Meet Top Local, Statewide and National Healthcare Technology Sources All In One Place
MADISON, Wis. — Healthcare technology leaders will converge in Madison on May 3-4 to discuss data overload, pandemic flu, electronic patient records, and more subjects that are now vital not just to technologists but to all the doctors, administrators, service providers and patients involved in the modern healthcare system.
Governor Jim Doyle has proclaimed the first week of May “Healthcare Information Technology Recognition Week.” The Digital Healthcare Conference will increase awareness of the importance of information technology and its many uses in healthcare.
This event at the Fluno Center in Madison, Wisconsin, includes a Wednesday evening reception and session on “data overload” and sessions all day Thursday. Visit the DHC web site at http://dhc2006.com to view an agenda and speaker list.
STORY OPPORTUNITIES:
– Pandemic flu could flood hospitals and healthcare systems with patients. Distinguished speakers on how IT can enable an effective response include Barry Chaiken, associate chief medical officer of BearingPoint; Edward Barthell, executive VP of clinical affairs at Infinity Healthcare; Bevan Baker, commissioner of health for Milwaukee; and Seth Foldy, principal investigator for the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange.
– How could doctors better serve their patients if they had accurate patient information at the bedside, and how can we give them the incentive to record that information electronically instead of just on paper? Featured speaker Dr. William Yasnoff is a national expert on electronic medical records and the infrastructure required for “anywhere, anytime” health information. He has been a senior advisor to the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
– Wisconsin’s secretary of Health and Family Services, Helene Nelson, will give an update on the state’s E-Health Initiative, a five-year roadmap provide up-to-date electronic patient information at the point of care. What is the state doing, and how can organizations participate?
– What does the food industry have in common with healthcare, and why are some hospitals using similar techniques to fast-food restaurants to improve patient safety? Dr. Charles Safran is a professor of medicine at Harvard and past chair of the American Medical Informatics Association. In addition to his session topic of video monitoring, he is an expert on large institutional clinical computing systems and computer systems that help doctors treat HIV/AIDS.
– Visit http://dhc2006.com for a complete agenda and list of local and national speakers.
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