BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1154385:Event:774857 DTSTAMP:20120516T190725Z SUMMARY:AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Day DESCRIPTION:The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promised $19 bi llion for Health IT. Since then, electronic health records and health IT management have emerged as a major component of the healthcare deba te. As industry struggles over the costs and benefits of health IT, ma ny government agencies have surged forward---leading the way, from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Department of Health and Human Services.\n\nAFCEA Bethesda’s Health IT Day will bring together seni or government leaders and IT professionals from the health and medical communities to foster better communication, share lessons learned, an d identify mission-critical health IT issues. This full-day event will focus on federal initiatives and programs that harness current and em erging technologies to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and ef fectiveness of the health care infrastructure.\n\nKeynote Speakers Con firmed:\n-- Melinda Buntin, Director, Office of Economic Modeling and Adoption, Office of the National Coordinator will discuss health IT in vestment implications of the health care bill.\n-- Dr. Michael Dinneen , Director, Office of Strategic Management, Military Health System wil l discuss strategic initiatives within MHS for tomorrow's soldiers.\n- - Dr. Steve Ondra, Senior Policy Advisor for Health Affairs, Departmen t of Veterans Affairs will discuss VA's information sharing, interoper ability and infrastructure outlook.\n-- COL Ron Poropatich, Deputy Dir ector, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), U S Army Medical and Material Command (MEDCOM) will discuss next generat ion EHRs and driving health IT in the theater.\n-- Vish Sankaran, Dire ctor, Federal Health Architecture, Office of the National Coordinator will discuss the health IT ecosystem and making health information exc hange a commodity.\n-- Penny Thompson, Deputy Director, Center for Med icaid and State Operations will discuss medicaid and CHIP advancements in health IT and quality.\n\nAdditional Speakers Confirmed:\n-- Julie Boughn, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\n-- CDR Robert Cli pper, Navy Medicine Information Systems Support Activity\n-- RADM Ther esa Cullen, Indian Health Service\n-- Michael Fischetti, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, TRICARE Management Agency\n- - Joseph Gardner III, Department of Veterans Affairs\n-- Dr. Yael Harr is, Office of the National Coordinator\n-- Thomas Keith, National Inst itutes of Health\n-- Bettijoyce Lide, National Institute of Standards and Technology\n-- Dr. John Loonsk, CGI Federal\n-- Kevin Plexico, Sen ior Vice President, Research and Analysis Services, INPUT\n-- Dr. Doug las Rosendale, Veterans Health Administration\n-- Norma St. Claire, Of fice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness\n-- John Teeter, Department of Health and Human Services\n\nSmall Busines s Innovation Luncheon:\n-- Lorenzo Hobbs, Office of Small and Disadvan taged Business Utilization, Department of Veterans Affairs\n-- Alice R oache, Small Business Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Se rvices, Department of Health and Human Services\n-- Wanda Russell, Act ing Program Director, Information Technology Acquisition and Assessmen t Center, National Institutes of Health\n-- Annette Owens-Scarborough, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization, National Ins titutes of Health\n\nRegister: Click Here!\n\nFor more information vis it http://www.govloop.com/events/afcea-bethesda-health-it-day DTSTART:20100406T104500Z DTEND:20100406T210000Z CATEGORIES:it-day LOCATION:Bethesda North Marriott & Conference Center WEBSITE:http://www.bethesda-afcea.org/healthitday URL:http://www.bethesda-afcea.org/healthitday CONTACT:571-323-2585 x2170 ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. GovLoop":http://www.govloop.com/profile/DrGovLoop ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com/files/sMe9WDzowT3AFjm2 Z1xtASwc1O3elUlkaAgMa2KRoxgsj4Sw*XhxV3vt2L36Gi9sq*9M8PltIJi9Zn57cth2D0 PiWgc9jPld/HealthITDaylogofinal2.GIF ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Tchad Mo ore":http://www.govloop.com/profile/TchadMoore ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lorraine Montgomery":http://www.govloop.com/profile/LorraineMontgomery ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gia Wood ":http://www.govloop.com/profile/GiaWood ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Maisha B . 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