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 in healthcare. The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin performs advanced molecular diagnostic tests capable of generating high precision results to support the delivery of patient […]

Phase I Review, session one

Skip Lemon, VP, FCG, reviews various approaches, benefits, risks and results.

David Kibbe, MD, Director, Center for Health Information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians, Shawnee Mission, KS, and Co-chair, Physicians’ EHR Coalition.

Susan Lorkovic, Alegent Health, Omaha, NE

Mary Reich Cooper, M.D., J.D., Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Providing the highest quality of patient care and service is a key strategic initiative at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Six Sigma tools have been applied throughout the hospital to enhance this initiative. Case studies of Six Sigma projects associated with information technology challenges, including […]

Phase I Review, session two

Bill Spooner, SVP & CIO, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego. This regional integrated delivery system is implementing a full EMR in its 270-physician, multi-site Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group.  Bill discusses the extensive two-year evaluation and the decision which balanced potential physician adoption, care management, clinical integration, return on investment, and other issues.  Bill explains the decision, […]

David Classen, MD, VP, FCG. This presentation is an update on the rapidly growing pay for performance movement in healthcare, outlining the ever expanding number of initiatives on both the inpatient and outpatient basis. Dr. Classen describes several of the leading pay for performance initiatives on both the inpatient and outpatient settings, including the IT […]

Co-Hosted with AMDIS: Erica Drazen, VP, FCG. A CIO's reporting relationship must allow him/her to take an aggressive role in the design and implementation of operational initiatives that improve organizational performance. However, a recent survey by CHIME and FCG shows that the link between the IT function and quality management appears to be lacking in […]

Robert Steffel, Executive Director, HealthBridge, Inc., Cincinnati, reviews the drivers and success factors that have enabled clinical information sharing in this market, and lessons learned during their several years of operation. HealthBridge was created in 1997 by the Greater Cincinnati healthcare community as a utility for connectivity and interoperability. Today HealthBridge is one of the […]

Thomas Gavinski, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, and Mal Underwood, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, FCG, Long Beach, CA, describe the recent Minnesota state standards issued by the Attorney General and review successful approaches to meeting them. Various enabling technologies and resources are discussed, as well as information on the emerging […]

Jill Truitt, Project Excellian Program Director, Allina Hospitals and Clinics and Melanie Swenson, VP, FCG reviews various approaches, benefits, risks and results.

Co-Hosted with AMDIS: Edward Septimus, MD, Medical Director, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Health, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (MHHS), Houston, and Harvey Nix, Director, Payor Initiatives, MedMined, Birmingham, Alabama. MHHS implemented an information system for infection control and prevention in October 2004 at two acute-care hospitals as part of a BCBS Texas quality initiative.  Dr. Septimus discusses […]