“Interconnected Health 2012” Program Highlights
March 15 2012 - 12:25PM
Business Wire
“Interconnected Health 2012: Enabling Health through
High-Impact IT;” presented by OMG®, Health Level Seven®
International (HL7), and HIMSS, features a full program of
top-notch presenters and topics of interest to the healthcare IT
community. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in
Chicago, Ill., on April 2-4, 2012. Registration information and the
full program may be found online at
http://www.interconnected-health.org.
Interconnected Health 2012 focuses on approaches, challenges,
and solutions affecting the ability to connect health organizations
and systems, and the role of IT as an enabler in achieving this
connectivity. Geared toward the CxO suite and senior leaders within
healthcare organizations, Interconnected Health provides a venue to
hear what peer organizations are doing (both within the US and
abroad), to exchange ideas, and to interact with peers who are
leaders in this space. The theme of the conference is “Enabling
Health through High-Impact IT.” Sub-tracks focus on Clinical
Decision Support, Clinical Vocabulary and Terminology,
Service-Oriented Architecture, Mobile Health, Enterprise
Architecture, the Role of Open Source in Health IT, Devices, and
Health Information Exchange. Some session highlights include:
- Experiences with NHIN Direct, by Kevin
Puscas, Principal Consultant, Nitor Group;
- A Service Based Approach to Patient
Identification at The New York Presbyterian Hospital, by Virginia
Lorenzi, Manager, HIT Standards and Collaborations, The New York
Presbyterian Hospital, Associate - Columbia University Department
of Biomedical Informatics;
- A Converging Approach from Enterprise
Architecture to SOA – Singapore’s Experience in National eHealth
Initiatives, by Victor Chai, Senior Enterprise Architect, MOH
Holdings Pte Ltd.;
- Implementation of OpenCDS, an
Open-Source, Standards-Based SOA Framework for Clinical Decision
Support, with Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD, Project Founder and
Principal Investigator, OpenCDS, Director, Knowledge Management and
Mobilization, University of Utah Health Care; Daryl Chertcoff,
Senior Project Manager, HLN Consulting, LLC; and Angel Aponte,
Computer Specialist, Software, New York City Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Immunization; and
- Using NIEM for Health Information
Exchange, by Tony Mallia, Practice Director, Edmond Scientific
Company.
The full program is available online.
Registration & Information
Interconnected Health is hosted by OMG, HL7 International, and
HIMSS. Registration information is available at
http://www.interconnected-health.org. Exhibit space is available;
for more information contact Mike Narducci at marketing@omg.org or
+1-781-444 0404. Sponsorship opportunities are available; contact
Ken Berk at ken.berk@omg.org or +1-781-444 0404.
About Health Level Seven (HL7)
International
Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven International (www.HL7.org)
is the global authority for healthcare Information interoperability
and standards with affiliates established in more than 30
countries. HL7 is a non-profit, ANSI accredited standards
development organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive
framework and related standards for the exchange, integration,
sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that
supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and
evaluation of health services. HL7’s more than 2,300 members
represent approximately 500 corporate members, which include more
than 90 percent of the information systems vendors serving
healthcare. HL7 collaborates with other standards
developers and provider, payer, philanthropic and government
agencies at the highest levels to ensure the development of
comprehensive and reliable standards and successful
interoperability efforts.
About HIMSS
HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively
focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of
information technology (IT) and management systems for the
betterment of healthcare. Founded 51 years ago, HIMSS and its
related organizations are headquartered in Chicago with additional
offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. HIMSS represents
more than 44,000 individual members, of which more than two thirds
work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit
organizations. HIMSS also includes over 570 corporate members and
more than 170 not-for-profit organizations that share our mission
of transforming healthcare through the effective use of information
technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads
healthcare practices and public policy through its content
expertise, professional development, research initiatives, and
media vehicles designed to promote information and management
systems’ contributions to improving the quality, safety, access,
and cost-effectiveness of patient care. To learn more about HIMSS
and to find out how to join us and our members in advancing our
cause, please visit our website at www.himss.org.
About OMG
OMG® is an international, open membership, not-for-profit
computer industry standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop
enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies
and an even wider range of industries. OMG’s modeling standards
enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of
software and other processes. For more information, visit
www.omg.org.
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