"Healthcare IT:Innovative Tools and Devices"

Sponsored by the
Minnesota Chapter of HIMSS
and the
Minnesota Chapter of AHIMA

Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Slides:

Keynote -The Future of IT in Healthcare, A discussion on the state of the state and the future of IT tools and devices in healthcare.
Kenneth A. Kleinberg, VP/Research Director, Gartner
Making Patient Safety a Top Priority: Using Barcoding During the Medication Administration Process. An overview of Barcode Point of Care (BPOC) systems including a case study of one hospital's implementation.
Russell Lewis, Bridge Medical
Sherry Anderson RN, BSN,
St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center
Practical Use of Handheld Devices.
A review of PocketPC and Palm based handheld technologies that address current healthcare issues including medical records, scheduling, confidentiality
and security.
John Peterson, VarIT
Breakout Session I

Technology Track:
Digital Radiology Realities. An overview of digital radiology solutions, their advantages and disadvantages. Steve Fischer, CDI

Medical Record Track:
Speech Recognition, Coding and Charge Capture Solutions. An overview of speech recognition, artificial intelligence, clinical language understanding of coding and charge capture including a case study of one hospital's experience.
Pam Swanson & Mark Jamieson, Dictaphone
Kathy Nielsen, Regions Hospital

Breakout Session II

Technology Track:
Telehealth, Medical Devices and Future Patient Care. A discussion of telehealth strategic vision, cost/benefit analysis and integration challenges including a case study of a pilot with the University of Minnesota and the Institute for Athletic Medicine/Fairview Health Services.
Steve Backes, IZEX Technologies
Dennis O'Donnell, Institute for Athletic Medicine

Medical Record Track:
eWebCoding Phase 2. Discussion of the documented results, future direction and applications that have derived from web based coding.
Corey Fleek, eWebCoding