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Jack Latshaw, Manager of Technology Education Services, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, presents their needs assessment and vendor selection approach for a Learning Management System. He describes how the learning/training […]

Learn how HIMSS Solutions Toolkit provides valuable healthcare IT industry research for a fraction of the price of traditional market research services. Sach Diwan, Director, Internet Product Development, at HIMSS, […]

Learn how HIMSS Solutions Toolkit provides valuable healthcare IT industry research for a fraction of the price of traditional market research services.

Carol Ann Cavouras and ChrysMarie Suby, Labor Management Institute.

Dr. Thomas Lee, MD, Medical Director, Partners HealthCare Physician Network, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA, will present Partners major objectives for funding the infrastructure that will increase overall system value. He […]

Dr. Tejal K. Gandhi, M.D. M.P.H., Director of Patient Safety-Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston MA, reviews her NEJM published research study. She will describe the study […]

George Miller, CEO, Provena St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, IL, and his team review the exciting results they achieved in customer service improvements, and the role of technologies in their strategy.

George Miller, CEO, Provena St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, IL, describes the changing demographics in America, and how healthcare organizations can design customer service to meet new consumer needs and gain […]

Gary Prala, Team Leader at CHRISTUS Health, Dallas, TX, will describe their approach to “Service Sigma”: a common, portable approach that is sustainable by people and technology. He will review […]

Tom Wegert and Erica Drazen, Vice Presidents, First Consulting Group, review operational performance metrics and the use of these metrics in client organizations. We want to determine how many SI […]

Dr. David Classen, Vice President, FCG, Associate Professor at University of Utah, and advisor to the IOM, Leapfrog Group and JCAHO, reviews his research and his personal observations on the […]

Dan Dietrich, MD, a family practice physician at Elmwood Family Care Clinic, Alegent Health, Omaha, NE; and Henry Zach, President, Health Data Card (HDC), discuss the results of a clinical […]

The supply chain, which represents a third of a hospital’s budget, presents enormous opportunities to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. In today’s environment, evaluating ROI of implemented supply chain technologies […]

David W. Bates, MD, MSc, and Chief, General Medicine Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Medical Director, Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School […]

Tom Gavinski, Vice President, Allina Revenue Cycle, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN, presents their revenue cycle transformation work and the dramatic bottom line results achieved.

Wayne Sparkes, Senior Project Administrator, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital, Baltimore, MD, describes Hopkins’ Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program. CUSP provides […]

In a thirty to forty-five minute teleconference you’ll find out how to utilize information available to your organization, how to ensure that you are informed of teleconference sessions that are […]

James W. Noga, CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Partners HealthCare, Boston MA, reviews his published work on the risks and benefits of different approaches to […]

Chris McCarthy, Human Resources, and Philip Kahn, CIO, St. Peter’s Health Care Services, Albany, New York, and Erica Drazen, VP, First Consulting Group, Long Beach, CA, present the web-based self-staffing […]

Bruce Bowers, Director, First Consulting Group, Long Beach, CA, offers perspectives on the current state of the IT Business Case for clinical systems. Topics will include Business Case modeling and […]

Cindy Spurr, MBA, RN,C, FHIMSS, Corporate Director, Clinical Systems Management, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, describes how the PHS Chief Nurse Council (CNC) works with Information Systems leadership to outline […]

Janice M. Whitehouse, Director, Community Healthcare Initiatives, General Motors, provides an overview of this methodology, its use and results within GM, and the GM supported initiative to bring Lean Manufacturing […]

Pete Smith, VP, First Consulting Group, reviews today’s approach to IT strategy and planning, the key drivers for a new approach, pros and cons as compared to traditional IT planning, […]

In a thirty to forty-five minute teleconference you’ll find out how to utilize information available to your organization, how to ensure that you are informed of teleconference sessions that are […]

Carol Ann Cavouras and ChrysMarie Suby, Principals, Labor Management Institute, offer a follow up to their March 1 presentation: “IOM Implications for Nursing”. They discuss how to assess your operational […]

Learn how to make the most of your organization’s membership in SI by utilizing the information that’s already available, ensuring that you are informed of sessions that are most relevant […]

Jon Bruss, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL. Faced with many of the common challenges of a large, growth-oriented healthcare system, Advocate undertook a major […]

Tracey McCosker, CFO and General Manager of CARE Network Division, and Keith Drinkwater, Project Manager of Staffing Service Project, both from Hunter Health, Australia, and Roxanne Harms, Cumulus Corporate Coaching, […]

Scott Weingarten, MD, Director of Health Services Research at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, CEO, Zynx Health, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA, reviews the state of the clinical content […]

Chris Fries, Solutions Business Management and Planning, Hewlett Packard, outlines an alternative desktop architecture that lowers desktop total cost of ownership (TCO) while raising levels of security, service quality/reliability, and […]

In a thirty to forty-five minute teleconference you’ll find out how to utilize information available to your organization, how to ensure that you are informed of teleconference sessions that are […]

Learn how to make the most of your organization’s membership in SI by utilizing the information that’s already available, ensuring that you are informed of sessions that are most relevant […]

Mitch Adams, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Boston, MA, describes a unique program in which providers, payers and employers are working together to re-engineer reimbursement mechanisms so that […]

Dan Sougstad, Healthcare Product Manager, Lawson Software, St. Paul, MN

Dana Richardson, Vice President, Quality Initiatives, Wisconsin Hospital Association, reviews the WHA “Checkpoint” program. This voluntary reporting initiative provides consumers, employers, insurers and providers with valid, timely information on the […]

Jay McCutcheon, Robert J. Flanagan, CEO, MHIN, and Dr. Alan Snell, Family Practice physician and Director of Clinical and Community Informatics, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, IN, review […]

Dr. Bill McClatchey, Chief Medical Information Officer, Piedmont Health System, Atlanta, GA, facilitates a discussion to uncover various organizational approaches to using informatics and technologies to improve patient safety. Topics […]

In a thirty to forty-five minute teleconference you’ll find out how to utilize information available to your organization, how to ensure that you are informed of teleconference sessions that are […]

David Bradshaw, CIO at Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX, presents the MHHS program that offers patients education and communication technologies that also interface with the hospital clinical information systems […]

Jackie Jensen, Director, Patient Flow Management, United Hospital, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, and Linda Hancock, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA, each present their approach to improving Patient Flow through the use […]

Dr. Arnold Milstein, Mercer Consulting and CMO for The Leapfrog Group, describes the future direction of P4P overall, and specifically the role of the Leapfrog Group’s proposed IT standards.

Dr. Derrick Nelson and Cathy Duffy, RN, BSN, Manager, Clinical Applications, review the mobile computing platform implemented at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX. The solution provides mobile software that […]

Bill Greskovich, Vice President for Operations and CIO, St. Agnes HealthCare, Baltimore, MD, provides an overview of the wireless tools that were implemented to improve nursing communication, reduce noise levels, […]

Learn how to make the most of your organization’s membership in SI by utilizing available information, ensuring that you are informed of sessions that are most relevant to you. Learn […]

Bill Reece, CEO HealthGate Data Corp. and Paul Keckley, Director, Vanderbilt University Center for Evidence Based Medicine, present the value of evidence-based clinical guidelines as a tool for both physicians […]

Paul Conlon, VP for Clinical Quality and Patient Safety, Trinity Health, Novi, MI, provides an overview of the system wide approach to deploying best practices, emphasizing the clinical IT tools […]

Pat Wise, Director EHR Initiative, HIMSS, and Doug Thompson, Senior Manager, FCG, present draft metrics and definitions for use in the upcoming IT Value Benchmarking project.  SI members are encouraged […]

Barbara Rudolph, PhD, Director, Leaps and Measures, The Leapfrog Group, Washington DC, and Chuck Denham, MD, Advisor to the Leapfrog Group and Chairman, Texas Medical Institute of Technology, Austin, TX, […]

Christine Cantarino, Senior Director of Operations and Digital Six Sigma, Wireless Systems Division, Motorola, presents examples of Six Sigma applications in non-manufacturing environments. 

Learn how to make the most of your organization’s membership in SI by utilizing the information that’s already available, ensuring that you are informed of sessions that are most relevant […]

Christine Cantarino, Senior Director of Operations and Digital Six Sigma, Wireless Systems Division, Motorola, presents examples of Six Sigma applications in non-manufacturing environments.

Tom Delbanco, MD, is a nationally recognized and published primary care internist who is exploring the use of the EMR to support ambulatory care. He is the Koplow-Tullis Professor of […]

Dr. Meera Kanhouwa, Medical Director Information Services, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA and Andy Davidson, Director, FCG present a case study detailing the tremendous hard and soft dollar value generated […]

Learn how to make the most of your organization’s membership in SI by utilizing available information, ensuring that you are informed of sessions that are most relevant to you.  Learn […]

Chris McCarthy, VP Human Resources, St. Peter’s, Albany, New York, reviews the ROI on their implementation of a web based self staffing system and how they achieved the results.  Registrants […]

HOSTED JOINTLY WITH HIMSS – Jeff Blair, VP, The Medical Records Institute, provides his third annual review for SI Members of this significant research study.  The Survey reveals insights into […]

O.J. Wolanyk, CIO, Memorial Health System, facilitates an open discussion on the issues involved in implementing enhanced privacy policies relating to caregiver’s use of EMR’s.

HOSTED JOINTLY WITH HIMSS – Dr. Derrick Nelson and Cathy Duffy, RN, BSN, Manager, Clinical Applications, review the mobile computing platform implemented at CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX.  The […]

Gilad Kuperman, MD, PhD, Director, Quality Informatics, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, describes the processes being implemented at NYPH to manage quality and efficiency-oriented alerts in their vendor-based CPOE application. Dr. Kuperman […]

Mary Trimmer, Trinity Health, Novi, MI, Sharon Henry, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, Margaret Bearss, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, and Sharon Young, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, present overviews of each organization’s […]

Molly Coye, MD, MPH, CEO, HealthTech, and Ravi Nemana, HealthTech’s Senior Advisor for IT, represent the San Francisco based non-profit research and education organization that develops healthcare technology forecasts for […]

Robert Majors, director of materials management at Bloomington Hospital and Healthcare System, speaks about the importance of adopting Web-based supply chain management solutions as part of an overall strategy to […]

Kathleen A. Harder, Ph.D. and John R. Bloomfield, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, describe important elements that should be considered when developing and implementing a system-wide automated medical record (AMR) system. […]

Kathy Brodbeck, VP Operations, St. Peter’s, Albany, New York, reviews the ROI on their implementation of a web based self staffing system and how they achieved the results.  Registrants will […]

Shannon Sock, Vice President, Healthcare Solutions, and Rick Cowan, MS, MBA, RPH, Executive Director, Clinical Departments Genesis Initiative, Sisters of Mercy Health System, Chesterfield, MO, review a broad based initiative […]

Skip Lemon, VP, and Jim Kuhn and Dan Coate, Directors, FCG, review evidence suggesting that certain applications and functions may well be done offshore, when blended with internal resources and […]

Tom Williams, Vice President, Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), presents an update on the statewide California pay for performance initiative. This program includes participation of six major health plans, 200 physician […]

Many hospitals consider operational restructuring with the hope of ultimately creating a stronger company with enhanced potential for long-term growth. As hospitals struggle with economic and market pressures, they must […]

J. Jeffrey Burnich, M.D., Chief Quality Officer and Six Sigma Executive Leader at Mt. Carmel Health System, Columbus OH, reviews one of the most advanced Six Sigma programs in healthcare: […]