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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Measuring Value from IT Investments”
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 […]
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, […]
Jim Cramer, CIO, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, AZ, describes the benefits of integrating IT planning and facility design. The high growth plan calls for the use of "shell strategy" construction design […]
Diana McKensie, Healthcare Practice Leader, Neal, Gerber, Eisenberg, LLP.
Steve Meurer, MBA/MHS, PhD, Executive Director, DeKalb Quality Institute, and Cynthia Adgate Davis, CIO, DeKalb Regional Healthcare System, Decatur, GA. This presentation will argue that improvements driven by many quality […]
Dave Garets, CEO, and Mike Davis, EVP, HIMSS Analytics. In July of 2004, HIMSS Analytics acquired the Dorenfest IHDS+ Database(tm) and created the HIMSS AnalyticsSM Database. After making substantial improvements […]
Many CIOs are charged with reviewing and negotiating IT contracts. Our speaker, Diana J.P. McKenzie, Chair of the Information Technology Group at Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, will share insightful […]
Julie Creamer, VP, Operations and Quality, Sally Szumlas, RN, MS, Quality Program Director, and Nicole Paulk, Director of Corporate Strategies Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, present an overview of the quality […]
Dr. Dan Bellisimo, Director of Molecular Diagnostics, Blood Center of SE Wisconsin, and Mark Hoffman, PhD, Director, Genomics/Infectious Disease Solution Management, Cerner Corporation. Advances in genomics have created exciting opportunities […]
