Register Now: June 30 AHRQ Webinar on Health Information Technology and Improving Health Care Delivery for Children

Registration is open for a webinar on June 30, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. ET, to discuss recent research on how health information technology can better support the quality of health care delivered to children and adolescents. This webinar will include discussions on pediatric-specific electronic health record functionality and the use of a pediatric registry for reporting quality measures data. Earn 1.5 hours of continuing medical education credits/continuing education units for participating.

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Date and time:

Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:30 pm
Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 11:30 am
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 10:30 am
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 9:30 am
Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Description:

During this Webinar, AHRQ will discuss the use of health IT to better support the quality of health care delivered to children. This Webinar will include discussions of pediatric-specific electronic health record (EHR) functionality and the use of a pediatric registry for reporting quality measures data. Earn 1.5 hours of continuing medical education credits (CME)/continuing education units (CEUs) for participating.

Objectives:

Describe recommendations for EHR functionalities expected to improve the safety and quality of care provided to children.
Discuss the development and potential impacts of multi-site performance measure reporting using an EHR data driven pediatric registry.

Presenters include:

Jonathan Wald, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Digital Health and Clinical Informatics, Division of eHealth, Quality, and Analytics, RTI International
Elizabeth Alpern, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University

Moderator:

Edwin Lomotan, M.D., Medical Officer and Chief of Clinical Informatics, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Target Audience: Health care researchers, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals