The Kansas Chapter of HIMSS board has carefully considered the options and a decision is never easy to make. However, as the result of multiple considerations, the 2020 KSHIMSS Chapter Conference scheduled for May 7 & 8 will be cancelled. 

Kansas HIMSS joins a long list of institutions that are cancelling events to protect the health and safety of attendees and to support the wider public effort to slow the spread of the virus. Those that registered will be issued a full refund of their conference registration within a few business days. We encourage you address any room accommodations as soon as possible to prevent penalty for late cancellation.

Thank you to each member of the Board of Directors for all their hard work, especially our Events co-chairs Mia Kauffman and Shavonda Thrower, and President-Elect Tami Corn.

The board will begin working to plan the 2021 KSHIMSS Chapter Conference with details to be provided at a later date. Please contact me with any questions.

Sincerely,

Shawn Weldin
President, KSHIMSS

The Greater KC HIMSS Chapter will hold their “Annual State of Healthcare IT” where State and National thought leaders will share how healthcare IT is evolving, legislative updates, happenings, ideas and educational topics to help foster communication and awareness to our local, regional and national members.  

GKC HIMSS would like to invite the members of the KS HIMSS chapter to attend.   The Annual State of Healthcare event is on January 28th from 8:30-12:30.  HIMSS President, Hal Wolf, and Kansas Hospital Association President, Tom Bell, will be presenting.

The event will be held at Johnson County Community College - Regnier Center, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66210.

For additional information, click below:

https://kchimssc.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=18&ts=1575649068

Enter code: KAHIMSS

KHA Welcome Reception – Wednesday Sept 4th at 7 pm
Visit with KSHIMSS President Shawn Welden and Vice President Elect Amanda Vandervoort at the Welcome Reception.
 
KHA Trade Show
While attending the KHA Convention, stop by the KSHIMSS booth at the Trade Show and enter the drawing for the Trade Show Prizes. The Trade Show Floor will be open Thursday 3:00 – 6:00 and Friday 10:30 - 12:00.
 
KHA Educational Session
KSHIMSS will conduct an Education Session on Friday, September 6th at Noon. Daniel Warren, MO, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita will provide an information-packed session on Epidemiology and Advocacy for Opioid-Related Disease.

Make plans to attend the 2019 KSHIMSS Chapter Conference
Early Bird Registration closes March 18.
Click to register - https://kshimss2019.eventbrite.com/

We don't want to miss you at the Chapter Conference!
Early Bird Registration closes March 18.
Click to register - https://kshimss2019.eventbrite.com/

FINAL NOTICE
If you are interested in any Officer or Chair position or if you want to nominate anyone for one of the positions below, the deadline has been extended to March 22, 2019.  Please submit the name and contact information to the nominating chair below. Now is your opportunity to make a difference and become more involved with your local chapter. We welcome new faces and new ideas.

The Kansas Chapter of HIMSS elections will be held this spring. The officers and chair positions are for a two-year term that will begin July 1, 2019. At this time the following persons and positions have been nominated to serve on the Board:

Deadline extension to March 22, 2019
Send nominations to:
Bob Lies – Nominating Committee
rlies@gpha.com • 785-295-9371

February 6, 2019 -- Make plans to attend the 2019 KSHIMSS Chapter Conference on March 28 & 29, 2019 at Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview Wichita, 400 W. Douglas Ave. in Wichita. The Keynote presentation will be "You Make A Difference" by Dr. Nanette Roberts.  Dr Roberts is a fellow Kansan with degrees from Kansas State and Saint Paul School of Theology.  Be reminded why each one of us is so important to the goal of making healthcare better.  We set clinical staff up to be able to take the best possible care of patients. Additional topics during the conference include Opioid Crisis Updates, CyberSecurity, as well as, Rapid File presentations and round table discussions.  <<Click here for the Conference Brochure>>

Hello KS HIMSS members, we have a call for speakers to participate in our Rapid Fire/Table Top activity at the 2019 KSHIMSS Chapter Conference, March 28th and 29th which will be held in Wichita Kansas.

If interested in speaking the requirement for this activity is to present a topic for 5 minutes (prefer no slides, but can have 1 slide up to speak to if needed), then 5 minutes is allotted for question and answer from the participants.

Then later in the day you will lead a 20 minute break out session three different  times, each lasts for 20 minutes. Conference participants will rotate for 3 sessions, each 20 minutes to the table of their choice during this time. It’s a great way to begin your speaking career! We welcome topics key to KSHIMSS interests: Interoperability, Clinical Informatics, Device Strategies, Technology Innovations, CyberSecurity  …. If you have a topic you are passionate about send the idea to Mia at Mia.Kaufman@ascension.org with your topic, name and contact info by Dec 1st if you are interested in being a Rapid Fire speaker for KSHIMSS 2019 event. 

Congratulations to Dr. Sam Antonios!  He has qualified for HIMSS fellow.

Dr. Antonios is Medical Director for Information Systems, CDI and CM physician advisor at Via Christi since 2012. He graduated from medical school in 2003 then started residency at KU School of Medicine- Wichita. He is a Board Certified internist and serves as HIM committee chair for Via Christi Hospitals in Wichita, KS. He is also a practicing hospitalist and sees patients in the hospital.

Dr. Antonios serves on the KSHHIMSS Board of Directors as Physician Liaison.

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment today recognized two Kansas hospitals for their support of the Kansas Syndromic Surveillance Program (KSSP). Labette Health, a 99-bed hospital in Parsons, and Wesley Medical Center, a 760-bed hospital in Wichita, received the recognitions at the annual meeting of the Kansas Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in Wichita, May 3-4, 2018.

 

The two hospitals were recognized for complete and timely reporting of electronic health record (EHR) data to KSSP. As a result, both hospitals have contributed to the protection of the community by maintaining data quality and responding quickly to quality improvement issues.

 

“By participating in the Syndromic Surveillance Program, these hospitals help make a difference for public health in Kansas,” said KDHE Secretary Jeff Andersen. “Labette Health and Wesley Medical Center deserve this recognition for their hard work and diligence in this important area.”

 

In Kansas 79 hospitals submit data to KSSP via their EHR system. Deidentified data from participating hospitals containing the patient's chief complaint information arrives within hours of the patient's arrival to an emergency department.  From that information, KDHE's Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics successfully tracked influenza and pneumonia activity over the flu season and has worked to ensure all measles cases have been identified in the current Eastern Kansas measles outbreak.

 

The receipt of EHR information from hospitals participating in Syndromic Surveillance and other public health registries, reportable diseases, cancer registry, and immunization registry, has assisted the agency's efforts to protect public health.

 

There is still time to register for your KSHIMSS HIT conference in Wichita  May 3rd and 4th. Come learn from our outstanding speakers and network with peers.   Check out the conference brochure information to register.   

Make plans to attend the 2018 KSHIMSS Education Conference on May 3 & 4, 2018 at Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview Wichita, 400 W. Douglas Ave. in Wichita.

The Keynote presentation will be "Healthcare Information Mangement is a Marathon" by Matt Jones.  Mr. Jones travels the country speaking on ways to overcome challenges and achieve greater victory.  He is a 3-time cancer conqueror and seven continent marathon man. 

Additional topics during the conference include Population Health in rural America, MACRA/MIPS, Ransomeware/Security, as well as, Rapid File presentations and round table discussions. 

Click here for the Conference Brochure.

I am torn about my time as Kansas Chapter of HIMSS president coming to an end after two years. I so enjoyed serving our organization in the leadership role and will miss it. We grew our membership double digits each year, continued to expand the quality and content of our educational and conference offerings, and expanded the communication of the benefits of being a member.
However, the good of my transition far outweighs the bad. We could not ask for a better president than Michelle McGuire. Michelle has been helping with many of the president's responsibilities for some time and is primed to take the organization to the next level. We also have several current and future leaders on our Board. Simply going down the list of Board members gives me
a tremendous amount of confidence that our Chapter is in safe hands.
It is the support of these individuals that made my job easy. I thank everyone for their tremendous time and energy over the last two years and am excited to see where we head from here.
Onward and Upward!
Chris Wilson

Fellow KSHIMSS Chapter members:

I am looking forward to serving as the chapter president for the next two years. As incoming president I would like noth- ing better than to meet each of you this year at one of our chapter events.

Under Chris Wilson and the board of directors leadership the last two years our chapter has grown and is flourishing. Our chapter has grown to 426 members strong and is growing every month. Our outstanding board of directors take their job seriously to provide quality programing so you can get the most out of your KSHIMSS Chapter member- ship. We are always looking for ways to provide value to the membership.

The new board term starts July 1, we have a nice mix of long standing board members and some new blood bringing in new energy and ideas. We have ambitious goals for the 2017 - 2019 board term. We are starting a chapter newsletter, we have already started work on the education confer- ence we hold in the
spring. Mark your calendars now to save the dates of May 3rd and 4th 2018, this event will be held in Wichita, KS.

It’s not too late to register for our
Spring Conference in Wichita
 View the full Conference Brochure

***  E L E C T I O N S       E L E C T I O N S       E L E C T I O N S  ***

March 28, 2017 -- The Kansas Chapter of HIMSS is proud to present the following slate of officers and chair positions for election. The officers and chair positions are for a two year term which will begin July 1, 2017. Please cast your ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote via email to rlies@gpha.com before noon, March 31, 2017.

LEARN MORE

View information about candidates for board positions.

• Abby VanDen Haak
• Chase Tinius
• Earl Akers
• Mia Kaufman
• Tiffanie Hickman

Meet officers and chair positions up for re-election:

• Michelle McGuire
• Shawn Weldin
• Sara Warnock
• Trisha Harkness
• Lynette Dick
• Blaine Cappel
• Alisha Herrman
• Sally Othmer
• Sam Antonios, M.D.
• Tami Corn
• Amanda Vandervoort

Meet members to non-elected positions:

• Chris Wilson
• Bob Lies
• Kerry Kellerman
• Ken Abendshien

REGISTER TODAY!
Make plans to attend the annual 2017 Kansas Chapter Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (KSHIMSS) Spring Workshop to be held Thursday and Friday, April 6-7, 2017 in Wichita, KS at the Drury Plaza Broadview Wichita.
 
EARLY REGISTRATION (if received by April 3, 2017). The registration fee is $145.00 for 2017 KSHIMSS members and $195.00 for non-members.
 
Registrations received after April 3, 2017 will be charged $170.00 for members and $220.00 for non-members.
 
To register by mail, please complete this registration form and mail with a check payable to Kansas HIMSS to the following:
 
Kansas Hospital Association
Attn: Dee Lewis
215 SE 8th
Topeka, Kansas  66603
Phone: (785) 276-3110    Email: dlewis@kha-net.org    Fax: (785) 233-6955
 
The conference will be held at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview Wichita, 400 West Douglas Ave., Wichita, KS  67202.  A block of rooms has been reserved at the rate of $116.00 plus tax per night.  In order to receive this discounted rate, reservations need to be made by March 17th.  Please contact the Drury Plaza Hotel to make your reservations online or by calling 1-800-325-0720.

Click here to download the full brochure.
 
See you in Wichita!