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5th Annual 
Houston Conference on Health Informatics

Beyond Wired: Wireless Technology and Health Information

Play It Again:

If you missed the conference or would like to see it again, you can view any of the three conference presentations by clicking on the links below. You will need the free* RealPlayer Basic8 software and, of course, a soundcard and speakers or headphones on your PC.

Confrence Presentations:

Rebecca Whitehead Munn: "Strategies for Success in the Internet and Mobile Economy."

Dr. James W. Suliburk: "Handheld Medicine: An Introduction to the Use of PDAs in Clinical Practice."

Dr. J. Robert Beck and Deborah Halsted: "Links from the Links: A Future Scenario for Wireless Technology and the Medical Profession."

 




*RealPlayer offers more advanced players that cost from $30 to $40. These players will also allow you to hear and see the Webcast of the conference, but it is not necessary to purchase either of these player. The free Realplayer Basic8 will work fine.


Conference Schedule Conference Speakers

 

 
Conference Schedule: 

8:30 - 9:15 am Registration, Coffee, Pastries, and Exhibits


9:15 am - 9:30 am Welcome
J. Robert Beck, MD
Vice President for Information Research & Planning
Baylor College of Medicine
Interim Executive Director
HAM-TMC Library

9:30 - 10:15 am Strategies for Success in the Internet and Mobile Economy
Rebecca Whitehead Munn
Vice President for Healthcare Practice
Internet Business Group
Cisco Systems

10:15 - 10:45

Panel Response and Audience Questions


10:45 - 11:00 am Break and Exhibits

11:00 - 11:45 am Handheld Medicine: An Introduction to the Use of PDAs in Clinical Practice
James W. Suliburk, MD

Co-Founder of Handheldmed.com, LLC

11:45 - 12:15 pm Panel Response and Audience Questions

12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Exhibits

1:30 pm - 2:15pm Links from the Links: A Future Scenario for Wireless Technology and the Medical Profession
J. Robert Beck, MD
Vice President for Information Research & Planning
Baylor College of Medicine
Interim Executive Director
HAM-TMC Library

Deborah Halsted, MLS, MA
Director of Library Operations

2:15 - 2:30 pm Questions and Answers

2:30 - 3:00 pm Wrap Up

Conference Speakers:

Rebecca Whitehead Munn

Vice President for Healthcare Practice Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems

Rebecca Whitehead Munn developed Cisco Systems' global healthcare strategy and helped form the healthcare practice of the Internet Business Solutions Group, a group of consultants and industry experts dedicated to helping key customers move their business to an Internet-powered environment. She has been published in key health care and technology publications, co-authored The Telemedicine Handbook, and has delivered hundreds of industry presentations, including multiple years of presentations to large audiences at the annual Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.


Dr. James W. Suliburk, M.D.,

Co-founder of
Handheldmed.com, LLC

"Handheld Medicine - An Introduction to the Use of PDA's in Clinical Practice"

 

James W. Suliburk co-founded Handheldmed.com while he was a medical student at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City. An expert on the use of handheld devices in clinical settings, in July 2001 Dr. Suliburk will begin his residency in General Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. The title of his talk is"Handheld Medicine - An Introduction to the Use of PDA's in Clinical Practice."


Dr. J. Robert Beck, MD
Deborah Halsted, MLS, MA

HAM-TMC Library

"Links from the Links: A Future Scenario for Wireless Technology and the Medical Professional"

A physician and a medical librarian will do a live demonstration of how medical information can be received and sent using handheld devices and wireless technology that is available today--soon may be part of the medical professional's future.


 

Register now by using our online registration form. (If you have any problem accessing or submitting the online registration form, please email lizh@library.tmc.edu or fax your registration to 713-799-7133.) 
 
 

 

 

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