Symposia

Clinical Engineering and IT Leadership Symposium
Today, clinical engineers are being charged with extending their scope as communicators, problem solvers and experts in integrating high technology systems. With increasing frequency, they rely on and interact with their IT counterparts. The Clinical Engineering and IT Leadership Symposium is a full-day program designed to foster the collaboration between clinical engineers and IT professionals.

HIE Symposium
There are more Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) throughout the country than ever before; but, where are we as an industry with implementation? The HIE symposium will feature views from the federal and state perspectives on the intricate relationship between national and state-level programs and their reciprocal impact on one another.  This day-long symposium will closely examine components critical for long term success of HIEs and RHIOs including governance, accountability, policy and technical models for adoption, as well as financial challenges and successes ultimately exploring the progress of HIE and RHIO implementation to date.

Financial Systems Symposium
Show me the Money! The healthcare industry is undergoing major changes with the selection and reimbursement of patient care directly impacting providers and their financial management of the organization.

Drivers of this change include the movement toward electronic payments, the push for real time processing, process changes from patient scheduling to final payment tracking, increasing consumer driven involvement and emerging new players in the financial arena. These drivers are pushing the limits of the current environment infrastructure, moving both information technology and processes closer to what many label as retail healthcare. Join us for this half day symposium which will explore these important issues with industry experts.

Nursing Informatics Symposium
This year's symposium - Leaders Optimizing Healthcare Outcomes through Informatics - brings together a dynamic platform of nurse leaders to address the most current issues for informatics nurses today. Be part of this exciting symposium where you can participate in general sessions as well as educational tracks and join in the conversation on optimizing data and workflow, and process redesign.

Foundations of Nursing Informatics is offered prior to the Nursing Informatics Symposium and is designed with the Nursing Informatics novice in mind. This half day program will offer foundational information on the Novice to Expert-Data to Wisdom Continuum and will define the concepts of the EMR and EHR. It is free of charge to those who register for the symposium on Saturday.

Payer Symposium
Ideal for all consumers, providers, and payers (CEOs, CIOs & CFOs, physicians and healthcare IT managers), this symposium addresses the payer community’s current governance, financial, legal and technological challenges as they relate to providers and consumers.

Pharmacy IT Symposium
This symposium is for Pharmacy Professionals looking to maximize and develop their role in information technology. With the growth and proliferation of electronic health records and systems in healthcare today, now more than ever, Pharmacy Professionals need the skills and know how to lead the change in their profession. This symposium will address a spectrum of patient centered approaches from federal initiatives, current legislation & research, emerging disciplines and health systems’ practical approaches to improving the quality of care.

Physicians' IT Symposium
The Physicians’ IT Symposium brings a wealth of networking and educational opportunities to you. Explore bridging the HIT and quality gap from large hospital to small practice perspectives. The future of healthcare IT and personal health record implementation will also be discussed. Small group learning modules will examine electronic health record funding, Pay-for Performance, e-Prescribing and Medical Home tools. Lunchtime tabletop discussions provide an opportunity to share ideas, obstacles and solutions with your peers.

Supply Chain Technology Symposium for Healthcare Professionals
The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) and HIMSS are once again co-sponsoring a pre-conference symposium on Supply Chain Management.  This symposium promises to provide practical experiences from the financial, technical, and clinical perspectives of supply chain operational performances that are designed to achieve best practices.  Topics discussed will include best practices highlighting Auto-ID (RFID, Barcode and other technologies) as well as the importance of data standards for achieving optimized clinical and business performance.