Health & Medicine recently held “Beyond Medical Services: Developing a Roadmap for Improved Health in an Era of HIE,” a regional forum (co-hosted by The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council and the Healthcare Consortium of Illinois) and the first in a series of forums focusing on Safety Net Issues. We are planning additional forums to begin this summer.
In attendance were public health, medicine, behavioral health, and other safety net professionals, who came together to learn what was happening in HIE planning in Illinois; to hear from experts in nursing, public health, case management, and behavioral health informatics, and to discuss action steps for improving health as state-wide health information exchange is developed.
Guest speakers inlcuded the following. PDF versions of their presentations (where available) are listed after their names:
- Mary McGinnis, Illinois Office of Health Information Technology Illinois’ Vision for Health Information Exchange
- Fred Rachman, CEO, Alliance of Chicago Toward a meaningful Use of HIE
- Terri Jacobsen, MS, RN, FHIMSS, Director of Health Information Exchange, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Metropolitan Chicago Consortium Health Information Exchange Overview
- Gail Keenan, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Department of Health Systems Science, UIC College of Nursing, Director, Nursing Informatics Initiative EHR- Designing Systems that Keep Clinicians on the Same Page
- Arturo Bindixen, AIDS Foundation of Chicago AIDS Foundation of Chicago
- Megan Patel, MPH, Enhanced Surveillance Unit, Cook County Department of Public Health ESSENCE: Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health and Hospitals
- Kelly Ducheny, PsyD, Director of Behavioral Health Services, Howard Brown Health Center
- Speaker and Q&A Transcript from March 23 HIE Forum
