James P. Keller, Jr., M.S., VP, Health Technology Evaluation and Safety, ECRI Institute. Medical devices and information technology are rapidly converging to the point where it will soon be difficult to tell the difference between a computer and a medical device. This convergence raises many new safety concerns and new opportunities to improve patient safety. […]

Mark Ford, principal and national leader for the healthcare provider sector within Deloitte & Touche LLP's Security and Privacy Practice, and Derek Han, senior manager and certified HITRUST practitioner, present a session on information security issues and trends within the healthcare provider space, including HIPAA/HITECH compliance, security risk analysis pertaining to meaningful use, and security […]

Paul Pitcher, Director of Financial Systems, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. This presentation looks at recent KLAS research about RAC auditing buying decisions, including which systems providers have selected and why the system was selected. Paul also shares insight into who is being considered for future purchases, what providers are looking for, how they are approaching […]

Mary Sedivec, Principal, and Al Byrd, Senior Architectural Specialist, CSC. How will hospital IT system integration efforts, departments and associated technologies be affected by new standards required for EHR Meaningful Use? Mary and Al provide an overview of the messaging standards required for compliance with EHR Meaningful Use and HIE interoperability, as well as their […]

Bruce A. Wacker, MT(ASCP), Director of Customer Service and HITECH, AHS Information Services, and Bonnie Kierstead, Clinical Design Strategist, Florida Hospital MIS. Managing Meaningful Use presents significant challenges in a large and complex health system. This presentation provides an overview of the structure and tools created by Adventist Health System to manage the challenges and […]

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 […]