IST HEAD SHEL WAGGENER TO LEAVE CAMPUS POST AT END OF APRIL.

States News Service March 15, 2012 BERKELEY, Calif. — The following information was released by the University of California – Berkeley:

Colleagues:

Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (AVC-CIO) Shelton Waggener has accepted the position of Senior Vice President of Internet2, the national education-networking and technology-services provider, and will be leaving his position at UCBerkeley. We are thankful that Shel will continue in his current role through the end of the semester, and equally excited to announce that Lyle Nevels, Chief Information Officer at the Haas School of Business, will be taking a leave from Haas to serve as interim AVC-CIO beginning May 1st, 2012. Lyle will serve in the interim capacity while we conduct a nationwide search for Shel’s replacement.

Shel joined UC Berkeley in 2003 from Lucent Technologies, where he served as the Chief Information Officer of the InterNetwork Systems Division. He began his campus career, serving as Director of Central Computing in IST until 2005, when, after a nationwide search, Shel was promoted to Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and campus Chief Information Officer. In addition to the CIO role, Shel served as the head of Information Systems and Technology (IST), which provides campuswide computing, application, technical infrastructure and communications services.

During his 9 years on campus, Shel has made long-lasting contributions to UC Berkeley as well as to the UC system. He provided leadership for implementation of the 2004 IT Strategic Plan and has continued to develop campus strategies as UC Berkeley’s CIO. He and his team led the effort to design and launch the state-of-the-art research and administrative data center at Warren Hall and established a partnership with LBNL to provide expanded high-performance research-computing services. He has guided the dramatic expansion of shared computing resources; through his leadership, numerous technology solutions developed or contributed to by UC Berkeley have been open-sourced and are now in use at over 100 universities nationwide. this web site google apps for education

During the recent budget challenges, Shel laid the foundation for the Operational Excellence IT initiative, which he co-sponsored, which includes the common desktop productivity suite, selection of Google Apps for Education, and a new vision for modernizing computing services. More broadly, Shel has been an active and influential member of numerous campus and UC systemwide planning and governance committees,and he played a critical role in designing and implementing the Campus Information Technology Strategic Plan. He currently serves as Chair of the systemwide CIO leadership council, where UC Berkeley-led initiatives are freely shared with other UC campuses. His establishment of the campus Student Technology Council and related fundraising activities has brought renewed engagement with Silicon Valley firms, providing direct support for our students that will last well into the future. this web site google apps for education

Shel will begin transition planning with his team and Lyle immediately. Lyle has been with the UC Berkeley campus since October 2008 and has made a significant impact in assisting the Haas School during a time of dramatic expansion. Prior to coming to UC Berkeley, Lyle was the Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer with First Franklin, following a 20-year career as a technology leader in innovative Bay Area technology firms. Lyle has been an active leader on numerous campus-level committees and, most recently, served as Initiative Manager for the Operational Excellence IT Design Team. His academic-unit and campus roles provide an excellent foundation as he takes over for Shel as head of the IT Leadership Group, which includes members of the IST, Education Technology Services (ETS), and student technology organizations. Please join us in congratulating Lyle on this appointment.

Shel’s intellect, commitment and passion for UC Berkeley will be greatly missed. However, we are thankful that he created a solid information-technology foundation on which our campus can continue to build. We are pleased he will remain involved in the campus community through his work in Internet2; we look forward to future collaborations.

Please join us in congratulating Shel on his new role and in thanking him for his manifold contributions to UC Berkeley.

George Breslauer Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost John Wilton Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance

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States News Service August 27, 2010 The following information was released by the Faith and Freedom Coalition:

By Gregg Keller I hope you’re as excited about our Faith and Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing as we are. The Conference will be held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC September 9-11. While most conferences are social and networking opportunities only, the primary focus of our Conference and Strategy Briefing is giving you the tools and know-how you need to turn out the conservative vote in November. We’ll show you how to use our proprietary voter identification database, Voter Trak. You’ll learn from us how best to harness social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to motivate and turn out our voters. You’ll learn all that and more. this web site ohio christian university

Of course, that’s not to say that trainings, panels and breakouts is all the Conference will feature. In fact, we’ll have the most impressive array of celebrity conservative speakers of the year. Below is our list of confirmed speakers. If you haven’t yet, sign up today for the Conference!

Gary Bauer, President, American Values Ken Blackwell, Senior Fellow of Family Empowerment, Family Research Council Glen Bolger, Political strategist and pollster Jim Bopp, Legal Counsel, Faith and Freedom Coalition Brent Bozell, President, Media Research Center Herman Cain, Conservative radio talk show host Tucker Carlson, Political correspondent Teresa Collett, Congressional candidate (R-MN 4th district) Kellyanne Conway, President and CEO, Women Trend S.E. Cupp, Author, “Losing Our Religion” Majorie Dannenfelser, President , Susan B. Anthony List Brian Donahue, Founder, CRAFT Media/Digital Erick Erickson, Founder, RedState.com Mindy Finn, E- Media strategist J. Randy Forbes, Congressmen (R-VA-4th district) John Fund, Political journalist and conservative columnist Dr. Jim Garlow, Coauthor, “Cracking Da Vinci’s Code” Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House Tim Goeglein, Vice President, Focus on the Family Ed Goeas, Political strategist and pollster Deal Hudson, Director, Morley Institute for Church and Culture Richard Land, President, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Anna Little, Congressional candidate (R-NJ-6th district) Dana Loesch, Conservative radio talk show host Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Leader Jack St. Martin, Partner, Orange Hat Group Jason Mattera, Political Blogger and Author of “Obama Zombies” Thaddeus McCotter, Congressman (R-MI-11th district) Bob McDonnell, Governor of Virginia Mark Meckler, Tea Party Leader Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform Star Parker, Congressional candidate (R-CA-37th district) Tony Perkins, President, the Family Research Council Tom Price, Congressmen (R-GA-6th district) Karl Rove, Sr. Advisor, White House Patrick Ruffini, E-Media Strategist Chip Saltsman, Former Campaign Manager, Mike Huckabee for President Rick Santorum, Former U.S. Senator Tim Scott, Congressional candidate (R-SC-1st district) Orit Sklar, Executive Director, Fulton County Republican Party Mark Smith, President, Ohio Christian University Matt Smith, Priest Bill Stephens, President, Florida Faith and Freedom Coalition Jim Talent, Former U.S. Senators Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow , Heritage Foundation Jackie Walorski, Congressional candidate (R-IN-2nd district) Lynn Westmoreland, United States Congressman (R-GA-3rd district) go to site ohio christian university

Boston WorkStation Helps North Kansas City Hospital Expedite the Revenue Cycle. here north kansas city hospital

Health & Medicine Week April 12, 2010 Boston Software Systems™ (www.bossoft.com) announced that North Kansas City Hospital, a 451-bed, state-of-the-art facility on a 69-acre campus in North Kansas City, MO, has implemented Boston WorkStation™ to help automate several manual tasks throughout the finance department (see also Boston Software Systems).

For the past year, Tom Marquis, application analyst with the patient accounts department of North Kansas City Hospital, has been automating many of the time-consuming manual tasks that make up the workflow in his department. This has resulted in a dramatic time savings and increased data accuracy, which contribute to a smoother revenue cycle.

Marquis is using Boston WorkStation™ from Boston Software Systems to leverage the advantages of automation for improved workflow and a better bottom line. The patient accounts area of the finance department is a significant juncture for data that is directly related to the revenue process. For manual tasks, automation not only speeds the outcome, it ensures the accuracy of data. Any improvements to the workflow in patient accounts are bound to have a positive impact on the revenue cycle.

“Boston WorkStation helps us automate time-consuming tasks and is doing about eight staff-hours worth of work a day,” said Marquis.

Here are just some of the tasks that North Kansas City Hospital has successfully automated: Reduce Bad Debt To more efficiently process accounts on payment plans, Marquis developed a process that will automatically send plans that are in default to the bad debt category. Accounts in this category go to a report which Boston WorkStation runs unattended every Monday. Boston WorkStation then scrubs the report to remove the pre-collection agency and sends the accounts to the bad debt category. Additionally, a note is automatically put on the account indicating its bad debt status so that customer service staff is aware of the outcome in real time.

“Automating the process of moving accounts into an actionable category allows staff to redirect their time in a more valuable and profitable way,” said Marquis. Automate Payment Posting Marquis uses Boston WorkStation to automatically post private pay payments. Boston WorkStation automatically runs through a file of payments the bank sends and posts the payments into McKesson STAR. Automating this task saves an average of two staff hours per day, and has increased the accuracy to 100%. Automate Price Adjustments Updating the Financial Index Master (FIM) and Service Index Master (SIM) can be manually-intensive projects, taking two to three days and requiring accounts be put on hold while prices are adjusted. Using Boston WorkStation to update the FIM/SIM pricing, Marquis is able to complete the upload in a few hours with reduced inconvenience from accounts on hold and increase accuracy throughout the system. Reduce Errors on Medicare Claims Marquis uses Boston WorkStation to hold Medicare accounts as they discharge and then to take them off hold when the update has been installed to ensure they get the correct edits. Getting claims right the first time reduces the staff workload, ensures the hospital sends more accurate claims and improves the revenue cycle process.

“Hospitals spend too much time on manual, time consuming tasks, which slow down clinical and financial workflows. North Kansas City is another proof point that information technology can advance the efficiency, accuracy and effectiveness of the hospital’s operations to better meet patients’ needs,” said Steve Cohen, executive vice president of Boston Software Systems. About Boston WorkStation™ Boston WorkStation is a workflow automation and integration technology that provides an environment for on-demand process innovation and development. Boston WorkStation allows organizations to automate common tasks throughout the organization including revenue cycle projects, interactions with Web sites, integrating new applications, systems and devices, and electronically monitoring and managing user activity. About Boston Software Systems Boston Software Systems is the leading standard for workflow automation and system integration software, enabling organizations to streamline complex business processes and improve productivity. Hundreds of organizations worldwide respond to regulatory and business initiatives by using Boston WorkStation technology to automate and improve processes throughout a variety of departments. Customers include more than 50 HCA hospitals, Mayo hospitals, Stanford Medical Center, CHRISTUS Health, Lutheran Health Network and Catholic Health Initiatives. Boston Software Systems partners with leading application, technology and system vendors such as McKesson, Siemens, 3M, NCR, Emdeon and The SSI Group. For more information, please visit the company’s Web site at www.bostonworkstation.com or call 866.653.5105. go to site north kansas city hospital

Boston Software Systems, Boston WorkStation are trademarks of Boston Software Systems, Inc.