The annual IHE-North America Connectathon 2010 took place January 11-15 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The Connectathon is healthcare's only large-scale interoperability testing event. In all, over 100 organizations tested over 150 systems at this year's event.
The Connectathon featured a one-day conference on January 12, 2010. The conference provided an overview of IHE, advice on implementing interoperable systems and information on national and regional efforts to deploy electronic health records. Conference attendees include over 120 leaders of provider organizations, healthcare IT and equipment companies and organizations and government agencies involved in the deployment of electronic health record systems and health information exchanges.
Connectathon Conference Presentations
- Introduction to the Connectathon: IHE's Conformance Testing Event
Mike Nusbaum and Mike Glickman
- Continua Health Alliance Overview
Rick Cnossen, Intel Digital Health and Continua Health Alliance Board
- National Health IT Agenda
Vish Sankaran, Federal Health Architecture
- Critical Contribution to Interoperability towards EHR Meaningful Use
Michael J. McCoy, MD, FACOG, Physician Technology Services, Inc.
- CMS Quality Measure Development: Now and the Future
Martin Rice, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, Quality Measures and Health Assessment Group Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
For further information contact: secretary@ihe.net
