Description:
You have set your sites on becoming the Health Care Provider of choice not only for your community, but also for Physicians and Health Care Workers. Now you have to confront the brutal facts. Where are you, and how far will you have to journey to reach this goal? Greg Stock, CEO of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, has led his hospital through such a journey. Hear the amazing story of how the power of a shared vision inspired a cultural transformation, and understand the lessons that were learned along the way.

Speaker Information:
Greg Stock
CEO, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center

Level:
Advanced

Objectives:

• Advantages of facing the brutal facts
• The Power of a Shared Vision
• Individual personal journeys exceed the aggregate of the hospital's journey
• How to hardwire a Cultural Transformation for Excellence

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
La Nouvell AB

Description:
Delivering value to customers, increasing efficiency and effectiveness, globalization, innovation, risk, security, technology without borders, all challenging issues a CIO has to deal with. This session will give some insights into the evolving and crucial leadership role of the CIO in IT enabled business transformations. Also lessons and best practices "from the CIO deck" will be highlighted in the areas of : IT governance, business and IT process changes, IT infrastructure, as well as IT risks and operations.

Speaker Information:
Andre Spatz
CIO, UNICEF

Level:
Advanced

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
La Nouvell C

Description:
Collaboration within the executive team is critical in implementing a clinical information system. Barriers, successes and lessons learned are presented by the CFO and CIO of a 450-bed hospital.

Speaker Information:
Aaron Crane, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Salem Hospital
Dennis Sato, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
VP & CIO, Salem Hospital

Contact speaker Dennis Sato

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Develop a plan to involve clinicians in the project
• Compute the real value of a return on investment process
• Identify cultural obstacles and overcome them
• Relate the importance of leadership and communication in change management
• Manage the important linkage between the clinical and financial systems supporting the business processes and project governance strategy

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
353

Description:
The presentation will address how military medicine is transforming and how battlefield medicine and care at military treatment facilities are relying on healthcare information technology to achieve high standards in quality and timely access for all beneficiaries.

Speaker Information:
Gale Pollock, Major General
Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Army Medical Department

Level:
Advanced

Room:
288

Description:
This full-service cardiology practice began its search to achieve its technology vision in 1989. It's first implementation was not a success. This "learning organization" overcame its obstacles, utilizing motivational strategies such as "Project CHEARTBURN", now defining EMR success with immediate access to patient information, improved workflow, and revenue enhancement.

Speaker Information:
Michael Spain, MD, MBA
President and CEO, Cardiology of Tulsa

Level:
Intermediate

Room:
345

Description:
The ability for a surgeon to perform surgery on a patient in a different location on is fast becoming a reality. This session will discuss telesurgery concepts and challenges to implementation, including communication and information systems.

Speaker Information:
Timothy Broderick, MD, FACS
Director, Advanced Center for Telemedicine and Surgical Innovation, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati
Charles Doarn, MBA
Deputy Director, Advanced Center for Telemedicine and Surgical Innovation, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati
Brett Harnett, BS
Association Director, Experimental Information Technology, Advanced Center for Telemedicine and Surgical Innovation, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Understand the convergence of telecommunication, informatics and robotics that have enabled telesurgery
• Understand the needs, opportunities and challenges of telesurgery
• Understand current and future research in this rapidly emerging field
• Understand the impact that advanced networks and information system will have in improving the quality of and access to surgical care

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
383

Description:
HITSP is producing interoperability specifications for consumer empowerment, biosurveillance, and laboratory data in electronic healthcare records. In this session we'll review the process that generated these documents and the impact these specifications will have on stakeholders nationwide.

Speaker Information:
John Halamka, MD
Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Understand the process of standards harmonization
• Understand the impact of HITSP work products on vendors, payers, providers, patients
• Understand future plans for HITSP work products

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
293

Description:
Successful deployment of RHIOs requires recognition of important trust issues and the development of complementary governance structures between organizations to support the collaborative exchange of health information. Dr. Kevin Carr, founder of the TRUST model of community-wide informatics, discusses the key issues in creating effective RHIO relationships.

Speaker Information:
Kevin Carr, MD
Program Director, Waterbury Health Access Program

Contact speaker Kevin Carr

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Review basic technical considerations inherent in building RHIOs
• Identify potential trust issues among participants in HIEs
• Determine what steps are needed to identify HIE trust issues
• Analyze three possible governance structures that can be used to support HIEs

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
395

Description:
The CMS/Premier HQID project is the first national project to measure hospital performance and offer additional Medicare payment for quality care. Take an in-depth look the benefits and challenges in pay for performance programs.

Speaker Information:
Stephanie Alexander
Sr. Vice President, Health Informatics, Premier, Inc.
Caroline Piselli, RN, MBA, CHE
3M APR DRG Program Manager, 3M Health Information Systems

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Determine the national issues underlying current pay for performance initiatives
• Analyze the relationship between cost and quality in the design of the national CMS/Premier Hospital Quality Initiative Demonstration (HQID)
• Evaluate lessons learned from top performers operating in a pay for performance environment and how to use data to identify clinical opportunities for improvement
• Review the classification methodologies employed in pay for performance initiatives to ensure fair and equitable measurement
• Identify the strategic/operational benefits, the challenges and disadvantages for hospitals participating in pay for performance programs

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
252

Description:
Heritage Medical Associates selected an EMR for their physicians group practice through a detailed research and analysis process. CEO Mark Grasela shares lessons learned through the stages of research, review, planning, training and implementation.

Cosponsor:
In collaboration with PMI

Speaker Information:
Mark Grasela, CHE, CMPE, CMA
CEO, Heritage Medical Associates

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Identify the resources necessary to focus on EMR implementation regardless of other projects your practice may have in play
• Design a disaster plan so critical office functions continue if your EMR goes offline
• Identify your organization's weaknesses before EMR implementation to minimize disruption to workflow
• State how structuring your practice for an EMR will impact forward-thinking motivations like pay-for-performance and disease management

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
393