HiMSS08: Datebook

Sunday, Feb. 24
8:00 AM - Get tips from a top-rated HiMSS instructor on securing information systems from this all-day Information Security Workshop run by Tom Walsh, CHS, CISSP.

Monday, Feb. 25
10:00 AM - Learn how Partners Community Healthcare expects to achieve 100% EMR adoption by its 6,000 physicians by 2009. Speakers include Cynthia Bero, CIO, and Michael Esters, manager of clinical and managed care systems.

5:30 PM - Come to FierceHealthIT's Mediterranean bash, Opa!, and relax with free drinks and hors d'oeuvres. You might even win a new video iPod! RSVP today.

Tuesday, Feb. 26
8:30 am - Today, the keynote will be given by speaker Dr. Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Dr. Robert Kolodner, National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology. Get there early--you can expect a standing-room only crowd.

6:30 pm  - Recognize outstanding contributions by your peers at the HIMSS Awards Banquet. Tickets are $120, and sometimes sell out in advance.

Wednesday, Feb. 27
8:30 am - How can EMRs equipped with quality data collections functions improve patient care and inform national quality initiatives? Learn more from Dr. Fred Rachman, CEO and chief medical officer of the Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services and Andrew Hamilton, RN, BSN, MS, director of operations and clinical informatics at the Alliance.

9:45 am - Here's a case illustrating how one organization navigated funding, technical design and clinical adoption challenges to roll out a mobile point of care solution. Speakers include Gregg Malkary, BA, MS, managing director with Spyglass Consulting Group, and Dr. Sameer Bade, chief medical technology officer with Medstar Health.

Thursday, Feb. 28
8:30 am - What's Google up to in the healthcare space? Find out directly from Google chairman and CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt, today's keynote speaker. Expect this to be another packed-to-the-walls session.

9:45 am - In this talk, a health information director explains how to use technology to document routine communication to maximize revenue cycle performance. Speaker is Rita Bowe, MA, RHIA, CHPS, SSGB, enterprise director of HIM services for Erlanger Health System.