2003 AMIA Spring Congress

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2003 AMIA Spring Congress Program Committee

Betty L. Chang, FNP, DNSc, Program Chair
University of California - Los Angeles

Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc
Columbia University

S. Scott Brown, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thomas K. Houston, MD, MPH
University of Alabama - Birmingham

Gary L. Kreps, PhD
National Cancer Institute

Rita Kukafka, DrPH, MA
Columbia University

Charles Safran, MD
Clinician Support Technology

P. Zoe Stavri, PhD, MLS
Oregon Health and Science University


Educational Tracks

Issues and Trends - Track 1
A discussion of the potential for information and communication technologies to improve health and provision of health to underserved populations and of key issues involved, such as individual privacy and confidentiality concerns, electronic literacy, and other barriers to adoption.

Facilitating Team:

S. Scott Brown, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tom Ferguson, MD, The Pew Internet and American Life Project

Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, University of Miami

Gary L. Kreps, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Linda Neuhauser, MD, PhD, University of California Berkeley

Lisa A. Sutherland, PhD, University of North Carolina


Strategies - Track 2
Lessons learned presentations by renowned experts who have implemented successful programs in reaching specific underserved populations for the improvement of their health and health care.

Facilitating Team:

Jonathan Crossette, MPH, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Karen B. Eden, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University

Ben S. Gerber, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago

John Holmes, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Laura Schopp, PhD, MLS, Oregon Health and Science University

P. Zoe Stavri, PhD, MLS, Oregon Health and Science University


Evaluation - Track 3
Presentations and discussions centering on methodologies for measuring the impact of informatics on improving the health of underserved populations.

Facilitating Team:

Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc, Columbia University

Rita Kukafka, DrPH, MA, Columbia University

David R. Little, MD, MS, Wright State University

Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Deborah A. Lewis, EdD, RN, University of Pittsburgh


Dissemination - Track 4
An exploration of efforts that are currently underway in deploying information and communication technologies to assist the provision of health care to the underserved, and a discussion of issues involved in replicating these successes in other settings.

Facilitating Team:

Margaret Cashen, RN, MSN, University of California San Francisco

Denise Goldsmith, RN, MPH, Clinician Support Technology

Thomas K. Houston, MD, MPH, University of Alabama Birmingham

Charles Safran, MD, Clinician Support Technology



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