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The Central Florida EMR Conference
Saturday, October 20, 2007: To be held at the University of Central Florida. The Conference is a joint effort of the Orange and Seminole County Medical Societies, and will bring Central Florida physicians the latest information on EMR systems and the most recent advances in health information technology. Look for more information about this conference soon.
Past EMR Confernces:
Florida AMDIS Conference - Saturday, March 17, 2007: This Conference for Florida's physician leaders in Health Information Technology was a great success. To see the Conference Agenda click here. The following are the Power Point presentations from the conference:
Bill Bria, MD - Shriners Hospital for Children, Tampa - HIT in America - State of the Art 2007 and Why FAMDIS
Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH - Florida State University - Ambulatory EHRs in Florida: Office of All Sizes May Apply
Chris Sullivan, PhD - Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis, Agency for Health Care Administration - Florida RHIOs: Where are we headed? How do we get there? (link to website)
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EMR Resources
The AAFP Center for Health Information Technology: The American Association of Family Physicians has been a leader in the development of HIT resources. The AAFP Center for HIT website contains an EMR readiness assessment, information on preparation to select an EMR, the selection process, and addresses implementation and maintenance issues. To access the AAFP Center website, click here.
The AMA website for HIT resources: Click here.
EMR use by Florida physicians: This Power Point presentation by Nir Medachemi, PhD, MPH, of Florida State University, outlines the current status of EMR usage by Florida physicians and some of the barriers and challenges to EMR adoption. For a link to the presentation, click here.
CCHIT certified EMRs: The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has tested EMRs for functionality, interoperability and security. To access list of CCHIT certified products, click here.
The National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative: For information on a group offering free electronic prescribing software, click here.
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Interconnecting Healthcare
The Florida RHIOs: The Governor's Health Information Infrastructure (GHII) is creating a health information technology (HIT) network which will eventually allow Florida healthcare providers to interconnect. At this time the GHII is divided into eight Regional Healthcare Information Organizations (RHIOs) - each building their own local information infrastructures. The goal is for the RHIOs to eventually join to create one healthcare information infrastructure for Florida.
The Florida effort is similar to those in many other states. A recent status report entitled "Development of State Level Health Information Initiatives" reviewed various state-wide initiatives, some of the barriers and challenges to implementation, and what needs to be done to advance these initiatives. To download the report, click here (PDF 1.6 MB).
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