[Asis-l] Upcoming Event: Washington DC, March 3rd, 2008 - Improving Patient Care through Health Informatics

[Nichole Kallas]

Apologize for cross-postings...
 
Please join the Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T for this exciting
program! 

"Improving Patient Care through Health Informatics" 

Topics:

"The Use of Standards to Improve Quality of Care for Cardiovascular
Patients": Nichole Kallas, MLIS, Project Manager for IT projects,
National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR), a division of the American
College of Cardiology Foundation
	- Discuss development of common metadata models, XML, collecting
patient data across complex technology platforms, standardization of
core data sets, trending of data, and benchmarking across organizations
to drive improvements in care for cardiovascular patients nationwide. 

"Leveraging IT to Deliver Primary Care - the Case of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (Age-Old Problem, New Paradigm)" Nkossi Dambita,
MD, MPH, MS Research Associate , Division of Health Sciences Informatics
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

When: Monday March 3, 2008 Dinner provided from 630-7, program 7-830 

Where: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Metro: Gallery
Place-Chinatown (Red/ Green/Yellow) and Metro Center (Red/Blue/Orange)
For parking and address, click here
http://dclibrary.org/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1266&q=565316 

Cost: $15 ASIST and DCSLA Members, $20 Non-members, $5 students 

Food: Tasty dinner with vegetarian options 

THREE WAYS TO REGISTER: 1) Online, 2) Fax, 3) Mail registration form
Click below for registration:
https://www.asis.org/Chapters/asispvc/pvcregform_030308.html 

See you there! 

Jeffrey R. Prater 
Chair, Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T 

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