Industry Spotlight: HITSE 2011 Provides Unique Opportunity for MEDITECH Customers

Healthcare CIOs will want to take note of the second annual Healthcare IT Solutions Exchange (HITSE) scheduled for October 19 in Dedham, Massachusetts. This event provides a unique collaborative environment in which to learn how to successfully stage your approach to meeting Meaningful Use objectives.

Unlike most other meetings or conferences, HITSE is built around a one-to-one exchange of information between peers, providers of Meaningful Use solutions and four leading healthcare technology experts.

The date and location of this event are perfect for those of you attending the MEDITECH Physician/CIO Forum. HITSE takes place the day before and is being held just a short distance from MEDITECH's Canton headquarters.

The theme and focus of HITSE 2011 is "Meaningful Use: Staging for Achievement." Attendees will learn from their peers, vendors and the experts about which approaches and processes are proving to be the most effective for staging Meaningful Use and why.

HITSE 2011 features these respected presenters:

Looking "Beyond Meaningful Use" is the issue covered by John D. Halamka, MD, MS, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN) and more.

 

Anthony J. Guerra is the founder of healthsystemCIO.com, an online publication featuring the healthsystemCIO.com Survey Panel — a group of more than 130 CIOs who participate in "SnapSurveys" about the most pressing issues of the day. Guerra will speak on "How CIOs are dealing with HITECH/Meaningful Use mandates."

 

Vice President of Medical Affairs for McKesson's Paragon Business Unit, Michael Blackman, MD, MBA will be presenting "What's Old is New Again: Physician Adoption in the Era of Meaningful Use." A member of the product development team, Blackman can provide great insight into this important topic.

 

Lastly, Karen M. Bell, MD, MMS — who is Chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) — will address "EACH: Overcoming Barriers to Certifying Installed EHR Technology." She brings to the Commission wide and varied expertise in health information technology (HIT), quality assurance and clinical practice.

Joining these four experts is an expansive line-up of practiced vendors representing consultants and providers of productivity tools, data storage and management, integration solutions and tools that interface directly with MEDITECH MAGIC, Client Server and 6.x.

One of the highlights of HITSE 2011 will be its CIO Forum, a panel of CIOs discussing what is and is not working in their efforts to meet Meaningful Use objectives. Moderated by Guerra, this fully interactive one-and-a-half-hour session is a must for CIOs wanting insight into how their peers are staging for achievement of Meaningful Use.

Participants will learn what steps your fellow CIOs are finding to be productive as well as what types of solutions are being evaluated and implemented. Attend and be prepared to share your questions and experiences.

It promises to be a valuable, information-packed day. Those interested in learning more about this event can visit http://hitse.org/.