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| Making the point of care a safer place |
For the past five years, Mike has built a consulting practice focused on clinical technologies, especially those used at the point of care. Operating both independently and in partnership with associates, Mike has consulted to leading hospitals and health systems.
Over the years, Mike has closely worked with many pioneers of point of care applications.
Mike is a recognized authority on clinical point of care
technologies and is the lead author of the Neuenschwander Report To the
Bedside 2: An Expanded Review of Bar
Code Point of Care Solutions, and a contributing author to several HIMSS
publications on Auto-ID and medication management technology. In addition, Mike
is an accomplished speaker and has played a pivotal role at industry
conferences such as The unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcode Technology and Practice.
Mike has presented on medication management, point of care technology, and
mobile computing and networking.
Key Practice Areas
- Deep expertise in barcode medication administration
- Clinical information systems
- Medication management
- Patient safety
- Point of care technologies
- Medical devices and connectivity
- Wireless health
Representative Engagements
- Developed the vision for a closed loop medication technology and process improvement strategy. Combined interviews with hospital leadership and staff with existing knowledge of pharmacy automation and nursing technologies to develop a roadmap for the organization, based on institution-specific goals and workflow.
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Mike served as project manager on a multidisciplinary
initiative to develop “envisioning” methodology to assist hospital
and health systems in identifying priorities for analytics software. This methodology guides hospital leadership teams
through a series of analytical and creative brainstorming activities to
prioritize uses of analytics solutions based on health system
operating objectives.
- Served as the guiding force on a multidisciplinary steering committee focused on process improvement.
- Manage a variety of IT and Pharmacy projects and effectively coordinate Nursing, Pharmacy, IT, and executive stakeholders
- Systems assessments and vendor evaluation
- Technology analysis of barcode equipment and symbologies
Presentations
- “Hands On and Heads Up: An unSUMMIT Lab Practical on Enabling Technologies for BPOC.” Moderated workshop at unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding. May, 2011
- Challenges to Effective E-mar/BCMA Implementation—and How to Overcome Them.” Technical Education Solutions webinar. May 20, 2010 and multiple times in 2011.
- “Auto-ID: Technology Basics and Applications.” unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding. May, 2010.
- “Data Standards and Technology: Beyond Words.” AHRMM/HIMSS Supply Chain Management Symposium. February, 2010.
- “User Authentication: Can You Make Clinicians Happy and Maintain Compliance?” Healthcare Informatics webinar. October 29, 2009.
- “Implementing BCMA: Lessons Learned to Save You Time and Money.” (with Bruce Douglas). HIMSS National Conference. April, 2009.
- “Emerging Applications of RFID.” VHA West Coast and Pacific Network, Supply Chain and Surgical Services Leaders Fall Conference. October, 2008.
- “Avoiding Wrong Turns: Consequences, Unintended Consequences, and Challenges of RFID.” VHA West Coast Pharmacy Leaders Conference. September, 2008.
- “The Future of Positive Patient Identification.” unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding, May, 2008.
- “Reality RFP: Evaluating BPOC Application Vendors.” unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding, May, 2008.
- “Reading and Printing.” Moderated panel on barcode implementation. unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding, May, 2008.
- “Hospital RFID and Barcode Technologies: Implementation Strategies for Patient Safety.” World Research Group webinar, December, 2007.
- “Positive Patient Identification’s Impact on EMR Initiatives.” HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo, November, 2007.
- “Rx for Growing your Healthcare Business: Take Advantage of Reseller Opportunities.” Vertical Systems Reseller webinar, October, 2007.
- “Bar Coding for Patient Safety.” Health Data Management webinar, September, 2007.
- “How Closed Is Your Loop?” unSUMMIT Bedside Barcode Technology and Practice, May, 2007.
- “Barcodes: Stripey Little Buggers.” unSUMMIT Bedside Barcode Technology and Practice, May, 2007.
- “The Medication Management Lasso.” Keynote presentation at Mediware, Inc. M3 User Group meeting, May, 2007.
- “Bar Code Point of Care Safety Systems.” Panel Discussion at MedAssets Annual Meeting, April, 2007.
- “Bar Coding for Patient Safety.” Health Data Management web seminar, September, 2006.
- “Barcodes: Stripey Little Buggers.” unSUMMIT Bedside Barcode Technology and Practice, April, 2006.
- “Different Strokes: Vendor Variables.” unSUMMIT Bedside Barcode Technology and Practice, April, 2006.
- Moderated panel discussion on “System Deployment Options.” unSUMMIT Bedside Barcode Technology and Practice, April, 2006.
- “RFP Development and Reference Rigor.” unSUMMIT Bedside Barcode Technology and Practice, April, 2006.
- “A Closer Look at Bar Coding.” VHA New Hampshire Pharmacy Council Retreat, February, 2006.
- Served as Co-Chair and Advisory Board member for the Fourth Annual Summit on Patient Safety and Information Technology, TCBI, December, 2005. Presented in-depth workshop: “Bar Coding Implementation at Hospitals and Integrated Delivery Networks.” Panelist for “AutoIdentification Technologies.”
- “Bar Coding Technology Trends.” VHA Upper Midwest Pharmacy Directors Meeting, November, 2005.
- “Supply Chain and Patient Safety Convergence.” HIMSS Supply Chain Management Special Interest Group, February, 2005.
- “The Evolution of Bar Coding and Patient Safety.” Third Annual Summit on Patient Safety and Information Technology, TCBI, November, 2004.
- “Positive Patient Identification Panel.” HIMSS Southern California Chapter Meeting, October, 2004.
- “Medication Safety and Supply Chain Panel.” HDMA Distribution Management Conference, June, 2003.
