Clinical Informatics Track 
Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HIIMSS – New England Chapter

On Demand recordings of the 2022 New England HIMSS Spring Conference held on Thursday May 12th.

The Covid-19 pandemic created unprecedented healthcare system challenges and transformative change. We saw rapid acceleration of the technology we use, changes to the way in which we deliver care and to the policies that govern healthcare. New England HIMSS is happy to be back in person for our annual spring conference. Join us to explore The Progression of the Health IT Ecosystem - What does the Future Hold?

Our day will star with our opening keynote panel, From Talk to Collective Action – Building a Foundation for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Followed by two conference tracks and 8 sessions to choose from and we will round out our day with a closing keynote and a networking reception immediately to follow. Continuing Education Credits for Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and Pharmacists will be offered along with CPHIMS credits.

Release date: May 30, 2022

Expiration date: June 30, 2022

Estimated time to complete activity: 10 hours

Mechanism for the learner to contact PIM: https://www.pimed.com/

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of providers, nurses, pharmacists and allied healthcare professionals and will seek to identify mechanisms to address and mitigate the need for innovative, state-of-the-art digital healthcare equity technology solutions via discussion of DE&I strategy, initiatives, and personal and organizational experience as related to the pandemic, health equity, and SDOH along with identification of interoperability standards that may contribute to the advancement for the representation of data for SDOH as well as outcomes tracking analysis through real-world case examples.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Define and discuss DE&I strategy, initiatives, and personal and organizational experience as related to the pandemic, health equity, and SDOH

• Discuss and identify mechanisms to address and mitigate the need for innovative, state-of-the-art digital healthcare equity technology solutions

• Explore and evaluate how interoperability standards and non-proprietary technologies can contribute to EHR optimization, efficiency, and interprofessional communication and collaboration, which is essential to quality, patient-centered care.

• Integrate and intervene upon post-pandemic vulnerabilities

Faculty

Ronelle Stevens, PharmD

Senior Clinical Decision Support and Informatics Pharmacist , Mass General Brigham

Caroline Yang, MD

Attending Hospitalist, Mass General Brigham

Tonya Hongsermeier, MD, MBA

VP and Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Elimu Informatics

James Shalaby, PharmD

CEO, Elimu Informatics

Mathew D Moss

SVP and CIO, New England Donor Services

Jessica Langlois

Manager, Project Management Office, New England Donor Services

Oscar Bukstein, MD

Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Psychiatry Outpatient Services

Boston Children's Hospital

Laura Marquez, MHA

AVP, UConn Health

Karen Serrago, MSHMI

CIO, Community Technology Cooperative (CTC)

Ellana Stinson, MD

President, New England Medical Association

Arvind Kumar, MS

Digital Health Lead, Eisner Amper, Northeastern University Professor

Eberto Pallares, MSFIN

Director of Health & Wellness, City of Cambridge, ALPFA Boston