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AHIMA Foundation Research Workshop: “Foundation Research and Value to Members and Public at Large.”
2010 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit
Monday, September 27
2:00 - 4:00PM

The Foundation is looking for 20-25 HIM practitioners to participate in our Research Workshop at the 2010 AHIMA Convention, entitled “Foundation Research and Value to Members and Public at Large.” AHIMA members who attend this session on Monday, September 27 from 1:00 – 3:00PM will have an opportunity to learn about the Foundation’s research agenda and hear directly from project officers on important research initiatives related to HIM. Cutting-edge research topics to be covered include State-Level Health Information Exchange, unintended consequences of HIT implementation, and setting a quality improvement research agenda related to HIM/HIT implementation in rural areas. 

Proposed agenda for the Research Workshop is as follows:

Welcome                                            
Mary Madison, MPA
Executive Director
AHIMA Foundation

SL-HIE Consensus Project
Lynn Dierker, RN
Senior Program Director
National Academy for State Health Policy

Web-based Guide for Remediating Unintended Consequences of Implementing HIT     
Spencer S. Jones, PhD
Associate Information Scientist
RAND Corporation

National Stakeholder Summit: Setting a QI Research Agenda To Leverage HIM/HIT in Rural America
Patricia MacTaggart, MBA, MMA
Lead Research Scientist & Lecturer
George Washington University

New Research Directions                  
Mary Madison, MPA
William Rudman, PhD
Institute for Improvement of minority Health and Health Disparities in the Delta Region

This session is intended as an interactive experience, where researchers from the RAND Corporation and the Foundation will work with workshop participants to pilot test a new web-based practical guide for addressing unintended consequences of HIT implementation. The results of a survey administered last year to AHIMA members will also be presented and discussed. 

Please mark your calendars to participate in this informative session. The Foundation will be interested to hear about potential research topics from AHIMA members, which will also help direct future research initiatives. 

To RSVP to attend the session, please contact Mary Madison at 312.233.1167 or mary.madison@ahimafoundation.org.

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