This past week, I had a chance to check out the MUSE Conference in Newport, RI. This conference is one of the gems of Healthcare IT.
Previously, my experience for Healthcare IT educational opportunities has been the yearly HIMSS conference, in Atlanta next year, and a couple Siemens Educational Courses. The cost of the HIMSS conference honestly is the travel expense, if you register ahead of time, things are a bit economically. HIMSS just packs A LOT into 3 days. Educational opportunities need to be balanced with networking time, volunteerism, and leading SIG discussions. The Mighty Muse conference really has balanced that mix.
Why it is so valuable?
The Mighty Muse is a great mix of shared experiences and educational opportunities.One of the harder things to do is to walk a mile in other's shoes through implementation. However one of the key items at this conference was to provide presentations from other roles perspectives. I'll highlight just one of the plus 50 educational slots to illustrate the value.
The pharmacy sponsors insights from a BarCoding and eMAR patient safety was enlightening.
The shared lessons learned were:
- Make Sure everything in the pharmacy is bar-coded, checked, verified, and verified. Nursing will assume mistakes are with the Pharmacy bar-coding.
- 2-D barcodes have a higher correct scan rate and take up a smaller footprint.
- Make sure the project leaves in place a team of Nursing Managers and Pharmacists in place to make process improvements in a quick and timely manner.
- Have a bar-code validation process, even when drugs are received direct. There may be a blip here and there from the vendor.
This educational opportunity is hard to obtain in any other format for a good ole healthcare PM like me. The other great item is that the questions from the crowd helped to bring other considerations to light from other environments. Each session had room for under 100 attendees.
The layout was for warm cosy educational sessions, plus a decent vendor hall worth the time.
My final opinion
Opportunities like this are few and far between, and with the price at a 150 plus travel expenses, these conferences are an excellent training opportunity for all.If you liked this post, perhaps you would also enjoy:
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