Glycemic Control, POC Billing and
AvaMed Code of Ethics Highlighted the April 29 Meeting at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in Charleston!

Results of the "To Board of Not to Board" Ballot - click here
Nearly 60 people attended the April 29, 2005 meeting held at Bon Secours St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston - a 141 bed state-of-the-art acute care facility with the only full-service, fully-accredited emergency department in West Ashley.
Networking with peers, as is the case at all point-of-care meetings, was another highlight of the SCPOC Meeting.
Dr. Kathie Hermayer began the day's program with an "Overview of MUSC Diabetes Program". For a copy of this presentation, For a copy Dr. Hermayer's presentation, right click on the link below, choose "Save Target As" and save the file to your PC's hard drive. "Overview of MUSC Diabetes Program" Andrea Purser from Roche Diagnostics explained the "Code of Ethics for Interactions with Health Care Professionals" as defined by Avamed. For more information, visit www.avamed.org.
Christopher Fetters from NOVA Biomedical presented "Point-of-Care Billing - Yes You Can!". For a copy of this presentation,  right click on the link below, choose "Save Target As" and save the file to your PC's hard drive. "Point of Care Billing - Yes You Can!" (3.2MB) Meeting hosts Wanda Tipper, second from left and Eva McRae-Pulicicchio, third from left, both from Roper St. Francis Healthcare, are shown with Eileen Postles, left, from Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia, SC who will host the Spring 2006 meeting and Matthew Witt, right, of Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, SC, who will host the September 2005 meeting.
Ballots have been cast and the results are in! 
 

SCPOC Members Vote for Core Group  Members voted 28-3 in favor of a Core Group to be elected and serve as group leaders.  In the weeks ahead, a ballot will be sent out listing the eight (8) people who have volunteered to be on this group.  The top four (4) will be announced at the fall 2005 meeting at Toumey Healthcare in Sumter and will serve for the rest of 2005 and all of 2006.  Nominees for the 2007 Core Group will be named in the summer of 2006 and ballots will be cast and counted by the fall 2006 meeting. In addition, roles and responsibilites of the Core Group will be defined and discussed at the fall meeting.

 

Future Meeting Hosts  With the fall 2005 (Tuomey Healthcare) and spring 2006 (Palmetto Health Baptist) already in the works, Brenda Sanders and Patti Pitts-Anderson of Area Medical Center; Karen Cook of Greenville Memorial; Nina Epps of MUSC; Sharon Wiggins, Cassandra Kearse, and Karen Sullivan of Palmetto Health; and Chris Floyd, Spartanburg Regional Health System have all offered their sites as hosts for meetings. 

 

To Fee of Not to Fee? SCPOC members voted 22-9 for a $10 per meeting fee to help cover any adminstrative costs that may be incurred. Given the tax ID and other discussion that this topic brought about during the last business meeting, this item will be the first task taken up by the newly formed Core Group and will not be implemented until 2006.

 

Should Vendors be Presenters?  By a 22-7 margin, the vote was yes.

 

Topics of Interest for Future Meetings  A wide range of topics for future meetings were submitted including: Review of new POCT CAP checklist; Accreditation issues; JCAHO regulations; Infomatics; Patient ID; Communications; Infection Control; Evidence based POCT; Implementing a new POCT test; Effective communications-Negotiating skills; POCT organization and tracking tools; Nursing education for required compliance; Workshops where people can brainstorm and compare ideas and talk about current issues; Non-invasive testing; ER POC and Variations of Blood Glucose Testing. All of these items will be discussed with future hosts and agendas will be set up based on this feedback.

 

Thank you to all that voted and contributed their thoughts and inputs to further the value and growth of the SCPOC Network.
Results of the SCPOC "To Board of Not to Board" Ballot, click here
Elected or Core Group Leadership
  • 3 Elected Board
  • 28 Core Group

Core Group Volunteers

  • Wanda Tipper, Roper Hospital             
  • Nina Epps, Med. Univ. SC
  • Curt Mullins, Greenville Hospital
  • Sonya Evans, Greenville Hospital
  • Patti Pitts, Anderson Area Med. Ctr.
  • Karen Sullivan, Palmetto Health Richland
  • Cassandra Kearse, Palmetto Health
  • Mike Seaton, Telcor
  • Tim Leahy, LifeScan/J&J
  • Sharon Wiggins, Palmetto Health Baptist
  • Chris Floyd, Spartanburg Regional Health System

Volunteer Future Host

  • Brenda Sanders/Patti Pitts-Anderson
    Area Med. Ctr.
  • Karen Cook-Greenville Memorial
  • Nina Epps-Med. Univ. SC
  • Sharon Wiggins/Cassandra Kearse/
    Karen Sullivan-Palmetto Health

Annual Membership Fee or “Pay As You Go”

  • 22 in favor of $10/yr. membership fee
  • 9 in favor of $10/meeting fee
  • 1 opposed to any type of fee
  • 1 voted for $30/yr membership fee and
    $10/meeting fee   for non-members
  • 1 voted for $15/yr membership fee or $10/meeting
 Vendor Specific Presentations
  • 22 in favor of vendor specific presentations
  •   7 opposed to vendor specific presentations

Topics of Interest for Future Meetings

  • Review of new POCT CAP checklist
  • Should always have a topic on Accreditation issues
  • JCAHO regulations
  • Informatics
  • Patient ID
  • Communications
  • Infection Control
  • Evidence based POCT
  • Implementing a new POCT test
  • Effective communications—Negotiating skills
  • POCT organization and tracking tools
  • Nursing education for required compliance
  • Workshops:  CAP, JCAHO, standards, etc. on specific POCT where people can brainstorm and compare how they answer each of the above.
  • Non-invasive testing
  • ER POC
  • Variations of Blood Glucose Testing

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