Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, Chair, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT). CCHIT is an independent, HHS funded organization established to accelerate the adoption of HIT by creating a sustainable […]

Neil A. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, describes UCLA’s solution for ubiquitous access to real-time patient data in a highly mobile environment. The […]

Ed Marx, CIO, University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, describes the critical role of governance in developing and supporting business strategy.  Working governance principles and a framework which you can adopt […]

Jeremy Bikman, Director, Medical Equipment, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT, reviews research from the 2006 KLAS CPACS Report.  Included are issues impacting the CV Department and the greater IT enterprise. The […]

David C. Kibbe, MD MBA, Director, Center for Health information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians, Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Kibbe explains that, around the country the idea of the […]

Roberta E. Testor, MA, MSS, Director, IT Knowledge Systems, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, demonstrates how a data warehouse can support analysis of patient flow throughout the organization. She […]

Nancy Pratt, RN, MSN, Sr. VP, Clinical Effectiveness, and Bill Spooner, CIO, Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA, describe how they apply technology tools in real time at the point of […]

Eric Pifer, MD, CMIO, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, and David C. Classen, MD, MS, VP, FCG, Long Beach, CA, and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Utah.  […]

Adam Gale, EVP and COO, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT, describes the tremendous growth in the ambulatory EMR market, with hundreds of EMR vendors offering products to physician practices. He discusses […]

Bennett Davis, Hewlett Packard, reviews the issues involved with developing realistic storage architectures for the expanding requirements of medical image and record management. He explores the demands of long term […]

Dave Garets, CEO, HIMSS Analytics, reviews data comparing SI member organizations to each other and to general industry utilizing their EMR Adoption Model. Data will be anonymous, but you will […]

Mimi Hassett, MS, RN, FHIMSS, Director of Clinical Informatics, Berkshire Health Systems, Pittsfield, MA, describes how nursing can optimally lead and support the successful integration of information systems, including development, […]

Walter Sujansky, Sujansky & Associates, LLC, San Carlos, CA oversees the development of this new standard.  He presents The EHR-Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Standards (ELINCS) project, which is developing the […]

Ross C. D'Emanuele, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN. This session explains the new anti-kickback and Stark regulations allowing the donation of certain electronic technology items and services to […]