Health Care IT Summit 2008 Presentations
Local and state officials and representatives from the health care IT industry, gathered January 30-31, 2008 in Atlanta, GA for the first Health Care IT Summit. PTI presented this event with the National Association of Counties and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
The goals of the summit were to help bridge the gap between IT practitioners and those responsible for providing health care, to show how technology can be deployed to more effectively manage health services, to help improve the common links between local, state and federal health systems, and to identify and begin to break down some of the existing technology-related barriers that impede the delivery of health services.
Some common themes that came up during the Summit:
- Local governments are the true innovators – many of the successes in the delivery of health services come from state and local government technology practitioners.
- A bottom-up approach can help to spur innovation at other agencies and levels of government.
- Don’t do it alone – look for opportunities for collaboration with other communities, agencies and the private sector.
- IT is a tool and an asset to help solve a problem. Many in the public health field may view technology with skepticism and dread. All involved need to work together to show the positive impacts that technology can make in improving business processes and ultimately, service to the community.
Strategies Book Announced
At the summit, PTI announced the development of the book Health Care Information Technology: Strategies for State and Local Government. Over the next 12 months, leading officials and industry experts will share their insight and expertise by contributing chapters and real-world examples. The book will be published in the spring of 2009.
The summit ended with the announcement that the PTI Health IT Task Force, made up of government officials and industry leaders, will identify other government-related organizations that PTI will work with to showcase the issue of health IT, and that PTI will convene a second Health IT Summit in early 2009.
Thank You to Our Sponsors & Exhibitors
PTI gratefully acknowledges the support of our summit sponsors, Northrop Grumman, ESRI, Microsoft and Motion Computing; and exhibitors Northrop Grumman, Red Hat/DLT Solutions, Carahsoft Quantum and Motion Computing.
Summit Presentations [PDF]
Goals of the Health Care IT Summit
Alan Shark, Executive Director, PTI
A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infrastructure
William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI
Microsoft Health Vault
Kevin Dolan, Business Development Manager
The Long Journey of the Delaware Health Information Network
Paula K. Roy, Delaware Health Care Commission
City of Virginia Beach Solution to ePHI Encryption
Mick Vollmer, IT Architect
Moving Toward a National Public Health Information Infrastructure
David Ross, ScD, Director of the Public Health Informatics Institute
A Case Study in Electronic Health Records: Washtenaw County, Michigan
Jeremy Nelson, Chief Information Architect, Washtenaw Community Health Organization
The Role of GIS in Disease Surveillance and Improving Delivery of Health Care Services
Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW, ESRI Health & Human Services
Enhancing Workflows with the New Mobile Clinical Assistant
Kim McAfee, Business Development Executive, Motion Computing
Public Health Investigation of Tuberculosis using the Outbreak Management System (OMS)
Jennifer Ward, Centers for Disease Control
