OMG, HL7 announce featured sessions for third annual SOA in Healthcare conference

Conference will be held July 12-14, 2010, Arlington VA

OMG™, and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the BPM/SOA Community of Practice, today announced featured sessions for the third annual "SOA in Healthcare: Improving Health through Technology: The role of SOA on the path to meaningful use," conference. The conference will be held July 12-14, 2010 at the Westin Arlington Gateway, in Arlington, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

The focus of the SOA in Healthcare conference is to convey real-world experiences, assembling a community of peers to exchange ideas and discuss what has worked, what did not work, and review best practices. Not a "tech industry" event, this conference is exclusively healthcare focused, and will highlight the challenges unique to healthcare organizations and emphasize cross-industry solutions that are viable within the healthcare domain. It is targeted primarily to a health-IT savvy audience.  

A wide cross-section of the health industry will participate, including healthcare providers, payers, public health organizations and vendors from both the public and private sector.

Featured Sessions

Executive Track

• Challenges in Implementing the DoD/VA Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER), by Douglas Felton, Manager, Enterprise Framework, DoD/VA Interagency Program Office

Functional Track

• Lessons Learned from a Health Information Exchange (HIE) Pilot between a Military Treatment Facility, by LTC Nhan Van Do, M.D., Clinical Informatics Department Chief, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Technical Track

• Shared Services/Cloud Computing Ready for Key Linkages between Federal, State and Local Communities by John C. Dodd, Fellow for Health and Human Services and Enterprise Architecture, CSC

Full descriptions of these sessions, along with additional program details, are available online.