BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20101103T154500Z DTEND:20101103T173000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Meaningful Use 11-03-2010 DESCRIPTION:Meaningful Use - How your practice can translate "Meaningful Use" into "Meaningful Efficiency"\n\n \nGet an in-depth understanding of what will be involved in achieving the "Meaningful Use" criteria established by the government. Also\, understand how early adoption of these practices can make your practice more efficient and qualify for government stimulus money.\n\n\n\nTopics to be covered include:\n\n Requirements of the HITECH Act\n Eligibility requirements for stimulus money\n Deadlines and qualification procedures\n Secure patient communicaiton criteria\n Office efficiencies gained and expected ROI\n\n\nThe goal of this program is to education you to the guidelines and standards to meet acceptable use criteria.\n\n\n\nPresenter\, Ron Pennell\, has an extensive 30 year background in Information Technology and is the founder and chief executive of Foothills IT Solutions. He has held various management\, consulting\, and technical positions with Fortune 50 companies including The Walt Disney Company\, Lockhee-Martin\, and Northrop. Since founding Foothills IT SOlutions\, Ron has provided principal consultant and support services for healthcare and commercial businesses in western North Carolina. These engagements include strategic planning\, IT servcies\, PM/EMR implementation\, disaster recovery and business continuity planning. His broad experience provides a platform to lectures to other IT providers on successfully growing Health Care Information Technology support practices and providing services the medical community is demanding. Ron also speaks around the US on Healthcare IT\, Patient Portals\, HIPPA\, HITECH and Meaningful use. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Meaningful Use - How your practice can translate "\;Meaningful Use"\; into "\;Meaningful Efficiency"\;
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\nGet an in-depth understanding of what will be involved in achieving the "\;Meaningful Use"\; criteria established by the government. \; Also\, understand how early adoption of these practices can make your practice more efficient and qualify for government stimulus money.
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\nTopics to be covered include:\n\n\n

The goal of this program is to education you to the guidelines and standards to meet acceptable use criteria.
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\nPresenter\, Ron Pennell\, has an extensive 30 year background in Information Technology and is the founder and chief executive of Foothills IT Solutions. \; He has held various management\, consulting\, and technical positions with Fortune 50 companies including The Walt Disney Company\, Lockhee-Martin\, and Northrop. \; Since founding Foothills IT SOlutions\, Ron has provided principal consultant and support services for healthcare and commercial businesses in western North Carolina. \; These engagements include strategic planning\, IT servcies\, PM/EMR implementation\, disaster recovery and business continuity planning. \; His broad experience provides a platform to lectures to other IT providers on successfully growing Health Care Information Technology support practices and providing services the medical community is demanding. \; Ron also speaks around the US on Healthcare IT\, Patient Portals\, HIPPA\, HITECH and Meaningful use.
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\n LOCATION:Catawba County Chamber of Commerce 1055 Southgate Corporate Park SW Hickory NC 28602 UID:e.685.49 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260527T213111Z URL:http://members.catawbachamber.org/events/details/meaningful-use-11-03-2010-11-03-2010-49 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR