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

[Esther L]

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

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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


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 T. W. 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

NOTE: look for T.W. Alexander Drive, 27709 in online mapping programs - 
there is a completely different Alexander drive in a different zipcode 
in Durham.


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