Southern California/Arizona and Northern California/Nevada January 2010 Meeting to feature EHR Presentations

Come to Arizona to escape winter!

Nadine Ellero of the U of Virginia will address How One Librarian became Engaged in EMR Activities and Keith Frey, MD, of Mayo Scottsdale will present The EMR: Our Journey to Full Medical Practice Automation. We hope local hospital librarians will bring appropriate IT team members to hear this discussion. We are very much looking forward to this session! Find more info about the meeting in beautiful Glendale, Arizona, January 29-20 here: http://www.mlgsca.mlanet.org/jtmtg2010/invited_speakers.htm

MIS Events at Upcoming Chapter Meetings

From the looks of the MLA Chapter Council site, October is definitely the month for chapter meetings!

In the South Central Chapter, the MIS section will have a Dine Around on Monday, October 19th.

Members attending the 3-by-the-Sea trichapter meeting might want to check out the Best Practices Session on E-Records and PHRs on Wednesday 10/7.

Anyone else planning MIS events at chapter conferences? Are you giving an interesting poster, paper or CE related to medical informatics? Is there a program you’re really excited about? Leave a comment and let other members know.

Maureen 'Molly' Knapp, MA, AHIP

Health IT and Social Media

Interested in how social media is influencing the way that people search for and share health inforamation? Follow the Twitter feed for the "Driving the Adoption of Health IT Through Innovations in Social Media". This one day conference will occur in Washington, D.C. on July 16th, 2009.

Topics include:

• H1N1 Influenza: How Social Media Improves Communication & Collaboration For Public Health
• Drug & Food Safety In The Age Of Social Media and Transparency
• Electronic Health Records: Using Social Media To Drive Health IT Adoption