Call for Annual Meeting Speaker Presentations

If you are looking for a great way to share what you've learned, give back to the profession, add something to your resume or just earn CEUs - how about making a presentation at the MHIMA Annual Meeting. The Minnesota Health Information Management Association (MHIMA) is now accepting applications for program speakers for our 2009 Annual Meeting educational program. The annual meeting will be held Wednesday, May 6, 2009 through Friday, May 8, 2009 at the Grand Casino, Hinckley, Minnesota. 

Topics should focus on issues of interest to health information management professionals, health information policymakers, and health information technology professionals. The program will include multiple general sessions as well as a variety of educational tracks. For every 15 minutes of presentation you earn one CEU, and if you participate in an hour long panel discussion you can also earn one CEU. Please consider sharing your experiences with our members (and earn some CEUS at the same time).

Speaker applications are due by September 30, 2008. Why so soon? Our Annual Meeting Committee started meeting in August to create the best educational programs on the market for HIM professionals.

All proposals submitted are reviewed and selected by the MHIMA 2009 Annual Meeting Committee. Program topics should be timely, relevant, and innovative. The speakers selected will be experienced and qualified to present their topics. Program topics should be timely, innovative, and of relevance and use to the audience. We are looking for presenters who will provide the audience with greater understanding of current issues, new systems and applications, with program content that offers practical approaches and solutions, while stimulating new ideas.

The following items represent possible educational session areas. Other topics will also be considered:

Coding Issues including Clinical Information
Coding Roundtable Topics
Compliance (Fraud and Abuse avoidance)
Confidentiality, Security, and Privacy
Continuous Quality Improvement
Data Quality Management and Core Measures
Distance Education
e-Health care, Telemedicine, PDA computing
e-HIM
EHR Implementation
Health Information Technology Systems
Health care Reimbursement, including APCs and DRGs
HIM Bests Practices
HIM Career Management
ICD-10 
Outsourcing Issues
Personnel Management
Regional Health Information Organizations
Regulatory Topics, including JCAHO, CMS, HIPAA
Use of AHIMA’s Communities of Practice

Potential speakers for GENERAL SESSIONS or TRACKS need to SUBMIT A COMPLETED SPEAKER APPLICATION and return it to the MHIMA Central Office at mhima@comcast.net by September 30, 2008. Speakers may submit more than one outline for consideration. Additional information required includes the main learning objectives of the presentation, title and brief outline of presentation; and your curriculum vitae or resume. Speaker handouts are required and speakers must submit a master electronic version of their handout materials to the MHIMA Central Office no later than March 13, 2009.

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