Health Information Compliance Alert
Conference Calendar Corner
Check out these exciting and information conferences coming in June. June 3 in Chicago: "Spring 2005 Privacy Institute" (American Health Information Management Association [AHIMA]) http://campus.ahima.org/campus/course_info/PSA/PSA_info.htm.
June 6 - 7 in New York City: "HIMSS Summit: Achieving National Healthcare Transformation" (Health Information and Management Systems Society) www.himss.org/summit/ASP/index.asp.
June 6 - 8 in Princeton, NJ: "Certification for Professionals in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) & Health Information Technology (CPHIT)" (Health IT Certification) www.healthitcertification.com.
June 13 in Raleigh, NC: "Security: Managing Processes, Policies, Procedures & People" (NC Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance [NCHICA]). www.nchica.org/Activities/Security/agenda.htm.
June 13 - 14 in Chicago: "Renaissance for the 21st Century: Leading the Change to e-HIM" (AHIMA) www.ahima.org/renaissance.
June 16 (1:30 PM EST) "The Digital Hospital: Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies And Risks That Face All Sectors Of the Healthcare Industry" www.healthresourcesonline.com/edu/dighosp.htm.
June 22 (1:45 PM EST): "HIPAA National Provider Indentifier (NPI)" (CMS Roundtable) Call in at (877) 203-0044 and use identification number 5580682. Find more information at www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/events/default.asp.
June 27 - 29 in Dallas: "The Get Connected Health Information Technology Forum" (Healthvision, eHealth Initiative and VHA)www.getconnectedconference.com.
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