Workshops

ARRA Quality Workshop (Half day)
With a focus on quality, this workshop will provide an overview of the quality landscape by national quality experts. Specifically, three Davies National Awards of Excellence winners will participate on a panel detailing their journey of leveraging their EHR to participate in quality programs and to align their EHR to capture meaningful use incentives. In addition, attendees will also receive hands-on instruction on the challenges and lessons learned to capture data and will have the opportunity to learn what resources are required to meet meaningful use objectives.

Change Management Strategies (Full day)
Most organizations are not realizing the anticipated return on their EMR investment because they have lost sight of the end user throughout the implementation process. Technology is half of the answer; the people are the other half. This workshop will focus on targeted change management strategies that address the people issues that are required for true benefit realization.

Clinical Decision Support (Half day)
With quality as the centerpiece of meaningful use, practical application of clinical decision support at the point of care is an essential tool to achieving quality outcomes. Listen to a panel of real-world perspectives on CDS usability, implementation, leadership, and change management. Workshop attendees will be asked to send their CDS questions in advance, to receive hands-on assistance working through practical strategies to address challenges to take back to their organizations.

Emerging HIT Leader Workshop (Half day)
This workshop will focus on educating up-and-coming middle managers who may have advanced technical skills but need to understand why and how HIT matters in order to get to the next level.

HIT 101 (Full-day)
This workshop is designed to give individuals new to the healthcare arena, or who simply want to understand it in greater depth, an understanding of the role and structure of the US healthcare system. This workshop will provide an interactive opportunity for newcomers to immerse themselves in the healthcare IT space and will feature healthcare leaders who provide a unique, high-impact learning experience.

Interoperability Workshop (Half day)
This workshop will focus on the implementation of live interoperabilityprojects.

Privacy & Security Workshop (Full-day)
This interactive workshop will focusing on compliance with new ARRA privacy provisions, including aspects of Meaningful Use.

Project Management Workshop (Full-day)
This pre-conference workshop is for both clinical and non-clinical attendees and will focus on how Project Management can facilitate the meaningful use of healthcare information technology.