Center for Biomedical Informatics

The Second Annual Healthcare Informatics Symposium

April 24, 2009

This leading-edge symposium explored various current informatics approaches that enhance healthcare delivery, translational and clinical research, and education. Relevant to scientists and professionals working within academia, healthcare, the pharmaceutical and personal care industries, information technology, and government agencies, this event offered an excellent opportunity for networking and hearing from prestigious keynote speakers about latest advances in the field.

  • Click Here to download the 2009 Healthcare Informatics Symposium Brochure

Keynote Presentations

Health and Healthcare as an Information Science: What's in it for You?
Don Detmer, MD, MA, President and Chief Executive Officer, AMIA

Connecting Payers, Providers and Patients
John Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical School

The Informatics Link Between Evidence and Practice
Judy Ozbolt, PhD, FAAN, FACMI., FAIMBE., Professor and Program Director, Nursing Informatics, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Other Presentations

Breakout Sessions

Panel Discussion

"Informatics Education: National to Local Options"
Fran Cornelius, PhD, MSN, CNE, RN-BC, Drexel University
Laurinda Harman, PhD, RHIA, Temple University
Don Detmer, MD, MA, American Medical Informatics Association
Anthony Luberti, MD, MSIS, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mark Diltz, EdD, MBA, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Future of Healthcare: A Town Hall Meeting
Panel Members: Don Detmer, John Halamka, and Judy Ozbolt
"Translating Research into Clinical Practice"
Robert Grundmeier, MD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Alex Fiks, MD, MSCE, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Interdisciplinary Informatics: How We Work Together"
Christopher Bonafide, MD, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Judy Ozbolt, PhD, FAAN., FACMI, FAIMBE University of Maryland
JoAnn Seppelt, CRNP, The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
"A Brief Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informatics"
John Holmes, PhD, FACMI, University of Pennsylvania
"Personalized Medicine"
Elliot Sloane, PhD, CCE, Villanova University
"Ethical-Legal Informatics Issues: Genetic Discrimination, Medical Identity Theft and Adoption"
Laurinda Harman, PhD, RHIA, Temple University
Struan Grant, PhD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Martha L. Jones, PhD, LSW, Temple University
"Translating Clinical Practice into Research"
Mark Weiner, MD, University of Pennsylvania
"Web 2.0 and Beyond: Virtual Collaboration Tools to Connect, Engage and Expand Opportunities"
Fran Cornelius, PhD, MSN, CNE, RN-BC, Drexel Univeristy
Anne Pauker Kreitzberg, MBA, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business
Rodney B. Murray, PhD, Drexel University
"Clinical Genomics"
Peter White, PhD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Hakon Hakonarson, MD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Michael Christman, PhD, Coriell Institute for Medical Research
"Public Health Informatics: Intersections of Methodology and Content and the Emergence of New Discipline"
John Holmes, PhD, FACMI, University of Pennsylvania

This all day event took place on Friday, April 24, 2009, at The Union League of Philadelphia, which is located in Center City, Philadelphia.