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Nebraska's Regional Extension Center

 

Wide River Technology Extension Center (TEC) was awarded the Regional Extension Center cooperative grant agreement for the state of Nebraska in February 2010. Wide River TEC offers technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support and accelerate healthcare providers' efforts to become meaningful users of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), as well as the ability to exchange health information with other providers and agencies. 

Regional Extension Centers were established as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. $6.6 million was awarded to CIMRO of Nebraska, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for the state of Nebraska, as a four-year cooperative agreement grant from The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) to establish Wide River TEC to assist Nebraska healthcare providers with implementing and using EHRs.

To contact a member of our staff, please email info@widerivertec.org or call 402-476-1700.

 Board of Directors

Board of Directors Photo

Front row (from left to right):

  • Celine M. Mlady, RN, BSN - Nebraska Hospital Association, Osmond 
  • Kenneth Printen, MD - Vice Chair - CIMRO Corporate Representative
  • Richard A. Blatny, Sr., MD - Chair - Nebraska Medical Association, Fairbury
  • Pat Snyder, NHA - Secretary-Treasurer - Nebraska Health Care Association, Lincoln
  • Helene Lohman, OTD, OTR/L - AARP, Omaha

Back row (from left to right):

  • Jeffry L. Strohmyer, MD - Nebraska Medical Association, Omaha
  • Lois Sietsema, RN-C, CSA - Nebraska Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Omaha
  • Shaun R. Meyer, RN - Nebraska Association of Home Services for the Aging, Grant
  • Kim Moore, RN, MSN, NEA-BC - Nebraska Hospital Association, Lincoln
  • Colene Hance, MS - NE Dept. Health & Human Services Long Term Care Ombudsman, Lincoln
  • Ronald L. Johnson, MD, FAAFP - CIMRO Corporate Representative

 

To read the full biographies of the Board of Directors, please click here.

 

 Staff

Tina Georgy, RN, MSCEO
Greg Schieke, MBASenior Vice President
Bob Rauner, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CPHITPrincipal Clinical Coordinator
Todd Searls, BSDirector
Jennifer Rathman, BJCommunications Manager
Jay Shaeffer, BSIT Manager
John Gorman, MS, PMPProject Manager
Becky Shedeed, RN, MSN, CHCEM, CPHITHIT Clinical Advisor
Bryan Whisler, BSBA, CPHITHIT Clinical Advisor
Cindy Filippini, RN, CPHITHIT Clinical Advisor
Diane Sullivan, RN, CPHITHIT Clinical Advisor
Jodi Nelson, RN, BSN, CPHITHIT Clinical Advisor
Kitty Grimsley, RN, BSN, CCRC, CPHITHIT Clinical Advisor
Brenda Ouellette, MSHIT Clinical Advisor
Matthew Marquardt, CPHITHIT Support Technician
Michelle Kiedrowski, BS, CPHITHIT Support Technician
Tammy McNeil, RHIA, CPHITHIT Support Technician
Thomas Johnson, BBAHIT Support Technician
Renee Rowell, MS, RHIA, CCS, CPHITMeaningful Use Clinical Specialist