AHIMA Foundation to Offer Webinars for Rural Healthcare Providers

A new free webinar series, National Rural Health Webinars, will focus on health information technology for rural healthcare providers by addressing current topics in information governance and informatics including opportunities in mHealth, health information technology, health information management workforce, ICD-10 implementation, and health analytics. The webinars will be offered by the AHIMA Foundation.

The National Rural Health Webinars will address:

• the affect of the health information technology on patient quality and access
• educational offerings related to legal and regulatory requirements of care
• best practices related to operational management within the rural healthcare environment.

The first webinar will focus on the role of mHealth in rural areas. This webinar will be presented Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. ET, and will feature nationally renowned speakers discussing:

• mHealth in rural communities
• sensor-based solutions for asthma and COPD management
• mHealth/wireless health

Speakers will include:

• Mark Gerhring, co-founder and president, Propeller Health, Madison, Wis.
• Robert Jarrin, JD, senior director of government affairs, Qualcomm Incorporated, Washington, D.C.
• Jonathan Katz, CEO, MedAdherence LLC, New York
• Alan Portela, CEO, AirStrip Technologies, San Antonio
• Brian Russell, CEO and founder, Zephyr Technology Limited, Annapolis, Md.

To register and find out more about the “Role of mHealth in Rural Areas,” 
visit http://www.ahimafoundation.org/about/FoundationEvents.aspx