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.
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
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 |
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| "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 |
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| "A Brief Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informatics" John Holmes, PhD, FACMI, University of Pennsylvania |
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| "Personalized Medicine" Elliot Sloane, PhD, CCE, Villanova University |
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| "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 |
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| "Translating Clinical Practice into Research" Mark Weiner, MD, University of Pennsylvania |
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| "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 |
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| "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 |
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| "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.