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
Laura Adams President and Chief Executive Officer Rhode Island Quality Institute	W. Holt Anderson Executive Director North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance
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	Robert Belfort Partner Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
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	John Blakeney Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Commerce Bank
Anna Chacko, MD Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Radiology Boston University School of Medicine	Nancy Davenport-Ennis Chief Executive Officer, President National Patient Advocate Foundation
Francois de Brantes, MS, MBA National Coordinator Bridges To Excellence	Carol Diamond, MD, MPH Managing Director, Health Program Markle Foundation
Lori Evans Deputy Commissioner, Office of Health Information Technology Transformation New York State Department of Health Former Senior Advisor to Dr. David Brailer	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, IT National Health Service, United Kingdom	Maggie Gunter, PhD President and Executive Director Lovelace Clinic Foundation
Lori L. Hack Interim CEO CalRHIO	Liesa Jo Jenkins Executive Director CareSpark
Carrie Jordan Chief Operating Officer Jayhawk Primary Care	Stan Kachnowski Chair, Health Information Policy & Management, HIT Lab, Columbia University Visiting Professor, India Institute of Technology
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 Executive Director, Personal Health Technology Initiative Markle Foundation	Stephen Lawless, MD, MBA Chief Knowledge and Quality Officer Nemours
Chris Levan Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Information Systems Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee	Robert Lynch, MD VISN Director for Network 16, South Central VA Health Care Network Department of Veterans Affairs
Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative and Foundation	Jay McCutcheon Director Michiana Health Information Network
Janna Meek Director, Integrated Provider Solutions Provider Network Operations Humana	Walter Menning, FHIMSS Vice Chairman, Information Systems Mayo Clinic
David Merritt Project Director Center for Health Transformation and Gingrich Group	Bruno Nardone, CHE Managing Consultant, Healthcare Strategy and Change Practice Business Consulting Services IBM Global Services
J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD President & 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 VP and CTO Doctors' Office Quality - Information Technology (DOQ-IT), 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 Exchange	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	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 Director, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium	Judah Thornewill Acting Director, Center for Complexity and Health, Department of Health and Management Systems Services University of Louisville
Roxane Townsend, MD Medicaid Medical Director Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals	John C. Wade Former Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System Vice President, Executive Director, Kansas City Regional Electronic Exchange (KCREE)
James M. Walker, MD, FACP Chief Medical Information Officer, Geisinger Health System	William Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI Founder, Health Record Banking Alliance Managing Partner, NHII Advisors Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University