Healthcare IT News - January 2009 - (Page 17) www.himss.org January 2009 I The HIMSS Insider 17 HIMSS09 Symposia Offer o further meet the educational needs of the Society's diverse and growing audiences at HIMSS09 in Chicago, a variety of PreConference Symposia geared toward specific professions and specialties are held on Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4. Nursing Informatics This year's Symposium kicks off Friday with a half-day event designed for newcomers to the nursing informatics field and offers foundational information regarding the core competencies required of today's informaticist. This event is free to those who register for the Saturday program; however, attendees must indicate they would like to attend Friday's session when registering for the Nursing Informatics Symposium. Saturday's full-day program brings together a dynamic platform of nursing leaders to address the most current issues facing nursing informaticists today. The full-day Physicians' IT Symposium on Saturday covers bridging the healthcare IT and quality gap from large-hospital to small-practice perspectives, as well as the future of healthcare IT and personal health record implementation. Small group learning modules examine EHR funding, pay-for-performance, e-prescribing and medical home tools. Lunchtime tabletop discussions provide an opportunity to share ideas, obstacles and solutions with other physicians. For pharmacists looking to maximize and develop their role in information technology and pharmacy informatics, Saturday's day-long Pharmacy IT Symposium addresses a spectrum of patient-centered approaches from federal initiatives, current legislation and research, emerging disciplines, and health systems' practical approaches to improve the quality of care. Financial Systems The half-day Symposium on Saturday explores the primary drivers of change with the selection and reimbursement of patient care and how they are directly impacting providers and their financial T Targeted Learning for Breadth of Healthcare Professions WELCOME DIAMOND NEW CORPORATE MEMBERS AmerisourceBergen AmerisourceBergen delivers pharmaceuticals on a just-in-time basis to tens of thousands of healthcare providers every day, and provides business support and consulting services to help customers focus on their key strength–caring for patients. www.amerisourcebergen.com IMSS AsiaPac09 Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 24-27 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, is on track for another successful staging. With speakers representing more than 12 countries, HIMSS AsiaPac09 offers practical, solutions-oriented education covering three main tracks: eHealth; EHR, EMR, EPR and PHR; and IT Strategy and Innovation. Industry experts and high-level representatives provide a variety of perspectives and unique insights into the latest trends and issues facing the healthcare IT industry today. HIMSS AsiaPac09 is again offering two purposefully developed, full-day symposia– the Physicians' & IT Leadership Symposium and the Nursing Informatics Symposiumand a new, targeted Developing Countries Workshop to provide clinicians, care providers, government personnel and leaders the opportunity to hear from experts in their fields on the most prominent issues in healthcare in the Asia Pacific region today. In addition to the educational opportunities, the HIMSS AsiaPac09 exhibit hall provides visitors with a not-to-be-missed Set for Kuala Lumpur Next Month HIMSS AsiaPac09 management of the organization. Sessions cover electronic payment, real-time processing, process changes from patient scheduling to final payment tracking, increasing consumer driven involvement and new players in the financial arena. Designed to foster the collaboration between clinical engineers and IT professionals, the full-day Clinical Engineering and IT Leadership Symposium on Saturday highlights the challenges and security issues of medical device and healthcare application systems convergence, and how clinical engineering and IT domains can effectively come together to address these challenges through real-world examples. Saturday's day-long Supply-Chain Management Symposium focuses on the supply-chain process and the information systems that support it. Materials managers, logisticians, supplychain officers and IT professionals learn about leading practices in the industry, data management and utilization, and integration and implementation solutions. The full-day Payer Symposium on Saturday is ideal for consumers, providers and payers (CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, physicians and healthcare IT managers), and addresses the payer community's current governance, financial, legal and technological challenges as they relate to providers and consumers. On Saturday, the full-day Health Information Exchanges Symposium closely examines components critical for long-term success of health information exchanges and regional health information organizations. This includes governance, accountability, policy and technical models for adoption, as well as financial challenges, successes and ultimately exploring the progress of HIE and RHIO implementation to date. For more information on HIMSS09 PreConference Symposia and to register, visit www.himssconference.org/education. I VMware Inc. VMware Inc. is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. www.vmware.com PLATINUM Tatum LLC Using a unique blend of executive services, consulting and search, Tatum LLC provides human-capital solutions to meet customers' needs with velocity. www.tatumllc.com AwarePoint Awarepoint's real-time awareness platform helps clients improve business processes by providing the only truly practical solution for enterprise-wide RTLS. www.awarepoint.com T-Mobile T-Mobile USA is a national provider of wireless voice, messaging and data services capable of reaching over 268 million Americans where they live, work and play. www.t-mobile.com INFINITT Technology (Infinitt North America) INFINITT North America is a technology leader serving the information and image management needs of healthcare facilities since 1993. www.infinittna.com GOLD AmazingCharts Amazing Charts is a full-featured EHR system that allows scheduling, intra-office messaging and complete documentation of the medical encounter in a fast, efficient and straight-forward manner. www.amazingcharts.com To learn more about the benefits of corporate membership, visit www.himss.org or contact HIMSS Senior Manager of New Account Sales Rebecca Washler at bwashler@himss.org or 319-393-3117. ttendees and exhibitors should be aware of an important schedule change for HIMSS09, April 4-8 in Chicago. Besides the switch to an April event, HIMSS09 kicks off on Saturday, April 4, with the pre-conference symposia and workshops. Keynotes, education sessions, the exhibition and the opening reception begin on Sunday, April 5. Keep these new dates in mind when making air and hotel reservations. The HIMSS09 Web site, www.himssconference.org, features air travel and hotel information. Hotels are filling up quickly, so make hotel reservations early through Ambassadors, HIMSS' official housing and travel bureau. In addition to making reservations online, attendees can contact Ambassadors at 877-517-3038. I Important Schedule Change for HIMSS09 HIMSS Analytics Benchmarks Hospitals' EMR Progress The HIMSS Analytics booth at the HIMSS09 Exhibition in Chicago, April 4-8, is the portal to benchmark a hospital's EMR implementation progress. Visitors will meet with HIMSS Analytics representatives and learn about the EMR Adoption ModelSM, which scores hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database on their progress in completing the 8 stages to creating a paperless patient record environment. HIMSS Analytics representatives will provide visitors with information on how to participate in the HIMSS Analytics Annual Study to obtain their EMR Adoption Model score, which they can then compare to 5,000plus U.S. hospitals' scores, their state's average and more. Additionally, participants of the study gain access to nearly 50 benchmarking reports on IT staffing, budgeting, capital operating expenditures and more to support IT strategy and planning needs. HIMSS Analytics has been conducting the annual study on At HIMSS09 H opportunity to explore the latest in healthcare IT solutions, emerging technological advances and interoperability standards. The exhibit hall will feature over 50 companies showcasing their latest products and solutions in a hands-on, interactive and dynamic environment. Details on HIMSS AsiaPac09 education, exhibition, registration, travel and accommodations, including specially negotiated hotel rates, are available at www.himssasiapac.org. I Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia healthcare IT processes and environments since July of 2004. Today, it is regarded as the industry's most authoritative source for healthcare IT trends, particularly with the development of the EMR Adoption Model, which has become the gold standard for tracking a hospital's transition to a paperless environment. For more information about the EMR Adoption Model, visit www.himssanalytics.org. Learn more about the HIMSS09 Exhibition at www.himssconference.org/exhibition. I HIMSS Call for Committee Applications Now Open H IMSS is now accepting applications for volunteer assignments for 2009-10 Fiscal Year Steering Committees and Committees. The call is open January 2 through March 6 at www.himss.org/ASP/committees Home.asp. An application and a list and descriptions of steering committees and committees are available online. HIMSS’ steering committees and committees work throughout the year delivering tangible resources of direct benefit to the Society’s members, and serving on a committee is an excellent step toward a growing leadership role in HIMSS. Committee participation is open to all individuals and corporate HIMSS members who are not serving in other leadership positions within the Society and have been a member for at least the past 12 consecutive months http://www.himss.org http://www.vmware.com http://www.amerisourcebergen.com http://www.tatumllc.com http://www.awarepoint.com http://www.infinittna.com http://www.t-mobile.com http://www.himss.org http://www.amazingcharts.com http://www.himssconference.org http://www.himssconference.org/education http://www.himssanalytics.org http://www.himssconference.org/exhibition http://www.himss.org/ASP/committeesHome.asp http://www.himss.org/ASP/committeesHome.asp http://www.himssasiapac.org http://www.himssasiapac.org
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