POSTED AUG 23   Our August Inside Edge examines Clinical Decision Support: Building Your Clinical IQ.

See the Inside Edge Editorial Calendar for future topics.  See all SI publications.

Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support, edited by Jerome Osheroff, MD, FACP, FACMI, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Thomson Reuters

September 8, 1-2 pm CT, "IT Service Quality Delivered Meaningfully Part 6: Best Practices for Aligning IT to the Business Objectives", Mike Wilson, Senior Clinical Director, Compuware.

September 15, 1-2 pm CT, "New Approaches to SOA in Healthcare", Eric Leader, VP, Technology Architecture, Carefx.

September 16, 1-2 pm CT, "HITECH Final Rule: Interoperability and Reporting Requirements", Eric Finocchiaro, Consulting Specialist Leader, and Mitchell Morris, MD, Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.

September 20, 1-2 pm CT, "SI-Cerner Users Collaborative No. 26", Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, DO, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators.

September 21, 1-2 pm CT, "Accountable Care Organizations", Tom Enders, Senior Partner and Managing Director, Health Care Sector, CSC.

September 23, 1-2 pm CT, "Getting Personal with PHRs", Chris O’Neal, Director of Reporting, KLAS Orem, UT.

September 27, 1-2 pm CT, "Michigan Health Connect (MHC): Health Systems Collaborate to Provide State-wide Information Exchange", Doug Dietzman, Executive Director of MHC, Patrick O’Hare, Senior VP and CIO, Spectrum Health, and Adam Theall, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors.

October 5, 1-2 pm CT, "Improving the Bottom Line", Kent Giles, Regional VP, Conifer Health.

October 6, 1-2 pm CT, "Can Accountable Care Organizations Control Costs and Improve Quality? ", Robert B. Williams, MD, MIS, Director, Healthcare Practice, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.

October 14, 1-2 pm CT, "HITECH Final Rule: Standards and the EHR Certification Process", Eric Finocchiaro, Consulting Specialist Leader, and Mitchell Morris, MD, Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.

October 18, 1-2 pm CT, "SI-Cerner Users Collaborative No. 27: Problem List", Joe Boyce, MD, CMIO, Heartland Health.

October 20, 1-2 pm CT, "Memorial Hermann, CDS Case Study", Robert Murphy, MD, Medical Director, Information Systems, and Sirajuddin Anwar, M.B.B.S, M.S., Clinical Informaticist for CDS, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.

October 21, 1-2 pm CT, "KLAS"

October 25, 1-2 pm CT, "Convergence of IT and Medical Devices, and Impact on Patient Safety", James P. Keller, Jr., M.S., VP, Health Technology Evaluation and Safety, ECRI Institute.