Lourie Memorial Lecture: Electronic Medical Records: Delivering the Right Information to the Right Health Care Providers at the Right Time

Dr. William Tierney of Indiana University School of Medicine will deliver the 22nd Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy. This event is free and open to the public; no registration is required. Reception follows the lecture. Limited free parking is available in the Sheraton Hotel garage; bring your parking stub to the lecture for validation.Dr. Tierney is a clinician-investigator focusing on the application of information technology in medicine and its effects on the quality, efficiency, and costs of health care. He is also a practicing hospital physician. He is director of research for the Indiana University Kenya Program where he and his collaborators implemented the first ambulatory electronic medical record system in sub-Saharan Africa that supports care and research for Kenyans with HIV/AIDS. He also co-directs ResNet, a primary care practice-based research network of 27 inner-city and suburban primary care practice sites in central Indiana. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and is a member of the Institute of Medicine.The Lourie Memorial Lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Policy Research of the Maxwell School and the Central New York Community Foundation, Inc.