The World Congress Leadership Summit on RHIOs, EMRs and Patient Portals

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The World Congress Leadership Summit on RHIOs, EMRs and Patient Portals will convene industry practitioners and thought leaders who will reveal the latest innovations and initiatives in advancing the funding, adoption and implementation of information technology in the healthcare setting. Through thought-provoking case studies and in-depth presentations, they will illustrate successful application and implementation of IT, and will provide insight to help address issues relating to patient safety, clinical quality, access to care, privacy, investment and ROI. Specific presentations from provider and health plan executives will concentrate on improving the quality of care and reducing costs through IT implementation and solutions such as RHIOs, EMRs and Patient-Centric Portals.

Topical issues to be covered include:

Defining the business case at the board level for IT investment
Creating a sustainable RHIO financial model for the future
CCHIT initiatives – an update on private-sector certification of HIT products
Best practices for system-wide IT adoption – overcoming buy-in barriers
The international perspective – Health IT and P4P initiatives in Europe
Establishing shared data standards to accelerate health system interoperability

The Summit will also feature the following opportunities for more in-depth study of cutting-edge topics:

3 Executive Seminars
3 Concurrent Breakfast Clinics
3 Track Sessions dedicated exclusively to RHIOs, EMRs and Patient-Centric Portals

Speakers Confirmed to Date

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	Laura L. Adams President and CEO Rhode Island Quality Institute

	W. Holt Anderson Executive Director North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance

	David Bates, MD, MSc Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis, Information Systems Partners Healthcare System

	Robert Belfort Partner Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

	Karen M. Bell, MD, MMS Acting Deputy National Coordinator and Director, Office of Health IT Adoption Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services

	John Blakeney Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Commerce Bank

	Francois de Brantes National Coordinator Bridges To Excellence

	Diane Carr Deputy Executive Director for Operations North Bronx Health Network

	Anna Chacko, MD Vice-Chairperson, Department of Radiology Boston Medical Center Professor of Radiology Boston University

	Carol Diamond, MD, MPH Managing Director, Health Program Markle Foundation

	Lori Evans Managing Director Manatt Health Solutions Former Senior Advisor to Dr. David Brailer, National Health IT Coordinator

	Ted Eytan, MD, MS, MPH Medical Director, Health Informatics & Web Services Quality/Informatics Division Group Health Cooperative

	Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Director of Regional Informatics Programs Vanderbilt University Center for Better Health

	Thomas Fritz Chief Executive Officer Inland Northwest Health Services

	Richard Granger Director General of Information Technology National Health Service United Kingdom

	Robert A. Greene, MD, FACP Associate Medical Director Rochester Individual Practice Association, Inc.

	Margaret J. Gunter, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Lovelace Clinic Foundation Project Director and Principal Investigator New Mexico Health Information Collaborative

	Lori L. Hack Interim CEO CalRHIO

	Liesa Jo Jenkins Executive Director CareSpark

	Carrie Jordan Chief Operating Officer Jayhawk Primary Care

	Stan Kachnowski HIT Director, School of Public Health Columbia University

	Joseph C. Kvedar, MD Director Partners Telemedicine Associate Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology Harvard Medical School

	Darren Lacey Chief Information Security Officer Johns Hopkins University

	David Lansky, PhD Senior Director, Health Program Markle Foundation

	Stephen Lawless, MD, MBA Chief Knowledge and Quality Officer Nemours

	Chris Levan Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Information Systems BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

	Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative

	Jay McCutcheon Director Michiana Health Information Network

	Gail McGrath President and National Director, Government Affairs National Patient Advocate Foundation

	Janna Meek Director, Integrated Provider Solutions Provider Network Operations Humana

	Walter Menning Vice Chairman, Information Systems Mayo Clinic

	David Merritt Project Director for Healthcare Information Technology Center for Health Transformation

	Bruno Nardone, CHE Managing Consultant, Healthcare Strategy and Change Practice Business Consulting Services IBM Global Services

	J. Marc Overhage, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Investigator, Regenstrief Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine; Vice-Chairman, Data Standards Working Group, Connecting for Health CEO, Indiana Health Information Exchange

	Wayne Owens Senior Vice President and General Manager Sun Microsystems

	Suzanne Paone, MBA Project Director, eHealth Services Information Services Division University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

	Charles Parker Chief Technology Officer DOQ-IT Vice President Masspro

	James Marcus Pierson, MD, MBA Vice President, Clinical Information & Special Projects St. Joseph Hospital/Whatcom Region/PeaceHealth

	Victor Plavner, MD Chairman Maryland/D.C. Collaborative for Healthcare Information Technology

	Eric Poon, MD, MPH Physician Scientist Clinical Informatics Research & Development Partners Healthcare System

	Marc Probst Vice President and Chief Information Officer Intermountain Healthcare

	M. Barry Rhodes, PhD Associate Director of Technology and Informatics Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response National Center for Public Health Informatics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

	Jeffrey W. Rose Chief Executive Officer and Founder HealthAlliant

	Will Ross Project Manager Mendocino Health Records

	Charles Safran, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

	Daniel Sands, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

	Robert Schwartz, MD, MPH Medical Director for Physician Relations University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

	Tammy Shepherd Chief Financial Officer, Medical Administrative Services University of Kansas Hospital

	Kevin Sparks Vice President and Chief Information Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield - Kansas City

	Louis Spikol, MD Senior Health Care Information Technology Consultant Center for Health Information Technology American Academy of Family Physicians

	Bill Spooner Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Sharp HealthCare

	Christina Stephan, MD National Library of Medicine Health Informatics Fellow, University of Minnesota Healthcare Fellow, Liberty Alliance Project

	David Szabo Partner Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP

	Judah Thornewill Acting Director Center for Complexity and Health Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences School of Public Health and Information Sciences University of Louisville

	Roxane Townsend, MD Medicaid Medical Director Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

	John C. Wade Vice President and CIO St. Luke's Health System

	James M. Walker, MD Chief Medical Information Officer Geisinger Health System

	William Yasnoff, MD, PhD Managing Director NHII Advisors Adjunct Professor, Division of Health Sciences Informatics Johns Hopkins University

	Scott Young, MD Director for Health Information Technology, Health and Humans Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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