Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, will showcase its clinical decision support and patient engagement solutions at Booth #3331 at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2019 annual meeting in Orlando, FL, USA, February 12-14, 2019.
Elsevier's Care Planning solution was named a 2019 Category Leader for the 'Clinical Decision Support – Care Plans/Order Sets' category by KLAS, the research firm which specialises in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors.
Additionally, Elsevier will convene a virtual panel of informatics experts from leading healthcare organisations at its Booth #3331 on 'Achieving high quality care through next generation CDS.' Panelists include Dr. John Halamka, Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess System; Dr.Patricia Dykes, Senior Scientist and Program Director for Research in the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women's Hospital; Maria Weesner, President, LIT Consulting; Dr. Richard Loomis, Chief Informatics Officer, Clinical Solutions, Elsevier; and Ken Stewart, Clinical Executive, Clinical Solutions, Elsevier.
Elsevier is also sponsoring a first-of-its-kind HIMSS International CXO Dialogue on 'How democratization of healthcare empowers our workforce to deliver better quality care.' The workshop is on February 11, from 2-4 PM at the Orange County Convention Centre. The workshop will be moderated by Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer at HIMSS, and Dr. Ian Chuang, Chief Medical Officer, Elsevier. Participants should leave the workshop with tangible outcomes and answers.
Elsevier will also host the Brazil Summit at HIMSS19, Room W104A, on February 13, from 1-7 PM. The summit will cover professional development, an essential key to advancing value-based care through a mix of presentations, and interactive panel discussions featuring international thought leadership and best practices. The summit, presented in Portuguese, will propose two perspectives, the key role of digital health professional development in advancing health systems' transformation and the shift toward value-based care.
Elsevier's Dr. Loomis will present 'Solving for Unwarranted Variation in Primary Care' during a Personalized Health Experience session in Hall A, Booth 888, Kiosk 42, on February 12, from 12:45-1:05 PM.
Mev Samarasinghe, Vice President for Search and Discovery for Healthcare, Elsevier, will present ‘Towards an Integrated Healthcare Knowledge Graph’ during an Innovation Live session in Hall F, Booth 9000, Kiosk 27, on February 12, from 3:45-4:05 PM.
Among other activities will be a Lightning Session in Hall D, Booth 7145, at the Lightning Session Theater, on February 13, from 12:15-12:35 PM, with James Sacra, Senior Director, Software Engineering for Precision Medicine, Elsevier, presenting 'How Blockchain Failed to Meet Expectations.'
Representatives from Elsevier will be at the booth to discuss trends and topics in healthcare IT, such as patient engagement, CDS, clinical pathways, patient engagement and improving clinical outcomes.
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