Jamie Welch, CIO of the Louisiana Rural Health Coalition (LRHC), presents how a decentralized data approach helped LRHC and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center overcome privacy concerns to create a network allowing 24 rural hospitals to access an integrated, patient-centric web portal system to support a statewide telemedicine program

Douglas Thompson, Director, Navigant Consulting, presents a detailed "technical" discussion laying out the principles of benefit metric selection, issues around data collection, principles of report design and use; and illustrating them with real-world examples. Participants are invited to contribute and discuss their own specific examples.

Robert C. Weeks, Director, Information Services Division, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston. Prior to implementing digital voice recognition technology for Radiology transcription, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System was spending over $1.5 million per year on transcription services and final report turn around times (TAT) were averaging 25 to 26 hours. After going to voice recognition, report […]

Kent Gale, President, KLAS Enterprises, Orem, UT. Have the new Revenue Cycle Management solutions come of age? Are 20-30 year old legacy AR/billing solutions being replaced? If so, who is making the change and why? What influence does the clinical information system have in replacing a legacy financial information system? Presentation and audio recording links […]