Orion Health's Dr. Chris Hobson Selected to Speak at World Congress Public Health ...( Chief Medica...),Health

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Chris Hobson, has been selected to speak at the 2nd Annual Public Healthcare congress in Washington DC at 9am on July 25, 2008. Dr Hobson's presentation, "Lessons Learned; Implementing a Regional Disease Management Solution", examines the challenges of a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) to improve the quality, efficiency and security of patient information exchange resulting in improvements in healthcare quality, while justifying the ongoing costs and efforts involved in implementation and management.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 16, 2008 -- Orion Health, a leading provider of clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector, today announced that Chief Medical Officer, Dr Chris Hobson, has been selected to speak at 9am on July 25, 2008 at the 2nd Annual Public Healthcare Congress in Washington DC.

Dr Hobson's presentation is titled "Lessons Learned: Implementing a Regional Disease Management Solution", examining the challenges of a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) to improve the quality, efficiency and security of patient information exchange resulting in improvements in healthcare quality, while justifying the ongoing costs and efforts involved in implementation and management.

Dr Hobson will discuss Orion Health's Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) solution for Capital Health of Canada, which is connecting patient records across 13 hospitals, 22 public health centers and 15 clinic/health centers. The audience will hear how the portal allows clinicians to review past laboratory and radiology tests that track results and patient admissions.

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