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Take AVI dining survey
In Administrative Updates on May 2, 2007

It's survey time again this year! Visit the link listed below to share your thoughts and opinions about dining services brought to you by AVI Foodsystems.  The survey will be available online through Sunday, May 13. Each participant's name will be entered for a chance to win a free meal pass. Please visit http://www.marketsurv.net/marketCollector/survey.aspx?C=AVI&DTK=50HGlB.

Department of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences: New grand rounds program kicks off
In Administrative Updates on May 2, 2007

The city of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion has partnered with the School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences and Continuing Medical Education to conduct Public Health Grand Rounds. The seminars will be on the second Wednesday of every month, from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., at the Herman Kiefer Health Complex Basement Auditorium, 1151 Taylor St., Detroit. Through a distance learning initiative, the Public Health Grand Rounds are broadcast on Detroit Comcast Channels 10 and 22, on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., and Sundays at noon and 9 p.m. The seminars are delivered by experts in public health and include topics such as The Detroit Nutrition Initiative: We're Not the Fattest Anymore, Substance Abuse: The No. 1 Health Issue in America, and Food Inspections: the CSI of Public Health. Check the Department Lectures section for a regular schedule.

AAMC analysis examines medical school graduation and attrition rates
In Administrative Updates on April 12, 2007
Medical school graduation rates are very high; 96 percent of entering medical students eventually earn their M.D. degrees. The latest issue of AAMC Analysis in Brief follows the progress of three matriculating medical school classes for 10 years each, in order to present a broad picture of the rates of graduation and of attrition due to academic reasons, while also factoring in relationships between these outcomes and the students' race/ethnicity. For more information, please visit http://www.aamc.org/data/aib/aibissues/aibvol7_no2.pdf.
RWJF announces campaign to reverse childhood obesity
In Administrative Updates on April 12, 2007
Last week, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced that it will commit at least $500 million over the next five years to address the public health threat of childhood obesity; the foundation wants to reverse the U.S. epidemic by 2015. More than 33 percent of American children and adolescents -- approximately 25 million kids -- are overweight or obese. RWJF will focus on improving access to affordable healthy foods and opportunities for safe physical activity in schools and communities, with particular emphasis on high-risk populations, including African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander children living in low-income communities. For more information, please visit http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/featureDetail.jsp?featureID=2276&type=3.
Association comments on nonhospital residency training rule
In Administrative Updates on April 12, 2007
The AAMC has submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a proposed rule that would modify current policies regarding Medicare direct graduate medical education and indirect medical education reimbursement for residents training in nonhospital sites. Medicare currently authorizes teaching hospitals to receive DGME and IME payments associated with residents training in nonhospital sites, such as physicians' offices, if the hospitals incur "all or substantially all" of the training costs.

According to the CMS, the goal of the proposed rule is to be responsive to "concerns expressed by the teaching hospital community about the administrative burden" of complying with current policies, in particular the requirement that hospitals must pay physician supervisory costs at the nonhospital site. In its comment letter, the AAMC notes that the proposed rule is not the "solution" that the academic medical community is seeking because it does not recognize that many physicians are willing to volunteer as supervisors and, therefore, the association believes there are no supervisory costs the hospitals need to pay. However, the AAMC points out that the proposed rule has the potential to significantly reduce the administrative burden of compliance and provides additional comments on how the rule could be further improved.  For more information, please visit http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/teachhosp/corres/2007/032607.pdf.
Guidance offered on new Vista packages
In Administrative Updates on April 12, 2007

Medical School Information Systems recently offered advice on which Vista package to purchase for computers that may be used for medical school business. Vista comes in four versions:

  • Vista Basic - Lightweight version of the operating system, designed for home use with basic functionality.
  • Vista Home Premium - Includes all of the new graphics features, Media Center capability and more entertainment options.
  • Vista Business - Designed for business connectivity.
  • Vista Ultimate - All of the entertainment functionality of Home Premium with the business connectivity of Vista Business.

For use in the MED environment, Vista Business is recommended; to also use entertainment features, Vista Ultimate is recommended. Vista Home and Home Premium, do not have the business connectivity capabilities to participate in a shared network environment. What this means is that they cannot be configured to readily access network drives, such as H: drives or S: drives. They also are not designed to pass through network credentials, which means a separate login ID on the local computer must be maintained, and it will be required to login to Outlook each time it's used.

Also, please be advised that there are currently many KNOWN incompatibilities with applications and drivers with all versions of Vista. These include, but are not limited to:

• Banner

• Citrix

• Blackboard

• Cognos Reportnet

• Network Connect VPN connectivity via http://vpn.med.wayne.edu

• Some HP Printers

For more information or to receive assistance configuring a business computer, please contact the Helpdesk@med.wayne.edu before purchasing.

 

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