Activities 2007-2008
Date:	Activity:	Description:
September 12, 2007	DSU Activities Fair
September 19, 20007	Beginning of the Year Pizza and Ice Cream Social	We kicked off the year with a pizza and ice cream social for all HIM students to attend. Officer's provided yummy toppings for the ice cream!!
September 19-21, 2007	SDHIMA/SDAHO Convention in Sioux Falls	Several students attended the annual SDHIMA/SDAHO Convention which was held in Sioux Falls. Students that attended enjoy various lectures, sat in on the SDHIMA board meeting, and went out to lunch together at Falls Grille in the Sheraton Hotel.
September 29, 2007	DSU Homecoming Parade	The theme for Homecoming was Rolling Out the Red Carpet. We created a mock red carpet on our float, had members dressed up in elegant attire holding statuettes. The sides of the truck had signs that say "DSU Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Everyone." Joining us on the float was Donelle's dog Sam!!
October 3, 2007	Fall Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup	We held our annual cleanup of our section of Highway 19. We enjoyed the buffet at Pizza Ranch afterwards.
October 15, 2007	Fall Campus Blood Drive
October 11, 2007	Pool Party at AmericInn	We had a pool party at AmericInn in Madison. Taco bar fixings were provided by club officers. Afterwards we relaxed in pool and hot tub.
October 24, 2007	Annual DSU Health Fair	We had at booth at this year's health fair. We handed out mini Medical Information cards. Important medical information could be filled out on the card. People could also could guess the number of band-aids in jar and win a gift certificate to Java City.
November 4-10 2007	Health Information & Technology Week Celebration	To celebrate HI&T week we had a celebration meeting. We ordered in pizza from Pizza Hut and then shared a delicious cake decorated with this year's HI&T Week logo.
November/December 2007	Holiday Raffle Fundraiser	Businesses in Madison generously donated prizes for our raffle drawing. We were able to raffle off 20 fabulous prizes. We raised over $500!!
December 8, 2007	Day with Santa at Madison Armory	We had a booth again at Day with Santa. Children could stop by our booth and color an ornament.
December 11, 2007	Annual HIM Club Christmas Party
December 2007	Records Moving Project for Avera Queen of Peace in Mitchell	Avera Queen of Peace asked for our help on a project to shift records in their main filing system to make pulling records off the shelves easier.
February 4, 2008	Pizza Ranch Fundraiser Night	We received 20% of all proceeds from sales at Pizza Ranch on our fundraising night. We raised over $85 dollars!!
February 22, 2008	Bowling Party	We had a bowling night at Cherry Lanes to celebrate all of our hard work so far this year.
March 2008	Records Merging Project for Sanford Orthopedic and Sports Medicine	Sanford Ortho/Sports Medicine originally two separate clinics in the same building decided to combine to become one facility and with that combine to one records filing system. We helped them move records to the main filing system and also merge records for patient's that had two separate records.
April 3-4, 2008	Club Trip to Omaha, NE	We took a trip to Omaha, NE to tour the HIM department at Allegent Lakeside Hospital. This hospital has had an electronic health records system the entire time they have been open. The tour was very interesting.
April 13-19, 2008	Health Information Privacy and Security Week Celebration
April 15, 2008	Spring Campus Blood Drive
April 22, 2008	Annual End-Year Graduate Banquet	We had a  very successful graduate banquet. Several club officers graduated with degrees. Outgoing treasurer Nikki Gilman graduated with HIT degree, outgoing president Roxanna Williams graduated with HIT degree,  and outgoing Historian Lynn Raymond graduated with HIT degree. Our speaker was Brian Phinney who is the director of Health Information at Avera Queen of Peace in Mitchell, SD. He talked about his facilities implementation of an EHR.