Senior Executive / CIO Sessions

Description:
Healthcare is in a constant state of change. Two major forces are shaping the future of healthcare: 1) Relentless pressure on healthcare to deliver value in terms of quality, reliability, and access at an affordable cost; and 2) The movement to expand coverage to all Americans. Focus will be on political, economic and strategic context of change in healthcare and examine how the various actors are preparing for the future. Ian will identify the leadership challenges and opportunities that lie ahead and will provide strategic insights on how organizations and individuals can flourish in the years' ahead.

Speaker Information:
Ian Morrison, PhD
Author, Consultant and Futurist

Room:
S100

Fee:
$295.00

Description:
The goals of this presentation will be to outline the cultural changes that occur during medical training and explain how these changes create barriers to the adoption of the tenets of quality improvement. In this provocative talk, Dr Nash will demonstrate how physicians, nurses and other health care providers view self evaluation, evidence based practice and other elements of standardization. The CIO role in overcoming these barriers will be highlighted.

Speaker Information:
David Nash, MD, MBA
Founding Dean, Jefferson School of Health Policy and Population Health

Room:
S100

Fee:
$295.00

Description:
High quality technology services and business process improvements are standard requirements for a CIO. Having developed a unique understanding of the total business, the new CIO will focus on the end customer, setting strategy for new products and services using technology. Hear one CIO's journey into the business of revenue creation.

Speaker Information:
Ellen Barry, MBA
CIO, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition of Chicago

Room:
S100

Fee:
$295.00

Description:
Health care has been through a long period of turbulence and constant change with information technology at the heart of many of those changes. For health systems to stay successful requires leaders who can keep a deep sense of personal wellness and purpose while leading others with enthusiasm. This closing keynote will help you reconnect with the purpose of your work and discover ways to create spirited teams.

Speaker Information:
John Izzo, PhD
Author, Public Television Host, Corporate Culture Expert

Room:
S100

Fee:
$295.00

Description:
In today's wired world, consumers are frequently exposed to a variety of information about healthcare options. While easily available, this information is not always applicable, appropriate or timely for the individual and can lead to confusion and uncertainty. This session reviews the CVS Caremark Proactive Pharmacy Care approach that defines the interactions we have with our customers. We will discuss how this approach provides earlier, easier and more effective access to information and therapies; how it can help improve outcomes and reduce costs; and how we leverage emerging ans existing health IT to engage and educate our consumers to take control control of and optimize their pharmacy healthcare.

Speaker Information:
Helena Foulkes
Sr. Vice President of Pharmacy Services, CVS

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Understand the impact of health IT on consumer engagement in pharmacy health care decisions
• Review how the combination of health technology and customized face-to-face interaction can impact medication compliance
• Review how new health IT tools are reshaping the consumer experience and engagement

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 100a

Speaker Information:
Madhulika Agarwal, MD, MPH
Chief Patient Care Services Officer, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration

Level:
Intermediate

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 100 a

Description:
In this session, research underway in the Association for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Consortium will be discussed. Best practices for CDS and knowledge management will be reviewed, and contrasted with current practice.

Speaker Information:
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Dean Sittig, PhD
University of Texas, Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety
Frank Sonnenberg, MD
Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Understand the research goals and objectives of the AHRQ Clinical Decision Support Consortium.
• Understand the potential of clinical decision support to improve the quality and safety of the healthcare we deliver.
• Understand the issues surrounding knowledge management for clinical decision support
• Compare and contrast with current clinical practice

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S100a

Description:
HIT is evolving to facilitate decision making, providing visibility into operations and exposing leadership challenges. This session highlights eliminating process friction to drive outcomes through culture change and interdepartmental collaboration.

Speaker Information:
Linda Reed, RN, MBA
Vice President and CIO, Atlantic Health
Linda Kosnik, RN, MSN, APN
Chief Nursing Officer and VP, Clinical Services, Vistaar Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

Level:
Introductory

Objectives:

• Examine how technology can create visibility and support leaders in aligning resources to meet fluctuating patient demand
• Discuss basic microsystem theory and its impact on patient flow
• Describe the basic principles of demand capacity management
• Analyze the leadership and cultural change challenges required to implement informed decision making and "patient-focused processes"

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 100 c

Description:
In this session, Ms. Brent will explore at least three selected legal issues in clinical informatics, including the use of email between facility health care practitioners and patients. Where possible, court case examples will be presented to illustrate the legal issues presented. Implications for the health care facility will also be discussed.

Speaker Information:
Nancy Brent, RN, MS, JD
Nurse Attorney in Solo Law Practice

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• List and discuss at least three legal issues when utilizing selected types of clinical informatic tools
• Compare and contrast privacy issues in the use of clinical formatics tools with confidentiality issues in the use of clinical informatic tools
• Learn how to evaluate policies regarding the use of clinical informatics tools and their impact upon legal issues

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 100 a

Description:
This presentation describes the creation and deployment of an enterprise-wide clinical data repository and clinical viewer. All salient data captured across care settings is available via the CV.

Speaker Information:
Frank Clark, PhD
Chief Information Officer and VP, Medical University of South Carolina
Mark Daniels, PMP, CPHIMS, MS
Program Manager, Medical University of South Carolina

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Evaluate the healthcare IT model of the future.
• Appraise the benefits of scaling robust functionality across all care settings.
• Examine enterprise-wide clinical viewer.
• Understand why this model will be appropriate for community based hospital organizations as well as closed staff organizations.
• Discuss pros and cons of single sign-on.

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 100 c