Important Upcoming Meetings

These are some of the Health IT meetings coming up this month (please let me know of ones that need to be added to the list):

July 16, 2009	AHIMA Summer Meetings
	July 16 Personal Health Record (PHR) Community Education Campaign July 17 Summer Team Talks July 18-19 CSA Leadership Conference July 19 Coding Roundtable Summit
July 16, 2009	HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting
	General Function of the Committee: to provide recommendations to the National Coordinator on a policy framework for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure that permits the electronic exchange and use of health information as is consistent with the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and that includes recommendations on the areas in which standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria are needed.
July 20, 2009	Executive Skills Institute
	AHIMA offers the Executive Skills Institute to accelerate managers/directors’ professional development and transition leadership skills to keep pace with the changing healthcare environment. Participants will develop presentation skills, enhance professional writing skills, learn collaborative negotiation skills, along with mentoring, and understanding how different generations impact the workplace.
July 21, 2009	National Rural Health Association's 2009 Quality and Clinical Conference
	NRHA's 2009 Quality and Clinical Conference July 21 - 24 in Park City, Utah, will bring together professionals interested in quality and performance improvement, including clinicians and nurses working on the front lines of rural health care, for a discussion on how to utilize health information technology (HIT) so rural areas can become leaders in health care quality. Don't miss sessions on innovative, proven rural HIT, EMR and telemedicine programs, culturally-sensitive care, and the latest legislative and regulatory updates from Washington that will affect you, as well as a keynote address from MedPAC Commissioner and NRHA past-president George Miller.
July 21, 2009	HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting
	General Function of the Committee: to provide recommendations to the National Coordinator on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information for purposes of adoption, consistent with the implementation of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in accordance with policies developed by the HIT Policy Committee.
July 25, 2009	FDI & AOE Symposium July 25-26, 2009 Faculty Development Institute July 27-29, 2009 AOE Symposium
July 27-28, 2009	Leadership Summit on Wireless Health
	This two-day Summit convenes policy-makers, payers, providers and medical group practices from across the nation to discuss business and clinical opportunities for integrating mHealth, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth solutions into existing care systems. Real-life, case studies and the results to-date from pilots at several leading provider organizations will be shared.