HIMSS10 Physicians' IT Symposium

HIMSS = Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

The HIMSS10 Physicians' IT Symposium is coming up quickly! The theme is "What it Means to Be a Meaningful User." The Physicians' IT Symposium will be a full day meeting on February 28, 2010. Here's what you can expect to cover that day:

A message from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT regarding:

• ARRA Funding
• Quality
• Safety
• Meaningful Use

Real-world discussion focusing on meaningful use adoption
Issues surrounding malpractice liability in the use of EHRs, PHRs and HIEs
Tough questions you need to ask your IT vendor

The HIMSS10 conference will start March 1 and run through the 4th in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're seriously considering a career in health IT, then you should attend HIMSS (you can receive CME credit while you're there) to learn, network, and explore career opportunities in the health IT industry. The early bird registration fee ends on December 15 (wow, that's only a few days away).

Here's a list of some of the featured speakers:

Opening Keynote Address:
Quality, Safety and Meaningful Use in Healthcare Technology: A Message from ONC
David R. Hunt, MD, FACS
Chief Medical Officer and Acting Director Office of Health Information Technology Adoption Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

What You Need to Know About Your EMR Vendor: The Right Questions to Ask
Adam Gale
President
KLAS Enterprises, LLC
Mark Wagner
Director of Ambulatory Research
KLAS Enterprises, LLC

Dealing with Malpractice Liability in the use of EHRs, PHRs and HIEs
Howard Burde, JD, FHIMSS
Howard Burde Health Law LLC

Clinical Decision Support and Meaningful Use: Requirements, Enablers and What you Should Do Now
Jonathan Teich MD, PhD, FHIMSS
Chief Medical Informatics Officer Elsevier

How to "Meaningfully" Protect Privacy Without Harming Patients
Eric M. Liederman, MD, MPH
Director of Medical Informatics
Kaiser Permanente

Clinical Information Exchange
Robert E. White, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Clinical Informatics Lovelace Clinic Foundation
ABQ Health Partners

Meaningful Use: Protecting the Public's Health
Raymond D. Aller, MD, FCAP, FHIMSS
Director, Automated Disease Surveillance
County Department of Public Health

Facilitated Open Discussion
William F. Bria, MD
CMIO
Shriners Hospitals for Children

You can learn more about the upcoming HIMSS conference by visiting: http://www.himssconference.org