Next week I will be attending the 2009 TEPR (Toward an Electronic Patient Record) Conference, blogging and tweeting from sunny Palm Springs. Here are some of the sessions that I look forward to:

1.  Web based e-tools
            Patient Portals
            Start e-Visits in Your Practice
            Life in the eMail Age: A Case Study
            How the Internet Has Changed the Classical Doctor-Patient Relationship
            Implementing On-Line Patient Education 

2.  Health 2.0
            Health 2.0: What it is and Example Projects, Matthew Holt , Co-Founder, Health 2.0

3.  Physicians and Hospitals
            How Patient Portals are Linking Physicians to Hospitals
            Creating a Patient-Centric Care Process
            Linking Offices to Hospitals - What Works and What Doesn't

4.  Mobile Health Applications
            Cell Phone as the Key to EPR: A Substitute for a Health Insurance Card 
            Lessons Learned in Piloting Text Messaging for Patient Notification
            The iPhone EMR, Technology and Practical Use
            iPhone and iTouch Applications for Use in the Clinical Setting
            Payers Offering PHR Information on the Cell Phone
            Mobile Health ROI: Improving Outcomes and Reducing Costs
            The Cell Phone Culture and Healthcare
            Mobile Solution Boosts Medical Practice's Revenues 20% While Enhancing Care


5.  EMRs
            Navigating the Waters of Hybrid Medical Record Management
            Improving Quality with an EMR: Working Smarter, not Harder to Provide Better Care
            Using IT Solutions to Attract and Keep Patients
            Opportunities Lost in EMR Implementation Interoperability – It’s Not Just About IT


6.  Emerging New Practice Models, David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA, Senior Advisor, AAFP