Siemens Executives and Customers to Present at HIMSS 2006 Education Sessions and Pre-Conference Symposia

by Amanda Naiman, Manager, Media Relations, Siemens Medical Solutions | February 07, 2006

MALVERN, Pa., Feb 07, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Siemens Medical Solutions' customers and subject matter experts will participate in a variety of educational sessions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2006 Annual Conference and Exhibition, to be held in San Diego, Feb. 12-16.

In addition to a rotating lineup of in-booth customer presentations, Siemens' speakers will be featured as part of the HIMSS core education sessions and roundtables, Nursing Informatics Symposium, and Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) Symposium. Featured presentations include:

-- Making the Most of Structured Terminology: Strategies for Success with Rosemary Kennedy, RN, MBA, chief nursing informatics officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Susan Matney, RN, MS, team lead, health data dictionary team, Intermountain Healthcare - Feb. 12, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Nursing Informatics Symposium.

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-- RHIO Disaster Response with Gary Austin, chair, RHIO Symposium Advisory Committee; Claire Annechini, executive vice president and chief information officer, MEDecision, Inc.; Edward Fotsch, M.D., chief executive officer, Medem Inc.; Russell Thomas, chief executive officer, Gold Standard, Inc.; and Charlene Underwood, MBA, director, government and industry affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions and chair, HIMSS EHRVA - Feb. 12, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., RHIO Symposium.

-- Building the Truly Valuable EHR: A Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue with Charlene Underwood, MBA, director, government and industry affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions and chair, HIMSS EHRVA; Dr. Karen Bell, director, office of health IT adoption, office of national coordinator; John Tooker, M.D., MBA, FACP, executive vice president and chief executive officer, American College of Physicians; and Jonathan Teich, M.D., Ph.D., vice president and chief medical officer, HealthVision (facilitator) - Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., an Invitational Symposium.

-- It's A Success! Achieving Cost-Effective Disease Management by Sherry Shults, RN, BSN, chief information officer and research director, South Carolina Heart Center - Feb. 13, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

-- A Strategic Alliance: Affordable Healthcare Technology in Critical Access Hospitals by Kenneth Abendshien, director, information systems, Midwest Health Systems Data Center and Brenda Olson, MEd, CHP, RHIA, vice president, health information management, Great Plains Health Alliance - Feb. 13, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

-- Katrina/Rita Story - The IT Solution with Lynn Witherspoon, chief information officer, Ochsner Clinic - Feb. 14, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

-- Interoperability: Progress through Unprecedented Collaboration with Charlene Underwood, MBA, director, government and industry affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions and chair, HIMSS EHRVA - Feb. 14, 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.