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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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2:00 — 2:45 pm
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W01 - Pre-Conference Workshop
Readying Your IT for Integrated and Accountable Care: Practical Strategies for Success
Hugh Rivers, Sr. Director, Solution and Partner Sales, Hewlett Packard, Health and Life Sciences, Americas
Although there are still many aspects of healthcare reform that need to be defined, the HITECH and PPACA Acts make it clear that provider organizations will have to partner and collaborate much more closely to succeed and thrive. Setting a strategy today to anticipate these changes is critical to success. This session will explore practical approaches for readying your IT systems, applications, and care platforms in anticipation of the changes to come.
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3:00 — 3:45 pm
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W02 - Pre-Conference Workshop
Panel Discussion: Harness the Power of the Cloud for Healthcare Transformation
Panel:Frank Nydam, Director Healthcare Solutions & Market Development, VMware
Tisa Murdock, Product Line Manager, VMware
Farid Agahi, Business Development Manager, VMware
The Cloud will be one of the key catalysts that will enable Healthcare to meet the needs of an increasingly more mobile and dynamic Healthcare system. It will fundamentally redefine not only how Healthcare IT is delivered but also how Healthcare products and services are developed and consumed. We will discuss the role that technology can play in increasing productivity and complying with HIPAA regulations by sharing some case studies. Join us to hear how VMware helps our customers safely accelerate the Journey to the Healthcare Cloud.
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4:00 — 4:45 pm
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W03 - Pre-Conference Workshop
Revolutionizing Healthcare Informatics
Matt Nee, VP - North American Sales, InterSystems Corporation
Learn how a strategic approach to healthcare IT can optimize clinical and business results. Combined with InterSystems' breakthrough healthcare informatics platform, this approach enables you to:
- Unlock the value of unstructured and structured data sources.
- Drive intelligent action across the organization.
- Rapidly create breakthrough solutions to meet urgent IT needs.
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6:00 — 8:00 pm
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Welcome Reception
Enjoy good food, drinks and company while you network with health IT leaders at the opening reception!
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
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7:45 — 8:45 am
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Breakfast - Engaging Patients in Meaningful Use
Bruce Henderson, National Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers EHR / HIE Practice
Mark Sugrue, RN, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Healthcare Advisory Services
To realize their health IT investment, and be regarded as providers of choice as they enter later stages of "meaningful use," health systems need to have both patients and physicians using PHRs when making care decisions. This session highlights PwC Health Research Institute's research on "Putting patients into meaningful use." Healthcare IT Leaders will understand how to involve the patient in meaningful use.
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9:30 — 10:30 am
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P01 - Opening Keynote Presentation:
Implementing Health IT: The Meaningful Use Regulation and Beyond
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for HIT, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will update attendees on the latest developments in the ongoing evolution of meaningful-use requirements under the HITECH Act, and will address questions and concerns from the audience.
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Panel Discussions
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11:00 am — 12:30 pm
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PA01 — Meaningful Use: Core Infrastructure and Systems Challenges for CIOs — What are the Core Systems Implementation Hurdles?
Moderator: Mark Hagland, Editor-In-Chief, Healthcare Informatics
Panel:Bill Spooner, Senior Vice President & CIO, Sharp HealthCare David Muntz, Senior Vice President & CIO, Baylor Health SystemChuck Podesta, Fletcher Allen HealthCare
How are the industry leaders prioritizing their preparations for meaningful-use requirements? In this panel discussion, participants will discuss the most pressing and essential challenges derived from meaningful-use requirements and in relation to the clinical IT infrastructure.
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12:30 — 2:00 pm
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Lunch — Towards an Accountable Care Organization with Enterprise Analytics
Robert Fassett, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer, Oracle Corporation, Health Sciences Global Business Unit
This session focuses on leveraging analytics to meet evolving Accountable Care Organization directives by providing a detailed holistic, and integrated view of how an enterprise brings together data from internal and external sources including EMRs, clinical departmental systems, back office, and research—for actionable information in near real time.
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2:00 — 3:30 pm
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PA02 — The Challenge of Building Clinical Informatics Teams: Achieving Best Practices in Building Effective Teams
Moderator: Mark Hagland, Editor-In-Chief, Healthcare Informatics
Panel:G. Daniel Martich, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMCDavid Liebovitz, M.D., CMIO, Northwestern Memorial HospitalGeorge Reynolds, MD, MMM, FAAP, CPHIMS, Vice President, CMIO and CIO, Children's Hospital & Medical CenterKara Marx, R.N., Vice President & CIO, Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS, Chief Medical Information Officer, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
One of the most significant hurdles in meeting meaningful use under HITECH will be assembling a top-notch team of clinical informaticists to create a framework for success. This panel of experts will discuss the key issues involved in building clinical informaticist teams and how to facilitate best practices in clinical IT development work.
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Breakout Sessions
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4:00 — 5:30 pm
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E01 — Health Information Exchange Developments
Moderator:Jason Hess, General Manager of Clinical Research, KLAS
Panel:
Richard A. (Dick) Thompson, Executive Director & CEO, Quality Health Network
John Calabro, Health Information Technology Coordinator, Oklahoma Health Information Exchange Trust (OHIET)
Join Russ Branzell, Dick Thompson and John Calabro to discuss the operating, governance, and business models that lead to success in HIE development.
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4:00 — 5:30 pm
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E02 — Privacy and Security Issues
Moderator:
Charlene Marietti, Executive Director of Editorial Initiatives, Vendome Group
Panel:
Jim Elert, Senior Vice President and CIO, TIS, Trinity Health
Jennings R. Aske, JD, CISSP, CIPP,Chief Information Security Officer, Partners HealthCare
Joseph I. Bormel, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Strategy, Quadramed
Join Jim Elert, Jennings Aske and Joseph Bormel, all from major integrated health systems, as they share insights on how to tackle the most difficult challenges around patient-data privacy and security in the emerging operating environment.
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4:00 — 5:30 pm
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E03 — Recruiting Top Talent
Moderator:
Mark Hagland, Editor-In-Chief, Healthcare Informatics
Panel:
Linda Hodges, Senior Vice President, Information Technology Practice Leader, Witt Kieffer
Timothy J. Tolan, Senior Partner, Healthcare IT and Services Practice, Sanford Rose Associates
David R. Artz, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
In an operating environment of extreme shortages for top-ranked clinical informaticists and other healthcare IT leaders, what are the secrets to identifying and recruiting the best? Join Linda Hodges, Tim Tolan, and Dr. David Artz, who will share their insights and perspectives on this key subject.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
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7:45 — 8:45 am
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Breakfast - Clinical Free Text: Unlocking the Value, Driving Change
Chris Tackaberry, MD, CEO, Clinithink
Healthcare providers generate and manage large quantities of machine-readable free text created by physicians and other frontline staff as part of the clinical narrative of care. New approaches and technologies that extract value from this important un-tapped resource will be discussed by Clinithink co-founder and CEO, Chris Tackaberry, MD.
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Panel Discussion
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9:00 — 9:15 am
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IT Innovation Advocate Awards
Presented by:
Howard M. Landa, M.D. Vice Chairman of AMDIS, and Mark Hagland, Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Informatics, will present the first-ever IT Innovation Advocate Award to a team whose leadership has helped create or advance healthcare IT innovation within their patient-care organization. See which of your professional peers receive the honor!
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9:15 — 10:30 am
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PA03 — Quality Data Reporting for Meaningful Use
Moderator: Charlene Marietti, Executive Director of Editorial Initiatives, Vendome Group
Panel:
Sajjad Yacoob, M.D., CMIO, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Tina Buop, CIO, Muir Medical Group Walnut, IPA, INC
David Liebovitz, M.D., CMIO, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Jane Metzger, Principal Researcher, Emerging Practices, CSC
This discussion will delve into the complex web of issues around the requirements under meaningful use regarding quality data reporting. What are the experiences of data-use leaders and the findings of researchers telling us about the most important steps patient-care organizations must now take to meet MU requirements in this critical area? The experts will share their learning and perspectives.
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Keynote
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10:30 — 11:30 am
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P02 — Keynote Closing Session:
Health System Transformation: Leveraging Information Technology to Improve Patient-Centered Care
Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Dr. Clancy will review current trends and issues in health care quality that are shaping the future of the health care delivery system in the United States. Special attention will be given to the influence of factors such as transparency, the adoption of health information technology and increased use of patient-centered outcomes research.
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