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Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Setinel on February 15, 2009, 06:22:38 PM

Title: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Setinel on February 15, 2009, 06:22:38 PM

Hi all,

I wanted to follow protocol and take a few minutes to introduce myself.

My name is Jimmy and I work at a Dialysis Clinic in Tennessee as the IT Director.  Up until a couple months ago, I had no idea what Dialysis was. 

Since then, partly as my job and partly as a personal mission. I'm working to make life easier and more tolerable for our patients and staff through technology.

Some of the things I'm working on:

Remote monitoring for the Gambro Phoenix, NxStage, and Baxter PD machines.... Mission control style for a nurse.
Automated vital/monitoring collection and reporting.... No more flow sheets for the home patient
Developing a new EMR system that enforces safe and effective treatment by staff for patients
Data coorelation for access/machine monitoring with treatments for the physicians to review the effectiveness of treatments and prescriptions.
Customer Service training for the in center staff.

I hope to learn a lot from all of you and hopefully offer some my expertise when appropriate.

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: cookie2008 on February 15, 2009, 06:52:35 PM

 :welcomesign;

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: dialysisbiller on February 15, 2009, 07:03:11 PM

hi and welcome! 

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Wallyz on February 15, 2009, 08:00:27 PM

Good goals.  Also- efficient, fast, secure internet access for patients- it's really helpful for those of us who are still working.

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Zach on February 15, 2009, 08:08:35 PM

Welcome to our community!
 :beer1;

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: monrein on February 15, 2009, 08:20:44 PM

 :welcomesign; 

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Joe Paul on February 15, 2009, 10:33:35 PM

Welcome Jimmy, good to have you aboard.

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Tinah1968 on February 16, 2009, 04:39:13 AM

Hi Jimmy

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: boxman55 on February 16, 2009, 05:03:33 AM

Welcome to IHD. Your goals are great. Me personally would love to see a little tech at the centers. Again welcome and please post often


Boxman,Moderator

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: willieandwinnie on February 16, 2009, 05:50:28 AM

 :welcomesign; Jimmy.  :cuddle;

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Dan.Larrabee on February 16, 2009, 11:00:02 PM

Hi Jimmy!

Remote monitoring for NxStage would be awesome!!! I am a technical nerd as well and would love to help. I have NxStage at home and am currently writing an Access database that will log all the charting that needs to be done. As soon as that is done, I was going to look into pulling logs from the Jewel Box.

Love to chat!

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Chris on February 17, 2009, 12:35:06 AM

Hello there
Sounds like a fun project with the electronic flow sheets

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Ang on February 18, 2009, 05:27:50 PM

 :welcomesign;

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Bajanne on February 19, 2009, 10:04:56 AM

Welcome to our community!  IHD welcomes with open arms everyone who has anything whatsoever to do with this renal challenge!  And I think you are a first in our community - the high-tech division!!  Your joining us shows your concern for the patients and so we applaud you.  This is much more that a website here - we have become a real family.  You will see it as you hang around us.  So keep reading and post often.  Feel free to ask questions (but not in this section!).



Bajanne, Moderator

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: Wenchie58 on February 19, 2009, 10:26:34 AM

Yippie  a techie!   You folks are always fun to talk to!  Programmer minds can create wonderful things

thanks for thinking of the kidney community in your endeavors!

Title: Re: Dialysis Center Employee
Post by: jessup on February 20, 2009, 05:43:40 PM

G'day and  :welcomesign;