LOCATION:
The meeting was held in Baptist Health System’s General Office Building in the Class Room.

ATTENDANCE:	
See attachment

OPENING REMARKS
Nancy Campbell opened the meeting and welcomed everyone and introduced Cheryl Glasscock.

PRESENTATIONS
o Cheryl Glasscock, RHIA made an educational presentation entitled “Children’s Health System Experiences with PDAs”
* Overview of Children’s Health System and the applications and vendor being used in their facilities
* Discussed how use of Mercury Data (MData) came about at Children’s
* Reviewed the implementation process, usage, issues and future plans
* 1 CEU was provided by Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation (AQAF)

OLD BUSINESS:
o Beverly Golightly gave the Treasurer’s report
* Dues have been received from 20 members
* Payments should be sent as follows:
Please remit $25 payable to: ASCI:
Alabama Hospital Association
Attn:  Public Relations Department
500 North East
Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36117 
* The current treasury balance $485.45
o Tamara Trevarthen provided a report on the Web site development 
* She recommended that the group go with the free option and the web address would be (ASCI.host.bravenet.com)
* She needs information for the site
o Nancy will provide a brief history 
o Other information on members and officers
o Calendar of meetings
o Presentations and CEUs
o Application forms
o Logo discussion:
* Three logo recommendations were reviewed by the group present
* Becky Favor will send out an e-mail voting notice to those members who are in good standing (have paid their dues) so that they can vote on their preference
o Becky Favor provided a report on the Alliance for Nursing Informatics meeting that was held at the recent HIMSS meeting in Dallas, TX
* Eighteen clinical informatics joined together to form the alliance
* The AMIA NI-WG and HIMSS are sponsoring ANI
* Subcommittees were identified to address:
- ANI Logo
- By-laws
- Web Site
- ListServ
- The next Nursing Informatics Symposium to be held at the Fall AMIA conference
o Next month is the Alabama HIMSS Spring conference
* Register with HIMSS to attend the conference
o Tony Ruffino discussed presentations for future meetings that included:
* Gadsden as a possibility for their OB system
* Opelika as a possibility to present regarding their recent Cerner implementation

NEW BUSINESS:
o Discussed implications for attendees that have not paid dues:
* Consider having those attendees who are not in good standing pay $5.00 for CEUs
* Only members in good standing (those who are currently paid up on dues) can vote
o ASCI officers will continue to research the feasibility of providing a conference call in number for members who cannot be physically present for the meeting
* There would be a cost for a Toll free number so a method for paying for it would need to be determined
* There would need to be a conference call style phone in the meeting in order for those dialing in to be able to hear well
* Educational presentation implications for those calling in were discussed and included:
o The presentation would need to be made available electronically in advance or during the meeting by webcast 
o Can CEUs be provided for people who are not physically present? 
o If so there would need to be some type of an evaluation process in order to complete requirements for CEUs.  

Respectfully Submitted:
Becky Favor
Secretary
Alabama Society for Clinical Informatics (ASCI)







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