FDA and HHS experts to deliver keynote addresses at ACR Informatics Summit

Jeffrey Shuren, MD, JD, director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and David R. Hunt, MD, FACS, medical director of patient safety and health IT adoption with the Office of the National Coordinator for the Department of Health and Human Services, will each deliver a keynote address at the 4th annual ACR Imaging Informatics Summit. The Summit, Oct. 29-30, 2014, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, will address information technology and quality metrics issues that directly affect medical imaging practice and reimbursement.

“With health care delivery and payment evolving, and increasing attention being paid to information technology and quality measurement, the annual ACR Informatics Summit is a must-attend event for imaging professionals, health IT experts, policymakers and vendors,” said Keith J. Dreyer, DO, PhD, chair of the American College of Radiology Commission on Informatics. “This unique forum will explore critical issues to help address the growing and dynamic challenges in the complex health IT space.”

Shuren’s address, “FDA Oversight of HIT and Mobile Medical Apps,” will kick off the forum Wednesday, Oct. 29, followed by Hunt’s “Recent Progress With and Challenges of Nationwide EHR Adoption,” Thursday, Oct. 30. 

Programming will focus on areas such as:

• IT Informatics
• Quality measurement
• Performance benchmarking
• Meaningful use

The schedule for this cutting-edge program can be viewed online: http://bit.ly/1qMdaKJ.

The hotel reservation deadline is Oct. 3, 2014. 

For additional information, or to register, visit acrinformatics.org.