Health Care Information Technology

Group Description:

If your MD is not already using electronic records, they soon will be. You should know what your rights and responsibilities are whether you are a patient or provider. Medical record-keeping, as a technology, is expanding day by day. Oregon now has a commission formed to look into EHR (Electronic Health Records) and although it's primarily directed at the MD Market it will expand into the counseling, dental offices, and even first responders, to name just a few.

How can Oregonians help, both in the rural and urban settings, and contribute to expanding the use of electronic health records in caring for ourselves and our families (pets included)? How can we ensure that we have patient-friendly electronic records that we can access ourselves and be shared with our providers as we see fit?

Principles for Health IT - Lessons From Africa on Radically Low Cost Tools

Submitted by Isaac Holeman on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 11:54am

For the last four years I was attending Lewis & Clark in Portland and in my free time, nursing a massive soft spot in my heart for the Archimedes Movement. This last summer I graduated and moved to Malawi, where I work on mHealth (mobile phones & health) projects with FrontlineSMS:Medic.

Update on Health Information Technology

Submitted by Bill Andrews on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 10:34am

Liz Baxter and I attended the ‘Oregon Health Information Technology (HIT) Stakeholder Engagement Meeting' in Salem on Thursday July 23.

VIDEO: Oregon Health IT Round Table

Submitted by admin on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 2:12pm

The Oregon Health Reform Collaborative organized this panel discussion about health care information technology, mostly focusing on medical records. It took place on May, 7th, 2009.

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Few hospitals go paperless using free VA software

Submitted by Rick Ray on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 1:30pm

This article from the Boston Globe shows the uphill battle we face in trying to move our nation's standard for medical records out of the last century.

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Healthcare Information Technology Oregon Conference 2009

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 11:26am

The Future of Healthcare: An Exploration of Next Generation Healthcare

Sponsored by HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)

Healthcare is the largest growing segment of the US service sector. With this growth, many resources are being applied to develop state of the art solutions that will change the way that we provide, obtain and pay for healthcare. Please join us at our annual conference in exploring the next generation of healthcare where we will hear from healthcare industry visionaries as well as host industry expert panels.

Keynote Speaker
We are pleased to have as our keynote speaker:
Matthew Holt, Healthcare researcher and speaker, Founder of Health 2.0 Conference
Keynote Focus: Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare
Admission

FREE for HIMSS members
$30 for Non-members (includes option for free one-year HIMSS Oregon membership)
Time and Location

Date: Monday, February 9th, 2009
Time: 11:30 - 4:45 p.m. (Lunch Included)
Location: The Oregon Zoo, Vista Room
4001 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
CEU Credits

This conference is being designed for those who are responsible for the decisions and actions around the health system’s future and for implementing information technologies to support them. CPHIMS and CEU credits will be available.

To register, visit:

https://secure100.telusys.net/tcsc-bin/sregdisplay?&ctid=1696121847441156;&rtid=2519241230398178;

Start Date and Time:

Mon, 02/09/2009 - 3:30am

End Date and Time:

Mon, 02/09/2009 - 8:45am