Introducing The New
Ohio Clinical Engineering Association
Website
The support received from our sponsors, members, and associates at the 2012 Spring Conference Meeting made our New OCEA Website possible. We are extrenely pleased to make this introduction and hope everyone enjoys the information that is presented.
Those of you who have already paid your membership dues will be receiving a special email with details on how to activate your member registration on the new website.
Anyone wishing to join may do so directly on the JOIN OCEA page. Online payment is available here. Those who would rather download a hard copy of the application form and send it in with their check or money order can still get what they need on the DOWNLOADS page.
The new website has an OUR SPONSORS page. The sponsors that are listed on this page participated in our Spring Conference and now have the opportunity to designate a contact individual for their company. Please review this page and send an email to the Website Manager with the desired information. ocea.news@gmail.com
The old website is now known as the INFORMATION BLOG. Free daily email subscriptions are still available for those interested at:
Announcing
The Autumn Series Of OCEA Meetings
We are again happy to bring to you a series of training and business meetings to all of our Ohio regions. We have a double purpose for these meetings: 1) To provide valuable training to our members and associates, and 2) To discuss the future directions of OCEA Ohio Clinical Engineering Association.
Northwest Region Meeting – Toledo, Ohio
The Toledo Hospital
2142 North Cove Boulevard
Toledo, Ohio 43606
Date/Time – Monday, October 8, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the free parking garage off of Promedica Parkway.
Room – Conference room K in the lower level of the Jobst-Mcintosh towers.
Signs will be posted with directions to the room.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Northeast Region Meeting – Elyria, Ohio
EMH Elyria Medical Center
630 East River Street
Elyria, Ohio 44070
Date/Time – Tuesday, October 9, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the free surface lot next to the parking garage.
Room – Allen Conference Room on the 3rd floor
Signs will be posted in the main hospital lobby with directions to the room.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Central Region Meeting – Columbus, Ohio
DeVry University
1350 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43209
Date/Time – Wednesday, October 10, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the free parking area in the front of the building.
Room – Room 116
Instructions on locating this room will be posted at the building entrance.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Southern Region Meeting – Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
Date/Time – Thursday. October 11, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the D section of the visitors garage.
Bring the parking ticket to the meeting to get validated.
Room – D2.46 (D Building, 2nd floor, room 46)
Signs will be posted leading to the room from the elevators
coming out of the D section of the visitors garage.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Here Are The Meeting Details
1) Patrick K. Lynch, CBET, CCE, HIT Pro/PW, CPHIMS, Healthcare Technology Management Specialist will be presenting a special program on Information Technology (IT) Certification for Biomeds and HTM Professionals. As we all know, the CE and IT fields are becoming one and Pat will be discussing some of the details surronding this combining and merging movement and presenting some resources that are available to assist Biomeds and HTM Professionals with obtaining their IT Certification.
2) In this segment of the meeting we will be discussing the Future Directions for OCEA Ohio Clinical Engineering Association. Your association has had it’s ups and downs over the last few years and it is time to determine where you want it to go and what you want it to be doing. Several of the Operations Committee Members are planning their retirement in 2012 and new thinkers and participants are needed to continue making OCEA a happening organization. We will be conducting some serious planning and talking about where this organization should be headed. A part of this process includes reviewing the answers to the 2012 Survey that is now being conducted. Your participation in this important survey is requested.
Below are the survey questions for your review before you actually take the survey. It is suggested that you print this email and review these questions in advance so you can provide good quality answers.
The 2012 OCEA Survey
“Questions To Help OCEA Move Forward”
Below are the survey questions for your review before you actually take the survey. It is suggested that you print this email and review these questions in advance so you can provide good quality answers. EVERYONE is requested to participate.
Educational Topics
What would you like to learn more about?
What areas could we utilize OEM’s for training?
Does your organization have an interest in Benchmarking?
What do you want benchmarked?
What metrics do you use now?
What would you measure if you could?
Would you measure Efficiency of technicians?
Would you measure Cost of Ownership of a device? i.e. Acquisition cost + Service Time + Parts Cost + Allocation of Overhead + Cost of Downtime, etc.
How would you measure? By # of devices — By value of equipment — By modality
Career Pathing
Where do you want to go in your career?
What are the Educational Requirements needed?
Are Management Training options available to you and are you interested?
Are you interested in Cross Training by modality or other methods?
Financial Modeling, Budgeting, Workflow Analysis, Manpower Planning. Do you need help in any of these areas? Please list or describe any other area where you feel you need help.
OCEA Committee
Several current committee members will be retiring this year. New Thinkers and Participants are needed to keep OCEA moving forward. Managing a state association is a large job responsibility unless it is broken down into smaller parts and it is the work of the individuals doing these smaller parts that result in the overall organization success. OCEA has a President and four Regional Vice Presidents. There are other positions such as Secretary, Treasurer, Education Coordinator, and Special Events Manager as well as other positions appointed by the committee. It is time to review this structure and decide if changes are needed for the future.
Is this the Structure that OCEA should continue with?
If not then how should the structure be set up?
Several possible new committee positions have been identified to help better manage OCEA. Volunteers are needed for these new positions as well as the old positions being vacated this year:
- Corporate Business Member And Sponsor Liaison
- Individual Member Liaison/Secretary
- Association Research Coordinator
- News And Newsletter Manager
- Information Blog Coordinator
- Information Blog Contributor(s)
- Website Manager
- Meeting Coordinator/Manager
- Online Accounting Manager
- Email Manager
Please offer other suggestions, ideas, and other information that you think will impact this process. We will discuss all of these items at our upcoming meeting.
I am interested and want to help. I would like to be contacted by an Operation’s Committee member. Here is what I would like to do:
Final Thoughts and Additional Comments:
On the survey this is an open box. Please tell us what you think.
Survey Participation And Online Meeting RSVP
Everyone is asked to participate in this survey whether you are planning on attending one of the upcoming meetings on not. Your answers are very important and will be used to determine the OCEA future direction. Those planning on attending one of the meetings are asked to complete the RSVP section of the survey as sppn as possible. This information is needed to determine how much food will be needed to feed the hungry attendees. Please send in your RSVP as soon as possible.
Thank you in advance.
CLICK HERE to go to the survey on the new website home page
or
CLICK HERE to go directly to the survey online.
We L@@K Forward To Seeing YOU At The Meetings!
