HBMA Third Annual EHR Summit

Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA) is hosting its third annual EHR Summit November 16-18 at The Talking Stick Resort in my home town area of Scottsdale, AZ.

HBMA represents 30,000 employees at over 600 companies. HBMA was founded in 1993 “by individuals who had a vision of a forum, rich in resources, to guide their collective efforts towards a highly professional image within the medical community.”

Highlights of the EHR Summit include:

Newcomer’s Session: Becoming the Trusted Advisor

  • Reviews the concept, strategy, and objectives of becoming an EHR trusted advisor
  • Implementation strategies
  • Preparing practices for change

Vendor Selection with Mark Anderson of AC Group

  • Be prepared to request and receive client specific demonstrations
  • Vendor negotiations
  • Contractual Considerations

Training for Meaningful Use

  • Includes steps for validating numerator and denominator
  • Addresses calculating “Transitions of Care”
  • Provides depth in guidance of conducting a Security Risk analysis

Becoming the EHR Re-Engineer
Hands on sessions, roundables and work groups throughout the day three of the summit

Workflow and Process Management for EHR

  • Discuss the importance of redesigning workflows and processes for EHR
  • Identify practice workflows and processes impacted by EHR
  • Review workflow and process mapping techniques
  • Prepare for workflow changes throughout the practice

You can download a complete EHR Summit PDF Brochure here.

I’ll be attending and hope to see you there.