Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care 2017

January 30—February 3, 2017 (Module 1) and May 15—19, 2017 (Module 2)
Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care 2017 is organized by Harvard School of Public Health Executive and Continuing Professional Education and would be held during Jan 30 - Feb 03, 2017 at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

This is the program to attend if you want to drive health IT performance and value. By attending this program you will gain a thorough understanding of the health IT function and develop strategies to improve health care with information technology.

This advanced course brings together the diverse stakeholders impacted by health information technology – including CEOs, CIOs, physicians, nurses, informaticists, researchers, vendors, and academics – to ensure you receive an in-depth, applied understanding of the challenges and opportunities health IT presents.

This unique continuing education course is designed for learners who want a meaningful, evidence-based learning environment, grounded in theory but applicable to the real world. Whether you are a physician, nurse, informaticist, information technology professional, or health care executive, this program will provide you with the knowledge and tools to transform health care with health information technology.

Objectives & Highlights :
• Improve your ability to increase quality, decrease costs, and advance patient safety through health information technology
• Enhance your leadership skills, focusing on strategies and tactics to enact change
• Engage with expert faculty and industry executives, gaining practical skills and learning best practices
• Develop your organization’s health IT strategic vision, proactively addressing challenges posed by the changing health care landscape
• Prepare for the clinical leadership challenges in prioritizing and implementing health Information technology
• Advance health information technology strategy design, development, and deployment for more effective and efficient health care delivery
• Critically align health IT strategy, resources, people, processes, and projects with a focus on cost, quality, and delivery outcomes
• Identify the kinds of organizational and cultural changes needed to effectively use health IT to improve patient safety and efficiency in care
• Understand the basic elements of the informatics infrastructure components to support knowledge management (controlled medical terminology, information models, artifacts for decision support)

Participants must register for and participate in both modules.