Current Issues and the Future of Electronic Medical Records 2017

Current Issues and the Future of Electronic Medical Records 2017 is an event dedicated to current Issues and the Future of Electronic Medical Records.

Topics

• EMR strengths and weaknesses (e.g., improved legibility, continuity, and access, enhanced prevention, but privacy and security issues, lack of interoperability, not user friendly, excessive documentation time)
• Current status of EMR implementation in healthcare
• Healthcare settings where EMRs have been most effective and why (what contextual factors are essential to implementation success)
• Examples of effective approaches for using EMRs more effectively and engaging patients
• Changes that must be made in the near future to more fully realize the full promise of EMRs in enhancing patient care, making providers more efficient and more satisfied in their work, engaging patients in their care, enhancing the provider-patient relationship, improving efficiency and reducing costs, improving patient outcomes, protecting patient privacy, and providing data useful in quality of care measurement, outcomes research, and population health

Who should Attend

• Hospital Information Technology Leaders in Health Settings
• Physicians and other Providers
• Health Plans and other Payers
• Case Managers
• Epidemiologists and Outcome Researchers
• Quality Improvement Specialists