Sometimes when I talk about information therapy (Ix), I get a lot of head-nodding, but people still don’t fully understand what Ix really looks like in practice.

That’s why one of the most illuminating sessions at the 7th Annual Ix Conference next week (June 12-13) at the Newseum in Washington, DC will be, “Ix Killer Apps: Patient-Centered HIT in the Real World.

Specific Ix applications to be discussed include after-visit summaries, pre-visit preparation, multimedia decision aids, medication reconciliation, Ix for lab results, and use of health risk assessments for delivering more tailored information prescriptions. Both electronic and paper solutions will be addressed.

We’ll hear from innovative leaders from different kinds of practice settings and opposite sides of the country.

• James Hereford, Executive Vice President, Strategic Services & Quality, Group Health Cooperative
• Bill Kormos, MD, Education Director, John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital

After I provide a five-minute Ix overview, these leading innovators will demonstrate how Ix has been implemented in their disparate delivery settings. They will discuss the strategic reasons for pursuing Ix initiatives, issues involved in implementation, and their impact on care and efficiency.

If practices can implement these tools efficiently, they really will have nailed some “killer apps” by providing tools that really make a difference in the lives of their patients. Join us next week to figure out how to make this happen.

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