Sunday, February 28, 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM While American medicine has been at the confluence of pressures to improve the quality and safety of care, the introduction of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) offered a renewed call for the integration of information technology in all aspects of health care delivery. Many clinicians are uncertain about the relationship of these two national program initiatives--to improve quality and promote the adoption, and meaningful use, of health information technology. We will examine current national health care policy in both quality/safety and information technology with the expectation of describing one improvement path for institutions and individuals with performance expectations in both domains.

Medtronic has reported positive financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended Jan. 29.

Thursday, March 4, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Recent health IT initiatives require the use of clinical decision support. CDS implementations vary, but current liability language excludes all parties except the user. The expansion of CDS will expand user liability.

Wednesday, March 3, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PMCDS is an essential component of driving improved healthcare outcomes. ARRA, and its requirements for meaningful EHR use, further accentuates the importance of 'getting CDS right.' The session builds on HIMSS' rich history in providing its membership and the industry with valuable insights into critical factors for CDS success via books, collaboratives educational sessions and the like.

Tuesday, March 2, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Discover next-generation, workflow-sensitive, knowledge-delivery tools that can significantly impact quality, safety and clinician/patient satisfaction. Learn about national government and industry programs supporting usable, implementable and shareable clinical decision support for national quality guidelines.

Tuesday, March 2, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Come and learn how one practice is able to use EHR data to support clinical decisions. This workshop will show how to use the EHR as a tool to improve practice workflow.

Tuesday, March 2, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM A Clinical Decision Intelligence System is an enterprise-wide data warehouse created to identify trends, interrelate disparate types of information (clinical, financial and eligibility), and support data-driven clinical and operational decision-making throughout the Geisinger Health System.

Monday, March 1, 1:15 PM - 1:30 PMCosponsor: HIMSS EHR Association