Healthcare Trends: Polices, Data Integration and Technologies Affecting the Management of Arrhythmia Patients

A multi-part webinar series

Intended Audience

This program’s content is particularly applicable for electrophysiologists, implanting cardiologists, practice and hospital administrators, Merlin.net® Patient Care Network clinical administrators and follow-up clinic staff in the United States.

Featured Speakers and Topics

Meaningful Use—Whose Benefit? Whose Burden? Implications for Independent Physician Practices

Now available for on-demand playback. Original broadcast date: Wednesday, November 11

Speaker
Protima Advani
Practice Manager, IT Insights Program
The Advisory Board Company
Washington, DC

Course Overview
In this 60-minute webinar session, Ms. Advani focuses on how the new economic stimulus package is expected to boost the health information technology (IT) space within the healthcare industry. The health IT provisions of the stimulus bill aim to accelerate the adoption of electronic health record (EHR) technologies and facilitate nationwide health information exchanges to improve the quality and coordination of care among healthcare providers, thereby reducing medical errors and duplicative care. In addition, Ms. Advani discusses the implications of the federal government’s definition of ‘Meaningful Use’ for medical practices that may not have the backbone of the hospital IT shop to support their implementation and data exchange needs.

Wireless Remote Follow-up for Efficient Patient Management

Now available for on-demand playback. Original broadcast date: Wednesday, November 18

Speaker
Steven Greenberg, M.D., FACC, FACP, FHRS
Coordinator of the Pacemaker and Arrhythmia Center
St. Francis Hospital
Roslyn, NY

Course Overview
In this webinar, Dr. Greenberg focuses on emerging wireless remote follow-up capabilities, including the benefits of remote monitoring and management of patients’ device status, in particular, the monitoring of atrial tachyarrhythmias through programmable alerts. Dr. Greenberg also shares his experience with remote monitoring for patient status alerts through the Merlin.net Patient Care Network, which can provide an efficient vehicle for patient device follow-up.

A Navigational Guide to EHR: Selection, Implementation, Integration

Now available for on-demand playback. Original broadcast date: Wednesday, December 9

Speaker
Sanjay Deshpande, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Milwaukee, WI

Course Overview
In this session, Dr. Deshpande speaks to the numerous clinical and operational challenges of data integration in the cardiovascular space and how EHRs can make a difference in the practice setting. Dr. Deshpande has extensive experience selecting and managing office-based EHR initiatives and automating the collection of device data so that it is sent directly to an EHR database.