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HIT Summit
March 28 - 30, 2007
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PRESS RELEASE: Fourth HIT Summit, March 28 - 30, 2007, Announces Keynote Speakers and Special Sessions
- The Leading Conference for Health Information Technology Policy: At the Federal and State Levels
- Collocate with Fourteenth National HIPAA Summit
- Featuring Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) and Certified Professional in Health Information Technology (CPHIT), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)
- March 26 - 31, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
- www.HITSummit.com
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PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.HITSummit.com
WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- DECEMBER 22, 2006: The Fourth HIT Summit, www.HITSummit.com, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on March 28 - 30, 2007 in Washington, DC, announced today keynote speakers and special sessions. The Summit will be collocated with the Fourteenth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com. The HIT Summit is sponsored by eHealth Initiative, www.eHealthInitiative.org, and Bridges to Excellence, www.BridgestoExcellence.org.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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A. John Blair, III, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Taconic IPA, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MedAllies, Wappingers Falls, NY |
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Randy Cohen
Author, "The Ethicist" Column, The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY |
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Francois de Brantes
National Coordinator, Bridges to Excellence, Washington, DC |
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John D. Halamka MD
Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health System, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical School, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Chairman, New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network, Emergency Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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David Lansky, PhD
Senior Director, Health Program, and Executive Director, Personal Health Technology Initiative, The Markle Foundation, New York, NY |
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Janet M. Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation, Washington, DC |
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HIT SUMMIT SPECIAL SESSIONS
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- National Health Information Technology Policy
- AHRQ Initiatives in Healthcare Quality and HIT
- Update from the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology
- Update on HIT Standards Harmonization
- The Ethics of HIT and HIPAA: Ethical Conundrums Raised by Information Technology and Privacy in Healthcare
- Will Privacy and Security Concerns Impede HIT Initiatives? Identifying Issues and Practical Solutions
- Stakeholder Solutions to RHIO/HIE Privacy and Security: California's Experience
- MIT Medical Department Uses Information Technology to Drive Patient Care: Case Sturdy in EHR Implementation
- How the Silicon Valley Business Coalition is Changing Health Care for High-Tech Companies and their Employees
- Process and Lessons Learned from Greater Rochester RHIO's Design/Vendor Selection Project
- The State of Missouri Electronic Health Record Initiative
- Delivering on the NHIN and HISPC Initiatives: NC's Involvement and Lessons Learned
- Automating the Transition of Care to improve Quality/Efficiency
- Impact of Web-Based Payer Informatics Tools to Drive Health Outcomes and Pay for Performance Programs
- How to Create a Sustainable Business Model for Health Information Exchange
- Personal Health Records Update: Implementation Challenges
- Emerging Challenges in PHR Implementation: Authentication, Secondary Use, Information Exchange/Networking, etc.
- Town Hall Discussion: How the PHR Developers are Addressing these PHR Implementation Challenges
- Experiences of Implementing HIE Solutions in Real World Scenarios
- Building a High-Value Health Information Exchange at Low Cost
- High Availability, the People, Process, and Technology Considerations that will Help Maintain Sufficient "Uptime," a Critical Ingredient to any Clinical Systems Program
- Building a Consumer-Centric Health IT Infrastructure
- Benefits and Implications of Community HIE for Practicing Physicians with EMR
- Achieving Operational Excellence with an EHR - A CIO's Perspective
- Rapid Roll Out of an EHR in an Academic Setting
- Lessons Learned: Using a Statewide HIE to Promote the Adoption of an EHR
- The Universal Service Rural Health Care Program and HIT Support
- The Use of Rich Media in the Treatment and Care of Disease and Illness
- The Wall Street View of HIT
- Physician Attitudes about HIT
- PHR Product Presentations
- Overview of HIT Legal Issues
- Taking Advantage of the Anti-Kickback and Stark Law Exceptions for EHR Donations
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CPEHR AND CPHIT TRAINING AND EXAMINATION OFFERED AT HIT SUMMIT
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The HIPAA Summit will offer Health IT Certification, www.HealthITCertification.com, Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) and Certified Professional in Health Information Technology (CPHIT) training and the CPEHR and CPHIT certification examinations.
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CIPP TRAINING AND EXAMINATION OFFERED AT HIPAA SUMMIT
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The HIPAA Summit will offer International Association of Privacy Professional, www.PrivacyAssociation.org, Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) training and the CIPP certification examination.
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CISSP EXAMINATIONS OFFERED AT HIPAA SUMMIT
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The HIPAA Summit will offer the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP(r)) examination.
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EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION
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For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.
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