Amy Halverson, MD, Department of Surgery, Hiren Shah, MD, Division of Hospital Medicine, Jean Patel, MD, Pharmacy, and Jennifer Van Dyke, Process Improvement, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, discuss how they decreased its Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (DVT/PE) rates by over 35 percent. This program describes the initiative to date, discusses lessons learned and outlines […]
Karen Ondo, VP, Research Integrity, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. As a still-struggling economy and looming Meaningful Use requirements continue to cloud the future of the healthcare IT industry, picking the right IT vendor partners is more important than ever. Join Adam for a discussion of the top-performing vendors of 2010 to learn which healthcare technology […]
Erica Drazen Managing Partner, Emerging Practices, and Jason Fortin, Senior Research Analyst, CSC, discuss what has changed since the Final Rule was published in July 2010, with an emphasis on the most frequent points of confusion and what clarifications have been issued by ONC and CMS.
Gordon Rohweder, Ricki Levitan, and Shelli Williamson, Scottsdale Institute, conduct a review of the 2010 SI IT Benchmarking project, including a brief overview and Q&A on the normalization process. During the open discussion, participants can comment on results they found, how they are/will use the data, and any insights they may have received by contacting […]
Adem Arslani, BSN, MS, Director of Information Systems & Clinical Informatics, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and Joel Shoolin, DO, VP Clinical Informatics, Advocate Health Care. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is migrating from handwriting and transcription to adoption of speech recognition and physician structured documentation. Dr. Shoolin and Adem discuss the complexities and flexibility […]
John Norenberg, Vice President of Physician Services, Information Systems, for Advocate Health Care, is responsible for the coordination and delivery of information technology tools to Advocate's diverse physician population. A key component to any HIE strategy will be the connection to EMR systems in physician's offices. Two years ago, Advocate began developing the capabilities to […]
Jason Hess, General Manager of Clinical Research for KLAS discusses what providers are currently doing in terms of electronic clinical decision support (CDS), the vendors they are using (including CPMRC, DynaMed, FirstDataBank, Lexi-Comp, Micromedex, MD Consult, Multum, ProVation, UpToDate, Zynx Health, etc.), and where they feel this vital and quickly developing market is headed. This […]
Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D., Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, John Bigalke, Vice Chairman and US National Industry Leader, Health Sciences & Government, and Steve Burrill, also of Deloitte LLP. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed March 23, 2010, is the law of the land; its repeal is unlikely though amendments, technical […]
Dave Lundal, V.P. & Regional CIO, SSM Integrated Health Technologies, SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, and Annette Fox, Director of Clinical Systems, Dean Health System and SSM of Wisconsin, describe a pilot project among area hospital emergency services and urgent cares. Dean Clinic, Group Health Cooperative, Meriter Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, and UW Health now […]
Chris Armstrong, Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Vickie Monteith, RN, Director, Deloitte & Touche, and Chris Davis, Director Deloitte Consulting, provide insight into the implementation phase of the ICD-10 regulations based on experience through work with numerous ICD-10 clients. This team focuses the discussion on the following: What should providers be thinking about after the assessment […]
Ken Jarvis, Manager Health & Life Science Industries, Randy Hickel, ECMP CHP, Healthcare Market Development Consultant, and Avi Greenfield, Product Manager, HP, discuss how the right patient communications technology can help providers be successful in a post-reform environment. They demonstrate how to significantly reduce hospital readmissions, improve patient outcomes, and promote quality transition care with […]
Erica Drazen, Managing Partner, Emerging Practices, and Jason Fortin, Senior Research Analyst, CSC, discuss what has changed since the Final Rule was published in July 2010, with an emphasis on the most frequent points of confusion, what clarifications have been issued by ONC and CMS, the rule for permanent certification organizations, and the proposed requirements […]
David Classen, MD, Vice President, CSC, and Associate Professor of Medicine Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, and Robert Reese, Global Health Solutions Group, CSC, discuss how to integrate specific meaningful use and health reform requirements into the overall journey to achieve the long-term goals of safe, high quality and affordable care.
Steve Sarros, VP Project Management and Logistics, Spectrum Health, facilitates a discussion about how SI member organizations are structuring the PMO, including: alignment of the PMO with the strategic plan, capital planning, and regular financial reporting. The session includes how the structures support both general operations and those functions with traditionally strong project management such […]
Roy Foster, Practice Manager, Regulatory Compliance, Cerner. During this discussion, Cerner's Regulatory Compliance group provides an update on the very dynamic regulatory landscape. The latest attestation strategy considerations, meaningful use beyond stage 1, healthcare reform programs with a deeper dive on Value Based Purchasing are among the topics covered in this presentation and open discussion.
