Senior Executives

EventSSEXE-501

CIO Panel Discussion: Project Portfolio Management from a CIO Perspective

Sunday, April 5, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Paul Conocenti
Mark Farrow, B.Comm; M.B.A.
Ann Rose
Gene Shaw

Topic Information:
Leadership and Strategic Planning
Enterprise Information Systems - Primary Topic

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Description:
CIOs from a number of hospitals and health systems examine the latest Project Portfolio Management practices, trends, challenges and lessons learned.

Speaker Information:
Paul Conocenti
Vice President and Vice Dean, CIO, NYU Medical Center
Mark Farrow, B.Comm; M.B.A.
Chief Information Officer & AVP, Information & Communication Technologies, Hamilton Health Sciences
Ann Rose
IT Director, The University of Kansas Hospital
Gene Shaw
Vice President, Information Technology and CIO, Yuma Regional Medical Center

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

  • Align IT with corporate strategy with practical advice on project prioritization.
  • Apply tips and techniques for balancing resource allocation between strategic initiatives and keeping the lights running.
  • Debate PMOs in Healthcare IT; are they a key to success or a bottleneck to productivity.
  • Establish PPM & Project Management capability improvements throughout the organization.

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 100 c

EventSSEXE-507

Best practices for IT resource capacity planning

Sunday, April 5, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

Mark Farrow, B.Comm; M.B.A.
Brad Robbins

Topic Information:
Enterprise Information Systems
IT Infrastructure and Architecture - Primary Topic

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Description:
Gain control over resource capacity and better allocate your resources. Learn a step-by-step approach to quantify resource capacity, establish targets for work categories and measure performance against these work categories.

Speaker Information:
Mark Farrow, B.Comm; M.B.A.
Chief Information Officer & AVP, Information & Communication Technologies, Hamilton Health Sciences
Brad Robbins
Vice President Product and Customer Management, Solution Q Inc

Level:
Introductory

Objectives:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of healthcare IT resource capacity challenges.
  • Compare and contrast different categories of IT activities.
  • Apply a comprehensive resource evaluation method that will improve alignment between individual actions and IT goals.
  • Review best practices for quantifying resource allocation.
  • Understand IT governance best practices.

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 100 c

EventSSEXE-512

Leveraging Leadership and Technology to Transform Culture and Improve Performance

Sunday, April 5, 11:00 AM - 0:00 AM

Linda Reed, RN, MBA
Linda Kosnik, RN, MSN, APN

Topic Information:
Process Improvement
Leadership and Strategic Planning - Primary Topic

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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