The Capitol Hill "Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics" convenes a new series of educational sessions, technology demonstrations and field visits during 2006. Building on in-depth program content of more than 80 past programs, the agenda continues to focus on working with a vide variety of groups (academic, government, and the private sector) to help develop legislative priorities and awareness related to Telehealth, eHealth and health care informatics.

Capitol Hill Steering Committee programs are open to the public at no charge, and a box lunch will be served. To register, send an email to RSVP@hlthtech.com

Also mark your calendars (and RSVP) for the following sessions (rooms to be announced):

• Distributed Technologies for Alternate Care Delivery Sites: Community Health Centers; Home Care; Nursing Homes; and Rural Health Clinics”
  Wednesday April 26th, 12:00 – 1:45 pm
  
  
• “Training a Health Information Technology Workforce: Addressing Pending Worker Shortages as Healthcare becomes “e-enabled”
  Wednesday, May 10th , 12:00 – 1:45 pm
  
  
  • Training Handout
  • Claire Dixon-Lee, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA
    American Health Information Management Association
  • Jock Putney, CEO & Timothy Baker, VP
    Learning Management Systems
  • Raymond F. Rogers, Chief Executive Officer
    National Center for Health Care Informatics
  • Charles Safran, MD, Chairman
    American Medical Informatics Association and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  
  
• “The Digital Hospital of the Future”
  Wednesday, May 24th, 12:00 -1:45 pm
  
  
• “Health Information Technology All-day Technology Demonstration, Showcase and Panel Discussion
  Tuesday, June 6th, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  
  
• “The Electronic Health Record, Community Health Information Exchange and State Initiatives: An Update and Status Report”
  Wednesday, September 13th, 12:00 – 1:45 pm
  
  
• “Connecting Rural Healthcare Organizations and Underserved Communities: Unique Opportunities and Challenges”
  Wednesday, September 27th , 12:00 – 1:45 pm
  
  
• Integrating Telehealth Technologies Into Emerging HIT Networks: Incorporating Experiences Gained from 20 years of Research, Development, and Deployment”
  Wednesday, October 18th , 12:00 – 1:45 pm
  
  

Program materials (including many presentations) will be made available following the sessions.