Ben Brown, General Manager, Medical Imaging/Medical Equipment, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Vendors have been busily releasing and acquiring new RIS products. Single-vendor RIS/PACS and CIS/RIS competitors offer systems that squeeze the market space around standalone RIS vendors and create compelling one-stop vendor options for hospital executives. Which vendors deliver integrated, full-featured enterprise systems? How is […]

Beverly Bell, Partner, Clinical Implementation Practice Director, Healthcare Group, Jane Metzger, Principal, Emerging Practices, and Donna Schmidt, CNO, CSC. Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) is clearly a core element of Meaningful Use required for hospitals to qualify for the financial incentives offered under the HITECH stimulus bill. Stalled or suspended CPOE rollouts often result from […]

Judy Van Norman, Senior Director, Care Transformation, Banner Health, and Dr. Joel Shoolin, Vice President, Clinical Information, Advocate Healthcare, moderators. The topic is UCern. Discussion questions include: Are you a member? Do you like the concept - why or why not? What do you see as its main purpose? How else can it be leveraged, […]

Michael Wilson, Senior IT Director, Clinical Information Systems, Compuware. How do you really know if you are meeting or will meet meaningful use requirements? Are your applications available and performing to deliver the highest quality of care? Mike describes effective tools and processes to monitor IT service quality and help you focus on the performance […]

A significant issue in healthcare today is the mandate to move from ICD-9 to the ICD-10 system for disease classification as well as the change from HIPAA 4010 to 5010. Industry analysts characterize ICD-10 as potentially exceeding Y2K with respect to cost and impact, so planning is essential. This session focuses on organizational preparation for […]

Adam Gale, President, 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 KLAS CEO Adam Gale for a discussion of the top-performing vendors of 2009 to learn which healthcare […]

Mark Wagner, Director of Ambulatory Research, and Katie Wood, Research Manager, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Jason and Katie provide up to the minute findings from their recent survey of ambulatory EMR vendors regarding NextGen's preparations for meeting Meaningful Use and other critical goals and functionality. Presentation and audio recording links available upon request. Contact the […]

Marc Probst, CIO, Intermountain HealthCare and HIT Policy Committee Member, Office of the National Coordinator for HIT, Department of Health and Human Services, discusses the latest information and efforts of the HIT Policy Committee. Although the rules on Meaningful Use and Certification are still being developed by HHS and CMS, the HIT Policy Committee has […]

Bob Kelley, Vice President, Healthcare Analytics, Thomson Reuters. This session will provide an objective look at the savings potential in the U.S. healthcare system based on findings from a recent Thomson Reuters white paper. Learn the different independent component categories of waste, as well as supporting details from published research studies, expert opinion and other […]

Joel Shoolin, DO, Vice President, Advocate Healthcare, briefly describes what Advocate has successfully done to date, and is planning, regarding physician documentation using examples from the ED and progress notes. Our usual open discussion and Q&A will follow. NOTE: NO PRESENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CALL.

Jason Hess, General Manager, Clinical Research, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Because of the complex, demanding and unique nature of the operating room, the surgery department - and anesthesia specifically - it has often been resistant to electronic automation. Yet early adopters of anesthesia information systems (AIS) are recognizing noteworthy benefits, including better patient care, a […]

Jeffrey S. Rose, MD, VP Clinical Excellence, Informatics, Ascension Health, and Alan Snell, MD, MMM, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, St. Vincent Health. With Meaningful Use criteria established, the question for healthcare organizations is how to find methods of delivering evidence-based content and provider order sets prior to a CPOE activation. Learn how St. Vincent Health, […]

John Halamka, MD, CIO at Care Group and Chair of Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel and Gregory J. DeBor, Client Partner, Health Delivery, CSC. Based on the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) published for meaningful use, Dr. Halamka and Greg discuss the latest changes in the requirements, the biggest challenges that organizations will face […]

Douglas A. Propp, MD, MS, FACEP, FACPE, Medical Director/Department Chair, Emergency Dept. and Medical Director Clinical Informatics, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Propp describes guiding principles and tactics for "non-incremental culture change" to occur in the context of ED automation. Measured results in satisfaction, safety, quality and efficiency are discussed, as well as unexpected challenges, […]