Healthcare Professionals Gain Insight into Electronic Health Records at Forum
Participants from the healthcare industry learned first-hand how electronic health records are transforming the healthcare delivery system for both consumers and providers. They gained the necessary understanding of the strategies of design and implementation in both the public/private healthcare sectors of this upcoming required change by the federal government.
Hazel Crest, Illinois (PRWEB) October 15, 2006
Regina Greer-Smith, MPH CHE, President of HealthCare Research Associates hosted a forum for healthcare professionals on Monday, September 18, at the IBM Innovations Center located at the Hyatt Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Over sixty healthcare professionals and participants spent the day learning and sharing best practices, issues on patient safety and privacy and initiatives in the planning, implementation, and use of electronic health records in healthcare delivery and gained knowledge of the current initiatives of the Illinois Electronic Health Records Task Force.
TGuest speakers included Jonathan A. Handler, M. D. FACEP, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University; Leonard Lamkin, MPA, Executive Director, Chicago Patient Safety Forum; Jonathan Dopkeen, Ph. D., Assistant Director, Illinois Department of Public Health; Angel Evans, MS Clinical Informatics Coach, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Roger LaHayen, MBA, CPA, Clinical Informatics Coach, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Guido Corono, IBM Human Abilities & Accessibility Center.
TParticipants learned first-hand how electronic health records are transforming the healthcare delivery system for both consumers and providers, along with strategies used to design and implement them in both the public/private healthcare sectors. According to Greer-Smith, "The event received tremendous praise from those who attended, many of whom took the time to extend their personal appreciation for the wealth of information, implementation strategies and solutions they received from the forum."
HealthCare Research Associates is a consulting firm located in the Chicago metropolitan area that specializes in Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Technology Convergence, Regional Health Information Networks (RHIN) and Network Infrastructure Consulting. For information on the solutions offered by HealthCare Research Associates to healthcare systems, public health agencies and community health organizations, you may contact us at (708) 335-0519 or on the web at www. hra-health-it. com.
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