ACMI 2011 Winter Symposium

Open to ACMI Fellows only.

"Healthcare Economics, HIT, and Informatics"

It is accepted that the high and growing costs of healthcare in the U.S. today are unsustainable. The purpose of this year's retreat is to examine healthcare economics, the role of health information technology, and the potential contributions from the biomedical and health informatics community in relation to the economic circumstances forecasted for the healthcare system. During scientific sessions starting on Friday, February 4, 2011, Saturday, February 5, 2011, and concluding on Sunday, February 6, 2011, Fellows and guests of the American College of Medical Informatics will address the following key questions:

• How are innovative organizations planning to change the economics of healthcare?
• How does Meaningful Use impact HIT's role in enabling different economic models to contain costs, vs. maintaining quality?
• How is the public involved?

Invited speakers include national leaders in healthcare IT planning, and leaders from innovative healthcare organizations that have used healthcare IT prominently:

• Mark B. McClellan, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
• Louise Liang, Retired Senior Vice President, Quality and Clinical Systems Support, Kaiser Permanente
• Thomas Graf, Chairman, Community Practice Service, Geisinger Health System

As is the tradition with ACMI Winter Symposium, the program will include ample time for reflections and discussion by the entire group.

The Scientific Program Committee is responsible for the meeting design and is comprised Tom Payne (Chair), Danny Sands, David Bates, Stan Huff, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Gil Kuperman, Henry Chueh, and Jim Cimino (ex-officio).

About the Destination

The 2011 ACMI Winter Symposium will take place from February 3-6, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, Florida. The resort is near an aquatic preserve and was recently being named to Travel + Leisure magazine’s Top 50 resorts in North America.

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa is a Four Diamond, 454 room resort located in Bonita Springs, FL, near Naples. The resort features award-winning Tarpon Bay Restaurant, a championship Raymond Floyd 18-hole golf course, a full-service 19,000 square foot spa, three pools, two waterslides, a private island beach, and a host of other amenities. The greater Naples resort opened in 2001 and has been recognized as the only 3 Palm Green Lodging resort in the State of Florida. Nearby beaches have not been impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill.

Bonita Springs is halfway between Naples and Ft. Meyers and the resort is 13 miles from Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Meyers. The airport hosts many big carriers and offers flights from airlines like Southwest, JetBlue, AirTran, Frontier, and Midwest. February is the beginning of the high season in Florida so consider making your airline arrangements well in advance.

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spabr /> 5001 Coconut Road, Bonita Springs, Florida, USA 34134