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February 4, 2010
National Health Information Exchange (HIE) Summit
Event location: Washington, DC
Event date: February 4 - 5, 2010
Event description:
A hybrid conference and Internet event, this is the leading forum onHealth Information Exchanges (HIEs).
The National Health Information Exchange Summit is designed to support national, state and local leaders in effectively navigating the challenges related to building health information exchange capacity across physician practices, hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies, health plans, to support care delivery and improvements in population health. Participants will learn about emerging trends and policies that will impact their programs and will receive recommendations about how to respond, alternative strategies being employed across the field and their effectiveness, and best practices for deployment in the following key areas:
- Designing and employing good governance practices to drive success
- Building in a sustainable model to support efforts when the grant money runs out
- Developing and employing good policies and practices related to privacy and security to comply with new laws and rules, and build trust within your community
- Navigating the numerous technical options—and deciding which strategy is right for your community
- Aligning state and local efforts to maximize impact and success
- Successfully employing good procurement policies to achieve outcomes
- Designing communication and engagement policies and practices to facilitate transparency and trust across stakeholder groups and with the public
Additional information can be found at http://www.HIESummit.comor by emailing registration@hcconferences.com. Or call 800-503-7412
February 2010: Health Communications
Health It Summit For Government Leaders
Location: Washington, DC
Event date: February 3 - 4, 2010
Event description:
This event is the leading forum on health IT for public sector leaders, as well as ahybrid conference and Internet event. The Health IT Summit for Government Leaders is designed for federal and state government leaders who want to learn about how to use information technology to address the following key priority areas:
- Transforming care delivery
- Improving population health
- Engaging citizens
- Improving operational effectiveness
This Summit is specifically designed for public sector leaders who support efforts that rely on the use of information technology. Through interactive sessions with nationally recognized experts and experienced pioneers and peers within government - both at the federal and state level - participants will hear about the latest trends, learn about best practices, and explore alternative strategies for addressing the following issues:
- Governance of data-related initiatives, addressing data stewardship issues
- Utilizing new Web 2.0 technologies to effectively engage citizens and other key stakeholders
- Applying data analytics effectively across disparate data sets to support measurement, improvement, surveillance, research, and new intelligence related to fraud and abuse
- Privacy policies that assure compliance and build and maintain trust
- Security strategies for different data environments
- Expanding technical assistance strategies through the use of technology
- Managing spikes in workload with limited resources
More information can be found athttp://www.GovernmentHealthITSummit.comor by emailing registration@hconferences.com. Or call800-503-7412
February 2010: Health Care , Health Communications , Pharmaceuticals