NYAM Author Night Series - Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer, 2nd Edition

Date: March 21, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The second edition of this popular award-winning book provides a broad overview of health I.T. in the era of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (ARRA/HITECH). The ambulatory electronic health record, clinical decision support, personal health records, identity management, health information exchange, and other core technologies are described by subject matter experts from the frontlines of health care.  A variety of case studies include the patient-centered medical home by a solo practitioner, lessons learned on how health IT is transforming healthcare at a rural health network, a small primary care practice, a fully integrated healthcare system with 2,000-plus affiliated physicians, and two hospitals that have achieved Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.

Co-Sponsored by:  

New York State Chapter of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS NYS)

Center for Advanced Information Management (CAIM), Columbia University

maxIT Healthcare, LLC

About the Speaker(s)

Ken Ong, MD, MPH, is the CMIO of New York Hospital Queens , Chair of the Informatics Council of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, and adjunct faculty of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Ong is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Abha Agrawal, MD, FACP, serves as the Medical Director of Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Agrawal is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Informatics at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.

Rachel Block is Deputy Commissioner for Health Information Technology Transformation in the New York State Department of Health, where she oversees development and implementation of New York’s statewide health information technology strategy. 

Curtis Cole, MD, is the Chief Information Officer for Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, where he is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Public Health.

Deborah Johnson-Ingram is a Senior Program Manager on the Performance Improvement Team with Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) in New York City. She has more than fifteen years’ experience in Health Care Quality Improvement and six years’ experience in EMR implementation in both small and large private practice settings.

Joseph Kannry, MD, has dual appointments in IT and Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He is the Lead Technical Informaticist on the EMR Clinical Transformation Group at Mount Sinai.

Glenn Martin, MD, is Director of Medical Informatics for the Queens Health Network (QHN) in New York, a winner of the Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence.

Jason Shapiro, MD, MA is Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Informatics in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai.  Dr. Shapiro has also chaired the New York Clinical Information Exchange (NYCLIX) Evaluation and Clinical Advisory Committees.

Mytri Pritam Singh, MPH is currently the Executive Director of Implementation at the Primary Care Information Project (PCIP), a Bureau within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH). 

Alan Silver, MD, MPH is a medical director at IPRO, a non-profit health care assessment and quality improvement company.  His current work centers on the integration of health information technology into primary care practices focusing on clinical performance and patient-centered-medical-home care delivery. Dr Silver is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, CHCQM, has 20 years of a primary care practice experience.  He currently serves as the Physician Liaison and Clinical Champion for the NYC DOH Primary Care Information Project and NYC REACH (Regional Extension Center).

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