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2011 in Review - Highlights from the Digital Office

As the HIMSS Digital Office e-newsletter completes another year, take a moment to look back at some of the topics covered by members of the HIMSS Digital Office Task Force. The theme of each issue appears with the date followed by at least one story from that issue.

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Calendar

1/10/2011 - Electronic Health Records - Is your Infrastructure Ready?

1/11/2011 - IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference

11/12/2011 - JHIM Summer 2012 Manuscripts Due

1/12/2011 - Get the Communications-Enabled Applications Advantage

1/17/2011 - Patient Portals and Blue Button®: Hear from the Experts"

1/19/2011 - Beyond Meaningful Use Reporting: Data-driven Clinical Improvement

HIMSS12 – Feb. 20-24, 2012
Venetian-Sands Expo Center
Las Vegas, Nev.

Beyond Compliance: How Meaningful Use Impacts You & Your Practice
6:30 – 9 pm, Tuesday, Dec. 6
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay
San Diego, Calif.

This Meaningful Use Thought Leadership Dinner is exclusively for ambulatory physicians, practice owners, managers, and administrators.  There will be a presentation from Dr. Hay of North Coast Family Medical Group. The event will provide actionable information on achieving meaningful use, including: eligibility and exclusion requirements. Click here for further information and to register, or contact regionalevents@himss.org with questions.

Understanding the True Meaning of Meaningful Use for Medical Practices

CMS Innovation Center

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Resources

• Evaluating Implementation of Remote Monitoring in Primary Care
• Ambulatory Practice Information Systems
• ICD-10 PlayBook
• HIMSS G7 Reports

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The Digital Office is a monthly online newsletter published by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
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HIMSS Healthcare Information Systems Initiative
Patricia Wise, RN, MSN, MA
Colonel, USA Ret'd
Vice President, Healthcare Information Systems, HIMSS
pwise@himss.org
For more information on the HIMSS ambulatory initiative, contact Mary P. Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS, Senior Director, Health Information Systems, HIMSS, mgriskewicz@himss.org or 203-421-8317
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Director, Corporate Communications, HIMSS
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