Scottsdale Institute

Mark R. Anderson, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, and CEO, AC Group, describes downtime and it’s cost and impact as an important factor for every healthcare organization. Healthcare CIO’s must ensure that downtime […]

Robert Mandel, MD, CMO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, reviews two large collaborative efforts to promote the adoption of technology by providers to improve the quality and efficiency of […]

Jon Burns, Regional CIO, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

CO-HOSTED WITH HIMSS: Mike Davis, Executive Vice President, HIMSS Analytics, reviews the current status of the clinical systems application environment of US hospitals, and initiatives that hospitals have undertaken to […]

Scott Weingarten, CEO, Zynx Health, Los Angeles. Engaging physicians and assuring their support might be the most critical issue related to the success of CPOE, EMR, quality improvement, and patient […]

Alberto Kywi, CIO, Cottage Health System, Santa Barbara, reviews application integration using single sign-on and context management technologies, including tactics for improving workflow and reducing computer interaction time to achieve […]

Mary Finlay, Deputy CIO, Partners HealthCare, Boston, Gayle Simkin, CIO, and Nancy Staggers, RN, PhD, CHW, San Francisco, Rich Pollack, interim CIO, Clarian Health, Indianapolis, and George Brenckle, CIO, University […]

Jim Anzeveno, CIO, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, has brought the hospital through a complete transformation to CPOE. He describes the challenges, success factors and lessons learned. Jim also reviews the differences […]

Zynx Health, Los Angeles.

Tom Smith, CIO, ENH, describes their unique three year journey to a fully integrated inpatient and ambulatory EHR, and discusses success factors and lessons learned including the integration of non-employed […]

Mary Finlay, Deputy CIO, Partners HealthCare, Boston, Gayle Simkin, CIO, and Nancy Staggers, RN, PhD, CHW, San Francisco, Rich Pollack, interim CIO, Clarian Health, Indianapolis, and George Brenckle, CIO, University […]

Bill Dwyer, Senior Vice President and Jeff James, Engineering Project Manager, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, present the results achieved using HealthSentry, an exciting regional pilot in disease detection and […]

Kate Peterson & Rebecca Ormsby, Usability Specialists, MasterCard International, O’Fallon, MO, describe how in 2002, Express Scripts – – a large pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company — turned to this […]

Dr. Daniel Z. Sands, Chief Medical Officer, and Steve Davis, Director of Physician Recruitment and Retention, Zix Corporation, discuss the issues and benefits facing physicians and their office staff when […]

John Blair, MD, CEO, Taconic IPA, Fishkill, NY, describes how this large physician practice worked with regional hospitals and labs to overcome competitive culture, data ownership, and physician adoption barriers […]

Co-hosted with HIMSS – Tim Hearing, VP & Regional CIO, Lori Thielen, Regional Marketing Director, and Kristin King, Regional Web Master reviews a new approach to communication between the hospital, […]

Paul Zurlo and Catherine Eikel, The Leapfrog Group, present this initiative to measure hospital performance along two dimensions – effectiveness and efficiency – and to reward hospitals that demonstrate excellence […]

Lauren Sabet and Fran Turisco, Emerging Practices Research Group, FCG. Improving patient safety and reducing medication errors are top priorities for hospitals today. One way hospitals have used technology to […]

Jon Burns, Senior Executive for Information Technology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland.  Partnerships between Clinical and IT professionals are critical in developing and implementing clinical applications that make a difference.  Jon […]

Tim Zoph, CIO, and Dr. Gary Noskin, Infectious Disease, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, Chicago, describe benefits and results from the implementation of IT applications to support infectious disease management.

Mike Brown, Director of Purchasing, University Health Care System, Augusta, Georgia, Dave Turner, e-Business Consultant, chair of product taxonomy committee for Coalition for Healthcare eStandards, and Joe Arruda, Vice President, […]

Jim Cramer, CIO, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, AZ, describes the benefits of integrating IT planning and facility design. The high growth plan calls for the use of “shell strategy” construction design […]

Diana McKensie, Healthcare Practice Leader, Neal, Gerber, Eisenberg, LLP.

Steve Meurer, MBA/MHS, PhD, Executive Director, DeKalb Quality Institute, and Cynthia Adgate Davis, CIO, DeKalb Regional Healthcare System, Decatur, GA. This presentation will argue that improvements driven by many quality […]

Dave Garets, CEO, and Mike Davis, EVP, HIMSS Analytics. In July of 2004, HIMSS Analytics acquired the Dorenfest IHDS+ Database(tm) and created the HIMSS AnalyticsSM Database. After making substantial improvements […]

Many CIOs are charged with reviewing and negotiating IT contracts. Our speaker, Diana J.P. McKenzie, Chair of the Information Technology Group at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, will share insightful […]

Julie Creamer, VP, Operations and Quality, Sally Szumlas, RN, MS, Quality Program Director, and Nicole Paulk, Director of Corporate Strategies Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, present an overview of the quality […]

Dr. Dan Bellisimo, Director of Molecular Diagnostics, Blood Center of SE Wisconsin, and Mark Hoffman, PhD, Director, Genomics/Infectious Disease Solution Management, Cerner Corporation. Advances in genomics have created exciting opportunities […]

Phase I Review, session one

Skip Lemon, VP, FCG, reviews various approaches, benefits, risks and results.

David Kibbe, MD, Director, Center for Health Information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians, Shawnee Mission, KS, and Co-chair, Physicians’ EHR Coalition.

Susan Lorkovic, Alegent Health, Omaha, NE

Mary Reich Cooper, M.D., J.D., Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Providing the highest quality of patient care and service is a key strategic initiative at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. […]

Phase I Review, session two

Bill Spooner, SVP & CIO, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego. This regional integrated delivery system is implementing a full EMR in its 270-physician, multi-site Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group.  Bill discusses the […]

David Classen, MD, VP, FCG. This presentation is an update on the rapidly growing pay for performance movement in healthcare, outlining the ever expanding number of initiatives on both the […]

Co-Hosted with AMDIS: Erica Drazen, VP, FCG. A CIO’s reporting relationship must allow him/her to take an aggressive role in the design and implementation of operational initiatives that improve organizational […]

Robert Steffel, Executive Director, HealthBridge, Inc., Cincinnati, reviews the drivers and success factors that have enabled clinical information sharing in this market, and lessons learned during their several years of […]

Thomas Gavinski, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, and Mal Underwood, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, FCG, Long Beach, CA, describe the recent Minnesota state standards issued […]

Jill Truitt, Project Excellian Program Director, Allina Hospitals and Clinics and Melanie Swenson, VP, FCG reviews various approaches, benefits, risks and results.

Co-Hosted with AMDIS: Edward Septimus, MD, Medical Director, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Health, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (MHHS), Houston, and Harvey Nix, Director, Payor Initiatives, MedMined, Birmingham, Alabama. MHHS implemented an […]

Co-Hosted with HIMSS: Dr. Robert Keet, President of Western Medical Associates, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, discusses ten years of experience in building a Regional Health Information Organization in Santa Cruz […]

Co-Hosted with HIMSS: Dora Summers-Ewing, Ph.D, Managing Director, Leadership Development Solutions, & Doug Greenberg, Client Partner, Healthcare, Korn Ferry International, present the results of an ongoing study of successful practices, […]

Shelli Williamson, SI, and Suzi Birz, Principal, HiQAnalytics, invite you to join clinicians, clinical applications directors, and medical informatics leaders to discuss and consider a clinical collaborative among SI members […]

Susan Van Ness, Director of Medical Imaging Solutions, Worldwide Public Sector, Health and Education, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA. Medical Archiving Solutions cost effectively provide long-term storage and rapid retrieval […]

Lynn Barrow, Corporate Director of Information Management, Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, OH., discusses (1) Managing clinician expectations – a question of timing, (2) The value proposition – assessing the drivers […]

Steve Stanic, CIO, and Mike Wendelken RNC,RRT, Clinical Nursing Systems Specialist, Memorial Health System, Savannah, GA, describe benefits, obstacles and results from the implementation of an integrated solution for bed […]

William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI, NHII Advisors, Arlington, VA, reviews a newly proposed business and operational model for RHIOs that is extremely cost effective to both build and maintain. […]

Shelli Williamson, SI, and Suzi Birz, Principal, HiQAnalytics, invite you to join clinicians, clinical applications directors, and medical informatics leaders to discuss and consider a clinical collaborative among SI members […]

Bill Miller, CIO, and Dan Peterson, Director, ProHealth Care,  Waukesha, WI, review their new program, EHR Advantage, which connects PHC’s hospitals, clinics and physicians with independent but affiliated physician practices […]

Edward A. Gardner, Director, IT Technology Services, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) at Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA. MD Portal enhances communications with referring physicians and greatly increases […]

Kevin Palattao, Vice President, Patient Care Systems, and Wendy Weeks, Project Manager, E-Care Initiatives, HealthPartners Medical Group Clinics, MN, discusses the results of e-Care pilots in two primary care clinics. […]

David Classen, MD, VP, FCG. This presentation is an update on the rapidly growing pay-for-performance movement, outlining the ever-expanding number of initiatives on both the inpatient and outpatient basis. Dr. […]

Shelli Williamson, SI, and Janet Guptill, Principal, KM at Work, host a webinar to demonstrate a proposed collaborative website for SI members to support knowledge exchange in the area of […]

Doug Thompson, Director, FCG, Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D. Director, Applied Research in Medical Informatics, Permanente Northwest, and Pat Wise, Director EHR Initiative, HIMSS, all representing the HIMSS Benefits Measurement Task […]

Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH, Staff Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cornell Weill Medical College, New York, and John Glaser, PhD, CIO, and Eric Pan, MD, […]

Jerry Kevorkian, Divisional VP/Chief Technology Officer, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA. With the growing dependence on computer technology in the clinical environment, comes an ever-increasing demand for zero downtime from both […]

Don Meehan, Project Manager, DSS Inc., reviews VistA development and use in the VA and other government agencies, the status of the current CMS VistA-Office EHR initiative, and VistA use […]

Dale Sanders, CIO, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, discusses how data warehousing and business intelligence has been used in other industries to transform the competitive landscape and achieve drastic reductions […]

Stephanie Kitt, RN, Director of Quality, and Paula Elliott, Impact Project Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and Implementation Director, FCG.

Shelli Williamson, SI, and Janet Guptill, Principal, KM at Work, host a webinar to demonstrate a proposed collaborative website for SI members to support knowledge exchange in the area of […]

Vi Shaffer, Research Director – Healthcare, Gartner, Inc., Washington, D.C. and William F. Bria, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Clinical Information Systems at the University […]

Derek Mazurek, Spectrum Health, reviews results from the current survey on IT Costs and Staffing among the 9 responding organizations. Derek and Troy Hottovy, Saint Luke’s Health System, describe the […]

Dolores Yanagihara, Program Development Manager, Pay for Performance, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA, presents the quality improvement results from the second full year of the program that provides common physician […]