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Nursing has been vitally important for SaintAnderson School of Nursing,Saint
John’sHealth System,our associates and ourJohn’sHealth System open center
patients for manyyears,”said Saint John’sSaintJohn’sHealth System and St.Vincent
president,TomVanOsdol.“Our fundamentalHealth have partnered with theAnderson
belief and commitment is simply that betterUniversity School of Nursing to create the Saint
training for our nurses results in better careJohn’sCenter for Clinical Excellence.
for our patients.”“Our partnership with Saint John’sHealth
System through the years has been extremely SOURCE: Anderson University
important to our work in nursing education,” Mark Moore (right),president and CEO of Bloomington
said Dr.James L.Edwards,president of Bloomington Hospital Hospital,accepts the 2009VIPAwardfrom McKesson
Anderson University.“We are especially representatives Jeff Paschen and PamBerry.receives 2009 VIP Award
grateful that theyare partnering with us BloomingtonHospital nurses use abarcode Bloomington Hospital’smain campus and
to bring state-of-the-arttechnologytothis solution to scan patient wristbands and Bloomington Hospital of OrangeCounty in
vital educational program in which we have medications at the bedside.That technology Paoli,Ind.,had transformed its paper-based
such asignificant mutual interest.” helps ensure the fiverights of patient safety: system into acoordinated patient-centered
Located on the university’scampus,the the right drug,dose,patient,route and time. care model.It partnered with McKesson to
facility features the portable SimMan 3G, In addition,twolocations electronically submit implement arangeofITsystems,including an
the next generation of patient simulators orders with acomputerized physician order electronic health record and online physician
from Laerdal Medical. entrysystem. portal.Now, doctors have secure,easy access
With realistic anatomy and clinical These systems are partofwhat earned the to patient information,including medication
functionality,SimMan provides patient- hospital the 2009VIPAward from McKesson administration data,emergency department
simulation for medical teamwork,leadership, TechnologySolutions.TheVIPAwards are reports,test results and radiology and
decision-making and communication presented annually to organizations that cardiologyimages.
skills training.Faculty can use one of the demonstrate vision,innovation and performance “Weknewthat technologywould enable
mannequin’spreprogrammed case studies in the use of health care IT.This year fiveU.S. our caregivers to achieve significant additional
or create their ownscenario. health care organizations receive dthe award, clinical and operational efficiencies,”said Mark
“Our mutually beneficial partnership and which included a$10,000 grant from McKesson. McMath,vice president and chief information
supportoftheAnderson University School of The Bloomington Hospital system,including officer at Bloomington Hospital.
Fall foranewcareer.
When the leaves turncolor it’s your turntoexploreyour future at JohnsonMemorial
Hospital! Combining technologically advanced equipment and procedures with a
caring,hard-working staff means that patients receivethe best care possible.Johnson
Memorial is the premier healthcareprovider in the area and agreat place to work.
If you’re readytofallfor us, we invite youtogotoour website formore
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www.johnsonmemorial.org or call our toll-free Jobline at: 877-695-4561.
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