[IEEE-bhpjobs] free webinars about interoperability in Healthcare IT - 3rd Thursdays

[Esther Lumsdon]

The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) begins the
2009 series of interoperability Webinars on healthcare technology on *Thursday,
January 15* from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a session hosted by HITSP
Chairman, John Halamka, MD. Below are more details on the 2009 Webinar
topics and dates for planning purposes.


*2009 HITSP Webinar Series to Commence with Introductory Session*

New York  January 9, 2009


   *Mark your calendars!*
HITSP's 2009 webinar sessions will
run from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST.
*Webinar 1:* *State of HITSP*
January 15
*Webinar 2:* *IS 08 – Personalized Healthcare*
February 12
*Webinar 3:* *IS 09 – Consultations and Transfers of Care*
March 12
*Webinar 4:* *NHIN Real World Sites*
April 16
*Webinar 5:* *IS 10 – Immunization and Response Management*
May 14
*Webinar 6:* *IS 11 – Public Health Care Reporting*
June 18
*Webinar 7:* *HIEs in the Real World – Mass-Share, VITL, Keystone*
July 9
*Webinar 8:* *IS 12 – Patient-Provider Secure Messaging*
August 13
*Webinar 9:* *IS 77 – Remote Monitoring*
September 10
*Webinar 10:* *Medication Management Real World Sites*
October 8
*Webinar 11:* *Security, Privacy and Infrastructure*
November 12
*Webinar 12:* *IS Real World Sites *
December 10
Next week, the *Healthcare Information Technology Standards
Panel*<http://www.hitsp.org/>(HITSP) will kick off its 2009 series of
webinars on interoperability in
healthcare information technology (HIT).
The 2009 webinar series will commence on *Thursday, January 15* from 2:00
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. with an introductory session that will be hosted by Dr.
John Halamka.
In addition to his role as chair of HITSP, Dr. Halamka is CIO of the *CareGroup
Health System* <http://www.caregroup.org/>, CIO and dean for
technology at *Harvard
Medical School* <http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp>, chair of the *New
England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network*
<http://www.nehen.org/>(NEHEN), CEO of
*MA-SHARE* <http://www.mahealthdata.org/ma-share/>, and a practicing
emergency physician.
Next week's introductory session will provide a high-level overview of
HITSP, including 2008 accomplishments; the relationship of HITSP to
the *National
eHealth Collaborative Board* <http://www.nationalehealth.org/>, the new
private-sector led successor to the American Health Information Community
(AHIC); the latest HITSP initiatives including newborn screening and
clinical research; and how HITSP specifications are being implemented today.
To register for this webinar, *click
here*<https://ansievents.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=ansievents&service=6&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fansievents.webex.com%2Fec0600l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D278177606%26siteurl%3Dansievents%26%26%26>
.
Following Dr. Halamka's introductory session, eleven subsequent webinars
will be held throughout the year to further examine specific topics and
HITSP Interoperability Specifications (IS). [see sidebar]
The 2009 HITSP webinar series builds upon the success of the nine webinars
held during 2008, which were lauded by attendees as "on target and easy to
listen to," "a great overview," and "very understandable to an audience that
probably has a very diverse background." [*see related
article*<http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&articleid%1987>
]
HITSP's webinar series is organized by the HITSP Education, Communications
and Outreach (HITSP-ECO) Committee, and is free of charge to all interested
stakeholders. Participation in the live event requires both telephone and
Internet connections. All webinar sessions will be recorded for playback via
archives found on *www.HITSP.org/webinars* <http://www.hitsp.org/webinars>.
For more information, visit *www.HITSP.org* <http://www.hitsp.org/> or send
an email to *HITSP at ansi.org* <hitsp at ansi.org>.


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Esther L, estherlist at gmail.com
"A dirty car is a sign of civic responsibility nowadays." Mike Easley, NC
Governor
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