Electronic Health Records - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Northern California HIMSS Presents a Session Focusing on Real World Experiences of EHR Systems

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Northern California Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announces today a special educational session to take place on December 16, 2008, in San Francisco, CA. The educational session focuses on electronic health records (EHR) and hard won lessons learned by experienced clinician leaders on what you need to know in order to succeed and what to avoid.

Discussion areas for the session will include the current state of the art of EHR systems, and EHR usage among hospitals, physician offices, insurance companies, and patients.

“Electronic health records are now a vital initiative for every healthcare provider, large or small,” said Robert Skok, President of Northern California HIMSS. “While EHRs have enormous potential, the implementation of EHRs is challenging and expensive. We are excited to present a group of distinguished clinician speakers who can share their experiences and key lessons learned in moving towards an EHR.”

The educational session includes presentations from:

David C. Classen, MD, MS

Chief Medical Officer at Computer Sciences Corporation

Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah

Donald W. Simborg, MD

Co-founder and Board Member, HL7

Board Member, Foundation on Research and Education of the American Health Information Management Association

Steve Bornstein, MD

Physician Director for KPHealthConnect

Kaiser Permanente

Event Details:

Event Registration and Full Program Information: http://www.nocalhimss.org

Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Time: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Location: Microsoft, San Francisco Office, 835 Market Street, Ste 700, San Francisco, CA 94103

The event is hosted by Microsoft; additional sponsors include Meridian IT and Innerwireless.

HIMSS Northern California is a regional chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

HIMSS is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 350 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to ensuring quality patient care.