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Michelle Lee,
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Owen Dahl, FACHE, CHBC, CEO, SALCO
Management, Inc.
As CEO of SALCO Management, Inc., Mr. Dahl is responsible
for overall business strategy and provides business and
technical leadership. Currently working towards his PhD in
Healthcare at Nova Southeastern University, Mr. Dahl earned his
MBA at University of Northern Colorado, and a Bachelor of
Business from Concordia College.
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Gail Curley, RN, MBA, Manager of
Computer Applications, University of CO Hospital, Information
Services
Ms. Curley, Manager of Computer Applications at the
University of Colorado Hospital, offers balanced business,
technical, communication, nursing and project management skills,
developed through diverse extensive industry experience and an
MBA, major in Information Systems. At University of Colorado
Hospital, Ms. Curley leads internal multidisciplinary teams on
development and installation of software applications. Her
strengths include her ability to define the work breakdown
structure, develop and refine the project plan, and create
materials critical to the success of the implementation. Ms.
Curley often speaks publicly as a subject matter expert on EMR
implementation and value recognition.
Ms. Curley appears at the following conferences:
TEPR 2007 |
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Jeff Skjerseth,
Administrator, Cancer Treatment Center (CTC)
As administrator for the only completely paperless
freestanding comprehensive cancer center in the United States,
Mr. Skjerseth is an expert in the subject of applying technology
and data visualization to reduce expenses, enhance reporting
performance, and improve overall patient care. His work at CTC
endows him with domain expertise in running a multi-site
paperless comprehensive center that completely integrates a
PET/CT imaging facility.
Mr. Skjerseth appears at the following conferences:
OSCO 2007 - Automating/Practice Efficiency |
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Nancy Henderson, RN, West Michigan Cancer
Center
Since 1980, Nancy Henderson has worked in nursing. Her
career path began as a nurse’s aide followed by becoming a nurse
intern and later into a registered nurse position at a 48-bed
inpatient oncology unit. In 1994, Ms. Henderson became the
director of nurses at West Michigan Cancer Center (WMCC) in
Kalamazoo – the community’s first cancer center. In her current
role at WMCC, Ms. Henderson also advises the industry on
oncology-specific electronic medical systems software
development, including the development of Patient Encounter, a
computer assessment tool designed to enhance symptom management
and patient outcomes recording for the 2006 CMS chemotherapy
demonstration project.
Her continuing goal is to help further the ability to obtain
outcomes from nursing data by applying a leading edge electronic
medical record (EMR) software system designed specifically for
cancer treatment.
Ms. Henderson appears at the following
conference:
ONS 2006 |
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Mary Lynne Mundo, RN, West Michigan Cancer
Center
Mary Lynne Mundo has been a professional nurse in Kalamazoo,
MI for 30 years, spending 17 of those years working with
inpatient oncology patients at a local teaching hospital. Since
1994, Ms. Mundo has worked in outpatient cancer care at West
Michigan Cancer Center (WMCC). Originally in chemotherapy
administration, she continued to work for more than 8 years as a
nurse coordinator. Currently, Ms. Mundo focuses on chemotherapy
administration. During her five years of electronic medical
record (EMR) use at WMCC, Ms. Mundo participates in the
integration process that replaces the center’s paper record
system. Ms. Mundo’s contribution to transitioning into the use
of an EMR includes development of the patient evaluation
documentation for various disciplines at the cancer center.
Ms. Mundo appears at the following
conference:
ONS 2006 |
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Teresa M. McKay, President and CEO,
West Michigan Cancer
Center
Since 1993, Terry McKay has served as President and CEO of WMCC,
providing leadership and direction to the medical and support
staff, and assuring maintenance of high quality standards and
efficient operational procedures. Ms. McKay not only plans,
organizes, and directs WMCC’s cancer program services, she also
continuously evaluates programs and goals of WMCC, including its
transition to a paperless oncology EMR environment.
Ms. McKay shares her domain expertise on the path towards
managing a paperless cancer center, including the hardware and
software that is instrumental in the transition, and the
resulting ROI.
Ms. McKay appears at the following conference:
TEPR 2006 |
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Valerie Baldwin, RN OCN, Aim
Higher Nurse Champion,
South Carolina Oncology Associates
Ms. Baldwin, the 2005 recipient of the Oncology Nursing
Society’s Excellence in Oncology Nursing Private Practice Award,
is the EMR manager and Aim Higher Nurse Champion with South
Carolina Oncology Associates, Columbia. SCOA is the 10th largest
private physician oncology practice in the nation. Ms. Baldwin
believes technology holds the key to safe, timely, effective,
efficient, and quality patient care while also optimizing data
collection and access. She shares her expertise in this area by
presenting an exemplar SCOA case study on applying an oncology
EMR to streamline patient care and enhance quality measures.
Ms. Baldwin appears at the following conference:
TEPR 2006 |
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Karlie Hull, CIO, Hematology &
Oncology Specialists
With 11 years of experience in the Information Technology
field, Ms. Hull has drawn on her expertise to design, implement,
and maintain Hematology & Oncology Specialists’ current
electronic medical record (EMR) network infrastructure. The
11-site EMR network withstood Hurricane Katrina to prove the
value of paperless cancer centers and the integrity of Ms.
Hull’s network design and implementation. In fact, despite the
loss of irretrievable paper charts during the hurricane, HOS
could count on an intact EMR to ensure continuity of care for
their patients following the disaster, regardless of their
patients’ geographical location.
Ms. Hull appears at the following conference:
TEPR 2006 |
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Matthew W. Schneider, MBA, B.S.R.T(R)(T)(CT),
ROCC, Director of Cancer Institute, St. John’s Hospital
Springfield, IL
Mr. Schneider has over ten years of experience in the field of
Oncology. He oversees all functions of the Radiation Oncology,
Medical Physics, adult and pediatric clinical research programs
with significant interaction with the inpatient medical oncology
unit, hospice unit, and tumor registry. Mr. Schneider is
expanding the St. John’s radiotherapy unit with IGRT
capabilities and converting the facility to a paperless chart.
He has been a guest speaker of numerous events at Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine Annual Symposium, IMPAC
Medical Systems Annual Users Meeting at ASTRO, and Missouri
Society of Radiologic Technologist. His topics include:
Overcoming challenges to cancer care in a rural setting,
Comprehensive cancer management, Image fusion in Radiation
Oncology, Radiation, Oncology billing and coding, simplifying
the maze, Implementation of total electronic charting in
Radiation Oncology.
Mr. Schneider appears at the following conference:
ASRT 2007 |
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Linda Dohse, RN, BSN, CRNI,
Ms. Dohse has worked for 17 years as the clinical coordinator at
Palmetto Hematology Oncology at the Gibbs Cancer Center in
Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her advocacy of integrated oncology
EMR benefits was pivotal to PHO’s decision to implement IMPAC’s
medical oncology solution. Ms. Dohse recognizes the critical
role that oncology information systems play in proving the
quality of oncology care required by pay-for-performance
programs. Additionally, Ms. Dohse shares successful economic and
reimbursement strategies with other nurses and ambulatory
centers. Ms. Dohse offers advice on process and efficiency
improvements in three articles that she wrote in 2006.
Ms. Dohse appears at the following conference:
TEPR 2007 |
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