Health Level Seven, Inc. ®

23rd Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting
Atlanta, GA September 20-25, 2009
[HL7.org]

Unlocking the Power of Health Information

Monday, September 21, 2009
The Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA

Scheduled Agenda Is Subject to Change*

8:30 - 8:45 am
Welcoming Comments
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Health Level Seven, Inc.

8:45 - 9:30 am
Keynote Session 1:
Response from the Clinical Community
John Tooker, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer
American College of Physicians

9:35 - 10:20 am
Keynote Session 2:
Mandate 403 - The European Union’s EHR Initiative
Jeremy Thorp
Director of Business Requirements
NHS Connecting for Health

10:20 - 10:50 am
Break

10:55 - 11:40 am
Keynote Session 3:
The Role for Quality Measures
Janet Corrigan, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
The National Quality Forum

11:45 - 12:30 pm
Keynote Session 4:
Implementing HITECH: Standards and Beyond
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology,
Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT (ONC),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
*Schedule and speakers are subject to change.

A final agenda will be emailed to HL7 members and printed in the HL7 On-Site Meeting Schedule & Hotel Guide in August.