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.
Christine Armstrong, Principal, Tom Foley, Principal, and Chris Davis, Deloitte Consulting, LLP. ICD-10 will impact healthcare providers across many departments including finance, operations and Information Technology (IT). The IT organization will be specifically impacted in multiple ways from system updates and replacements to vendor tracking. IT leadership will need to inventory all the systems, databases, […]
Fran Turisco, Research Principal, Emerging Practices, CSC. Our health system is strained by a growing aging population, a shortage of care providers, more people suffering from chronic conditions, fragmented care management and rising costs - and needs disruptive changes to address these major problems. "The Future of Healthcare: It's Health, then Care" presentation is based […]
Scott C. Woller, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Anticoagulation Management Services, Intermountain Healthcare Urban Central Region, Co-Director Venous Thromboembolism Program, Intermountain Medical Center. Dr Woller discusses research occurring within Intermountain Healthcare to promote the use of EMR interrogation techniques identifying hospitalized patients at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and shares preliminary data identifying risk factors most […]
Steve Heilman, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Norton Healthcare. In 2009, Norton Healthcare and Humana, Inc. began working together to develop the first commercial Accountable Care Organization in the region.This joint effort represents one of four national pilot sites for the Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Pilot Project. The ACO model establishes incentives for health systems to increase […]
Philip A. Smith, MD, VP, Chief Medical Information Officer, and Matthew Lord, Pharm.D., PharmNet Application Manager, Adventist Health System and AHS Information Services. Adventist Health System started its rapid deployment of CPOE starting in mid 2009 and leveraged Multum and Discern alerts to obtain "fully implemented" Leapfrog status six weeks after first CPOE go live. […]
