Rebecca L. Williams RN, JD, and Brent R. Eller, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the Nov. 1, 2008, compliance deadline for implementing identity theft prevention programs pursuant to the identity theft red flag rules ("Red Flag Rules"). This presentation covers the Red Flag Rules and the applicability of […]
Donna Willeumier, Administrator Safety and Regulatory Compliance, and Kate Kovich, Director Patient Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Advocate HealthCare, Oakbrook, IL, describe how Advocate uses technology to facilitate patient safety lessons learned sharing. Root cause, apparent cause and common cause analyses are performed and reported in standardized reports. The lessons learned from the cause analyses are […]
Barry S. Herrin, FACHE, Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP. As we continue to implement our grandchildren's technology within our grandparents' legal system, questions and problems continue to arise in the context of the electronic health record, and particularly in the definition of the "legal" electronic health record. This presentation discusses some of the practical problems and […]
Ben Brown, Research Director, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. A growing number of healthcare provider organizations report dramatic workflow efficiency, faster report turnaround times and cost savings benefits by adopting speech recognition technology. The findings in this presentation have motivated a great many providers to consider speech recognition as the next step in automating workflow and […]
Aliza Koenigsberg, Administrative Director, Children's Service Line, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian, Komansky Center for Children's Health, and Joseph McTernan, Director of Operations at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Aliza and Joseph describe the NYP Children's Hospital’s interactive bedside program, which allows patients and families to communicate concerns or […]
Jason Hess, Research Director, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. How deeply are physicians engaged in their ED system? Which solutions cover the ED from A to Z? What vendors/products are replacing legacy systems? Presentation and audio recording links available upon request. Contact the Scottsdale Institute at scottsdale@scottsdaleinstitute.org
Kathy Pereira-Ogan, RN, Director of Service Excellence and Patient Satisfaction, and Kristen Lindsey Project Leader for the Department of Information Services, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE.
Bryan Croft, Vice President of Operations, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, discusses the innovative ways Methodist is leveraging interactive technology to improve the patient experience. He explains how The Methodist Hospital engages patients in their own care by bridging gaps in communication and understanding between patients and caregivers. Ultimately, engaged patients improve patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, […]
Nadia Fahim-Koster, MBA, CHPS, CISSP, Information Security Director, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, and Cliff Baker, PricewaterhouseCoopers, describe the OIG Security Audit of Piedmont, lessons learned, and the related CMS Security Audits. Since the HIPAA Security Rule is enforced by CMS, not OIG, this rule provides CMS with broad discretion over enforcement decisions based on provider cooperation […]
Tim Zoph, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, and David C. Classen, MD, M.S., CMO, CSC. The session outlines the experience of Northwestern Memorial Hospital with the Leapfrog CPOE Testing Standard and reviews the basic aspects of the standard. Dr. Classen and Mr. Zoph also outline NMH's experience as one of the […]
Jason Hess, Research Director, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Are advances in smart pump technology and barcode medication administration generating the anticipated benefits? Providers expect to see improved nurse workflow and patient safety. Are those benefits being realized? What are the options available to providers and which solutions are measuring up?
Eric Leader, VP of Technology Architecture at Carefx, and former Chief Technology Architect for CHW, discusses strategies for managing care transitions and information gaps between diverse departments, systems, and facilities. Mr. Leader describes how proprietary systems serve their purpose in isolated circumstances, but fall short when data needs to be exchanged across systems and presented […]
John W. Loonsk, MD, Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator. Some have said that the recent several years of a national health IT agenda have led to more progress toward a national health IT infrastructure than the previous several decades. In this talk Dr. Loonsk discusses what elements of the national HIT […]
Dogu Celebi, MD, Chief Medical Officer; Dan Dunn Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, and Nick Hilger, Senior VP, Ingenix Health Solutions. Increasingly CMS and Commercial Insurers are using claims data to evaluate the care of a patient across different delivery venues. Hospitals, physicians, laboratories, imaging centers, pharmacies, and post-acute care centers have encounter (claims) data for […]
Judi Binderman, MD, MBA, MHSA, consulting physician principal, CSC, Moderator. Public reporting - which metrics drive performance improvement? Which are most useful to patients/consumers? During this session Dr. Binderman reviews last call key themes and leads a discussion on "report or not to report - building a case for disclosure", including a review of common […]
