Purpose
Arizona’s rural healthcare system is gaining more knowledge and seeking more leverage in the many uses of information technology. This forum addressed the current conditions and recommend future directions in these related areas: information infrastructure, electronic health records, distance education, workforce and quality improvement.
The forum was sponsored by the Arizona Rural Health Association in collaboration with the Rural Health Office.
Among the speakers were:
• Alison Hughes, Rural Health Office
Collaborating for Quality, Health Information Technology and Workforce Improvement
• Galen Updike, Governor’s Information Technology Agency,
Health Information Technology in Rural Arizona (click for PowerPoint)
• Tommy Mullins, Boone Memorial Hospital.
Migration to an Electronic Health Record at Boone Memorial Hospital (click for PowerPoint)
• Scott Endsley, Health Services Advisory Group,
Health Information Technology in Rural Arizona (click for PowerPoint)
• Mark Smith, MD, Banner Health, Arizona Region,
H.I.T in Rural Arizona (click for PowerPoint)
• Jack Beveridge, Pinal Gila Behavioral Health Association
PACE+: Empowering Healthcare Providers Through Health Information Technology (click for PowerPoint)
• Dr. Patty Moore, Northern Arizona University,
Northern Arizona University: Distance Education in Rural Arizona (click for PowerPoint)
• Anthony Rodgers, AHCCCS
• Elizabeth McNamee*, St. Luke's Health Initiative,
Arizona Health Query: HIT Resources for Rural Health Providers (click for PowerPoint)
Click here for the complete agenda.
* Roger Hughes, St. Luke's Foundation, substituted for Elizabeth McNamee and did not deliver this PowerPoint.
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