PHR-Related Events in April--Updated

Updated April 10, 2008 by Lygeia Ricciardi

While there are many conferences and events that cover some aspect of the overlap between health and information technology, I wanted to draw your attention to a few coming up this month that are particularly relevant to PHRs:

April 3, 2008 – Personal Health Records: Personal Control of Health Data and Patient Provider Communications.
This is the 2nd in a 3-part Series of web conferences on Personal Health Records sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (Online)

April 11-13, 2008 – Consumer Health Informatics: An Intensive Learning Experience
The purpose of this two and one-half day course is to increase the knowledge of clinicians on the needs of the consumer for using e-health systems to provide benefits throughout society. It will offer an in-depth look at the latest research, systems, and practice in Consumer Health Informatics. (Claremont, California)

April 15, 2008 -- HHS Public Consumer Empowerment Workgroup Meeting
This is a meeting of one of the workgroups of the American Health Information Community (the Community), run out of the Department of Health. It is made open to the public via webcast—you can ask questions at the end. (Online)

April 17, 2008 -- Healthcare Informatics Webinar: Google, Microsoft, & Dossia Create the Personal Information Network
In this webinar, experts Vince Kuraitis and David Kibbe discuss their vision of the Personal Health Information Network. 1:00PM Eastern, 10:00AM Pacific. (Online)

April 23/24, 2008 -- HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo
The is not a Web Seminar; it is a fully interactive event that incorporates online learning, live chat, active movement in and out of exhibit booths and sessions, vendor presentations, contests and more. The conference is 100 percent virtual. Speakers include Jonathan Bush (athenahealth) and Matthew Holt (The Healthcare Blog). (Online)

April 24, 2008 – Innovations in Healthcare Delivery
The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop to examine recent trends in health care delivery. In a series of panel discussions, workshop participants will consider the competition and consumer protection issues regarding particular health care delivery innovations. (Washington, DC)