eHealth Initiative's (eHI) Fifth Annual Conference
Do you have an opinion about how health information technology has progressed in the last five years?
We Want to Hear Your Perspectives…
Papers Due by August 31, 2008
The eHealth Initiative is asking authors who intend to write a paper regarding their perspectives for the Fifth Annual Conference to submit an intent form. The conference, "Taking the Pulse of Health IT: A Critical Review of Progress Over the Last Five Years and Key Recommendations for Success in 2009 and Beyond," will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. December 4-5. All papers are due by August 31, 2008. Papers should focus on one of the following areas:
- Improvements in Quality and Efficiency
- Engaging Consumers and Patients
- Care Coordination and Chronic Care Management
- Addressing Financing Issues
- Increasing Access and Addressing Disparities
- Getting to Better Evidence on Outcomes and Effectiveness
- Addressing Privacy and Confidentiality
- Standards Adoption and Interoperability
Authors are asked to address the following questions in their papers:
- What were the initial predictions for progress in this area? In other words, where did we think we would be by 2008?
- What have we accomplished over the last 5 years in this area? What went well?
- Where did we fall short? What are some of the reasons we did not meet our goals?
- Were there any unintended consequences of our progress? If so, what were they?
- What’s needed in 2009 and beyond to succeed in achieving our initial goals? How might this contribute to healthcare reform?
If you intend to submit a paper by the August 31 deadline, you must complete an intent form stating your name, contact information, and topic area. Click here to submit the intent form. Further guidelines and instructions for submission will be sent to individuals who complete an intent form.
Papers should be unpublished, 3-10 pages long, 10 pt. Times Roman and emailed to Keviar.Warner@ehealthinitiative.org.
Papers will be published online at the eHealth Initiative website. Authors for a subset of the papers will be invited to present their views in a general session panel discussion during the conference. The presented papers will be compiled into a compendium for the conference. The Advisory Board will provide oversight and guidance in the selection of the final papers.
Individuals who wish to be considered for speaking slots at the conference should submit unpublished papers. Within the text of their papers, individuals may reference published works and may provide hyperlinks to published documents in their submissions.
Final papers should be emailed to Keviar.Warner@ehealthinitiative.org.
