Zynx Health, Los Angeles.

Tom Smith, CIO, ENH, describes their unique three year journey to a fully integrated inpatient and ambulatory EHR, and discusses success factors and lessons learned including the integration of non-employed physician practices.

Mary Finlay, Deputy CIO, Partners HealthCare, Boston, Gayle Simkin, CIO, and Nancy Staggers, RN, PhD, CHW, San Francisco, Rich Pollack, interim CIO, Clarian Health, Indianapolis, and George Brenckle, CIO, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, conduct a 2 part panel discussion on the impact of clinical system downtime and successful management practices. Part I includes […]

Bill Dwyer, Senior Vice President and Jeff James, Engineering Project Manager, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, present the results achieved using HealthSentry, an exciting regional pilot in disease detection and management. They will describe the rapid deployment and valuable results delivered to the public health and provider communities. A peer reviewed journal article shows the […]

Kate Peterson & Rebecca Ormsby, Usability Specialists, MasterCard International, O'Fallon, MO, describe how in 2002, Express Scripts - - a large pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company -- turned to this usability services group to test how its Web-based member portal could be made easier to use. A year later, after incorporating recommended changes, the Consumer […]

Dr. Daniel Z. Sands, Chief Medical Officer, and Steve Davis, Director of Physician Recruitment and Retention, Zix Corporation, discuss the issues and benefits facing physicians and their office staff when starting e-prescribing initiatives. A case study from Newton-Wellesley Internists will be highlighted. This practice located in Newton, Mass. has seen the value of e-prescribing by […]

John Blair, MD, CEO, Taconic IPA, Fishkill, NY, describes how this large physician practice worked with regional hospitals and labs to overcome competitive culture, data ownership, and physician adoption barriers and develop the HIE.  The result is a vendor neutral portal in which medical records are truly interoperable and which all physicians can access complete […]

Co-hosted with HIMSS - Tim Hearing, VP & Regional CIO, Lori Thielen, Regional Marketing Director, and Kristin King, Regional Web Master reviews a new approach to communication between the hospital, its patients, and their families and friends.  The personal web pages can be used to post news and updates, exchange messages of support, post contact […]

Paul Zurlo and Catherine Eikel, The Leapfrog Group, present this initiative to measure hospital performance along two dimensions - effectiveness and efficiency - and to reward hospitals that demonstrate excellence and / or show sustained improvement along both dimensions simultaneously.  Health plans and Leapfrog members will implement the program as a means to fulfill their […]

Lauren Sabet and Fran Turisco, Emerging Practices Research Group, FCG. Improving patient safety and reducing medication errors are top priorities for hospitals today. One way hospitals have used technology to enabled improved quality and reduce errors is through bar coded medication administration (BCMA) at the point of care.  This discussion will begin with a high […]

Jon Burns, Senior Executive for Information Technology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland.  Partnerships between Clinical and IT professionals are critical in developing and implementing clinical applications that make a difference.  Jon discusses the Cleveland Clinic strategy for the implementation of its EMR, used by 1200 physicians in their daily ambulatory practices, and the EMR implementation in […]

Tim Zoph, CIO, and Dr. Gary Noskin, Infectious Disease, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, Chicago, describe benefits and results from the implementation of IT applications to support infectious disease management.

Mike Brown, Director of Purchasing, University Health Care System, Augusta, Georgia, Dave Turner, e-Business Consultant, chair of product taxonomy committee for Coalition for Healthcare eStandards, and Joe Arruda, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Neoforma, Inc., describe how standardizing supply chain data can promote greater awareness of spending patterns, enabling more informed analyses and decision making […]