David C. Classen, M.D., M.S., Senior Partner, CSC, and leader of CSC's clinical excellence and safety and quality initiatives, and Erica Drazen, SC.D., Managing Partner, CSC, and leader of the Emerging Practices Group, the applied research function of CSC Global Health. On June 16th the ONC Meaningful Use Work Group presented to the ONC Policy […]
Kent Gale, Chairman, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. In the wake of the HIT Policy Committee's initial recommendations for the definition of meaningful use, many hospitals are trying to understand whether their EMR solution can get them where they need to go. Drawing on the experiences of thousands of providers, Kent Gale tackles that question by […]
Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators; please come prepared to discuss your experience or plans. Questions for discussion include: Does your organization use PHRs in conjunction with Cerner or have plans to do so? Are you using, or have plans for […]
Dr. Bob Williams, Tom Foley, Deloitte Consulting, and Eric Finocchiaro, Deloitte Consulting Specialist Leader. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of February 2009 provides $36 Billion in incentive funding to accelerate the adoption and interoperability of electronic health records (EHR), as well as significant penalty provisions for non-achievement. The stimulus […]
Ben Brown, General Manager, Medical Imaging/Medical Equipment, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. In this session, Ben takes a comprehensive look at the very fragmented market for cardiology IT, which continues to experience a significant amount of churn as providers seek a complete system that can efficiently distribute images, offer intuitive physician reporting tools and handle operational […]
Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators. Please come prepared to discuss your experience or plans. Questions for discussion include: Describe your workflow for medication reconciliation: How do physicians, nursing and pharmacy interact? What part do they each play? Does one person/function […]
Patrick Rossignol, Deloitte Consulting. How can hospitals take advantage of HITECH funding, the push for interoperable EHRs, and the emergence of technological solutions to create an effective referring physician network?
Anthony J. Montagnolo, M.S., Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, ECRI Institute, presents an overview of ECRI Institute's recently published emerging health technologies research paper. This not-for-profit research institute studies and compares the efficacy of similar drugs and devices, and identifies key technologies to monitor. Attend to understand the benefits and shortcomings of expensive, […]
Chuck Podesta, SVP/Chief Information Officer and John McConnell, Senior Web Developer from Fletcher Allen Health Care share the strategy and execution of PRISM - Fletcher Allen's Patient Record Information Management System, and how contextually aligning data across all systems delivered the critical interoperability needed to fully realize the vision of a complete, electronic patient record. […]
Mike Smith, General Manager, Financial/Services, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Acquisitions and a shifting economy have changed the game in today's healthcare IT (HIT) consulting world. Bigger is not always better, and paying more is not the insurance it once was. In this teleconference KLAS expounds findings from a recent HIT consulting services study to answer […]
Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators. Please come prepared to discuss your experience or plans. Questions for discussion include: Have you purchased MPages or are you considering purchasing MPages, and if so, how have you employed MPages or how are you […]
“Healthcare Reform and Achieving Meaningful Use: The Pivotal Role of Clinical Business Intelligence”
Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, Chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, will discuss major updates to the Commission's programs including response to new HHS requirements. CCHIT is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has been recognized by the federal government as an official certification body for electronic health records. CCHIT's mission is to […]
Michael Larson, Deloitte Consulting. As has always been the case, the medical record must substantiate the diagnosis, procedures and services that appear on the claim. With the recent Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the need for accuracy and precision of clinical documentation is expected to […]
Scott Altes, Esq., Fennemore Craig, LLC, Phoenix AZ. Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and S.C.H.I.P. Extension Act of 2007 establishes new reporting requirements which obligate payers (including insurers and self-insured entities) to report to Medicare certain settlements, judgments, awards, or other payments made to Medicare beneficiaries. The statute expressly provides for substantial monetary penalties […]
