ACO 2012: The Train Has Left the Station

Colin Buckley, Strategic Operations Director, KLAS, Orem, Utah, and Andrew Croshaw, Partner and Managing Director, Leavitt Partners. Recently KLAS and Leavitt Partners embarked on a joint research project to provide […]

Sustainable Community HIE: A Birds-eye Perspective and Vision

Doug Dietzman, Executive Director, Michigan Health Connect. With the Stage 2 Meaningful Use and evolving risk-based funding models continuing the push for widespread data exchange beyond current EMR system and […]

SI Readmissions Collaborative Kickoff

Erica Drazen, ScD, Senior Advisor, Scottsdale Institute, and former VP, Global Institute for Emerging Practices, CSC, leads a discussion about the purpose of the Collaborative, the starting point and the […]

Innovating with Telehealth: An Example for Emergent Care

Deborah Hunt, RN, Specialist Leader, and Saurabh Vyas, MD, Consultant, Deloitte Consulting. Resource constraints, regulatory climate and rapid innovations in technology are driving the evolution of telehealth from being a […]

Leveraging Business Intelligence to Achieve Strategic Objectives

Andrew W. Proctor, MS, Senior Director of Business Intelligence, Medical Operations Division, and Brian Harte, MD, Medical Director, Business Intelligence and President, Southpointe Hospital, Cleveland Clinic. In 2006, The Cleveland […]

Care Coordination Capability for Accountable Care

Jane Metzger, Research Principal in Emerging Practices, CSC. Care coordination is clearly a core competency for accountable care. This talk reviews the likely processes based on the evidence so far […]

Timelines/Nuances of Reporting and Penalties

Laura Kreofsky, PMP, CPHIMS, Principal, and Jason Fortin, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors. Jason and Laura review key MU Stage 2 timing elements, including the special 2014 EHR reporting periods and […]

SI-Cerner Users Collaborative No. 49: Physician Productivity

Adem Arslani, MS, RN, Director Information Systems & Clinical Informatics, Advocate, discusses EMR adoption strategies employed at a large academic medical center and physician productivity results achieved after a two-year […]

KLAS Reveals the Top-Performing HIT Vendors of 2012

Mike Smith, Senior Vice President of Services Research, and Coray Tate, Senior Vice President of Software Research, KLAS, Orem, Utah. As accountable care organizations, HIE, and meaningful use requirements continue […]

The Impact of the 2012 Election: What to Anticipate in 2013

Paul Keckley, PhD, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Dr. Keckley provides his insight into what's on the post-election horizon, as well as implications of the […]

Privacy and Security Outlook for 2013

Mac McMillan, co-founder and CEO of CynergisTek, Inc., and current Chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force. Mac provides an overview and analysis of the key issues […]

Wireless Connectivity Between Smart Pumps and Millennium

Bobbie Carroll, and Sarah Giga, Children's Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota. Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota implemented a comprehensive bar code medication administration (BCMA) for all medications. Using BCMA […]