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Speakers were good but it was a draining topic....in large groups like that it is helpful to have some more
interaction.
Speakers were well versed & had indepth knowledge. Liked the JD aspect too.
Another joint plenary that has little interest for the administrator/coordinator. The speakers were interesting
and engaging, but the topic had no application for me.
I wish that all presentations during this segment were downloadable due to the high quantity of thoughtful
analysis
Legal guy wasn’t that great need more discussion about impact of using mineable data
The speakers didn’t need to explain to this group that electronic records are important. I didn’t get much
out of this session. I would like to have heard about state-of-the-art functionality.
Zaroukian was great.
Excellent, knowledgable speakers.
Updated the new trends in emr
Very informative and thought provoking
Needed more specific info on EMR...it was more of an overview...We know why we need it. We needed to
hear what is the best way to implement and how to get past obstacles.
Lots of theory, no data. The legal/Recovery Act portion was too long--could have been handled in 1-2
slides. Meaningful use concept helpful.
Important but hard to be inspiring with this
There seemed to be some duplication among the speakers- and alot of the material was not educationally
related- still did value the session overal
Mike Zarookian was terrific
This was not terribly helpful.
Content was interesting but presentation lacked pizzazz and attention.
Dr. Zaroukian obviously is very knowledgeable but is speech was all lists without fleshing out the issuesvery
unhelpful and not up to this meetings usual quality. Ferencheck was much more interesting and
useful. Donnersberger covered a lot of ground, but much not applicable to me.
This wasnt as useful for me since we have an emr that provides alot of decision support
CDIM speaker was insightful, good to have him speak at APDIM
Too student oriented. Ignores those of us only part way to EMRs
Very boring, the topic was not that interesting and stimulating
This session sometimes stated the obvious, but the general discussion was good and emphasized the wish
that EHRs would transform bedside medicine--and they do not.
While this is definitely an area of importance, it is a difficult subject to effectively deliver. The speakers
were not particularly dynamic, increasing the difficulty for audience members to maintain prolonged
attention to the subject. In addition, I believe more attention should be given to the reasons for resistance to
change. I believe many audience members were concerned about the format of EMR used--i.e., whether
check-box template formats of data entry will reliably produce internists who can formulate assessments in
cogent fashion.
Could not read the slides
Plenary sessions, in general, are neither rich nor transformative. This one proved to be no exception. A
great many attendees left throughout the presentation because the plenary did not speak to them
Some of the slides were unreadable from the back of the room.
Same comment re room acoustics and visuals
Overall, helpful, but at a very high level without addressing the more concrete implementation issues of an
EHR in our clinical setting. 2nd and 3rd speakers were strongest.
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