Executive Committee Minutes, March 13, 2018

Participants: Peter Elias, John Grohol, Janice McCallum, Burt Rosen,Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Sue Woods Minutes from February Executive Board Meeting approved.   Announcements / HIMSS Comments SPM had a good number of members attending the HIMSS18 conference. We awarded patient travel funds to about 8 people. Danny suggested that we offer more guidance to patient award recipients next time to prepare them for the massive HIMSS annual conference. Janice pointed to a post by HISTalk that offered suggestions on how to prepare patient attendees for HIMSS. [Note that another SPM member posted HIStalk post on Connect, which generated some divergent ideas on the value of preparing patient travel award recipients for the conferences they attend.] Learning Exchange – Sarah Krüg Tabled, since Sarah wasn’t able to join the call. Town Hall – Peter Elias Peter described the plan for the March 20, 2018 Town Hall virtual event. It will begin with a 5-minute introductory discussion then will open for questions from the audience. Danny Sands, along with several other SPM board members will be on the call. SPM Conference  Update – Joe Ternullo, Sarah Contract, logistics:  Joe reported that we have a signed contract from Rich Scarfo of HIMSS/PCHA for the conference. Programming:  Sue and Jan offered some updates on conference programming from the event committee meetings. Basic agenda for the day is taking shape; marketing team will help decide on title. (See: https://docs.google....
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