MedBiquitous February 2007 Newsletter
Contents
- MedBiquitous Annual Conference Registration Open
- Exhibitor Registration Available
- Professional Profile Goes to Public Review
- Membership Update
MedBiquitous Annual Conference Registration Open
Registration is now open for the 2007 MedBiquitous Annual Conference, April 16-18 in Baltimore, Maryland. Speakers include Dr. James Thompson, President and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards, Carnegie Mellon gaming expert Jesse Schell, and Dr. Jerry Osheroff, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Thomson Micromedex. The program includes interactive workshops, panels, innovation demonstrations, and plenary sessions on virtual patients, SCORM for Healthcare, competency frameworks, digital CME certificates, self assessment, point-of-care learning, and many other topics related to innovation in healthcare education. In addition, MedBiquitous working groups will hold open meetings during the annual conference. All registrants are welcome to attend. For more information, see:
http://www.medbiq.org/annualconference/. To register online, visit
http://www.regonline.com/medbiq2007.
Exhibitor Registration Available
MedBiquitous is pleased to offer an exhibit as part of its annual conference. The exhibit provides an opportunity for conference attendees to learn more about commercial products and academic programs and initiatives. The exhibit begins April 17 at 5 PM and ends April 18 at 2 PM. A reception, lunch, breakfast, and coffee breaks will take place within the exhibit. Approximately 250 individuals are expected to attend the conference. For more information on exhibiting at the conference, visit
http://www.medbiq.org/events/conferences/annual_conference/2007/exhibits.html.
Professional Profile Goes to Public Review
The MedBiquitous Healthcare Professional Profile is now available for public review as part of the ANSI-accredited MedBiquitous standards development process. The specification provides a common XML format for describing a professional’s name, address, unique identifiers, education, training, certifications, state licenses, notices and disciplinary actions from licensing boards, occupation, including privileges and specialty, academic appointments, personal data, and membership in professional organizations. The specification is available for download at
http://www.medbiq.org/working_groups/professional_profile/index.html. If you have any comments on the specification, please submit them via email to Valerie Smothers at
valerie.smothers@medbiq.org.
Membership Update
MedBiquitous welcomes the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the California Academy of Family Physicians, and the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich as new members. American Association of Diabetes Educators (
http://www.aadenet.org/) is a professional association dedicated to promoting the expertise of the diabetes educator, ensuring the delivery of quality diabetes self-management training. The California Academy of Family Physicians (
http://www.familydocs.org/), a chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, advances the cause of family physicians and their patients. Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (
http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de) is an internationally renowned research university that collaborates academically with partners from all over the world.
