2009 Public Health & Technology Conference

The Public Health & Technology (PHAT) Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health is proud to announce the first Public Health & Technology Conference, co-sponsored by the Department of Health Policy & Management.

Health information technology promises better, faster, and cheaper health care, but adoption of electronic health records in the US remains low. This event brings together leaders in the field to explore the potential of health IT to improve health delivery, focusing on provider adoption of EHR, meaningful use, and patient empowerment.

Registration is now open. A limited number of spots are available, so register quickly. Sign up for the PHAT Email List to be notified as the remaining speakers are confirmed.

Monday, November 16, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

9:00 am Conference Registration
9:30 am Introduction - Why Health Information Technology and Why Now?
  • Ashish Jha, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard School of Public Health
10:00 am Keynote - Connecting Patients, Providers, and Payers
  • John Halamka, MD, MS
    Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health System
    Dean for Technology, Harvard Medical School
    Chairman, New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network
    CEO, MA-SHARE
    Chair, US Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
11:00 am Panel - Meaningful Use and Implications for Healthcare Reform
  • Moderator
    Steve Lohr
    Reporter, New York Times
  • Karen Bell, MD, MMS
    Sr. Vice President, HIT Services, MassPro
  • David Cutler, PhD
    Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Ashish Jha, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard School of Public Health
12:30 pm Lunch
Lunch is included in the conference registration fee.
1:40 pm Keynote - Continuous Healthcare Rather than Episodic: Making it Possible.
2:40 pm Panel - Patient Empowerment through HIT
4:00 pm Concluding Remarks
4:00 -
  5:00 pm		 Networking Reception
 

2009
PHAT Conference

November 16, 2009
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center

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This event is made possible by the generous support of

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