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HIMSS Clinical Informatics Summit MeetUp at National University Friday May 3, 2013 Live Broadcast at San Diego Satellite Location Learn the latest from HIMSS Clinical Informatics Summit Speakers Connect with San Diego friends, colleagues, university faculty, and students Avoid Friday afternoon traffic and save time/money  Enjoy lunch and conversation Join in for all or part of the day What?   HIMSS SoCAL meeting live on a big screen at National University When? May 3rd 0800-330 How much? $15 for HIMSS members, $25 for non-members, and free for National University School of Health and Human Services faculty and students (online registration required for all) Where to sign up?  Register online by May 1 st by selecting: http://www.weyond.com/himss/socal/acis/2013/   Click on the Register Tab or select event from main HIMSS SoCal site at:   http://www.himss-socal.org/ Where to go?   National University Techno...

On April 5 th , a dozen MHA students and Dr. Stephen Bowman journeyed to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla to meet one-on-one with the top brass. In an executive session, students met with Gary Fybel, CEO and Sandy Hughes, Executive Director for Human Resources to explore career pathways and develop connections and networks for future internships, residencies and career management positions. This is the first in a series of CEO meetings sponsored by the NU MHA student association.

Sears JM, Bowman SM , Adams D, Silverstein BA. Who pays for work-related traumatic injuries? Payer distribution in Washington State by Ethnicity, Injury Severity, and Year (1998-2008). Am J Ind Med ; 2013. Brief overview: Acute work-related trauma is a leading cause of death and disability for U.S. workers but it is difficult to obtain information about injured workers not covered by workers' compensation (WC). In this study, we describe trends in expected payer and linkage to WC claims, compare characteristics of injured workers who did and did not have a linked WC claim, and describe variation in expected payer and linkage to WC claims by ethnicity and injury severity.