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Suzanne Columbus
March 21st, 2008, 11:55 AM
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3 More Days to the HIMSS New York April 3rd Annual Conference!http://www.himssnys.org/enewsletter/templates/0001/grrule.gif
HIMSS New York April 3rd Conference: Discount Registration Fee for Members of Sponsoring Organizations!
'HIT Gets Personal - Consumer Centric Technology' Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Manhattan @ The Digital Sandbox Conference Center

Members of HIMSS & other sponsoring organizations $125 - Non-member $175 - Student $25
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Sponsoring organizations


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Program

8 - 9: Breakfast

9 - 9:15: President's Message

William Delaney, HIMSS NY President

9:15 - 9:30: Advocacy Update

Christopher Harris, HIMSS NY Advocacy Liaison & President Elect

9:30 - 10:30: Keynote Speaker

Lori M. Evans, MPH, MPP, serves as a Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health leading a new Office of Health Information Technology Transformation (OHITT). OHITT, created by Governor Spitzer in 2007, is responsible for government and private sector efforts to support improvements in health care quality, affordability and outcomes for all New Yorkers through widespread deployment of health information technology.

11:00 - 12:00: Break Out Session 1: Personal Health Record

• Moderator: Ken Ong, MD, MPH
• Panelists: Adrian Gropper, MD, MedCommons; Abha Agrawal, MD, Kings County Hospital Center; Glenn Martin, MD, Queens Health Network

11:00 - 12:00: Break Out Session 2: Legal Aspect of Privacy Issues

• Moderator: Chris Harris
• Panelists: Paul F. Macielak, President and CEO, New York Health Plan Association; Al Mercado, NY Bar Association; Peter Poleto, Vice President and CIO, Hospital Association of New York State

1:45 - 2:45: Break Out Session 3: The Consumer and Health Information Exchange

• Moderator: Ken Ong, MD, MPH
• Panelists: Sally E. Findley, PhD, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Arthur Levin, MPH, Center for Medical Consumers; Rachel Block, New York eHealth Collaborative

1:45 - 2:45: Break Out Session 4: Government Initiatives in Consumer Health

• Moderator: Sal Volpe, MD
• Panelists: Pat Hale, MD, PhD, Deputy Director of HIT Transformation, New York State Department of Health; Farzad Mostashari, MD, Assistant Commissioner and Chair of the Primary Care Information Taskforce, New York City DOHMH; George Hickman, CIO, Albany Medical Center

3:00 - 4:00: Breakout Session 5: Patient Portal

• Moderator: Leanne Currie, DNSc
• Panelists: David Kaufman, PhD, DBMI, Columbia University; Melinda Jenkins, PhD, Coordinator of Consumer Informatics, New York City DOHMH; Noel C. Brown MD, MBA, Montefiore Medical Group

4:00 - 4:30: Breakout Session 6: New Jersey Chapter Update

• Moderator: Joe Carr

4:30 - 6:00: Vendor Exhibition & Cocktail Reception

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A Personal Invitation...
From Bill Delaney & Ken Ong, MD, MPH

Don't miss one of the most important health I.T. conferences of the year in New York.

Hear some of the nation's experts speak on consumer-centric health I.T.

This will be an exciting event with vendor exhibits and many networking opportunities.

See you April 3rd!

Best regards,
Bill & Ken

Bill Delaney, President
Ken Ong, MD, MPH, Past President

I.T. Exhibits
The following will be exhibiting their I.T. products and services:


Agilysys
AllScripts
AlphaSystems
AmCom
API Software
Blum Shapiro
CAIM
Courtyard Group
Eclipsys
GreenCastle Consulting
GreenWay Medical
McKesson
Perot
QuadraMed


Calling All Nurse Informaticists!
Networking, education, & collaboration

Nursing informatics is at the cutting edge of health I.T.

If you're interested in joining other nurse informaticists in New York, contact Leanne Currie, DNSc (v: (212) 342-3919; lmc2007@columbia.edu)

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