[IEEE-bhpjobs] [Fwd: EMBS 11/9 Meeting - Electronic Health Records and the National Health Information Network]

[Esther L]

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Subject: EMBS 11/9 Meeting - Electronic Health Records and the National 
  Health Information Network
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:47:51 -0500
From: Thomas Jepsen <tjepsen at mindspring.com>
To: encs-excom at ieee.org
CC: esther_l at ieee.org, smungal at bellsouth.net, giddings at unc.edu, 
subroto at us.ibm.com, Susan.Flood at sas.com, Perry_D_Haaland at bd.com, 
ebarkley at nc.rr.com

The Eastern North Carolina chapter of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society will hold its fall meeting on Wednesday, November 9, at the
Instrumentation Society of America (ISA) Building on Alexander Drive in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The meeting will feature a
presentation by Thomas Jepsen, EMBS Chapter Chair, on the policy work being
undertaken by the IEEE-USA Medical Technology Policy Committee in support of
online Electronic Health Records and the proposed National Health
Information Network.

Date:   Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Time:    6:00-8:00 pm
          Refreshments 6:00-6:30
          Presentation 6:30-8:00
          Q&A following presentation

Place:  ISA Headquarters Building
         67 Alexander Drive
         Research Triangle Park, NC

Cost:   no charge and open to the public

RSVP:   Please RSVP for this (tjepsen at ieee.org)

Featured Topic: Electronic Health Records and the National Health
Information Network - A Progress Report

The IEEE-USA advocates transitioning from our current hodge-podge of health
information systems to a National Health Information Network (NHIN) that
would make use of leading-edge networking technologies, such as web
services, mobile communications, and multimedia communications to provide
secure and reliable transport of healthcare information. Potential benefits
include reducing the number of medical errors, restraining the rising cost
of healthcare, and accelerating the adoption and standardization of the
Electronic Health Record (EHR). Legislation is currently pending in Congress
which would fund and promote the development of NHIN and EHR. The IEEE-USA
Medical Technology Policy Committee (MTPC) is currently working on a series
of position statements in support of this legislation. The purpose of this
presentation is to provide a progress report on these activities, and to
discuss some of the interoperability issues involved in making medical
information available ubiquitously and securely.

Thomas Jepsen is an IT consultant and chair of the Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society of the IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section.  He is a
corresponding member of the IEEE-USA Medical Technology Policy Committee,
and chair of its Interoperability Working Group.

best regards
Tom Jepsen
Chapter Chair,
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Eastern North Carolina Section
(919)933-0377
tjepsen at ieee.org



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