Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care 2018

Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care is organized by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Executive and Continuing Professional Education (ECPE) and will be held during May 07 - 11, 2018 at Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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. This is the program to attend if you want to drive health IT performance and value.

In this executive-level program, you will:
• 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
• Improve your ability to increase quality, decrease costs, and advance patient safety through health information technology
• Expand your understanding of future directions of health IT

Learning Objectives:
• Build your leadership skills for strategy design, development, and deployment for more effective and efficient health care delivery
• Expand your capacity to lead digital transformations
• Gain an in-depth knowledge of the changing health care landscape and the impact it will have on IT spending
• Build a high level of confidence in understanding IT tools, processes, and methodologies
• Develop an understanding of the challenges and complexities in extending the EHR into telemedicine, patient-centered technologies, and population management
• Recognize the value of continuous experimentation and innovation in health IT as an enabler for continuous quality improvement
• Maximize your knowledge of the opportunities and challenges with Big Data
• Prepare for the leadership challenges in developing effective governance structures

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.