This conference has been approved for up to 12.6 contact hours towards renewal of the CPHIMS credential
| 8:00am-4:30pm |
Monday, June 14:
CPHIMS Review Course |
| Day 1 - Tuesday, June 15 |
| 7:30am-8:30am |
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking |
8:30am-9:45am
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Welcome and Opening Keynote Address
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM
Senior Advisor
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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| 9:45am -10:45am |
Plenary Panel: Regional Extension Centers: Supporting the Industry in Achieving Meaningful Use
The Regional Extension Center (REC) program is a critical component in the strategy for building a meaningful and lasting foundation for wide spread adoption and use of EHRs and the nationwide health information exchange. Hear what Regional Extension Centers are doing to facilitate providers' achievement of meaningful use.
David Groves
Executive Director
Healthbridge Tri-State Regional Extension Center
Beth Schindele
Project Director, Delaware Regional Extension Center
WVMI/Quality Insights of Delaware
Jenni Brockman, MS, ABC
Director of Communications & Organizational Growth
VHQC
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| 10:00am-12:00pm |
CPHIMS Exam |
| 10:45pm-11:00am |
Break |
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Open to Paid Conference Attendees Only |
Open to All Attendees |
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TRACK 1
Blueprints for Nationwide Health Information Exchange
Room: Atrium Ballroom |
TRACK 2
Connecting the Health Community
Room: Hemisphere A |
TRACK 3
Industry Solutions
Room: Hemisphere B |
| 11:00am-12:00pm |
1-1: VA-DoD Sharing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow – Clinician’s Perspective
After more than a decade-long journey for an interoperable health record, the VA and DoD are in pursuit of one coherent, virual lifetime electronic record using a data-centric common services approach based on national standards. The historical perspective, lessons learned and the future vision of VA-DoD will be shared from a clinical informatics perspective.
Pawan Goyal, MD, MHA, PMP, FHIMSS, CPHIMS
Senior Advisor, Veterans Health Administration
Chief Medical Officer, HP Federal Healthcare
Stephen Ondra, MD
Senior Policy Advisor for Health Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs
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2-1: Open Source’s Role in CONNECTing the Healthcare Community through NHIN-Based HIE
This session will provide attendees with an update on the federally-developed CONNECT solution which provides an open source option for participating in Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) based exchanges.
David Riley
CONNECT Initiative Lead (Contractor)
Federal Health Architecture Program
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
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IS-1 Healthcare Goes Digital: Studying Healthcare Regulation via the Lens of PCI
The healthcare industry is poised to undergo a paradigm shift with software at its heart. Drawing on past experiences around the widespread adoption of electronic banking, we compare and contrast the implications of digitizing healthcare systems with a focus on recent HHS regulations and the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS).
Joy Forsythe
Security Researcher
Fortify Software
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| 12:00pm-1:45pm |
Exhibition and Lunch in Exhibit Hall
Exhibits open from 11:00am-5:00pm
Lunch served to paid conference attendees at noon |
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| 1:45pm-2:45pm |
1-2: Millennial Generations in Healthcare: New Demands
Millennial behaviors drive changes in healthcare. Online medical knowledge, social networks, PHRs and portals empower patients, extend provider capabilities and form new practice patterns. Federal medicine systems are well positioned to lead adoption of these disruptive innovations for the Nation.
Michael Cowan
Chief Medical Officer, Federal Health Sector
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
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2-2: Disability Access and Health Information Technology
Health information technology must be designed and purchased with accessibility in mind. Learn about technologies and disabilities covered by the Section 508 civil rights law and tips for supporting government compliance.
David Baquis
Accessibility Specialist
U.S. Access Board
Pat Sheehan
Director of Compliance and Section 508 Coordinator
Department of Veterans Affairs
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IS-2: Architecture for Large, Complex Health Systems
InterSystems presents lessons learned from working internationally with large, complex public and government run healthcare systems. Our experience supports the feasibility of providing information technology for coordination across all levels of care.
Daniel O’Donnell, MD
InterSystems Corporation
Senior Advisor for Medical Informatics
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| 2:00pm-4:00pm |
CPHIMS Exam |
| 2:45pm-3:00pm |
Break |
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TRACK 1
Blueprints for Nationwide Health Information Exchange
Room: Atrium Ballroom |
TRACK 2
Connecting the Health Community
Room: Hemisphere A |
TRACK 3
Industry Solutions
Room: Hemisphere B |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm |
1-3: Data Governance Best Practices for Real-Time, Virtual HIE Collaboration
This presentation describes proven data governance best practices that enable real-time, virtual collaboration essential to help stakeholders in the HIE ecosystem share and make sense of shared data.
Cynthia Walker
Chief Data Officer
Kforce Government Solutions (KGS)
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2-3: Modern Healthcare/HIMSS CEO Achievement Award
Hear firsthand how this year’s CEO IT Achievement Award winners are using information technology to transform and advance their organizations' strategic, administrative and financial goals. More importantly, learn how they’re using IT to improve performance, patient care and quality.
Peter Fine
President & CEO
Banner Health
Bert Reese
Sr. Vice President & CIO
Sentara Healthcare
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Session IS-3: A Private/Public HIN: Strength in Collaboration
In 2008, Availity and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) entered into a collaborative agreement to create a HIN that includes a multi-payer portal to display both government and commercial information in one place, allowing for faster advancement and collaboration of the state-wide HIE.
Kimberly Shreve, Esq.
Director, National Government Relations/Legislative Affairs
Availity, LLC
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| 4:00pm-5:00pm |
Networking Reception (Exhibit Hall)
Paid Conference Attendees Only
Modern Healthcare / HIMSS CEO Achievement Award Recognition |
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| Day 2 - Wednesday, June 16 |
| 7:30am-8:00am |
Continental Breakfast & Networking |
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Open to Paid Conference Attendees Only |
Open to All Attendees |
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TRACK 1
Blueprints for Nationwide Health Information Exchange
Room: Atrium Ballroom |
TRACK 2
Connecting the Health Community
Room: Hemisphere A |
TRACK 3
Industry Solutions
Room: Hemisphere B |
| 8:00am-9:00am |
1-4: Need for National Healthcare Security Framework
Today's healthcare organizations operate in a complex legal and regulatory environment. The need for a national healthcare security framework has never been greater.
Erik Pupo
Health Interoperability Architect
Vangent, Inc.
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2-4: New Mexico State HIE Program
New Mexico is the first state in the nation to meet all ONC requirements for its State HIE Strategic and Operational Plan. What does this HIE look like?
Jeff Blair
Director of Health Informatics
LCF Research
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IS-4: Connect to Care: A Government Healthcare Vision
As a nation, we must address how we can extend access, improve outcomes and lower costs across the entire community of stakeholders, especially those who serve and have served our nation. If we put our patients – their outcomes and information - at the center, we can begin to build a picture of a connected health care vision. Learn the how IT is furthering the healthcare journey.
Linda Boles
Cisco Public Sector Healthcare
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| 9:00am-9:15am |
Break |
| 9:15am-10:15am |
1-5: Social Security Administration and Health Information Technology
Gain an overview of SSA’s program and accomplishments in health information technology. Discover how cutting-edge technologies overcome interoperability challenges and create rich and computable clinical data.
Robert Bond
Senior Consultant, Health Reform/ Information Technology
Excella Consulting
Justine Piereman
Director, Disability Software Development & Support Office of Systems
Social Security Administration
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2-5: What Can We Learn from Community Planning to Connect the Health Community?
Lessons from the fields of community planning and development hold great promise in informing the next generation of health information exchange.
Matthew Quinn
Special Expert
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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IS-5: Health Data Sharing: Privacy and Security and Advanced Public Health Solutions
Federal/private health data sharing implementation using the NHIN:Â Managing Health IT systems vulnerabilities to ensure patient/privacy security in shared environments; applying advance technologies to support effective and timely response to public health situations.
Richard E. Budka, Jr.
Director of Advance Concepts
Lockheed Martin Health Solutions Group
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| 10:15am-10:30am |
Break |
| 10:30am-11:30am |
1-6: The Importance of the HIE Regulatory Crossroads
CMS, ONC and OCR share regulatory authority for HITECH regulations. This presentation highlights the important intersections among the rules focusing on difficult areas of compliance and risks of noncompliance.
Janice Paterson
Health Law Attorney
Public Consulting Group
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2-6: Case Study: Evolution of a System to Ensure Continuity of Care for Opioid Treatment Programs
The Digital Access to Medication (D-ATM) system is a unique, publicly funded initiative to ensure continuity of care for patients in medication assisted treatment under all circumstances including major disasters.
Arlene Stanton, PhD, NCC
Social Science Analyst
DHHS/SAMHSA/OC
Daksha Arora, PhD
Project Director
Digital Access to Medication
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IS-6: Usability of HIT: Can Best Practices Help Develop Meaningful Users?
Through the lens of having providers become meaningful users of health information technology, usability is often identified as a key barrier to wide spread adoption. This session will explore the possibilities of applying usability best practices to lower the barrier to adoption, improve provider workflow and increase patient safety.
Christopher Brancato, RRT, RCP
Specialist Leader, Health Information Technology - Federal
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
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TRACK 1
Blueprints for Nationwide Health Information Exchange
Room: Atrium Ballroom |
TRACK 2
Connecting the Health Community
Room: Hemisphere A |
TRACK 3
Industry Solutions
Room: Hemisphere B |
| 11:30am-12:30pm |
1-7: The Way Ahead for the Military's EHR
The next generation Electronic Health Record will transform the current system into a more interoperable and intuitive clinical infrastructure that
will provide better care to the military's valued beneficiaries while creating a more efficient process for healthcare providers.
Capt. Michael Weiner
MC, U.S. Navy
Director, EHR Way Ahead Planning Office
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2-7: Meaningful Use: An Update on EHR Implementation and Healthcare Reform
This presentation will provide a “state of the union” of healthcare and what actions must be taken now to prepare for and leverage what the future may hold.
Harry Greenspun
Chief Medical Officer
Dell Services
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IS-7: Healthcare Data Actionable
Learn how comprehensive solutions support the healthcare industry and enable secure coordination and decreased costs. Oracle's healthcare solutions enable integration, analysis, and reporting of clinical data to enable better patient outcomes.
Kimberly Ellison-Taylor
Executive Director, Health and Human Services Industry Solutions Public Sector
Oracle
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| 12:30pm-12:45pm |
Break |
| 12:45pm-2:00pm |
Closing Keynote Session
Doug Fridsma
Acting Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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| 12:45pm-2:00pm |
Lunch and wrap-up |
