Category | Workshops

What a great start to the second round of ISM workshops running from April through May. Today I found myself in Orlando having a very lively discussion with two schools, The First Academy and Park Maitland School. Represented was an athletic director, and athletic trainer, a nurse, and a headmasters assistant. It was the perfect cross section of all sides of the school having parts to play in the collection and management of student health information. As usual, a significant portion of the conversation was spent discussing liability created by the handling of health information as well as best...

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This week I have had the pleasure of traveling inside the great state of Texas. Listening to 104.1 yesterday between Houston and Austin they were singing happy birthday to their state and talking about their favorite things about Texas. Being a sports focused station most of the talk went to instantly to Roger Staubach and Nolan Ryan then drifting to Buddy Holly and George Bush. Then the talk turned to all the great places of the Alamo, the Cowboy's new stadium, and 6th avenue in Austin, claimed the live music capitol of the world. One thing was obvious. The commentators and the people calling...

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For someone who loves watching live music, enjoys beautiful architecture, and gets into an active outdoor lifestyle, Nashville and it’s surrounding communities are a great destination. I fell in love with the city as a tourist running my first marathon there, but I have seen a new side of Nashville recently working with some of the top academic institutions in the country, located just down the street from each other, Vanderbilt and University School of Nashville. Last week I had the pleasure of meeting two additional top notch independent schools, Clarksville Christian School and St. Edward...

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I had the pleasure of meeting with a group of dedicated independent school educators from the VA, MD, and DC areas on January 19th in Tyson's Corner. I want to thank everyone for attending the meeting and I hope that all were educated. Goals of the group before the meeting ranged from learning how to remove paper from the health system, to understanding how confidentiality and regulations apply to health information. It was very refreshing to talk with people who not only care for the health and safety of their students, but want to make sure they are doing it right. Whether a school has 100 or 1000...

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