Samaritan Health Services IS Internships Presented to OSU SIM Club

Topics Introductions Samaritan Health Services (SHS) Overview Healthcare Today SHS Information Services Dept. Overview Overview of Internship Opportunities Intern Experience from Previous Interns

Introductions 1.Kim Sather, Director of Customer Experience 2.5 years at SHS, 22 years in IT 1994 OSU graduate BIS Advisory Council 2. Jamil Barbar, Systems Analyst 2015 OSU BIS graduate 3.Salvador Cazarez, Systems Analyst 2016 OSU BIS graduate

Samaritan Health Services Overview Building Healthier Communities Together SHS serves the close-knit Oregon communities of the mid-Willamette Valley and central Oregon Coast. Our passion is providing world-class health care to our friends and neighbors. On the job and off, each of us brings the caring and personal commitment to enhance the health of the region we call home.

Samaritan Health Services Overview 5 hospitals (Corvallis, Lebanon, Albany, Newport, Lincoln City) 80+ clinics Samaritan Health Plans (health insurance) Boulder Falls Inn and Conference Center SamFit Hospice House & Assisted Living Facility On campus: The SAM

Healthcare Today HiTech Act February 2009 – Strengthen HIPAA rules Affordable Care Act March 2010 – Electronic Medical Record SHS EPIC – Coordinated Care Organizations (CCO) Focus on primary care and prevention Keep people healthy and out of emergency dept. 16 in Oregon Intercommunity Health Network CCO

SHS Information Services Dept. Overview ~140 IS employees Locations: Samaritan Square (9 th St), HP building 10 (Circle Blvd), Health Plans (Walnut), each hospital CIO over IS and CMIO over Informatics : 3 interns, 2 from OSU BIS – All now hired as full-time employees : 9 interns, 7 from OSU BIS – 1 hired; 3 continuing internships with SHS : 7 internships – 4 new positions

Overview of Internship Opportunities Advertised on samhealth.org under Technical/Information Services. Req #34788 for all 4 positions. Actually casual employment (part-time job) Flexibility to go up and down in hours throughout the month/semester, negotiated with manager. No official end date, manager determined. $13/hour Interviewed by various hiring managers, placed by best fit. Areas: analysts, web development, access provisioning, desktop solutions, infrastructure Opened until filled.

Why intern at Samaritan? Get to see all areas of Information Technology department as we don’t outsource and are based locally. Once you are an intern, you can apply at graduation for full- time positions that are only opened internally. Flexible work schedule. We recognize that you are students and want you to graduate. Competitive wage Positive feedback from previous interns.

Intern Experience from Previous Interns Team Focus area/project What we learned Why they chose to join SHS full-time

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