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AVI Mission Statement

The Association for Veterinary Informatics (AVI), formerly the American Veterinary Computer Society, was initially formed to expand the use of the computer as a tool in veterinary medicine. This mission has expanded over the years to iinclude serving as an educational resource, promoting the use of information technology and electronic communications, and developing and promoting standards in veterinary information management.
 

Call for Papers for Talbot Symposium at AVMA 2012

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CALL FOR SPEAKERS & PRESENTATION PROPOSALS
Association for Veterinary Informatics    http://avinformatics.org
Please forward to all interested practitioners, colleagues, faculty, and students!
17th Annual Talbot Informatics Symposium on Computers and Veterinary Informatics – August 5 and 6, 2012
"Informatics – the Foundation and Future of Veterinary Medicine"
PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15, 2011


The Talbot Symposium takes place at the AVMA Annual Convention in San Diego, California, on Sunday, August 5, 2012, and the regular Informatics Program takes place on Monday, August 6, 2012. [NOTE: This schedule is NOT FIRM yet.]

General information is listed below.

Click here for a submission form.

The Convention runs August 4-8, 2012. The Sunday Informatics session consists of eight 50-minute presentations. Monday’s program consists of 50 or 100-minute sessions. In addition we will offer "Lunchtime Learning" sessions of 45 minutes or four 12 minutes talks on Sunday and Monday, depending on number of submissions.

Talks should ideally fit one of the following topic areas:

The Backbone of Informatics

  • Standards
  • Interoperability


Informatics in Practice

  • Evidence-based veterinary medicine
  • Practice workflow
  • Electronic health records
  •     Adding appropriate pick lists
  • Data transmission
  • Data mining
  • Websites
  • Epidemiology
  • Statistics


Veterinary Educational Technology

  • Information technology in education
  •     Universities
  •     Hospitals
  •     Clients


 

Talbot Symposium July 17th - 18th, 2011 St. Louis (Tentative Schedule)

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 SundayMonday
8:00-9:00
Jim Case - National strategies, regulations and incentives for adoption of standardized health information in the US Impact on veterinary medicine(Part 1)
Bob Larson - The myth of making decisions using few observations
9:00-10:00
Jim Case - National strategies, regulations and incentives for adoption of standardized health information in the US Impact on veterinary medicine (Part 2)
Robert Malinowski - Veterinary Training Seminars for the Iraqi Veterinary Syndicate and the Iraqi Red Meats Association
10:00-11:00
Suzanne Santamaria - Can Latin Binomials Coexist with What WE Call Animals? (Using a SNOMED-CT® Extension and Subset to Create a Single Animal Names Terminology)Robert Malinowski - Technologies for Delivering Education
11:00-12:00Julie Green - Seek and Ye Shall Find? Harnessing the potential for powerful retrieval using SNOMED-CT®Robert Malinowski - Bringing PACS to the Classroom
12:00-12:50 Dennis Ballance - Panel Dialogue: How Can Standardized Diagnostic Codes be Made Usable and Valuable?
2:00-3:00Julie Green - Keeping up with the Joneses (Or in this case SNOMED-CT, LOINC and HL7) - What's New and What's HotErica Feiste - Social Networking: Presenting Your Practice in the Best Light Online
3:00-4:00Bob Larson - Can Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine Improve Quality of Veterinary Care?Robert Malinowski - Supplementing Food Animal Veterinary Medical Education with iPod Applications, Podcasting and Problem Based Learning
4:00-5:00Bob Larson - Opportunities and Challenges of Screening Apparently Healthy PopulationsLori Kogan - The Internet and Pet Health Information: Perceptions and Behaviors of Pet Owners and Veterinarians
5:00-6:00Bob Larson - How should economics contribute to the discussion of high-quality veterinary care?Erin Kilpatrick - PACS Workflow and Telemedicine Service
Last Updated on Monday, 24 January 2011 09:08