LA JOLLA, Calif., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Healthcare
information technology (HIT) is already creating new opportunities
for revolutionary change. But several pivotal decisions lie ahead
with respect to HIT and healthcare information exchange.

Many critical issues facing healthcare leaders will be examined
in the inaugural
Healthcare IT Seminar Series on June 28, 2011 from University
of California San Diego Extension. In the seminar “Leveraging
Information Technology to Shape Healthcare Delivery,” Chief Medical
Information Officer of Kaiser Permanente and healthcare IT
visionary, John Mattison, MD, will paint a provocative view of what
that future may hold. He will explore with the audience how they
can anticipate and influence some of the challenges ahead. Four
issues to be examined are:

1. How can healthcare providers and consumers collaborate more
   effectively to achieve better health outcomes?
2. How can the “tyranny of the urgent” in healthcare reform be
   managed without disrupting much good work already underway, and
   without subverting critical longer-term work so desperately
   needed?
3. What alternative futures can help prevent the seemingly
   inexorable collapse of primary care?
4. How do we consciously exploit emerging technologies in ways
   that align consumer values with health and wellness objectives for
   larger populations?

With the support of current sponsors AMN Healthcare and
Allscripts, UC San Diego Extension’s Healthcare IT Certificate
program welcomes CIOs & CMIOs, senior healthcare executives,
HR/Hiring Managers, healthcare IT practitioners and UC San Diego
Healthcare IT Program Advisory Board members, faculty, alumni and
students to examine these and other issues. In addition to the
presentation and networking will be op

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