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December 8: The next event will be held in 2006

The planning committee in November and agreed that a similar event would not be held in 2005, but would be considered for 2006. The technology will not have changed or progressed enough to warrant a similar event so soon.

The committee plans to reconvene and revisit the idea in September 2005. If you are interested in being included in this discussion, please contact Kathy Hackett.

October 30 : Photographs of the event are online

Some of the day's activities were captured and you can view a few samples:
Concourse | Exhibitors | Speakers | Winners

October 20 : Presentation handouts are online

Presentation handouts, where available, have been uploaded. Check the schedule page for details.

October 8 : Pre-registration is closed

Pre-registration is closed as we prepare for the event. On-site registration will begin at 8am on Tuesday, October 12, 2004. Lunch will be provided for pre-registered attendees only.

October 5 : 530 Hopkins affiliates are registered

All registrants will receive their final schedule by e-mail on Friday October 8, 2004.

September 30: 18 Exhibitors lined up

The exhibitor list has been finalized and 16 vendors plan to have booths in the Turner concourse. For a full list, check our sponsors page or our schedule.

There will also be 2 Hopkins exhibitors: The Hopkins Antibiotic Guide was rated a "must-have" and "best overall program in terms of price (free!) and functionality" by Pharmacy Practice News (Aug 04) and the new Telehealth, group, part of Hopkins Telemedicine.

September 18: The Program has been finalized

The program for the day has been finalized and rooms have been assigned to each session. All registrants are encouraged to sign in and retrieve their schedule for the day.

September 5: 350 registered for Mobile@Hopkins

Over 350 Hopkins affiliates have registered to attend.

August 23: CIO Panel Finalized

The panel will be moderated by Ronald P. Lesser, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins

  • Stephanie Reel, MBA
    Chief Information Officer, Vice Provost for Information Technologies, Asst. Professor, Div. of Health Science Informatics, The Johns Hopkins University
    Vice President for Information Services, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • David Artz, MD, MBA
    Medical Director of Information Systems
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York)
  • Qi Li, MD, MBA
    Corporate Manager
    Partners Healthcare System (Boston)
  • Jonathan C. Silverstein, MD, MS, FACS
    Director, Center for Clinical Information, The University of Chicago Hospitals
    Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago
  • James J. Cimino, MD
    Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York)

August 20: 200 registered for Mobile@Hopkins

Over 200 Hopkins affiliates have already registered to attend.

August 4: Registration to attend Mobile@Hopkins begins

Early-bird registration is open and will continue until September 10. Register today to be eligible for the early-bird drawing.

July 20: Certain sessions to be avialable via videoconference

Certain presentations will be made available via videoconferene. If your institution would like to receive this broadcast, you will need a videoconferencing system capable of H.320(ISDN) or H.323(IP) and you will need to call into a bridge to connect to the program. To set this up, please contact Steve Frantz before the end of September.

July 18: Vendor Deadline for participation extended

The deadline for Vendors to sign up to participate at Mobile@Hopkins has been extended.

July 7: Nurse Practioner session added

Janet Selway, CRNP, a Nurse Practictioner and Graduate Instructor in the School of Nursing, has agreed to discuss how she uses her Pocket PC in her practice.

June 30: Homewood panel to discuss In-Class Voting System

A panel comprised of Harris Silverston, PhD (Chemistry), Rebecca Pearlman, PhD (Biology), Bruce Barnett, PhD (Physics) will discuss the In-Class Voting System and how to engage students in large and small classes. This session will be facilitated by Theron Feist of the Center for Educational Resources.

June 16: Mobile@Hopkins Announced

The Mobile@Hopkins Conference on mobile technology has been announced and is being promoted to members of the Johns Hopkins Institutions. “Save-the-date” announcements are running on plasma screens across the medical campus. More widely distributed and specific advertisements will be released in upcoming weeks.

June 11: James Cimino Confirmed as Speaker

James J. Cimino, M.D., Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons will present at Mobile@Hopkins. Dr. Cimino has vast experience in clinical information systems and has played a role in several well known medical information initiatives partnering with such institutions as the National Library. Dr. Cimino teaches and performs research, while lecturing extensively and sitting on the editorial boards of a number of journals.

June 8: Andreas Andreou, PhD Confirmed as a Presenter

Dr Andreou received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from Johns Hopkins in 1986, and is currently Professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering. His research interests include integrated circuits, sensory information processing and neural computation. He will discuss his use of Tablet PCs in the classroom.

June 7: Eric Vogel to Speak at Hopkins

Eric Vogel, MD, will be lecturing at this fall’s Mobile@Hopkins Conference. Dr. Vogel is well known for his commitment to innovation in medical education. At Drexel, where he serves as Residency Program Director, Dr. Vogel works to innovate the medical curriculum in association with new technology and access to information. Dr. Vogel’s research focuses on evidence-based medicine and informatics.

June 3: Mark Bittle Confirmed as Speaker

Mark Bittle, MBA, CHE, will be speaking at the Mobile@Hopkins Conference. As Administrator for Ambulatory Operations at Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Mr. Bittle is very familiar with the challenges of improving efficiency in the clinical setting. For this event, Mr. Bittle will present “Enhancing Physician Practice Efficiency: Putting Mobile Computing Technology into the hands of the Faculty.” The presentation will review the PatientKeeper application as well as other present and future tools for clinicians.

May 5: National Library of Medicine awards $4995 grant

A $4,995 grant was awarded by NLM (the National Library of Medicine) as part of its outreach program to promote the use of information technology to improve access to health information, introduce new technology, or introduce new uses of old technology for health professionals or health consumers.

April 25: Vendors invited to participate

Over 35 selected vendors have been sent an invitation to particpate, exhibit their products and discuss their services. Sponsoship opportunities include providing give-aways, morning or afternoon refreshments, lunch, etc.

April 20: Mobile@Hopkins Web site launched

Mobile@Hopkins Web site goes live.