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Each year, AAOE offers a number of educational courses during its Annual Program, which takes place during the Academy Annual Meeting. In addition, AAOE offers online facilitated listserv exchanges with members as part of its E-Expert series. This section includes information about live and online events offered by the Academy, AAOE and other health care organizations.
2008 Joint Meeting
The following courses were presented during the 2008 Joint Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (Nov. 8 to 11):
| Event Type | Event Code | Event Title |
| AAO PROGRAM | | |
| Breakfast with Experts | B118 | Electronic Health Records and Electronic Medical Records in Your Office |
| Skills Transfer | LAB425 | The Wired Ophthalmologist |
| Instruction Course | 582 | The Impact of Information Technology on Ophthalmology Practice |
| Event Type | Event Code | Event Title |
| AAOE PROGRAM | | |
| AAOE Special Mtg or Event | SPE54 | Introduction to E-Prescribing: Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Medication Management |
| AAOE Instruction Course | 236 | Implementing and Adopting Electronic Health Records: Ensuring Success Through a Structured Process |
| AAOE Special Mtg or Event | SPE24 | Patient Data Anytime and Anywhere: The Electronic Office |
| AAOE Instruction Course | 390 | EHR and Coding Compliance: What You Need to Know |
| AAOE Special Mtg or Event | RT03 | EMR Backup and Security |
Demonstrations
AAO sponsors The Electronic Office: Integrating the Healthcare Environment (IHE) Eyecare Showcase. This annual event is a monumental effort by industry and user groups to implement standards into products that can be demonstrated on the Joint Meeting show floor.
The popularity of electronic health record (EHR) systems is on the rise. The benefits of adopting an electronic workflow are numerous – increased documentation, ready access to information, fewer medical errors, enhanced productivity and more. Visit the The Electronic Office and experience first-hand how integrating your practice management systems, digital imaging, devices and other medical instruments can improve efficiency and accuracy in your practice. Related presentations will be offered in the Technology Pavilion Theater.
Participating vendors in 2008 included Carl Zeiss Meditec, Compulink Business Systems, ifa Systems, Heidelberg Engineering, Kowa Optimed, Medflow, MDoffice, Nidek Incorporated, Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS), Ophthalmic Technologies Inc. (OTI), Topcon Medical Systems, and VersaSuite.
2008 Technology Pavillion Presentations
- Handheld Computing and SmartPhone Update
- Academy Showcase: Introducing O.N.E., the Academy’s Premier Web Site for Ophthalmic News and Education
- Desktop Video Editing Step-by-Step
- Survey of Eye Resources Available on the Internet
- Avoiding Online Identity Theft: Best Practices
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Advanced: Ask the Expert
- Handheld Computing and SmartPhone Update
- Consumer Digital Imaging Step-by-Step
- Successes and Bumps Along the Road to EHR Implementation and E-Prescribing—Lessons Learned and the Need for Interoperability (IHE) (E-P)
- Exploring Online Collaboration Tools: Google Apps, SharePoint
- Planning for Home and Office Network Wiring and Automation
- The 800 Pound Gorilla—Federal Government Initiatives in Health Information Technology and Interoperability as the Centerpiece—What Does It Mean for You? (IHE)
- Wi-Fi and Broadband Security and Trends
- Creating Effective Electronic Documents With Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Advanced: Ask the Expert
- Blogs and Wikis Primer
- Where Are You Along the Road of Electronic Health Record Adoption and E-Prescribing and Where Do You Want to Be? (IHE) (E-P)
- Exploring Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft PowerPoint Intermediate
Annual Meeting Handouts Archive
Online Education
AAFP's Center for Health Information Technology has just published its 4th online HIT CME Module. These modules are freely available for viewing by anyone. Non-AAFP members can also get CME credit for a small fee.
Module 1: Hardware and Network Basics
Module 2: Office Redesign and Office Workflow
Module 3: Selecting an Electronic Health Record
Module 4: Implementing Your Electronic Health Record E-Expert provides AAOE members free online access to discussion topics led by experts in the field of practice management. Moderators will post questions for subscribers and encourage focused dialogue on a designated practice management topic. View upcoming E-Expert discussions
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