[AISWorld] Workshop on Health IT and Economics: Program Now Online

[Ritu Agarwal]

*WHITE 2015*

*The 6th Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics*

*October 9-10th, Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC*

www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white



*Chair:* Ritu Agarwal

*Program co-chairs:* Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Jeffrey S. McCullough

We are pleased to announce the program of the *6th Annual **Workshop on
Health IT and Economics (WHITE), *available at

http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/centers-excellence/center-health-information-decision-systems/initiatives-programs/workshops-white


The program covers a wide range of topics including Advanced Health IT
Analytics, Impact of IT on Quality of Care and Efficiency, Social Media,
Quality Transparency, Health Information Exchange, Social Value, and many
more.



WHITE is a health IT summit that gathers prominent scholars in a
multidisciplinary setting. It attracts over 100 scholars and thought
leaders from more than 40 institutions. The aim of the workshop is to
provide a forum for researchers to disseminate their work and network
within a growing and vibrant community. WHITE also fosters collaborations
between academia, government, and industry. Partial support for WHITE is
provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).



This year’s WHITE workshop will be held in Washington DC, center of health
policy debates, on *Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, 2015.* The
conference is hosted by the Center for Health Information and Decision
Systems (CHIDS) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business of University of
Maryland. CHIDS (www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids) was established in 2005, and is
the first academic research center focused on health information and
decision systems in a leading business school.



We welcome you to this year's conference, and invite you to be part of the
exciting course to transform healthcare using technology!



WHITE 2015 Program Team


Ritu Agarwal (Chair)

Gordon Gao (Co-Chair)

Jeff MCullough (Co-Chair)

Kenyon Crowley (Program Director)

Faye Baker (Conference Coordinator)

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Ritu Agarwal
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Professor and Dean's Chair of Information Systems
Director, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems
Robert H. Smith School of Business
4327 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742-1815
301.405.3121 TEL
301.405.8655 FAX
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/faculty/ragarwal