Community Forward
It is with no small sense of pride that we at Galen Healthcare Solutions embrace our role as a leader in moving our community the Allscripts User Community towards its collective vision of improving health care through the use of technology.
Even before our inception nearly 5 years ago, our people have demonstrated an understanding that to achieve our individual goals, we must recognize the value in sharing our expertise and experiences with organizations across our industry that has similar objectives. We know that to be successful, we must be willing to lend assistance, because we most assuredly will need the support of others from time to time.
It is because of this belief system that we make our combined knowledge freely available to whoever needs access to it through our Galen Wiki and Galen Blog. We encourage every member of the community, user or vendor, to participate in this free exchange of information with the mindset that we are all in this struggle together.
Further, we are thrilled to introduce a new program in this newsletter where we give our readers an opportunity to increase and direct the body of knowledge that we publish on our wiki by “Asking an expert.” Users can submit questions to our website and our team of experts will review the questions and use them to direct future content for the wiki.
Additionally, and with the concept of advancing the global effort in mind, we believe strongly in supporting the various regional and niche user groups currently active across the country. We are witness to the power of these groups nearly every day. We see email conversations involving dozens of organizations spanning several states sharing concepts with the intention of helping each other move past their obstacles. We see thousands of users joining to form a single voice demanding resolution to persistent issues. And we see the times when these groups gather physically, in a single location, to share their experiences, frustrations, and success stories all in an effort to support one another and move forward
We are, of course, in the midst of yet another injection of uncertainty in the form of “Meaningful Use”. As a result, it appears that ACE 2010 couldn’t come at a better time. Certainly, ACE is a great opportunity to see old friends and make new ones, but more importantly, it is a chance for the community to convene, give voice to its anxieties, and discuss steps to overcome them. We relish the chance to participate in that process.
We hope that each of you attending ACE 2010 will stop by our booth, have a little fun (Spin to Win an iPad!), and share your thoughts, voice a concern, or just ask a question. We know that the success of our organization depends on the success of the community overall. We, collectively, can achieve that success through a commitment to promoting the greater objectives, freely sharing our knowledge, and continually moving the community concept forward.
Enjoy your summer and I hope to see you at ACE.
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