08/20/2010
No Meeting - Social Event
07/16/2010
New Devices, Software and Techniques Being Used in the Public and Private Sector to Find and Prevent Waste, Fraud and Abuse
06/18/2010
Physician EMR Implementation-- Who is against it and why?
05/21/2010
The Economic and HIT Plight of Rural Hospitals (with attention to non-rural hospitals as well)
04/16/2010
Addressing the challenges and new regulations on Privacy and Security
03/19/2010
Reconstructing Primary Care
02/19/2010
The Stimulus Bill Regulations-- Key issues and analysis
01/15/2010
Waste and Inefficiency-- Where is it and how can it be addressed?
A discussion of the recent Thomson-Reuters White Paper
12/11/2009
Healthcare Reform and the Stimulus Bill -- What has Been Accomplished, What Will Happen in 2010?
11/20/2009
The Uses of Technology in Eldercare
10/16/2009
State Health Systems -- How are They Doing and What Lessons Can They Teach Washington?
09/11/2009
Comparative Effectiveness and Evidence Based Medicine-- How they will Affect Cost Control and Meaningful Use?
08/21/2009
No Meeting - Social Event
07/17/2009
HIT Planning, Assessment, and Acquisition: Key Decisions in the Purchasing Cycle
06/19/2009
Hospital-Physician Engagement on HIT Development
05/15/2009
Existing Industry Standards for "Meaningful Use"
04/17/2009
Medical Home
03/20/2009
Discussion of Stimulus Bill, Obama Healthcare Reform Plan and Transitions in the Administration
02/20/2009
- Healthcare Technology, Physician Integration and Joint Ventures
- Changes at CMS
01/16/2009
The Technological Effects of "Never Events" and Changes at AHRQ
12/19/2008
The Effect of the Economic Slowdown on Healthcare and Health Technology
11/21/2008
Healthcare Analytics
10/17/2008
Lessons from the Airline Industry on Healthcare Safety and Avoiding Medical Errors
09/19/2008
- The Federal Information Technology Plan for the Office of the National Coordinator
- Overview of the Life Sciences Community in Northern Virginia
08/15/2008
Social Event - No Program
07/18/2008
The Positions of the Leading Political Candidates on Healthcare Issues
06/20/2008
- Tracking Health and Wellness
- The Uses of Technology in Treating Autism
05/16/2008
Issues Relating to Clinical Trials: Offshore Locations, the JANUS System; and Recruiting Patients
04/18/2008
The Joint Medical Record System of the VA and DOD: Issues of Interoperability
03/28/2008
- Current Developments in e-prescribing
- Uses of Technology in Personalized Medicine
02/15/2008
- Status of the National Health Information Network
- One Medicare Advantage Plan's Pay for Quality Program
01/18/2008
Bio Laboratories in the US under the Microscope
12/14/2007
Applications of Healthcare Technology to Retirement Living and Long-Term Care.
11/16/2007
Barriers to the Implementation of Electronic Medical Records and Academic Training for the Use of Technology.
10/19/2007
The Challenge of Maintaining Medical Privacy and Security Relating to Laptop Theft.
09/21/2007
Telemedicine and its Applications to Disease Specialties and Remote Care.
08/17/2007
Informal Lunch for Those Who are Not on Vacation to be Held at the Fairfax Country Club
07/20/2007
Technology Related to Pandemics, Disease Outbreaks, and Public Health Crisis.
06/15/2007
Medical Automation and Robotics
05/18/2007
Changing Trends in Physician Employment and Their Effect on Specialty Hospitals.
04/27/2007
Congressional and Administrative Priorities in the New Congress.
03/16/2007
Globalization and Other Key Trends in the Healthcare Landscape
02/16/2007
No Meeting
01/19/2007
The Impact of Sarbanes Oxley and Other Compliance Regulations on the Health Care Industry.
12/15/2006
The Top Ten Concerns of CEOs and CIOs
11/17/2006
Does Technology Really Affect Quality, and the Effect of Hospital Leadership on Quality
10/20/2006
Life After Brailer at DHHS and Potential Changes in Congressional Health Policy after the Elections
09/15/2006
Clinical Service Line Management
08/18/2006
NO MEETING (Social Event)
07/21/2006
Recent Challenges to Health Data Security and HIPAA Enforcement
06/16/2006
Making Pitches to Funding Sources: Case Studies on the Do's and Don'ts
05/19/2006
Changes in the FDA Approval Process and Oversight of the Re-Use of Disposables
04/21/2006
Technology Support for Evidence Based Medicine; and an Update on NHIN
04/21/2006
Technology Support for Evidence-based Medicine
03/17/2006
The Growing Impact of Consumerism in Electronic Health Care Systems; and an Update on the Implementation of Open Source Vista in Physician Offices
02/24/2006
Clinical Information Technology and Convergence
02/24/2006
The Integration of Clinical and Information Systems
01/20/2006
Federal Funding of Health Information Technology: What Does the
Federal Government Have to Offer?
12/16/2005
Update on Capital Financing for Health Technology Organizations:
Where is the Money?
11/18/2005
Syndromic Surveillance: Public and Private Initiatives to Track
and Utilize Public Health Care Information
10/21/2005
The Status and Implementation of Health Information Exchanges and
Regional Health Information Organizations
09/23/2005
Federal Government Priorities in Health Care Technology: the View
from Congress and the Administration
08/26/2005
"Lunch and Golf Outing"
07/15/2005
Feature Topic: The VistA Electronic Medical Record System in the U.S. and Abroad.
06/17/2005
Feature Topic: Mobile Computing and its Applications to Healthcare
05/20/2005
From Crisis to Confidence: Creating High Reliability in Healthcare (Dr. Joseph Bormel, Quadramed)
04/15/2005
Feature Topic: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Technology; Short Presentation: At-risk Contracting of Health Care Technology
04/15/2005
Feature Topic: New Technology for Critical Care (Featuring a presentation by VISICU), and At-Risk Contracting for Technology
03/18/2005
An On-Site Tour of the New Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA and a Discussion about Purchasing Criteria.
02/18/2005
Feature Topic: RFID Technology: How Will it Change the Landscape?; Short Presentations: Convergence: The Challenge of Integrated Technology Purchasing Decisions and an update on HIMSS Conference
01/21/2005
Feature Topic: The Technological Challenges of Consumer Directed Health Plans; Short Presentation: The Work of the Mid-Atlantic Business Group on Health Employer Coalition
12/17/2004
Personal Health Records
11/19/2004
Technology for Clinical Trials
10/29/2004
Lori Evans, Senior Advisor to Dr. David Brailer, the President's National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
09/24/2004
Hospital Data Reporting and Pay-for-Performance Initiatives
08/27/2004
Informal Social Gathering for those not on Vacation (Lunch and Golf Outing)
07/16/2004
Capital Financing for Washington Area Bio Technology Companies - Ed Rudnic of Advancis Pharmaceutical
06/18/2004
New Priorities of the Leapfrog Group, Including Quality Measurement
05/14/2004
DHHS Priorities in Health Care Technology/National Health Information Infrastructure
04/16/2004
Outsourcing and Offshoring: Business, Regulatory and Political Issues Affecting Healthcare
03/19/2004
Trends and Developments in Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS)
02/20/2004
Current Developments in Electronic Health Records
01/16/2004
Use of the Internet and Other Software for Knowledge Management
12/12/2003
Current Trends in Capital Financing of Health Care Technology Companies and Products
11/21/2003
How Does an Institution Sort out Priorities for New Technology Acquisitions?
10/17/2003
Technologies to Address Staffing in Nursing
09/19/2003
Qualcomm's Joint Venture with Verizon (and other new developments in wireless healthcare technology)
08/21/2003
Golf and Lunch from 12 - 5
TPC at Avenel in Potomac, MD
07/18/2003
New Healthcare Technology Stimulated by Defense and Homeland Security
06/20/2003
Uses of Technology in Genetics and Stem Cell Research
05/16/2003
CPOE and Patient Safety Systems - Doing it Right and Doing it Wrong
04/25/2003
Open Source Information Technology for Physicians and Practices and Institutions
03/21/2003
Selling to Hospitals
02/21/2003
Focus on Anesthesia Technology
01/17/2003
Outlook for 2003 in Biotech and Infotech
12/13/2002
The Technology of the new George Washington University Hospital (a tour of the hospital itself)
11/15/2002
The Future of Orthopedic Devices and Applications
10/18/2002
Technology Transfer (migration of ideas and inventions from academia/NIH to the business sector)
09/20/2002
Healthcare Documentation: Information Capture and Reporting
08/16/2002
Informal Social Gathering For Those Not On Vacation (Lunch and Golf)
07/19/2002
Physician Order Entry Systems: Demonstration and Issues Discussion
06/21/2002
Recent Developments in Wireless Communications and Data Management in Healthcare
05/17/2002
1. Reimbursement and Coverage Issues
2. NIH Priorities and Interaction with the Private Sector
04/19/2002
The Effect of Human Genome Technology on Traditional Health Care Delivery
03/15/2002
Drug Discovery Companies
02/15/2002
Medical Training Simulators
01/18/2002
Branding and Selling Your Company
12/14/2001
Outsourcing and the Role of the CIO
11/16/2001
Biopreparedness: The Role of Technology in Disaster Planning, Communication, Education and Response
10/19/2001
Data Security
09/21/2001
Wireless and Other Hand-Held Technology for Providors
08/17/2001
Informal Social Gathering for Those not on Vacation
07/17/2001
The Leapfrog Group: the Uses of Technology by Employer Health Benefit Plans
06/15/2001
Special Issues in Recruiting and Retaining Personnel for Health Technology Companies
05/18/2001
Kaiser and the Internet: a Case Study in Patient and Provider Communication
04/17/2001
Technology to Address Medical Errors and Patient Safety
03/20/2001
The Business of Biotech
02/20/2001
The consumer impact on eHealthcare
01/16/2001
The Use of Technology by Payors
12/19/2000
An Overview of HIPAA and Discussion of Key Privacy Trends
11/14/2000
The business of eko systems and implications for similar technologies.
10/17/2000
Comprehensive Patient Management Systems (CPMS)
09/19/2000
The Uses of Technology by Physicians
07/18/2000
Industry Segmentation
06/20/2000
The Workings of Incubators
05/16/2000
The Technology of Global Info Tech
04/13/2000
eCommerce Concepts, Terms and Technologies
03/21/2000
Venture Capital Investment Trends
02/15/2000
Consumerism in Healthcare
01/18/2000
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