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Town Hall Meetings
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You may earns CEUs for The CHCIO Program by attending the HITECH Town Hall Meetings during CHIME09. Each Town Hall you attend is worth 1 CEU.
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| Wednesday, October 28 |
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm (1 CEU) |
HITECH Town Hall – Meaningful Use and Beyond
In this interactive Town Hall meeting, ONC Senior Advisor and Partners CIO John Glaser, and HIT Policy Committee Member and Intermountain CIO Mark Probst will assess progress and invite questions and comments from attendees on the implementation process.
Speakers: John Glaser Ph.D., VP & CIO, Partners Health Care System and ONC Senior Advisor; Marc Probst, CIO, Intermountain Healthcare and HIT Policy Committee Member
Moderator: Pam McNutt, Sr. Vice President and CIO, Methodist Health System
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| Thursday, October 29 |
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm (1 CEU) |
HITECH Town Hall – HIEs and Connectivity - Practical Solutions Toward a Nationwide, Interoperable Infrastructure
Models of health information exchange offer lessons for meaningful use compliance, as called for in the HITECH/American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Several CIOs share their experiences in successfully working with regional care partners to move clinical information across disparate systems.
Speakers: Richard Eshbach, VP & CIO, Mountain States Health Alliance and CareSpark, Tennessee and Virginia; Frank Richards, CIO, Geisinger Health System; Bill Spooner, Senior VP & CIO, Sharp Healthcare and California HIE Initiatives; Lianne Stevens, VP of IT & CIO, Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health Information Initiative
Moderator: David Muntz, FCHIME, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Baylor Health Care System
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