Thomas J. Selva, MD, CMIO, MU Health Care, Professor of Clinical Child Health, Associate Chair Clinical Quality and Medical Director - Department of Child Health.  MU Health Care, in partnership with Cerner Corporation via the Tiger Institute, has become a leader in portal development.   A key component of that development and our ongoing success has […]

Rhonda Collins, RN, MSN, CNO, Vocera Communications.  Rhonda shares best practices for developing an effective clinical communication strategy. You will learn why a clinical communication strategy can be a key part of improving clinical efficiency and patient satisfaction by putting nurses back at the patient's bedside. She'll also include examples of clinical communication improvements from […]

Mike Smith, Research Director of Professional Service, KLAS.  As nearly 1,300 U.S. hospitals consider a move, or are in the middle of moving to new core clinical and financial systems, Mike focuses on the common implementation potholes of specific vendors, best practices for success, and insights on the consultants who can help.

Ronald Mehring, Senior Director, Chief Information Security Officer, Texas Health Resources.  Effectively articulating complex cybersecurity risks, threats and security investment priorities can be a daunting task.  The key to success is becoming data driven within your Information security program and linking operational data with security risk management functions.  During this presentation Ron discusses his experience […]

Chris Davis, Director, and Todd Blake, Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLC.  As health systems continue to face mounting margin pressures and MU payments coming to an end, executives are looking for effective models to manage their information technology costs. Having a need to innovate and expand technology services while effectively managing costs is a balancing act […]

Elliot Levine, MD, Medical Director of Informatics, Research, and Dept. of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Mohammed Samee, MD, RN, Director of Physician Informatics Council, Internal Medicine Program Director, Meg Capannari, Director Site Information System, and Communications, and Veronica Kiarie, BSN, RN, Manager Clinical Informatics, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (AIMMC).  With less than 3.5% of US hospitals having […]

Rishi Sikka, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Transformation, and Tina Esposito, VP, Center for Health Information Services, Advocate Health Care.  As the industry continues to shift to a focus of accountability across the care continuum, it becomes imperative for organizations to reallocate human and capital resources, ensuring efficient and effective care for an entire patient […]

Joann Clough, Transitional Care Coordinator, UAB Medicine, and Shara Cohen, Senior SVP of Client Experience, Emmi Solutions. Seventy-six percent of readmissions are preventable, yet patients often don't have the understanding, confidence or tools to take action, stay well and out of the hospital. Shara discusses the challenges of reaching and motivating patients outside of the […]