The future of health information systems

Health Informatics & Technology Conference

October 20-22, 2014 Double Tree by Hilton Baltimore - BWI Airport, USA

C Peter Waegemann

Keynote: J Health Med Informat

Abstract :

Healthcare must be aligned with the emerging digital society that is dominating our lives. Electronic communication and computer-driven ecare will bring radical changes to healthcare that will make the system more efficient, easier to use, and save costs. This presentation will connect the dots between developments in other industries and the delayed information developments in healthcare. An analysis of the future healthcare system will provide details of needed system changes.

Biography :

C Peter Waegemann is the President of Waegemann Associates LLC and former President of mHealth Initiative Inc., a Boston based not for profit organization promoting mHealth applications nationally and internationally. Until February 2009 he was CEO of Medical Records Institute, a Boston based organization involved in applied research and functioning as an educational clearinghouse, as well as Executive Director of Center for Cell Phone Applications in HealthCare (CPAHC). Since the 1980s, he has been a visionary and promoter of electronic medical record systems (EMRs). Twenty five years ago, he started the annual conference Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) that drew several thousand attendees. He is internationally known as one of the top experts in healthcare informatics, has published both in the US and in Germany, and is a sought after speaker on EHRs, eHealth, and mHealth. He has special expertise in electronic patient record systems, standards, networking, telemedicine, and the creation of the national information infrastructure. Waegemann has testified to US Congressional committees. In 2007, Waegemann was cited as one of 20 outstanding people who make health care better (Health Leaders). Waegemann is currently based in the Greater Boston Area, MA, and Berlin, Germany.