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Healthcare IT News ■ October 2007 industry news www.HealthcareITNews.com ahIMa in Philadelphia for 79th convention, exhibition – The 79th annual Healthcare Network and The AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. the city synonymous with indepenMore than 200 vendors will vie dence, promises to strike an indepenfor attention on the exhibition floor. dent note of its own. Among the special events are an The American Health Information alumni reception on Oct. 8 and a Management Association recently President’s Premier Celebration on proposed a 10-year strategy to trans- Linda Kloss Oct. 9. It takes place in the heart of form and realign formal education in Health Philadelphia’s Independence Mall at the Information Management by 2016. The plan National Constitution Center. The 2007 for transformation is likely to be the center- President’s Premier Celebration takes place piece of this year’s convention, which runs from 7:30-10:30 p.m. from Oct. 6-11. The event includes seminars, institutes, workshops and networking receptions. Also on tap is a coding community meeting and a student academy. There are concurrent education programs, and throughout the convention, attendees will have a chance to tour various healthcare organizations, such as the Albert Einstein PHILADELPHIA The keynote speakers on Oct. 8 include Robert M. Kolodner, MD, national coordinator for health information technology, and Janet Dillione, CEO of Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services. On Oct. 9 the speakers include Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum; Carolyn Clancy, MD, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD, professor and director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns a slice of the exhibit hall at an earlier ahIMa meeting. Hopkins Medical Institutions; and Linda Kloss, AHIMA’s CEO. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: aHIMa 1007 ● MaNos Continued from page 3 Justin Barnes, part of a legislative advocacy group for the Electronic Health Record Vendors Association, met this week with high-level federal officials. “There is good progress,” Barnes said of ONC’s efforts. “It’s as good as could be expected.” Unfortunately, he said, Democrat lawmakers on the Hill are blinded by partisan fury and fail to see the progress being made. And progress is indeed the discussion of the day. ONC will be reviewing applications this month for a $13 million, two-year contract to design and implement the successor to The American Health Information Community, the federal panel to help drive healthcare IT advancement forward. The award is expected on or before Nov. 13. Now would be a good time to get a nod of approval from IOM, muses one of my sources who wishes to remain nameless. n More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: MaNoS 1007 ● HarMoNy Continued from page 3 ■ care information model standards requirements; and ■ patient and medication safety standards. Members of the Joint Initiative Council and the Joint Working Group said their work would build on existing agreements and recognize existing standards collaboration work already in place. They formed the joint council and joint working group they said, in response to a call for coordination and collaboration from government, health providers and vendors around the world. “The contribution of the many experts from each of the SDOs (standards development organizations), all working together, is a huge strength of the Joint Working Group and we fully support this collaborative work that is so essential in delivering shared care through interoperability of our health information systems,” said HL7’s Ed Hammond, the newly elected chairman of the Joint Initiative Council. ■ ©2007 CDW Corporation More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: HarMoNY 1007 ● 4544_cdw_HITN_eq_sp_10-1.indd 1 AD# CDW-BRA-1891C3 FILE NAME: P71891_cdw_HITN_eq_sp_10-1.indd http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7821 http://HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7818 http://HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7819

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