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 […]

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 […]

Don York, Director of IT, Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CRTC), The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC), San Antonio. Clinicians were previously faced with multiple user IDs and passwords, redundant patient queries and ongoing struggles to efficiently access data. Don explains how they were able to enhance care delivery, increase productivity and maximize […]

Louise Kenney, RN, BSN, MSM, Senior Consultant, Computer Science Corporation, Barbara Ripollone, Partner, Health Delivery Supply Chain & Perioperative Practice Director, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Janie Bowman-Hayes, Informatics Nurse Specialists, AORN. AORN SYNTEGRITY is a complement to EHRs designed to provide a consistent and reliable documentation data model across the continuum of perioperative patient care […]

Fran Turisco, Research Principal, CSC. The U.S. is poised to make substantial progress in implementing EHRs and HIEs to support healthcare reform. Our experiences in helping Denmark, the Netherlands, and three regions in the UK implement their eHealth solutions provide guidance and shared experiences for U.S. efforts.

Mitch Morris and Kent Wheeler, Deloitte Consulting. With increasing financial pressures on hospitals, coupled with increased needs for IT investment in clinical systems, the imperative for an effective and efficient IT function has never been more pressing. While outsourcers promise lower cost with reliable service levels, the industry has been slow to accept this approach […]

Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators. Questions for discussion include: Are you using Remote Hosting Operations (RHO)? If not, are you contemplating it? What advantages have you found - clinically, financially, resource utilization-wise? Have you had any problems? If so, what, […]