our very own board members, Indranil (Neal) Ganguly, for being nationally recognized by CHIME for his State Advocacy leadership. Congratulations Neal!
Dave Dyer is the newest President of the New Jersey HIMSS Chapter. Dave is the Vice President and CIO of Somerset Medical Center. Dave recently spoke about NJ HIMSS, upcoming events, and his plans as President.
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The New Jersey chapter of HIMSS announces the opening of the 2011 Scholarship program for students of Healthcare Information Technology and Information Management.
4 annual scholarships will be awarded.
One award($5000) for Graduate studies
One award($2500) for undergraduate studies
Two awards ($500) for Community college certificate based programs
Criteria:
Applicants for the NJ HIMSS scholarships must fulfill these minimum requirements:
The applicant must be a Student in a New Jersey Based school program.
The applicant must be sponsored by a member of NJ HIMSS who is in good standing.
The primary occupation of the applicant at the time the scholarship is awarded must be that of student in an accredited Undergraduate, Masters, PhD or certificate program in the Healthcare information or Healthcare Management field.
The applicant should have an academic average of B or better. (certificate students may submit a letter of recommendations as a substitute for transcripts)
All applicants are asked to submit a copy of their academic transcripts and a 500 word Essay on Healthcare Information Technology, online.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. – July 7, 2011 – In keeping with President Barack Obama’s vision of improved healthcare delivery nationwide, the 211-bed East Orange General Hospital (EOGH) has launched an innovative electronic medical records system that will support enhancements in efficiency while ensuring accuracy and patient safety. On June 28th, East Orange General Hospital went “live” with an industry leading computerized system that will reduce the need for traditional paper records.
On July 21, 2011, Colleen Woods, NJ Health IT Coordinator, and Al Campanella, Chair of NJ HIT Commission, presented the morning keynote at NJTC’s “2011 NJ HIE Summit: Filling in the White Space.” Located at NJHA Headquarters in Princeton, NJ, the morning keynote was called “Where Are We Now and Where are We Going.” Questions were answered as well. For agenda, registration, and exhibits, see the Event Website.
Campanella is also VP and CIO, Virtua Health, Inc., and VP, NJHIMSS.
The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) will hold its first NYeC Digital Health Conference December 1st and 2nd, 2011 in New York City at Pier Sixty on the Chelsea waterfront.
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On January 13, 2011, Somerset Medical Center (SMC), Somerville, NJ, was able to achieve what only 2% of community hospitals and only 10% of hospitals nationwide with an Electronic Health Record (EHR) based CPOE system were able to do: Register for the attestation and audit for Stage 1 EHR Meaningful Use as directed by the HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. With a packed audience of supporters and colleagues, executives of Somerset Medical Center literally “pushed the button,” making the commitment to begin the process.
Newark, Apr 7, 2010. The White House announced yesterday that New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will receive more than $23 million of the $2 billion allocated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to achieve widespread meaningful use of health IT and facilitate use of an electronic health record (EHR) by every person by the year 2014. The newborn New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) initiative proposed by NJIT Senior Vice President for Research and Development Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, principal investigator, will assist New Jersey’s health care providers in their significant use of health information technology through outreach, consultation and user support for the state’s primary care providers serving at-risk population centers. To read the complete story go to: http://www.njit.edu/news/2010/2010-107.php
US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced March 15, 2010 that New Jersey will receive $11,408,594 to build its health information exchange infrastructure. New Jersey was one of 16 states or designated state entities to receive a portion of the $162 million announced in this second and final round.
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Indranil Ganguly is one of our New Jersey HIMSS Chapter board members. Ganguly is the Vice President and CIO of CentraState Medical Center. He is the Past President of the NJ HIMSS Chapter and has Co-Chaired the Advocacy Committee for several years. Ganguly also served as Public Policy Chair for HIMSS Governmental Affairs during 2010 – 2011. Ganguly has also been awarded the 
Key Findings from the New Jersey Health Information Network Request for Information (NJHIN RFI)
