"World Congress did a tremendous job bringing industry leaders together to hold open, frank discussions regarding health information technology. The Road to Interoperability was a perfect conference for newcomers and novices to HIT and also for established HIT leaders."
— Steve Bittenbender, Business Development Senior Specialist, National Government Services
"I was very pleased with the quality of the presentations but especially happy about the networking I was able to accomplish."
— Reed Gelzer, MD, MPH, CCHC, Co-Founder, Advocates for Documentation Integrity and Compliance
"This conference was extremely useful to me as I try to implement an SOA environment within the MA Department of Public Health. The presentations and panel discussions were all extremely relevant to what I am trying to accomplish. I was especially pleased to see the vendor presentations that outlined exactly what I am trying to push for within our environment."
— Jim Daniel, Chief Information Officer, MA Department of Public Health
About half of all growth in healthcare spending in the past several decades was associated with changes in medical care made possible by advances in technology.
— US Congressional Budget Office, “Technological Change and the Growth of Health Care Spending,” January 2008 The World Health Care Congress 4th Annual Leadership Summit on The Road to Interoperability assembles the industry’s foremost industry practitioners and thought leaders who will address best practices in the implementation of innovative information technology strategies and solutions to improve the state of the healthcare system, to transform operations and enhance safety and quality, in an effort to meet the federally-mandated 2014 goal for nationwide health record portability and health data exchange.
Specific solution areas to be covered include:
Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
Personal Health Records (PHR)
Patient-Centric Portals/Internet-based Communication Exchanges
Regional Health Information Networks (RHIO)
Practitioner case studies and thought leaders 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. Panels will be structured to include presentations from state health organizations that are leading the charge and have had success with creating health information exchange networks. Specific presentations from provider and health plan executives will concentrate on improving the quality of care and reducing costs through IT implementation and solutions – all in a dynamic and interactive format.
R. Tim McNamar Chief Executive Officer e-certus, inc.
Russ Thomas Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Availity, LLC
Keynote Speakers 2008
Joe Brisson Vice President, Client Services Browsersoft, Inc.
Bill Crounse, MD Director, Worldwide Health Microsoft Corporation
Marti Macchi, M.Ed. Director, Special Studies Kansas Department of Health and Environment
G. Daniel Martich, MD Chief Medical Information Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Rev. Craig Mathews Executive Director Bayou Teche Community Health Network (ByNet)
Joe Panther Executive Vice President, Browsersoft, Inc.
Charter Member, OpenHRE™ Community
Donald W. Simborg, MD Co-founder and Board Member, Health Level 7 (HL7);
Founding Member, American College of Medical Informatics;
Chairman, Executive Team, Anti-Fraud Project, ONC; Board Member, Foundation on Research and Education, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Distinguished Faculty 2008
Hayes Abrams Executive Director, Health Information Technology and Processes, Enterprise Health Care Management Health Care Service Corporation
Laura Adams President and Chief Executive Officer Rhode Island Quality Institute
Alesha R. Adamson, MSc, CPHIMS Chief of Health Informatics Integration, Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science and Faculty, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSCSA);
Member, HIMSS National Privacy and Security Advocacy Task Force
W. Holt Anderson Executive Director North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA)
David Bates, MD, MSc Medical Director, Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners Healthcare System; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Chief, General Medicine Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Bill Beighe Chief Information Officer Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz
Karen M. Bell, MD, MMS Director, Office of Health IT Adoption Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Barbara Blakeney, MS, RN Innovations Specialist, Center for Innovations in Care Delivery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Past President, American Nurses Association
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Health Policy,
Harvard Medical School;
Director, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Health Care System
John Bozada, II Attorney-at-Law Bozada PC
Jill Callahan Dennis, JD, RHIA Senior Vice President, Public & Industry Leadership, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA);
Member, Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup, American Health Information Community (AHIC)
Janet Corrigan, PhD, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer National Quality Forum(invited)
Linda Dimitropoulos, PhD Director, Health Services Program, Survey Research Division RTI International
Julie Earp, PhD Associate Professor of Information Technology, Department of Business Management, North Carolina State University; Co-Founder and Co-Director, NCSU E-Commerce Studio
Maggie Gunter, PhD President and Executive Director Lovelace Clinic Foundation
R. Scott Harper Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing Accenx Technologies, Inc.
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, FACMI Chief Executive Officer Health Level 7 (HL7)
Lindsey Jarrell Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer BayCare Health System
Liesa Jo Jenkins Executive Director CareSpark
Brian Jones Consultant Baptist Health Care Leadership Institute
David Kibbe, MD, MBA Senior Advisor, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP);
Chair, ASTM International E31Technical Committee on Healthcare Informatics;
Principal, The Kibbe Group LLC
Harvey Kowaloff, MD, MMM Chief Medical Officer Jordan Hospital
Ted Kremer Executive Director Greater Rochester Regional Health Information Organization (GRRHIO)
Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA Principal Better Health Technologies, Inc.
Tom Landholt, MD Medical Director MassPRO
Jeffrey Lasker, MD, MMM, FACP, CPE Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, New England Quality Care Alliance;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Paul Lopez National Director, Physician Relations and Marketing Accenx Technologies, Inc
Robert J. Mandel, MD, MBA Vice President, Health Care Services Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative and Foundation
Deven McGraw Director, Health Privacy Project Center for Democracy & Technology
Janna Meek Director, Integrated Provider Solutions, Provider Network Operations Humana
Valerie Melvin Director, Information Technology Human Capital and Management Information Systems Issues Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Joe Natoli Platform Architect, SOA Product Group Intel
Gerard Nussbaum Director of Technology Kurt Salmon Associates
Daniel Nutkis Chief Executive Officer Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST)
Susan Ordway Senior Director, Healthcare Information Technology Services MassPRO
Catherine Peper, CISSP, CISM Vice President of Health Information Technology,
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida;
Chair, e-Prescribe Florida;
Chairperson of the Board, e-Prescribe America
George Scriban Senior Global Strategist, Consumer Health Platform, Health Solutions Group Microsoft Corporation
William (Bill) Shickolovich Vice President and Chief Information Officer Tufts Medical Center
Douglas Smith, MD Chief Information and Quality Officer Martin’s Point Health Care
Bill Spooner Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Sharp HealthCare
Roger Sullivan President, Liberty Alliance Project;
Vice President, Identity Management, Oracle
Judah Thornewill Director, Center for Collaborative Communities University of Louisville
Janie Tremlett Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Concordant, Inc.
Marc Wine Co-Author, Medical Informatics 20/20: Quality and Electronic Health Records through Collaboration, Open Solutions, and Innovation
William Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Health Record Banking Alliance;
Managing Partner, NHII Advisors;
Adjunct Professor, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University
Who Should Attend:
Hospital, Health System, and Provider Executives, including:
CEO, CFO, COO, CNO, Administrator
Chief Medical Officer, Chief Clinical Officer, Medical Directors
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