What’s Happening Today & Planning for Tomorrow at HIMSS17

Today ONC is offering a number of interactive sessions for clinicians, providers, patients, and developers during HIMSS17. Below is a lineup of where you can find us today and a preview of tomorrow’s activities. See the schedule of all ONC events on HealthIT.gov. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @ONC_HealthIT.

HIMSS17 – Preconference Sessions

8:15 – 9:15 AM ET:
Precision Medicine for Every One

Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease prevention and treatment that accounts for a person’s individual variation in genes, environment, and lifestyle. This keynote with ONC’s Acting National Coordinator highlights how health IT and tools for managing large datasets can leverage advances in human genomic sequencing and biometric analysis to make personalized medical care achievable. Read more about this preconference symposium at HIMSSConference.org.Location: Orange County Convention Center Room W304E

8:15 – 9:15 AM ET:
The Interoperability Roadmap in Practice

Join ONC’s Steve Posnack, Christopher Muir, and a representative from Verily’s Health IT Ecosystem Team as they provide an update on progress made on the Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap that outlined key building blocks for nationwide exchange of health information. Read more about this preconference symposium at HIMSSConference.org.Location: Orange County Convention Center Room W331A

2:00 – 3:00 PM ET:
Emerging Services Among Health Information Exchange Networks: Towards Sustainability

A perennial challenge for health information exchange (HIE) networks is sustainability, especially as federal funding ends or takes new forms. In this session, hear from ONC’s John Rancourt and representatives from several HIE networks that are offering new services to providers, health systems, and accountable care organizations in their quest to expand and sustain HIE activities in communities across the United States. Read more about this preconference symposium at HIMSSConference.org.

Location: Orange County Convention Center Room W331A

What’s Happening Tomorrow at HIMSS17

10:00 – 10:45 AM ET: Listening Session: Bringing Interoperable Medication Lists to Consumers
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET: HIMSS17 Interoperability Showcase
11:00 – 11:45 AM ET: Listening Session: Interoperability Measurement Across the Continuum of Care
12:00 – 1:00 PM ET: Session #21: Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Town Hall
1:15 – 2:00 PM ET: Listening Session: Safety, Interoperability, and Usability for the Clinical Community
3:00 – 3:30 PM ET: Federal Health IT Pavilion: Connecting and Accelerating a FHIR App Ecosystem: Discovery Infrastructure for Clinical Health IT Apps Cooperative Agreement

View the entire schedule on HealthIT.gov