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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
7:15 am -
8:10 am
BREAKFAST MARKET INSIGHT: Healthcare Reform: Leveraging Analytics to Optimize ACO Operations
Learn how data warehousing and analytics can help you address today’s most challenging healthcare reform initiatives.
  • Drive better outcomes through evidence-based guidelines and clinical performance measures
  • Use benchmarks to increase efficiency in contracting with health plans and providers
  • Monitor and manage adherence to regulatory guidelines
Lisa Davis
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Analytics Partners

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Lisa Goldman
Vice President
Viewpoint Analytics
8:10 am -
8:20 am
Co-Chairperson’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jennifer Covich Bordenick - Speaker Photo Jennifer Covich Bordenick
Chief Executive Officer
eHealth Initiative

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Mohan Nair - Speaker Photo Mohan Nair
Chief Innovation Officer
The Regence Group

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8:20 am -
9:15 am
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: Moving Towards Meaningful Use One Step at a Time - Lessons from the Practice Front Lines
  • Utilizing information to improve quality, satisfaction, and efficiency by redesigning and reengineering the delivery of care through innovation and information technology
  • Hear first-hand experience from a small practice provider on their adoption process and how they dealt with issues related to capital, workflow, data security, interoperability and other challenges
  • Assess the role of one payer in supporting physician adoption before Meaningful Use was established and the complementary eHealth program that was designed to advance physician technology innovation
  • Examine a new EHR approach that enables faster implementation, physician adoption and access to ARRA incentives
Paulo Andre, MD
Attending Neurologist, Neurological Services P.C.,
MetroWest Medical Center,
Vice President,
MetroWest Healthcare Alliance

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Meera Kanhouwa, MD, MHA, FACEP
Medical Information Officer
MedPlus, a Quest Diagnostics company

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Gregory S. LeGrow - Speaker Photo Gregory S. LeGrow
Director, eHealth Innovation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

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9:15 am -
9:45 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: How Commodity IT and the Net are Transforming Health and Health Care
  • Leaders and followers; progress made and opportunities ahead to improve global health with ICT
  • Looking beyond the EMR. It’s what we do next that counts!
  • Optimizing organizational efficiency, modernizing health information, connecting to consumers, and streamlining the delivery of health information and medical services
Bill Crounse - Speaker Photo Bill Crounse, MD
Senior Director, Worldwide Health
Microsoft Corporation

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9:45 am -
10:30 am
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: The Next Generation of Connected Health – Debating PHRs vs. EHRs
  • Transforming the flow of information for tomorrow’s consumer
  • Overcoming security and privacy concerns
  • Driving consumer innovation and participation in health and wellness
Moderator:
Lygeia Ricciardi
Principal, Clear Voice Consulting, LLC;

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Panelists:
Bill Crounse - Speaker Photo Bill Crounse, MD
Senior Director, Worldwide Health
Microsoft Corporation

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Linda Fischetti, RN, MS
Chief Health Informatics Officer
Veterans Health Administration

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Edward Glynn - Speaker Photo Edward Glynn, MD
Ambulatory Medical Director of Informatics
Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
10:30 am -
11:00 am
Refreshment Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: Health Care Innovation – Early Adopters of EMRs and HIEs Evaluate Successes, Failures and Lessons Learned
  • Key components to successful EMR implementation
  • Understanding and overcoming barriers to implementation
  • Best practices in data-sharing and information exchange
  • Evaluate bottom line impacts – ROI and results in quality of care
  • Technology adoption – what works and what doesn’t?
  • Overcoming privacy and security concerns
Moderator:
Jennifer Covich Bordenick - Speaker Photo Jennifer Covich Bordenick
Chief Executive Officer
eHealth Initiative

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Panelists:
Pamela Arora
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Children's Medical Center of Dallas

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Peter Basch - Speaker Photo Peter Basch, MD
Medical Director
MedStar Health

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Mike Sauk
Chief Information Officer
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

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Sue Schade - Speaker Photo Sue Schade, MBA
Chief Information Officer
Brigham and Women's Hospital

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12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: The Intersection of Meaningful Use, Quality, IT and Timelines – Debating Meaningful Use Criteria, Quality Measurements and Cost
  • Update on requirements for measuring quality and implications for physicians and provider organizations
  • Effectively measuring quality
  • Evaluating the cost/benefit of meeting the implementation deadlines
  • Identifying and overcoming challenges
Peter Basch - Speaker Photo Peter Basch, MD
Medical Director
MedStar Health

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Greg Pawlson - Speaker Photo Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

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Thomas Tsang - Speaker Photo Thomas Tsang, MD
Medical Director, Office of the National Coordinator
U.S. Department of Health and Human

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Nicholas Wolter - Speaker Photo Nicholas Wolter, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Billings Clinic;
Former Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC);
Member, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association (AHA)

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Moderator:
Tina Olson Grande - Speaker Photo Tina Olson Grande
Senior Vice President, Policy
Healthcare Leadership Council

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1:00 pm
Closing Remarks and WHIT v.6.0 Concludes
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