Health IT: Doing More With Less

Tue, November 3, 2009, 2 pm eastern

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Presenters
Diana Knaebe, President/CEO, Heritage Behavioral Health; Chris Akerley, Owner/President and Jeremy Nelson, Owner/CEO — Afia Inc.

Join us to learn how you can move forward with critical HIT initiatives to improve productivity and service quality even as you grapple with tough budget constraints. Whether you are considering new systems or you are well down the HIT road but want to better manage your resources and projects, this webinar will give you invaluable tools and tips. Hear from a behavioral health provider and from IT experts about how executive management and the IT department can better connect to align goals and priorities. EHRs, Personal Health Records, Health Information Exchanges, Regional Health Information Networks, mobile technologies, systematic PC replacement plan, virtual treatments, outsourcing… get an overview of key health information technologies and gauge what you need most.

Diana Knaebe began her career in community behavioral health as a clinician in Van Buren County, MI. She has served as the Vice President of Client Services and Chief Operating Officer, and is now President/CEO, of Heritage Behavioral Health in Decatur, IL.

Chris Akerley has implemented innovative technology solutions for some of the country’s largest financial service institutions. He is now focused on improving public healthcare by bridging the wide technology gap between financial services and public health.

Jeremy Nelson led the implementation of the award-winning Encompass EHR for five counties in Southeast Michigan as the Chief Information Architect at the Washtenaw Community Health Organization. He was a member of the SAMHSA workgroup team that developed the Behavioral Health HL7 profile.