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24 Healthcare IT News s March 2008 www.HealthcareITNews.com Healthcare, government and IT converge at AsiaPac08 T he HIMSS AsiaPac08 Conference and Exhibition, May 20-23 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, explores the optimal use of healthcare IT and management systems, and provides needs-based solutions. This unique event promises to be a hotbed of intensive knowledge exchange where the best minds gather and a platform for unlimited networking opportunities, as leaders from healthcare, government and IT converge. AsiaPac08 is held in association with CHIK Services, which helps to provide a communication bridge between the health and ICT communities. This year's conference showcases more than 40 educational sessions and Andy M. Wiesenthal plays host to a wide array of exhibitors. In addition, AsiaPac08 features three unique pre-conference programs designed specifically for nurses, physicians, and IT leadership and healthcare professionals from developing nations. Keynote addresses led by healthcare experts, practitioners and officials from major hospitals, healthcare systems and national governments explore successful strategies in the everyday application, management and advancement of healthcare IT. Among the keynote speakers is Andy M. Wiesenthal, MD, SM, associate executive director for clinical information support at the Permanente Federation. Dr. Wiesenthal works within the arenas of development and deployment of automated medical records, decision support, and other clinical systems for all of Kaiser Permanente. For more information on AsiaPac08, including the full slate of keynote speakers and registration, visit www.himssasiapac.org. s PUBLICATIONS STAFF VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS Fran Perveiler MANAGER, PUBLICATIONS Nancy Vitucci SENIOR MANAGER CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS Joyce Lofstrom SENIOR MANAGER PUBLIC POLICY COMMUNICATIONS Sharolyn Rosier Hyson SENIOR EDITOR Matt Schlossberg COORDINATOR, COMMUNICATIONS Cari McLean BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR Upcoming HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo Offers Free Access for Attendees H John Wade, FCHIME, FHIMSS Vice President/Chief Information Officer Saint Luke’s Health System VICE CHAIR IMSS hosts its third Virtual Conference and Expo on April 23-24 with the recently added benefit of free registration for the exhibit hall, educational sessions and networking lounge. The upcoming Virtual Conference & Expo gives healthcare professionals the opportunity to gain product knowledge, grow professionally and network with their colleagues in an enhanced online, 3-D environment, all for free. The April Virtual Conference & Expo includes as many as 14 keynote speeches and educational seminars, covering real-time adjudication, electronic health record adoption, staff retention, standards harmonization, nurse HIT competencies, and Web technologies and service-oriented architecture applied in healthcare.To date,HIMSS has confirmed athenahealth Chairman and CEO Jonathan Bush, and seasoned HIT expert Matthew Holt for Wednesday and Thursday keynote addresses. New to this year's conference, keynote and educational speakers will host live question and answer chat room sessions with attendees after their presentations. In addition to presentation-specific chat rooms, attendees can interact and meet with their industry colleagues in the Virtual Lounge where users often share professional advice. The April conference will introduce a new, exclusive C-Suite Lounge for senior executives to network and discuss leadership strategies, challenges and opportunities that their peers face regarding healthcare IT implementation, return on investment and workforce needs. A profile matching tool is also available to easily connect attendees with individuals who share professional interests and expertise. The newly enhanced virtual Exhibit Hall allows attendees to easily explore cutting-edge product solutions through engaging videos and demonstrations, access industry white papers and content for future reference, and interact live with company representatives via instant messenger, video chat or e-mail. Attendees can also take advantage of the Interoperability Showcase booth where they can observe demonstrations on in-use, standardsbased interoperability frameworks enabling secure, real-time information exchange. All educational sessions and keynote speeches are accessible on-demand to registrants for flexible viewing during conference and after conference for 30 days, free of charge. The virtual exhibit hall is also available for free, for 30 days after conference. For more information, visit www.himss virtual.org. s Victoria Bradley, DNP, RN, FHIMSS Director of Patient Information University of Kentucky HealthCare CHAIR ELECT Charles E. Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS Director, Information Systems/Chief Information Officer Good Samaritan Hospital VICE CHAIR ELECT Liz Johnson, FHIMSS Vice President, Applied Clinical Informatics Tenet Healthcare Corp. Margret Amatayakul, RHIA, CHPS, FHIMSS President Margaret A. Consulting LLC Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH, FHIMSS Chief Medical Officer DocsNetwork Ltd. Maj. John H. Daniels, FACHE, CPHIMS, CHPS, FHIMSS Chief Information Officer U.S. Air Force Academy Hospital John Hansmann, FHIMSS Regional Manager, Management Engineering Intermountain Health Care C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA, FHIMSS Chief Information Officer and Chairman, IT Division The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Executive Director, eCleveland Clinic Joy G. Keeler, MBA Principal Health Information Technology The MITRE Corp. Jay Srini, FHIMSS Vice President, Emerging Technologies University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhD, FHIMSS Chief Medical Informatics Officer Elsevier Health Sciences PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Standards Insight Will Be Back Next Month SUMMIT08 [continued from page 23] The Standards Insight column in the April HIMSS Insider will feature Ed Larsen's observations on the latest interoperability news and developments from HIMSS08 last month in Orlando. s H. Stephen Lieber, CAE HIMSS ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS SURVEY consumers they serve. The Summit program is designed with the following tracks: [continued from page 23] A. John Blair III, MD President and CEO Taconic IPA Steve Fox Partner Pepper Hamilton LLP Miriam Paramore Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development Integra Professional Services Sunny Sanyal Chief Operating Officer McKesson Provider Technologies between ambulatory care physicians and their enterprise affiliates. Sessions explore RHIOs and tax status, a Stark use case, standards harmonization and HIE implementation. Consumerism and HIT Track: From consumer-focused privacy and security issues and the impact of retail clinics on the delivery of care to an exploration of reporting quality data publicly, this track is designed to explore current issues as IT delivers information, access and attention to the mainstream. Track participants discuss benefits and potential “side effects” of sharing medical records online. investment and its measurement from the physician/clinical documentation and physician efficiency side of the equation. Among the topics to be explored within this track are national efforts in reporting quality; ways to use IT to avoid adverse (and non-reimbursable) events; pay for performance, exclusions and Financial Health of Hospitals & Physician Practices Track: This track examines return on Ambulatory-Enterprise Cooperation Track: This track focuses on key relationships the impact of EHRs on an organization's bottom line; and federal dollars for private sector IT investment. C-Suite Strategic Relationships Track: This track is designed to explore the essential relationships between various members of the C-Suite and consider issues from recruiting, reporting relationships, and recognizing the critical collaborative needs of internal and external stakeholders, including payors, vendors and the board. The Summit will also feature an Industry Innovations Track, sponsored by HIMSS Diamond and Platinum Corporate Members to showcase some of the key tools that enable healthcare IT leaders and innovators to do their work. For more information and registration, visit www.himsssummit.org. Early-bird registration is available through May 5. s Dr. James Canton Charlie Cook this time. Each of these items was selected by approximately 40 percent of respondents. Clinical applications were also identified as a priority of the future, as implementing an EMR, replacing/upgrading/implementing clinical information systems and delivery of clinical knowledge to users were identified as the most important IT priorities at respondents' organizations over the next two years. Each of these items was selected by approximately one-quarter of respondents. Hand-in-hand with an emphasis on implementing clinical systems is a focus on data security. Despite the fact most respondents indicated their organization uses multiple security technologies to protect data at this time, approximately one-quarter suggested they had a security breach at their organization in the past year. Additionally, respondents reported identity management and security technologies are two of the top three technologies they believed would be implemented in their organization over the course of the next two years. Data collection for the 19th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey took place from midNovember 2007 to mid-January 2008. s CONTRIBUTING TO THE The following individuals generously contributed to the HIMSS Foundation in January 2008. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. Regular THANK YOU FOR Leroy E. Baker, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH, FHIMSS Lawrence E. Dux, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Belle Oaks of America Inc. James R. Cramer, FHIMSS Steven J. Fox George T. Hickman, CPHIMS, FHIMSS HIMSS Indiana Chapter HIMSS Louisiana Chapter For more information or to make a contribution, please contact Erica Pantuso, VP Member Services, HIMSS, at epantuso@himss.org or 312-915-9277. http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.himssvirtual.org http://www.himssasiapac.org http://www.himssvirtual.org http://www.himsssummit.org

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