1. Virginia Pullar BSc. CHIM Coordinator Decision Support for the Niagara Health System and Chair of the Utilization Managers’ Network of Ontario (UMNO)
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HIM Panel Presentation for 2014 CHIMA Conference

2. Current Role 2014 CHIMA Conference Aspire & Lead
Coordinator Decision Support
Patient Flow and Utilization
Quality & Patient Safety
Population Data
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Relation
Workplace Relation & Organizational Development
Employee and Physician Engagement
HSMR and Sepsis
Environmental Services & Infection Control
Research and Academics, including I-EQUIP Liaison (McMaster, Brock & NHS student projects)
“OTHER DUTIES AS ASIGNED!”
Chair, Utilization Managers’ Network of Ontario
Member of executive for past 7 years
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3. (started attending in College)
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Career Path
Education
Bachelor of Science from Brock University in Biology and Psychology
Honours Diploma in Health Information Management, George Brown College
National Professional Certification with the Canadian College of Health Information
Quality Management in Healthcare Organizations course, McMaster University
Also continuing education with Niagara College (SQL), CIHI, OHA and SAS
Most recently finished a Business Healthcare Leadership certificate program offered jointly by the Goodman School of Business, McMaster University and the DeGroote School of Medicine.
Employment
Niagara Health System
St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Sunnybrook and Women’s College
ICES
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UMNO member for 12 years
(started attending in College)
Great networking opportunities and learned through other hospitals’ experiences & real examples…and made a lot of friends along the way!

4. Growth & Opportunities
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Growth & Opportunities
Patient Relations & Patient Experience
Quality, Patient Safety and Risk Management
Workplace Relations, Human Resources and Organizational Development
Common potential in these areas:
Large datasets across many years
Populated by decentralized staff across the organization (incident reporting)
Data quality and data management challenges
Survey data (patient satisfaction, employee and physician engagement)
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