| ANNUAL RURAL HEALTH CONFERENCE UPDATE: October 12, 2010
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CSRHA's 10th Annual Rural Health Conference is less than one month away. Are you registered? You do NOT want to miss this year's event, so be sure to register today.
This year's Conference will conclude with two special joint Plenary Concurrent Sessions: The Rural Workforce Summit & Rural eHealth Summit from 2:30p-5:30p on Thursday, November 11, 2010.
The Rural eHealth Summit will provide practical, real world information to assist rural health providers with implementing health information technology applications in their clinical practice. In addition to providing attendees with an opportunity to learn about best practices, the Summit will also provide attendees an opportunity to share their experiences and questions regarding Health IT challenges, needs, priorities and solutions.
- Summit Overview and Opening Remarks (30 minutes)
This session will focus on real-world experiences with EHR adoption. It will begin with an overview of where rural providers are today in terms of EHR adoption, and the unique challenges they face, from a rural hospital, community clinic and rural health clinic perspective.
Speaker: Lynn Barr, CSRHA HIT Director
- Best Practices Panel (45 minutes)
Health IT leaders will discuss the unique challenges and triumphs of implementing EHRs in the rural hospital, community clinic and rural health environments. Each of the speakers represent organizations that have successfully implemented EHRs. After each speaker presents their EHR adoption model, the audience will be encouraged to ask questions to learn whether the best practices presented may be appropriate for their environment.
Panelists: Darcie Antle, Director, Ukiah Valley Rural Health Center; Mark Freitas, Director of Business and Information Technology, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital; and, Charles Kitzman, Chief Information Office, Shasta Community Health Center
- Table Breakouts (60 minutes)
Attendees will divide into EHR Table Breakout for rural hospitals, rural health clinics and rural community clinics. Attendees are encouraged to attend the breakout for their organizational type, where they can have roundtable discussions with their peers and share their concerns, issues and solutions, led by highly knowledgeable HIT leaders in their sector.
Moderators: Pam Lane, Vice President of Health Informatics, California Hospital Association; Andie Martinez, Senior Policy Analyst For Special Populations, California Primary Care Association; and Gail Nickerson, Director, Clinic Services, Adventist Health
- Reactionary Panel and Next Steps (45 minutes)
Panelists will discuss the lessons learned from the afternoon. Panelists will summarize the strengths, concerns and attitudes of their breakout participants, and discuss what types of additional assistance may be required to get to meaningful use. Model programs will be highlighted and policy implications will be discussed.
Panlists: Pam Lane, Vice President of Health Informatics, California Hospital Association; Andie Martinez, Senior Policy Analyst For Special Populations, California Primary Care Association; and Gail Nickerson, Director, Clinic Services, Adventist Health
***Stay tuned for the Rural Workforce Agenda!
Click here to view the full Conference Agenda,
To register or apply for a scholarship, please click here.
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CSRHA has reserved a limited number of rooms at the Hilton Arden West at a special discounted rate. For a single rate, reserve your room now for only $84, and for a double rate only $94! This rate has been reserved for the nights of Tuesday, November 9, 2010; Wednesday, November 10, 2010; and Thursday, November 11, 2010. To reserve your room please call 1-800-344-4321 by Tuesday, October 19, 2010 and identify yourself as a CA State Rural Health Association Conference attendee.
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We would like to thank our 2010 Conference Sponsors!
Please contact Shannon Means if you have any questions.
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