AMC/NOMA Presents at Health IT Conference

AMC/NOMA President Paul Janicki MD presented introductory remarks at a recent Health IT gathering organized to inform and encourage continued adoption of information technologies as they benefit the delivery of quality medical care. Presented by NOHIMSS, local chapter of the not-for-profit professional membership organization that provides leadership in healthcare technology management, The Academy of Medicine Cleveland/Northern Ohio Medical Association (AMC/NOMA) was pleased to act as co-sponsor to the June 2 conference. "While information technology makes a difference," Dr. Janicki said, "by organizing clinical data and making it available at the right time in the right place, the key will be to focus not on the data, but to recognize and prioritize the need of the patient and to give meaning to it. This is something that, ultimately, only an attending medical professional can, and necessarily, should do." The conference, entitled "The Value of Information Technology in the Continuum of Care," was held at Tri-C's Corporate College East and was well attended by area health care professionals. Much like the AMC/NOMA's own 2006 seminar "Riding the Wave of Change in the Practice of Medicine," which touched on similar technological topics, our organization intends to continue our involvement in this critical discussion as it moves ever forward in Northeast Ohio, and provide our membership with timely and pertinent updates as they develop.