Recent News: Giving I.T. the Old College Try

MEDITECH and Northeastern University join forces to introduce I.T. to health sciences students, inspiring a tech-savvy new generation of clinical leaders

WESTWOOD, MA, May 5, 2010 -- MEDITECH recently headed back to school, by joining forces with Northeastern University's Bouvé College of Health Sciences on a project to introduce health care information technology into the department curriculum. In March, a pilot group of nursing students began using our Patient Care System (PCS) during the laboratory simulation portion of their training.

“Educating our students in health informatics is essential and a top priority at Bouvé. Information systems are rapidly becoming the norm in hospitals across the country, so it is important that our students become familiar with these tools early in their careers," says Bouvé College Dean Steve Zoloth. "Incorporating I.T. into the curriculum has long been a goal of ours. Bouvé is one of the first health colleges in the nation to have a fully integrated system for its students, and we are extremely grateful to MEDITECH for helping us to make it happen.”

Brenda Douglas, MS, RN, clinical instructor and nursing skills laboratory coordinator, lent her expertise in spearheading the MEDITECH system launch at Northeastern. She believes using I.T. to supplement classroom learning provides her nursing students with 'on-the-job' practical skills, which will serve them well as they move forward.

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