August 29 Webinar- Leveraging Data for Better Care

August 29 Webinar- Leveraging Data for Better Care

August 29 Webinar- Leveraging Data for Better Care

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 08/21/2013 01:10 PM EDT

Register Now – Webinar on Using EHR Data to Improve Care

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is hosting a webinar Thursday, August 29 from 1:30 - 3 p.m. ET to discuss advances in using Electronic Health Record (EHR) data to improve research and clinical care. Panelists will present lessons from mature research networks on using EHR data to improve care quality; challenges of using EHR-derived measurements for quality reporting; and planned use of EHRs to collect and report quality measures for pediatric patients.

Presenters will include:

• Lynne Nemeth, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina;
• Amanda Parsons, M.D., Deputy Commissioner of Health Care Access and Improvement,
  NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
• Elizabeth Alpern, M.D., Director, Section of Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Moderator: Jon White, M.D., Director, Health Information Technology Portfolio, AHRQ.

Select to register for the webinar: https://ahrqnrc-conferences.webex.com/ahrqnrc-conferences/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=998908862.