August 30-31, 2011: Using IT to Improve Community Health: How Health Care Reform Supports Innovation

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Using IT to Improve Community Health: How Health Care Reform Supports Innovation
August 30 – 31, 2011, Bethesda, MD

NIH’s National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium will sponsor the fourth annual National CTSA Community Engagement Conference, focusing on how Information Technology (IT) can enhance community engagement. Join us for a cutting edge conference exploring the interface between Community Engagement and Health Information Technology.

Conference goals:

  1. Identify how Community Engagement can facilitate Health Information Technology (HIT) and improve individual and community health.
  2. Facilitate sharing of knowledge and concepts about the use and value of HIT in improving community health at national, state and local levels.
  3. Demonstrate innovative HIT models that connect disparate communities to care.

Topics to be covered:

  • Using IT to improve community health: the federal landscape
  • IT, community health and the state perspective
  • Using IT to improve health at the local level
  • Using IT, electronic health records, personal health records and telemedicine to engage communities
  • A view of the future: using patient portals to improve community health connectivity

Additional information:

To learn more, visit the conference website or contact Barbara L. Gregory at 919-681-6833 or grego024@mc.duke.edu.