EMR Interoperability 2014: Where Are We on the Yellow Brick Road?

Colin Buckley, Strategic Operations Director, KLAS.  Join Colin as he shares findings from the recent KLAS EMR interoperability report.  Learn how successful each of the EMR vendors are in integrating data, which EMRs cooperate the best and the worst, and which platform/feature sets have most impacted care delivery.

Social/Mobile Media and What It Means to You

Harry Greenspun, MD, Director, and Tim Smith, Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLC.  Dr. Greenspun and Tim discuss strategies for navigating healthcare's rapidly evolving social media landscape.  They review the current state of healthcare social media and what this means for your organization, both in the present and looking forward.  This session also examines common obstacles that […]

Medication Management: Driving Quality Up and Costs Down

Chris Virgilio, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Solutions Executive, Truven Health Analytics.  Chris discusses and provides examples of using technology solutions to support medication-specific programs that drive quality up and cost down, including antimicrobial stewardship, managing drug shortages proactively, and scaling clinical pharmacist know-how. She also covers the importance of surveillance at a patient-specific department and population […]

Heartland Health Case Study on Open Notes: Co-Notes

Joe Boyce, MD, CIO and CMIO, Heartland Health. Heartland/Mosaic has been sharing patient notes, labs and secure messaging for over three years. Since Oct 2013 their clinics have taken the next logical step  - working with patients via a secure web portal to provide the capability for patients to document their goals for a visit, […]

Beth Israel Deaconess CIO John Halamka MD on Emerging Technologies

John Halamka, MD, CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Halamka discusses how Beth Israel Deaconess has expanded meaningful use to using social and mobile media, analytics and the cloud to enhance patient care and engage patients outside of traditional care settings.  He also addresses the concerns involved when utilizing this technology in connecting with […]

The Memorial Hermann Aetna Alliance

Shawn P. Griffin, MD, Chief Quality and Informatics Officer, Memorial Hermann Physician Network shares his organization's experience in forming a strategic alliance with Aetna.  He discusses the negotiating process, the implementation challenges, and the ongoing work with forging a new partnership between organizations that traditionally functioned as adversaries over the contracting table.

Disruptive Innovation and Data-Driven Care: Open Notes at Geisinger Health System

Jonathan Darer, MD, MPH, Chief Innovation Officer, Geisinger Health System.  Dr. Darer discusses the rationale for disruptive innovation and gives examples of how the Geisinger Health System uses clinical data assets to improve quality of care and support health care team efficiency.  He also discusses Geisinger's approach to patient and family engagement, and how health […]

Accelerating the Value of Data Governance

Dale Sanders, SVP, Health Catalyst. As the Age of Analytics emerges in healthcare, health system executives are increasingly challenged to define a data governance strategy that maximizes the value of data to the mission of their organizations. Adding to that challenge, the competitive nature of the data warehouse and analytics market place has resulted in […]

Cerner Upgrade Center: VCU Health System Provides Lessons from the Field

Reuben Southall, MS, CPHIMS, Associate CIO of Operations, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. In his previous roles as Manager and Director of Clinical Applications, Reuben has leveraged the Cerner Upgrade Center through multiple upgrades. As he and his team plan to start the next upgrade (Q1 2015) again using the Cerner Upgrade Center, he reflects […]

Process, Applications and Predictive Analytics in Value-Driven Healthcare

Laurie Wyatt, CPA, Practice Partner and National Practice Leader, CSC.  Healthcare is moving towards a value-based agenda, which may include six operating components such as Integrated Practice Units, Bundled Payments, Cost and Outcomes Measures, Enterprise Integration and Geographic Reach, and Providing the IT platform.  Laurie discusses these and provides examples of how the use of […]

Patient Portal to Meet MU Requirements at New York Hospital Queens

Ken Ong, MD, MPH, CMIO, and Camela Morrissey, VP, Public Affairs and Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer, New York Hospital Queens. Seemingly against all odds, New York Hospital Queens was able to mount a bedside-based intervention program to change the course of our prospects for meeting Meaningful Use 2 measures for patient portal access.  Low […]

PowerChart Touch/Mobility at BayCare

Greg Hindahl, MD, FAAFP, VP & CMIO, BayCare Health System. With the growing use of mobile devices, Advocate Health Care and BayCare have both embraced the opportunity to introduce PowerChart Touch Inpatient. In tandem with PowerChart Touch they implemented the complimentary PowerChart desktop functionality: Workflow MPages, Dynamic Doc and the Physician Handoff Tool. Learn how […]

Bidirectional Epic Integration with Smart Infusion Pumps at Cedars-Sinai

Jennifer Jackson, Director of Clinical Engineering and Device Integration, Cedars-Sinai Health System.Infusion pump integration, when implemented well, can support safe medication administration practices in the healthcare setting. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center put into effect the bi-directional interface between the IV pump and the EHR, improving clinical practice standardization and data integrity. This session reviews the implementation strategy and lessons […]

Project Management Office at University Hospitals

Andrew Kinnear, MBA, PMP, Director, Project Management Office, University Hospitals, and John Kocon, Vice President, Enterprise Program Management Office, Catholic Health Initiatives (moderator).  Andrew is responsible for both the Information Technology and the Performance Improvement Project Management Offices (PMOs).  The IT PMO leads large-scale systems implementations through a number of programs with combined annual capital […]

OpenNotes Update: Using the Community Approach to Increase Participation

Homer Chin, MD, OpenNotes Provider Champion, and Amy Fellows, Executive Director at We Can Do Better. The Northwest OpenNotes Consortium was convened by the non-profit, non-partisan civic engagement organization We Can Do Better in 2013. There are now more than 1 million patients in Oregon and Southwest Washington that have access to their chart notes […]