Erica Drazen Managing Partner, Emerging Practices, and Jason Fortin, Senior Research Analyst, CSC, discuss what has changed since the Final Rule was published in July 2010, with an emphasis on the most frequent points of confusion and what clarifications have been issued by ONC and CMS.
Gordon Rohweder, Ricki Levitan, and Shelli Williamson, Scottsdale Institute, conduct a review of the 2010 SI IT Benchmarking project, including a brief overview and Q&A on the normalization process. During the open discussion, participants can comment on results they found, how they are/will use the data, and any insights they may have received by contacting […]
Adem Arslani, BSN, MS, Director of Information Systems & Clinical Informatics, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and Joel Shoolin, DO, VP Clinical Informatics, Advocate Health Care. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is migrating from handwriting and transcription to adoption of speech recognition and physician structured documentation. Dr. Shoolin and Adem discuss the complexities and flexibility […]
John Norenberg, Vice President of Physician Services, Information Systems, for Advocate Health Care, is responsible for the coordination and delivery of information technology tools to Advocate's diverse physician population. A key component to any HIE strategy will be the connection to EMR systems in physician's offices. Two years ago, Advocate began developing the capabilities to […]
Jason Hess, General Manager of Clinical Research for KLAS discusses what providers are currently doing in terms of electronic clinical decision support (CDS), the vendors they are using (including CPMRC, DynaMed, FirstDataBank, Lexi-Comp, Micromedex, MD Consult, Multum, ProVation, UpToDate, Zynx Health, etc.), and where they feel this vital and quickly developing market is headed. This […]
Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, John Bigalke, Vice Chairman and US National Industry Leader, Health Sciences & Government, and Steve Burrill, also of Deloitte LLP. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed March 23, 2010, is the law of the land; its repeal is unlikely though amendments, technical […]
Dave Lundal, V.P. & Regional CIO, SSM Integrated Health Technologies, SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, and Annette Fox, Director of Clinical Systems, Dean Health System and SSM of Wisconsin, describe a pilot project among area hospital emergency services and urgent cares. Dean Clinic, Group Health Cooperative, Meriter Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, and UW Health now […]
Chris Armstrong, Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Vickie Monteith, RN, Director, Deloitte & Touche, and Chris Davis, Director Deloitte Consulting, provide insight into the implementation phase of the ICD-10 regulations based on experience through work with numerous ICD-10 clients. This team focuses the discussion on the following: What should providers be thinking about after the assessment […]
Ken Jarvis, Manager Health & Life Science Industries, Randy Hickel, ECMP CHP, Healthcare Market Development Consultant, and Avi Greenfield, Product Manager, HP, discuss how the right patient communications technology can help providers be successful in a post-reform environment. They demonstrate how to significantly reduce hospital readmissions, improve patient outcomes, and promote quality transition care with […]
Erica Drazen, Managing Partner, Emerging Practices, and Jason Fortin, Senior Research Analyst, CSC, discuss what has changed since the Final Rule was published in July 2010, with an emphasis on the most frequent points of confusion, what clarifications have been issued by ONC and CMS, the rule for permanent certification organizations, and the proposed requirements […]
