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TUITION AND TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Recognizing that cost may be a barrier to many state, regional and community collaborators, eHI is offering scholarships for registration for those in need (email Katie.sawyer@ehealthinitiative.org to apply). In addition, the Markle Foundation is offering a limited number of travel grants for qualifying individuals to attend the Forum. Contact Josh Lemieux of Omnimedix Institute at Travel@omnimedix.org for travel grant information.
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WASHINGTON DC USA -- HIT/HIPAA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- MARCH 9, 2006: Hundreds of public and private sector leaders from states, regions and communities across the country who are engaged in health information exchange will converge at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. April 10-11 for eHealth Initiative's Third Annual Connecting Communities Learning Forum and Exhibition.
Registration information is available at www.ccbh.ehealthinitiative.org/ccbhconference.
KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Carol Diamond, MD, MPH, Chair, Connecting for Health; Managing Director, The Markle Foundation
- Charles N. Kahn III, President, Federation of American Hospitals, member, American Health Information Community
- John Lynch, Governor, State of New Hampshire
- Mark McClellan, MD, Ph.D., Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- J. Marc Overhage, MD, Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.M.I., President and Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Health Information Exchange
- Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
- John Tooker, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American College of Physicians
- Scott Serota, President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, member, American Health Information Community
Registrants will learn from national experts and pioneering state, regional and community collaborators, lessons learned, best practices and practical insights for navigating the organizational, cultural, clinical, financial, legal and technical aspects of health information exchange.
Through workshops, registrants will learn how to apply a number of recently released practical tools and guides designed to immediately support challenges states, regions and communities are experiencing today.
eHI'S CONNECTING COMMUNITIES TOOLKIT:
National experts and leaders will share and teach registrants how to apply a range of common principles, tools and resources designed to support the engagement of stakeholders, organization and governance, financing, and building and launching a public policy campaign in your state, including the following:
- Market assessment tool designed to assess your community's readiness for health information exchange.
- A detailed cost model designed to assess the costs related to various functionalities of your health information exchange, including clinical messaging, medication reconciliation, electronic prescribing and quality performance measurement and reporting.
- Tips and guides for engaging employers and health plans in your initiative, including a how-to session for launching Bridges to Excellence, an incentives program that rewards both quality and the HIT infrastructure to get there.
- Real-world insights and a step by step guide for engaging state legislators and agency officials in clearing barriers and providing funding for emerging health information exchange initiatives.
THE CONNECTING FOR HEALTH COMMON FRAMEWORK:
On March 2, 2006, the Markle Foundation announced the addition of a sixth track for the Learning Forum. Based on the newly published Connecting for Health Common Framework, one set of workshops will share ideas about how you can protect patient privacy, while exchanging health information. The workshops will focus on how you can accomplish this with a set of essential common technical and policy standards, while using any hardware and software. Connecting for Health, a private-public collaborative of more than 100 organizations, is led and managed by the Markle Foundation.
Technical, legal, and policy experts will provide practical advice about:
- Policies for designing health information-sharing networks or organizations
- Common elements of health information exchange architecture
- Achieving private and secure information exchange without central databases
- Using a Record Locator Service to identify the location of patient records
- Model contracts and template materials
- Building community trust in information exchange
- Implications for doctors and consumers
- Learning from experiences of other regional networks
- Anticipating and overcoming implementation challenges
FOUNDATION SUPPORT MAKE REGISTRATION RATES AFFORDABLE:
The eHealth Initiative generously supports the Connecting Communities Learning Forum. Accordingly, registration rates are affordable:
CONFERENCES FEES
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eHI Members
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Through March 17, 2006
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$595
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After March 17, 2006
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$695
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Non-Members
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Through March 17, 2006
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$695
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After March 17, 2006
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$795
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OTHER REGISTRATIONS OPTIONS
Government (Includes federal and state regulatory and policy employees) $295
Individuals employed by communities, regional health information organizations, and government agencies directly involved in health information exchange $295
Aggregate price to 3 individuals from the same organization. Must be employed by communities, regional health information organizations, and government agencies directly involved in health information exchange (this registration option is only available via fax or mail registration - please download form here) $495
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KEY CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS
- American Cancer Society
- American Clinical Laboratory Association
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American College of Physicians
- American Health Information Management Association
- American Health Quality Association
- American Hospital Association
- American Medical Association
- American Osteopathic Association
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
- Bridges to Excellence
- Computing Technology Industry Association
- Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
- Federation of American Hospitals
- Health Tech Strategies, LLC
- Medical Education Collaborative
- National Association of State Chief Information Officers
- National Conference of State Legislators
- National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
- Pacific Business Group on Health
- Public Health Data Standards Consortium
- United Hospital Fund
- URAC
- Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
HOW TO REGISTER:
Registration information is available at www.ccbh.ehealthinitiative.org/ccbhconference. Please make your hotel reservations today and register now!
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