Adobe Connect

We tried Adobe Connect  http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow/ for a virtual research meeting this morning and abandoned it about 45 minutes later.  It looked great.  Each of us tried to connect with two different computers.  The sound feedback was  awful.  We will have to let that site improve before attempting to use it again. 

iPad

I was able to use an iPad this weekend and was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it!  It was a bit smaller than I imagined from viewing pictures on the Web. It was a big iPod Touch or an iPhone without phone capabilities, but the clarity of the window and size of the icons made it really easy to use.  Because it is a large thin "glass book" the iPad case will be very important.  Read this morning that 1 million iPads have sold. 

I should be receiving my iPad within the next few weeks and now REALLY looking forward to using it.  The faculty who will lead the GCSU Faculty Development Workshops fall and spring semester are receiving an iPad to facilitate participants to learn how to use them.

Telehealth Success Story

In the Journals: IT Bundle Reduces Mortality; Commentary Examines Comparative Effectiveness Research abstract of an  article posted in the April 12, 2010 issue of Archive of Internal Medicine

at https://www.ecri.org/PatientSafety/HrcReports/Pages/AlertListing.aspx?alert=4587&ref=https://www.ecri.org/PatientSafety/HrcReports/Pages/HRC_Public_Alerts.aspx

The researchers found that a combination of healthcare information technology (HIT) and remote intensivists reduced mortality by 30%.  Ventilator use was reduced by 5%. The study included 1,913 patients. 
(Chapter 22 on telehealth)

Textbook Chapter Resources Update

Linda, will be updating the textbook website at http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Informatics.html
with the following:

Siegler, E. L., & Adelman, R. (2009). A Remediable Hazard of Electronic Health Records. American Journal of Medicine, 122(6), 495-496. An excellent discussion of the hazards of this practice, along with some thoughts about how to make this a safe, reliable, and contributory to patient care. (Chapter 21)

http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2809%2900157-0/fulltext

Reichard, L. (2010, April 10). Electronic Medical Records: A Nursing Perspective from the Front Lines. A good description of how a well designed EMR functions along with some suggestions for those contemplating an EMR. (Chapter 19)

http://www.billianshealthdata.com/Knowledge/Blog/2010/2010/April/EMRx_A_Nursing_Perspective.html

Linda has updated the textbook web site with the following:

April 24, 2010 Gugerty, Brian. He has developed surveys for Pre and Post Implementation that gauge the attitudes of staff. Would be helpful pre to gauage need for change management. (Chapter 19)


http://cisevaluation.com/CISIES_Administrations.html

PowerPoint Presentation Software Skills List

I invite your feedback on this listing of Presentation software skills (PowerPoint, etc.)
Basic Presentation Skills
* Design a simple presentation
* Apply a template
* Insert a new slide
* Apply the use of different slide layouts
* Use spell-check
* Save a presentation
* Add shapes to a slide
* View a slide show
* Print a presentation

Intermediate Presentation Skills
* Customize the presentation menu
* Create handouts
* Add clip art to slides
* Add SmartArt to slides
* Move and resize objects
* Incorporate multimedia (audio, graphics, animation, and video) into slide design
* Modify multimedia used for presentations
* Demonstrate competency using two presentation software applications
* Save a presentation in file formats for use with other software applications
* Share/collaborate with others on presentation design
* Apply pedagogical principles to presentation design (Purpose, visual clarity, consistency, readability)

Advanced Presentation Skills
* Design on-screen navigation
* Customize presentation toolbars
* Embed/edit a spreadsheet
* Create a macro
* Add slide transitions
* Add slide sections
* Design slide animations
* Demonstrate advance text and graphic editing techniques
* Build custom slide masters
* Build custom handout masters
* Build custom notes masters
* Create a presentation template
* Publish and distribute presentations
* Demonstrate competency using more than two presentation software applications

Gaining New Office Software Skills

I posted a couple of blogs outlining basic, intermediate, and advanced skills for Word and Excel. So perhaps you realize that you are ready to learn a few new ones.  What should you do? There are lots of FREE high-quality learning resources.

Mentioned this site in an earlier blog GCF Learn Free- http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/ - is free, but requires a login and password

Hewlett Packard Learning http://h30187.www3.hp.com/ is also free, but requires a login and password

Microsoft provides many free interactive tutorials at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx