(CBI: Woburn, MA) -- The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), a division of Advanstar Communications, is pleased to announce their full agenda which includes Paul Tang, vice president and chief medical information officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, as the keynote speaker for the inaugural Access Federal Stimulus Incentives for Electronic Health Records Conference. The forum will take place at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, Sept. 24–25, 2009.

CBI's speaker faculty always includes the country's leading experts and practitioners in health care, and the keynote presentation addressing "Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records to Achieve Health Reform" will be a highlight at this timely and relevant event. State and local strategies to capitalize on federal stimulus incentives and implement sustainable models for health information exchange will be thoroughly examined. Case studies of innovative pilots in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Arizona, Indiana, New York, and Maine will also be presented.

Attendees will benefit from keynotes, panel discussions, and case studies focused on:
• Quality reporting and "Meaningful Use of Health IT"
• Understanding health IT privacy and security provisions in the stimulus legislation
• How to capture every single dollar of stimulus money
• Certification of electronic health records systems
• Regional health IT extension centers
• Financial incentives under Medicare and Medicaid
• Real-world look at successful strategies for implementing and using electronic health records (EHR) in a hospital

The conference is the industry's best opportunity to learn about EHRs that have already been built and implemented—the true building blocks of health care reform. America's Affordable Health Choices Act was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week and will face a full House vote when Congress returns from summer recess. While there is still much to debate and vote on before consensus occurs, our nation is closer to President Obama's goal of health care reform and delegates will find the educational sessions and networking opportunities at this conference more valuable than ever.

For more information on this event, visit www.cbinet.com/federalstimulusconference or contact CBI at cbireg@cbinet.com.