September a Full Month of Health IT Conferences
Since our last post on September conferences, we have received more information on additional upcoming events. September looks like a full month of HIT and medical organizations connecting, educating, and exhibiting. For more events and conferences see our Marketplace Calendar.
On September 9-12 look for the North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) to gather for their 18th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Greensboro. The theme this year is “The Revolution in Healthcare: From Chaos to Coordinated Care”. If you are a golfer, look for the tournament at Grandover Resort on the 9th,
In Bethesda Maryland this year, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2012 Annual Conference will be held on September 9-11. Their theme is Moving Ahead: Leveraging Knowledge and Action to Improve Health Care Quality. There is no registration fee for the conference but online registration is only available until Friday, August 31, 2012. Follow their hashtag for the conference at #AHRQAC on Twitter.
National Health IT Week is shaping up for this year’s Washington DC events. Don’t miss this year’s Consumer Health IT Summit celebrating the progress the public and private sector have made in making health information more easily available to consumers and engaging them to use their data to improve their care and well being. This year they are taking the movement to the next level. Look for ONC Farzard Mostashari and US CTO Todd Park to be energizing the audience there. Registration information is now available. Stay tuned for more events scheduled for this week’s activities.
Do you know what you need to know to get fully prepared for an OCR HIPAA audit or a CMS Meaningful Use audit? Have you completed appropriate assessments, risk analysis and developed your corrective action plans? Will your organization be perceived as demonstrating good faith effort towards compliance? Clearwater Compliance will be holding one of their Bootcamps in Nashville on the 12th.
Spend three days in Atlanta and you’ll be on your way to gaining the skills necessary to improve your organization and your career. Plus you’ll be staying at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta, the perfect location in one of the city’s best neighborhoods for shopping, dining, and business. The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) September Physician in Management Seminar will be held on September 14–16.
And finally, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Governor’s Office of Electronic Health Information of the State of Kentucky will be hosting their 6th Annual eHealth Summit on September 17th and 18th the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. The theme this year is 2012 Kentucky eHealth Summit: Together we achieve better care, affordable care and healthier communities! Don’t miss Governor Steven Beshear and ONC Deputy National Coordinator David Muntz speaking at this event.