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“The students have made it easy for us at NHC to be objective and comparative in making our EMR selection,\u201d says Dr. Aamir Siddiqi (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s a win-win partnership for UWM. Norris Health Center and the College of Health Sciences\u2019 Health Informatics and Administration program are working together to select an electronic medical records (EMR) system for the center.<\/p>\n

A class for master\u2019s and Ph.D. students, the Norris Student Health Center (NHC) EMR Practicum began in spring 2011 as a way to provide these biomedical and health informatics students with the opportunity to work together on a \u201creal-world\u201d project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis joint project has worked even better than was imagined as an effort to provide IT expertise to NHC while exposing students to the vagaries of a real-world project,\u201d says Mary Anne Wawrzyn, who co-directs the practicum with Timothy Patrick, associate professor and chair of Health Informatics and Administration. \u201cThe students have focused on issues critical to Norris\u2019s selection and implementation process in a way that has been both instructive to the students and advantageous to the NHC staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From left: Mary Anne Wawrzyn, Timothy Patrick and Dr. Aamir Siddiqi are working collaboratively on the EMS Practicum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wawrzyn is the former director of the pharmacy at NHC and associate lecturer in health informatics and administration. A key to this partnership has been the support of NHC Director Dr. Julie Bonner and Director of Clinical Services Dr. Aamir Siddiqi.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been excited in developing this partnership and providing real-life experience to our students. The students have provided us with excellent products and tools which have made it easy for us at NHC to be objective and comparative in making our EMR selection,\u201d says Siddiqi.<\/p>\n

Patrick outlined the course of action for the practicum, which has been limited to 10 students per semester. \u201cThe goal in spring 2011 was for the students to document the current state of operations and information flows of NHC and the organizational culture that drives it. For fall 2011, the goal was to recommend an EMR vendor solution based on the current state analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The formal request-for-proposal process is now being carried forward by NHC staff, and students are concentrating on issues relevant to implementation of the EMR vendor solution.<\/p>\n

The project was selected for a presentation by the practicum students on a national level. Several of the students presented a poster at the fall 2011 annual symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). An additional poster is being prepared for submission to the fall 2012 AMIA meeting.<\/p>\n

Sean Kewley, a master\u2019s degree student, has been involved with the practicum all three semesters. \u201cLearning how to apply information technology to health care in a traditional classroom setting is great. Learning how to apply that knowledge in an actual clinical setting is indispensable,\u201d says Kewley. \u201cWe worked together as a team and achieved our goals according to a realistic, business-driven time frame. My personal takeaway from the experience was confidence in my educational training and my ability to apply that knowledge firsthand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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