Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Eli Lilly Launches New Rotation Program for Medical Students

In case you missed this interesting announcement last week:

Tulane University School of Medicine participates in pilot program

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Lilly USA, LLC (NYSE: LLY) announced today the launch of a new rotation program for aspiring physicians. The rotation assignments cut across different aspects of the pharmaceutical company's business - from drug discovery and development to bioethics and patient safety - providing third- and fourth-year medical students a lens into the pharmaceutical industry, its vision and focus on improving patient outcomes.

Students from Tulane University School of Medicine will be the first to participate in the pilot program at Eli Lilly and Company's Indianapolis headquarters.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

ONC Health IT Fellows: Leaders in Health IT

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has a Health IT Fellows program. You can also get involved in the Health IT Vanguard program as a Meaningful Use Vanguard (MUVer).

The purpose of the Health IT Fellows (“Fellows”) is to provide grassroots insight and critical feedback/critique of appropriateness, clarity, and effectiveness of resources, tools, and other technical assistance initiatives of the ONC and others geared towards their peers. Fellows are empowered to ensure these and other communications are realistic, authentic, and clear to their colleagues in an effort to ensure that all messages and tools resonate with the provider and practice community. Fellows also act as champions to their provider and practice community colleagues on a local and national scale. Fellows will lend their voice and experience regarding ways providers can leverage Health IT to improve patient engagement and experience in the delivery of patient care, making Meaningful Use meaningful.

The Health IT Fellows are primary care providers and administrators representing a range of organization setting types including small practices, large practices, Critical Access Hospitals, rural clinics, and tribal health organizations. In order to promote relationship development and allow for a mature feedback process, the Fellows have been divided into three tracks which correspond directly with the National Quality Strategy, specifically:
  1. Patient Safety (NQS priority 1)
  2. Million Hearts (NQS priority 4)
  3. Leveraging MU in Community (NQS priority 5)
You can learn more about the ONC Health IT Fellows program here.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference 2014

Looking for a reason to visit Boston? Don't miss the MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference 2014 coming up in a few weeks.

MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference 2014
Precision Medicine & Impact of Innovation on Targeted Care
Friday February 28, 2014, 8:30 AM – 6:20 PM
Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel, Kendall Square, Cambridge MA

Keynote Speakers:
  • Dr Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Dr George Church, Ph.D., Wyss Institute of Synthetic Biology & Director of Personal Genome Project
  • Mr Alex Azar, President, Eli Lilly USA, former Deputy Secretary of US Department of Health and Human Services
  • Mr Kieran Murphy, President, CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Learn more here: http://www.web.mit.edu/sloanhcc/bioinnovations/2014/

Monday, February 3, 2014

Become Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)

The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) serves compliance professionals throughout the healthcare field. Our members include compliance officers and staff from a wide range of organizations, including hospitals, research facilities, clinics and technology service providers. HCCA is a member-based, non-profit organization.

If you work in healthcare compliance, you may want to consider becoming certified in Healthcare Compliance. More than 6,000 people actively hold at least one of the following compliance and ethics professional certifications, including an international certification for individuals who work outside the United States or those who have international affiliates.

Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)
Certified in Healthcare Research Compliance (CHRC)
Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC)
Certified in Healthcare Compliance Fellowship (CHC-F)
Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)
Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional-International (CCEP-I)
Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional Fellowship (CCEP-F)

You can also attend the HCCA Managed Care Compliance Conference coming up next week in AZ:
February 9–11, 2014 | Scottsdale, AZ
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa

Learn more here.