 July 2010
Dear Chapter Members:
Our latest event was the Clinical Informatics Summit.
We had 250+ attendees at this event. We also had a few attendees that attended on-line.
Thank you to those of you that participated in this educational and informative event!
Presentations have been posted to our Past Events page
This Summit has been approved for up to 6.3 contact hours towards renewal of the CPHIMS credential. Click Here for the participant tracking form.
Be on the lookout for more valuable events in the new year. Our fiscal year begins July 1, and we have already begun planning. In the next couple of months we will have a Social Event, and our CIO Forum will be in December again.
Congratulations to Bill Spooner!
William Spooner, Senior Vice President and CIO, Sharp HealthCare, has been named CHIME-HIMSS 2009 John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year
Click Here for additional information
Economic Stimulus for the Healthcare IT Industry
Click on the button below to access the information and tools that HIMSS has provided to help make sense of ARRA, Meaningful Use,...
HIMSS Board Officers for the 2010-2011 year
Angela Rivera is our Chapter President
Sam King is our President Elect
Clark Kegley is our Vice President Administration
Despina Hopkins is our Vice President Program Services
Carl Elkins is our Vice President Finance/Treasurer
Great News for our Chapter! The HIMSS Membership and Board of Directors have informed the Southern California Chapter of HIMSS that we have been chosen as the recipient of the 2008 Chapter Innovations Grand Prize Award – Large Chapters. The Award recognizes innovative and quality practices in HIMSS Chapters. Click Here to read the press release.
Thank you for visiting the HIMSS Southern California Web Site. It is an honor to be Chapter President for 2009-2010. I want to express my deep appreciation to the HIMSS Southern California Chapter board and all of our chapter members for providing me this exceptional opportunity. I have been involved with the Chapter board for more than seven years, and the current board is an amazing group of people dedicated to making our chapter one of the best.
The Southern California Chapter of HIMSS is one of forty-six affiliated chapters of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the largest health care information systems professional organization in the nation. Our purpose is to bring health care professionals together to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge among colleagues and to assist members in their professional growth. We accomplish these objectives by presenting educational seminars/conferences, networking opportunities, and a forum for the exchange of ideas among those committed to the goal of improving patient care through the effective use of information technology.
Chapter members come from diverse backgrounds, all involved in some aspect of health care information systems and management. Our members consist of professionals from hospitals, clinic organizations, third-party payors, administrators, information technology vendors, nurses, consultants, physicians, and essentially anyone interested in the trends of health care information and management systems.
Why You Should Join Our Chapter
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Opportunity to grow professionally
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Career investment, development, advancement
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Learn new things from others
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Network with other health care professionals
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Educational opportunities
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Leadership opportunities
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Gain peer recognition
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Collaborative work on healthcare community common initiatives
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Collective voice for health care professionals
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Influence the industry direction
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Opportunity to submit and publish your work and get others' publications
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Give back to the profession
Volunteer Opportunities
The Southern California Chapter of HIMSS is dependent upon the volunteer efforts of our Board of Directors and Committee members. Are you looking for a great way to get to know your fellow Southern California Healthcare professionals and gain additional leadership experience?
We need you and your input. Please contact anyone on the Board of Directors or any of our Committee Chairs for information on how you can help keep our chapter healthy so we can continue to provide meaningful value to you and your peers.
Listed below you will find links to the Chapter Annual Standards Report that we provide to National HIMSS and our Southern California HIMSS Chapter By-Laws.
Annual Standards Report
Chapter By-Laws
In closing, I would like to thank Carl Hill for being an inspirational role model and for giving me a chance to see first-hand how to be an effective chapter president. Stay tuned for announcements of our upcoming events.
Best regards,
Angela Rivera
President, HIMSS Southern California Chapter
2010-2011
If you have a question or comment, please send me an e-mail
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