AMIA 2000 Call for Participation

Converging Information, Technology,
and Health Care

The World's Most Comprehensive Annual Symposium On Health Care Informatics

Call for Participation

Health care is information intensive. Providers need both clinical information about the patient and medical knowledge to care for patients. The types and complexity of information that is collected about a patient continues to expand, and likewise, medical knowledge continues to grow. We must categorize, organize, structure, and synthesize this information and this knowledge in order to ensure their fullest and most meaningful use in the delivery of health care. Bringing clinical information and medical knowledge together, at the point of care, offers tremendous potential to improve the quality of care delivered to patients while controlling costs.

Information technology has and continues to evolve at a mind boggling pace. The capacity to store, move, and process information far exceeds the capability of individuals and organizations to capitalize on the potential opportunities afforded. In efforts to better harness information with current and future technologies, altering the flow and access to information can result in positive as well as negative or uncertain organizational impacts as boundaries between business units fall, vocabulary differences result in misunderstandings, philosophies clash, and both optimism and fear are amplified. In this rapidly changing milieu, though, one thing seems certain: information, technology, and health care will continue to converge.

Bringing together and blending health care, information, and technology offers tremendous opportunities and formidable challenges. At AMIA 2000, you will be exposed to the best thinking about how to realize the opportunities and overcome the challenges. As Program Chair for the AMIA 2000 Annual Symposium, I invite your participation.

J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
Chair, AMIA 2000 Scientific Program Committee

AMIA 2000 Scientific Program Committee

J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, Chair
Regenstrief Institute
Indianapolis, IN
Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Michael R. Barnes, MD
Regenstrief Institute
Indianapolis, IN

David W. Bates, MD
Partners HealthCare System
Boston, MA

James F. Brinkley, III, MD, PhD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Henry C. Chueh, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Howard S. Goldberg, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Linda Goodwin, RN, PhD
Duke University
Durham, NC

Kevin B. Johnson, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

David R. Little, MD
Wright State University
Dayton, OH

Michael G. Kienzle, MD
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Julie J. McGowan, PhD
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

Richard N. Shiffman, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Dean F. Sittig, PhD
WebMD
Portland, OR

Michael M. Wagner, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

A member of the Awards Committee will be appointed to the AMIA 2000 Scientific Program Committee.

AMIA 2000 Call for Participation

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AMIA 2000 Scientific Program Committee
J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, Chair Regenstrief Institute Indianapolis, IN Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA Michael R. Barnes, MD Regenstrief Institute Indianapolis, IN David W. Bates, MD Partners HealthCare System Boston, MA James F. Brinkley, III, MD, PhD University of Washington Seattle, WA Henry C. Chueh, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Howard S. Goldberg, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA Linda Goodwin, RN, PhD Duke University Durham, NC	Kevin B. Johnson, MD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD David R. Little, MD Wright State University Dayton, OH Michael G. Kienzle, MD University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Julie J. McGowan, PhD Indiana University Indianapolis, IN Richard N. Shiffman, MD Yale University New Haven, CT Dean F. Sittig, PhD WebMD Portland, OR Michael M. Wagner, MD, PhD University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
A member of the Awards Committee will be appointed to the AMIA 2000 Scientific Program Committee.