ADVANCED HIM ISSUES FOR MANAGING AND USING EHRS

March 10-11, 2008

The Drake Hotel

Chicago, IL

[ Agenda | Hotel & Travel | Registration ]

The Foundation of Research and Education (FORE) of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) will hold a conference to articulate and understand issues and challenges encountered beyond basic EHR implementation.  Attendees will formulate recommendations regarding needed policy, education and research in these areas of HIM practice.

General Session Speakers:

Gail Graham, RHIA

Director of Health Data and Informatics

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

Pat Wilson, RT (R), CPC, PMP

Project Manager

Terminology Consulting Services/HDD

3M HIS, Inc

How You Will Benefit:

• Discover the challenges encountered by HIM professionals participating in EHR and data repository implementations
• Learn implemented and proposed solutions to the challenges
• Work with the other attendees to formulate policy, education and research recommendations

What You Will Cover:

• The challenges and state-of-the-art for health information managers regarding:
• Implementing clinical terminologies in EHRs
• Assuring data integrity in EHRs
• Performing data mapping between legacy systems and data standards

Who Should Attend:

Health information management and technology professionals including HIM directors and managers, EHR implementation and project managers, data quality managers, and database administrators in any setting

Continuing Education Units

Minimum of 10 CEUs for the one and a half day conference.

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Learning Category

Supported in part by FORE

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