David Nill, MD, VP and CMO, Healthe at Cerner. Cerner operates onsite primary care clinics at its three main campuses in Kansas City. These clinics strive to deliver the highest quality care and best possible member experience to Cerner's population of associates and their dependents by using technology as a primary lever. Participants will hear […]
Keith MacDonald, Vice President, and Jason Fortin, Senior Advisor Discovery & Development, Impact Advisors. Keith and Jason discuss the pressures facing healthcare organizations today, along with the specific IT implications delivery organizations need to address in order to stay ahead of those pressures and remain competitive, such as approaches to HIE, analytics, patient engagement, and […]
Joe Van De Graaff, Research Director, and Mark Allphin, Research Director, KLAS. The deluge of data in healthcare is accompanied by a growing number of vendors, many affirming vast analytics capabilities. In a world where innovation and future strategy often make the headlines, KLAS takes a unique approach by focusing on and highlighting the customer […]
“Partnerships for New Models of Health”
"Healthcare IT Optimization" Health Data Management publishes a SLIDESHOW with seven takeaways from the summit. CIOs of thirteen leading healthcare organizations convened in April 2015 during the annual Scottsdale Institute Spring Conference to discuss Healthcare IT Optimization. Read the report that highlights challenges faced by CIOs related to optimization and suggests strategies to maximize success, and see the Modern Healthcare review. This report […]
Andrew Rosenberg, MD, CMIO, University of Michigan Health System, and Mike Brooks, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting, LLC. As information and data capabilities rapidly expand in healthcare, balancing enterprise and analytics projects through coordinated data management and architecture becomes increasingly important. Whether it is quality-based reporting, financial modeling, or Big-Data projects such as personalized health and […]
Mark Smodic, Lead - Software License Management (SLM), Ascension Information Services (AIS), Ascension Health. The SLM team is driving the maturation of software asset management processes and services through a number of project initiatives. This presentation describes the tight partnership with the IT legal and contracting services at Ascension and the automated compliance reporting, quality […]
Mike Englehart, President, Advocate Physician Partners. Mike explores the ways the accountable-care model is growing and changing, whether through federal ACO programs or through agreements with commercial insurers. Participants will learn about the growth of ACO arrangements and what is known so far about the potential for improved clinical and financial performance.
Tom Abendroth, MD, Chief of Medical Informatics, Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine. Is your user community seeking increased access to EMR data to support quality improvement projects and clinical research? Can you meet this growing demand? i2b2 can be a useful starting point for expanding end-user access to de-identified patient care […]
Dick Thompson, President & CEO, Quality Health Network and Board Chair of the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC), and Robert Steffel, Executive Director. The growing SHIEC membership is comprised of C-Suite HIE executives from throughout the country. This HIE trade association provides its members with the ability to gain economies of scale without losing […]
Tess Settergren, MHA, MA, RN-BC, Director of Nursing Informatics, Cedars-Sinai Health System.Less than 3.5% of US hospitals have achieved HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 status since 2006, and the bar is raised a bit more every year. Clinician adoption of 'paperless' charts, order entry, and documentation is insufficient to meet Stage 7: Clinical decision support, continuum […]
Bob Williams, MD, MIS, Director, and Mark Snyder, MD, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting, LLP. Drs. Williams and Snyder discuss the rationale for and keys to success of population management programs. With the increase in prevalence of costly chronic conditions, and new payment models that transfer risk to provider organizations based on their performance, it is […]
Steven Schlossberg, MD/MBA, VP and CMO, and Mamie Stalvey, RN, Principal, Impact Advisors. An IT "Optimization Continuum" will continue to exist from simple break-fixes to large corporate initiatives. However, to improve optimization efforts, they need to be broken down to discrete high-value efforts that can be readily achieved, communicated and produce value for the organization. […]
Kevin Hintz, Process Owner Change Management, Ascension Information Services (AIS) IT Service Management Office (ITSMO). The ITSMO is leading the redesign of IT service delivery and maturation of IT service management processes through a number of project initiatives. The maturation of change management processes is one of the key areas of focus for the ITSMO, […]
Brian Jacobs, MD, VP, CMIO and CIO, Executive Director, Center for Pediatric Informatics & The Children's IQ Network, Children's National Medical Center. Communication failures and alarm fatigue have topped the ECRI Institute's health technology hazards list for three consecutive years. Antiquated technologies and limitations within existing processes can cause communication breakdowns, and the overabundance of […]
