Minnesota e-Health Summit

The goal of the annual Minnesota e-Health Summit is to provide quality education about emerging national and state e-Health initiatives. In addition to hearing from internationally recognized e-Health leaders, attendees discuss policy issues, learn about the progress of innovative projects underway in Minnesota, and get progress reports that highlight statewide activities.

Minnesota e-Health Summit 2009: Strategies for Success
The 2009 e-Health Summit provides tools and resources to guide success in implementing EHRs and HIT in the current economic climate. Examples of national and Minnesota e-health activities highlight the challenges faced and strategies used to overcome them. The Summit advances the effort to meet the mandate to achieve interoperable EHRs by 2015 and optimize the incentives offered with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and other opportunities.

Minnesota e-Health Summit 2008: From Vision to Action
The 2008 MN e-Health Summit provides a forum for health leaders statewide to increase understanding of progress, barriers and opportunities from a state and national perspective on the effective use of Health Information Technology (HIT) and the progress towards the goal of interconnected electronic health records (EHR) for every provider in Minnesota by 2015. The Pre-Summit workshop is aimed to demystifying EHR planning and selection, including educational demonstrations using a common set of functionality parameters.

Minnesota e-Health Summit 2007: Connecting Minnesota
The 2007 e-Health Summit will showcase how national and Minnesota e-Health initiatives are working to empower consumers, inform and connect clinicians, and protect communities. The Pre-Summit workshop will give participants knowledge and skills for seeking Health Information Technology (HIT) funding and an opportunity to learn about resources available to assist in planning and implementing an HIT strategy for their organization.

Minnesota e-Health Summit 2006: Building Momentum
The Minnesota e-Health Summit 2006 provides you a unique opportunity to learn firsthand from the national and state leaders about the current progress and future directions for e-Health in Minnesota. The efforts support the Minnesota e-Health charge to empower consumers, connect clinicians, and protect communities.

Minnesota e-Health Summit 2005: A Private-Public Call to Action
The Minnesota e-Health Summit is a call to action to accelerate the use of health information technology to improve healthcare quality, increase patient safety, reduce healthcare costs, and enable individuals and communities to make the best possible health decisions.

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