SPIE Medical Imaging is an annual meeting on the scientific and technical aspects of medical imaging. There are eight tracks including physics of medical imaging; image processing; computer-aided diagnosis; image visualization and image-guided procedures; biomedical applications in molecular, structural and functional imaging; image perception, observer performance, and technology assessment; advanced picture archiving and communication system...

Advanced Writing for the Web: Using Plain Language to Engage Citizens Class Format: One–Day Course Instructor: Leslie O'Flahavan, E–WRITE Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $200 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $300 for non–government Course Description You can't engage people unless you communicate in plain, down–to–ear...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) was the first federal agency to use the NHIN as a tool to gain rapid access to electronic health information. In its partnership with MedVirgina, the Richmond-based regional Health Information Exchange (HIE), the partners used NHIN technologies to speed the delivery of clinical health records of patients awaiting medical disability decisions. In accelerating the process from weeks to days, the project...

Assess the public and political environment for health care reform and understand the agenda that rural hospitals must pursue, with or without national legislation, to achieve more effective, efficient and safer care. Gain strategies for achieving performance excellence in an environment of shrinking resources, changing hospital-physician relations, and new demands for collaboration. Learn how values-driven cultures translate into sustained co...

HEALTH IT SUMMIT FOR GOVERNMENT LEADERS OVERVIEW With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Program and the very real possibility of national health reform this year, federal and state government leaders face a myriad of challenges associated with the use of information technology to tackle a range of complex healthcare issues. The Health IT Summit for Government Leaders is designed for federal and state government leaders who...

The national debate on reforming public healthcare continues. But what about healthcare inside the federal government? Healthcare technology has become an essential component in advancing productivity of federal healthcare delivery, policy development, research, and regulatory enforcement. Not including Medicare, the federal government will spend more than $385 billion on healthcare in GFY2010. How much of that will go to federal contracts? Wi...

The first of a year-long series of national teleconferences to win federal contracts starts January 27, 2010. These teleconferences are hosted by the National Alliance of African American Chambers (NAAAC) & TargetGov and are open to all entrepreneurs nationwide. “Given the economy and the reality of today's business environment, it is essential that Black enterprises increase their revenues and customers. Being successful in Federal...

Members of the healthcare community are invited to attend a one-day conference, including a luncheon and tour of the IHE Connectathon on Tuesday, January 12th. The day will include presentations by leaders in driving the adoption of electronic health records, personal health record systems and national health information networks. Attendees will also learn about IHE's support for these critical improvements in healthcare and receive an introd...

Happy Holidays! There is nothing better than eating a bowl of chili on a cool December evening…. except when it is ALL YOU CAN EAT chili, wings and Nachos AND the proceeds go the Army’s Walter Reed Society. Join dcTechSource.com in a fun filled evening of great wings, hot chili, cold beers, and blatant networking, all while raising money for the Walter Reed Society. You know about Walter Reed. Well the Society provides special ser...

When it comes to stimulus money no one is spending like the Department of Energy. Join us December 15 for our next Federal IT Breakfast & Schmooze as we host DOE CFO Steve Isakowitz who is guiding the department’s momentous spending. And Steve’s not just a pencil pusher - as a former exec at Lockheed and Booz Allen, not to mention a Master’s in aerospace engineering from MIT, he knows the info industry wants to hear.