ROTOSCOPE

50/50 Ticket Sales:  Ron Axelrod. Beginning pot is $1,329. Ace of Hearts Winner: Joe Fiorella drew the 10 of diamonds and won $10, which he donated back. The pot is now $1,411, with 18 cards left.

Visiting Rotarians:  Mr. Brian Rusk, Amherst South

Guests: Ms Cecilie Kragelund, Rotary Exchange Studen Michelle Skalyo, wife of Rotarian Gary Skalyo, who are hosting Cecilie

Program: Mr. Joel Kanick, President & CEO of Kanick And Company. Mr. Joe Raymond, VP of Sales, Kanick and Company.

Joel Kanick was one of the first HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) certified professionals in the eastern U.S.   He is the primary architect and developer of interfaceMD Custom EMR Solutions (electronic medical records), which was built to match the present and future framework of the Federal and State health care legislation.

Mr. Kanick is a graduate of Canisius College with a B.A. in Information Systems. He has a 20-year professional career in the computing services industry, having held positions in project management, network administration, application development, and business consulting.   Mr. Kanick has also been active as volunteer coach for the Southline Little League (baseball).

Joel Kanick will discuss "How quickly can doctors and hospitals get your records in time of need?”  This should be an extremely interesting talk about the constantly changing delivery of medical care to you.   How universal is EMR?  How secure is it?  Can all medical professionals get access?  What about tests?  Is interfaceMD compatible with other type systems?

In his remarks, Mr Kanick noted:

 Medical records belong to patients. They must be given to patients at a nominal charge in a timely fashion.  Healthy-Link, funded by NY State and Federal grants along with insurance companies, is building a network that will allow doctors, facilities, etc. to share patient information electronically. This will help doctors using different electronic medical record (“EMR”) systems to communicate.

 Dentists, long-term care facilities, and private practitioners use different EMR systems. Same for the various federal agencies. For example, the VA has a system that cover veterans only, and that system is over 20 years old.

 Many doctors rushed out to purchase EMR’s when the requirement to move to electronic records was first established because there was a financial incentive, in the form of reimbursement grants, to do so. Many are unhappy with those systems and are replacing them. 20% of doctors have no EMR system.

Announcements: 

Frank Ralabate discussed the Golf Outing on September 23. Please distribute the flyers. If someone does not want to golf or want their spouses to join afterwards, Frank noted that people can order dinner only. Ways to help: provide gifts for auction, sponsorships, or volunteer to help at the event. Putting together foursomes is a great way to help, too. Note: the date is a Monday, so no regular meeting.

 Vern Anderson noted that the Speaker Program needs to be updated because the 9/16 and 10/7 dates have been filled. Our Rotary Exchange Student, Cecilie Kragelund, will be speaking on 9/16.

Vern Anderson distributed Amherst Youth Foundation brochures.

Fines: Paul Banas, Fine Master. $3 fine for all who did NOT attend the Classic Car Show 

President Ed Stachura expressed his wish that fines be related to not following Rotary rules or our Club protocols. This would include: wearing a name badge to the bar downstairs, failing to wear a Rotary pin, being late, talking while a speaker is presenting, or a cell phone ringing during the meeting. He does not want fines to be levied for items unrelated to Rotary rules such as wearing a loud tie.

Happy Dollars:

·         Richard Wojtowicz: $1 for being without electricity this morning and $1 for winning a trophy for his car.

·         Bob Chur: $3 for being (finally, almost, nearly) unemployed.

·         Lee Broad: $2 for setting out tomorrow on a cruise on his brother’s boat.

·         Matt Balling: $1 for his wife being selected as the Outstanding Biology Teacher of the Year for the entire New York State.

·         Mike Prinzback: $3 for babysitting his grandchildren in stead of attending the Classic Car Show.

·         Vern Anderson: $3 in honor of his tie.

                        We missed you on Monday: 

                      Kathy Behan, Richard Bergman (Leave of Absence), Mary Biddle-Widman, Tony Cangialosi, Shirley Carnall (Leave of Absence), Rashmikumar Desai, Jay DiPasquale, Laura Favaro,                           Norm Norm Mattar, Ed Rath, Michael Sirianno, Tim Stevenson, Mark Storch, Bill Thuman, David Whipple Elizabeth Ingold, Kevin Flint.