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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">NRTRC</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DONOTREPLYNRTRC@inhs.org">DONOTREPLYNRTRC@inhs.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:53 AM<br>
Subject: ATTENTION !! Regions IX and X: Upcoming 2-Day Regional HIT/EHR Workshop, July 29th - 30th, Portland, Oregon<br>To: <br><br><br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="5"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">INVITATION/REGISTRATION</span></font></b></div>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">HRSA’s Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT) is pleased to announce </span></font></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">OCHIN will be hosting an EHR/HIT workshop for the second year in a row.</span></font></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">OCHIN, Inc., (formerly known as Oregon Community Health Information Network) </span></font></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">July 29<sup>th</sup>-30<sup>th</sup>, 2009 in Portland, Oregon.</span></font></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">At the end of the workshop; participants will be able to identify key elements for successful EHR implementation and provider adoption, and develop a strategic plan for EHR planning, vendor selection and implementation.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">This vendor-neutral EHR workshop is specifically designed to help organizations with the following:</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Wingdings" color="#5e87a1" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #5e87a1; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Craft a strategic planning and stakeholder buy-in process</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Wingdings" color="#5e87a1" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #5e87a1; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Develop of a trans disciplinary implementation team</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Wingdings" color="#5e87a1" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #5e87a1; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Identify strengths and challenges associated with “going it alone” versus joining a network</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Wingdings" color="#5e87a1" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #5e87a1; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Develop a vendor selection process </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Wingdings" color="#5e87a1" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #5e87a1; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Develop staff and provider training</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Wingdings" color="#5e87a1" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #5e87a1; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Understand key elements for successful implementation and provider adoption, </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><font face="Wingdings" color="#5e87a1" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #5e87a1; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="black"><span style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Understand that EHR adoption is not an end point in and of it self but the beginning of a new way of providing healthcare</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">WHO SHOULD ATTEND?</span></font></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -35pt"><font face="Courier New" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><span>o<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">HRSA-funded grantees from region IX or X</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -35pt"><font face="Courier New" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><span>o<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Planning to implement an EHR in 6-12 months</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -35pt"><font face="Courier New" color="black" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><span>o<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Part of a new or existing network, or planning to join a network<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></b></span></font></p>
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The conference will be held at a downtown Portland, Oregon hotel, easily accessible by public transit. Please check the registration link below regularly; the hotel information will be listed very soon. A block of rooms will be reserved for this event.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">PLEASE </span></font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">go to <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a href="http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/workshops2009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/workshops2009.htm</a> </span></b>for up to date information for the upcoming HIT/EHR and Telehealth workshops, e.g. date/location, agenda, invitation and registration</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">.<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></b></span></font></p>
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<div></div><br>-- <br>Catherine S. Britain<br><a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br>541-910-7366<br>