Informatics Committee

Committee Members

Chair: Beau Bruce
Vice Chair: Vivek Patel

Eric Berman
Gabrielle Bonhomme
Steven Feldon
Ed FitzGibbon
Thomas Hwang
Janine Johnston
Eric Kobylarz
Kevin Lai
Joyce Liao
Mark  Moster (Chair, Practice Support & Carrier Relations)
Raghu Mudumbai
Peter Quiros

Organizational Arm Officer: Preston Calvert (Chair, Advocacy)

Purpose

Collects and disseminates information relevant to EMR and other forms of electronic data transfer/sharing in Neuro-Ophthalmology.

Committee Goal(s)

• To advise membership on EMR
• To advise membership on expert systems, such as computer logic applied to diagnosis of rare diseases
• To advise membership on data mining and repositories appropriate for use by NANOS members
• To explore uses of social media to promote NANOS' goals and neuro-ophthalmology interest

Committee Tasks

• To advise membership on EMR by
  • Surveying academic and private practice members on
  • Vendors selected
  • Pros and Cons of software packages
  • Implementation costs, if private practice
  • Collecting and disseminating customization, shortcuts, tips, available resources, and best practices, especially for the “big three”
  • Centricity, Cerner, Epic
• To advise membership on expert systems, such as computer logic applied to diagnosis of rare disease
  • Maintain a bulletin board as members find such sites where they can be posted for review
  • Review and advise of useful sites
• To advise membership on data mining and repositories appropriate for use by NANOS members
  • Maintain a bulletin board as members find such sites where they can be posted for review
  • Review and advise of useful sites