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PATH Sponsors E-Health Conference

The Partnership for Access to Healthcare (PATH), a program of Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), will be a key sponsor of the Louisiana eHealth Conference at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette on Thursday, March 10, 2005. Attendees to the event will be state, national and international leaders in Healthcare Information Technology systems and their impact on the practice of medicine. It doesnt matter if you run a state hospital system or a neighborhood clinic, technology will change how communities seek, practice and measure the quality of healthcare, said Barbara Major, Executive Director of the St. Thomas Clinic in New Orleans and a scheduled attendee at the conference.

Information technologies have begun to have a transformative effect on the healthcare industry. Previously an industry that primarily moved on paper, information technology has become a key component of improvement in healthcare. In addition to IT initiatives in private sector healthcare, the Bush administration has committed to finance initiatives that accelerate the adoption of electronic healthcare records. While the initial costs of such projects are not trivial, the potential for long term savings and improvement of care are substantial, according to Wayne Wilbright, M.D., M.S., Director of the Medical Informatics and Telemedicine Program at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.

All stakeholders in the healthcare delivery system have a stake in this transformation: Patients, Providers, Payers and Policymakers. The potential cost savings of IT for healthcare payers – including government – is not lost on the numerous elected officials who will be in attendance as well. Legislators and senators from across Louisiana will be in attendance, representing both rural and urban perspectives on healthcare. Local policymakers invited to attend the conference include Senator Tom Schedler, House Member Karen Carter and Senator Diana E. Bajoie.

In addition to its sponsorship of the conference, PATH and LPHI representatives will be leading plenary sessions and breakouts. Members of the PATH team will present a seminar entitled: The Clinical Inquiry System (CLIQ): Enabling Collaborative Networks of Care for the Uninsured. Eric T. Baumgartner, MD, MPH, Director of Policy and Program Planning for LPHI will facilitate a discussion among key state healthcare leaders entitled Whats Next for Louisiana. A complete conference agenda is available at: www.louisianaehealth.com