Dr. Leana Wen to Keynote at AHDI's Annual Conference

It's never too early to start making your plans to attend AHDI's Healthcare Documentation Integrity Conference. This year's conference will be held August 7-8, 2015, a stone's throw from our Nation's Capitol in Alexandria, Virginia. Registration and housing are now open—navigate to www.ahdionline.org/ACE to start making your plans to attend.

We’re delighted to announce Leana S. Wen, MD, MSc, FAAEM, will present the keynote address on Saturday, August 8. You may recognize Dr. Wen from her frequent appearances and interviews on national media outlets such as ABC, CBS, CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Dr. Wen is an emergency physician, patient advocate, and public health leader. She serves as the Health Commissioner for Baltimore City, where she oversees a department of over 1,100 employees with wide-ranging responsibilities that include management of acute communicable diseases, animal control, chronic disease prevention, emergency preparedness, food service inspections, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD), maternal-child health, school health, senior services, and youth violence issues.

The author of the critically-acclaimed book When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests, Dr. Wen has given four popular TED and TEDMED talks on patient-centered care, public health leadership, and healthcare reform. Follow @DrLeanaWen.

Register for AHDI’s 2015 Healthcare Documentation Integrity Conference at www.ahdionline.org/ACE.