Description:
Discussion of on-going information technology efforts between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to support better care and smoother transition of wounded Service members.

Cosponsor:
MHS

Speaker Information:
Dr. Steven Jones
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Military Health Systems
Dr. Paul Tibbits
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Enterprise Development, Department of Veterans Affairs

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Understanding of the health data being shared between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for shared patients
• Be able to tell providers how to access information from the other Department
• Increased knowledge of how DoD and VA are responding to the recommendations from the various Task Forces and Commissions regarding providing better care and coordination for wounded warriors, with an emphasis on the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
206 A

Description:
A robust process to design, plan, implement, test, and sustain the communications and computing infrastructure kept stakeholders involved and informed and the world-wide electronic health record deployment on track.

Cosponsor:
MHS

Speaker Information:
Colonel Davette Murray, Colonel, United States Army
Program Manager (PM), Tri-Service Infrastructure Management Program Office (TIMPO), Military Health Systems

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Attendees will be able to extract and apply applicable processes/procedures to similar projects
• Attendees will be able to identify the coordinating activities necessary to keep stakeholders involved and informed
• Attendees will be able to identify the major challenges encountered and solutions implemented in a DoD world-wide deployment effort
  

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
206 A

Description:
The presentation will focus on how the Electronic Health Record has changed our ability to capture health information from the point of entry and enabled us to leverage and build upon that information to support care delivery, readiness and the full recovery process for soldiers throughout the continuum of care.

Cosponsor:
MHS

Speaker Information:
Colonel David Gilbertson, USA
Program Manager, Clinical INformation Technology Program Office (CITPO), Military Health Systems

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Discuss the role of the electronic health record in the delivery of seamless medical care throughout the service member lifecycle
• Compare and contrast the means by which electronic health data is captured throughout the service member lifecycle
• Understand both the technical challenges and benefits of the EHR in a wide range of treatment settings

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
206 A

Description:
This session will demonstrate and discuss the new capabilities in AHLTA 3.3 from the perspective of a military provider. The release of AHLTA 3.3 introduces an automated method to place patients on registries. This enables the clinical staff and providers to apply the clinical practice guidelines and protocols within their workflow to the patient. Registry goals and results can be auto-cited into the encounter. The registry tool allows the display of actionable reminders at pre-configured time intervals for those patients that meet registry criteria. Registries can be set to auto-register patients based on diagnoses, Lab/Rad/Medication orders, procedures, or manually.

Cosponsor:
MHS

Speaker Information:
Dr. Anthony Inae
Director of Informatics Program Development, Military Health Systems
Dr. Nhan Do, LTC, USA
Clinical Information Manager, IMT&R, Military Health Systems

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Describe how "Performance and Speed" enhancements and "Business Process Redesign" enhancements benefit efficient, effective care delivery and EHR usage.
• Identify the key performance, speed, and business process issues or challenges resolved by the enhancements fielded in AHLTA.
• Recognize the importance of encounter workflow-oriented enhancements designed to assist providers and clinic staff with the tracing and execution of clinical practice guidelines.

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
206 A

Description:
The Military's deployed medical community manages Service members' health care with mobile, flexible software designed for low-to-no communications environments. TMIP--J develops and deploys the information management systems as theater's official electronic health record.

Cosponsor:
MHS

Speaker Information:
COL Claude Hines, USA
Program Manager, Theater Medical Information Program-Joint (TMIP-J), Military Health Systems

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Examine the challenges faced by the military medical community in Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of operation, and discuss how technology provides solutions.
• Demonstrate the transfer of data from hand-held devices in the battlefield to a central data repository so that electronic information is available worldwide at any military treatment facility.
• Describe the interoperability of data between and among the Services' medical systems, and later to transfer that data electronically to the Department of Veterans Affairs

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
206 A

Description:
Can automated medical surveillance detect pandemics faster? The Military Health System's (MHS) web-based, global, mechanized surveillance sifts through millions of records daily and quickly detects outbreaks with fewer false positives.

Speaker Information:
Sam Strulson
ESSENCE Project Controller, EIDS

Level:
Advanced

Objectives:

• Discuss the importance of medical surveillance in detecting and reporting disease outbreaks
• Explain the algorithms used by the MHS's global automated surveillance system
• Explore the value of automated medical surveillance in supporting front-line public health officials using traditional and manual surveillance
• Identify the challenges of building a Web-based surveillance system that provides secure access to patient-level detail

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
304 E

Location:
Orlando Convention Center

Room:
305B

Description:
This session discusses strategy for establishing a governance model that integrates your IM/IT strategic plan with your organization's strategic plan and your performance improvement process while de-politicizing capital expenditures.

Speaker Information:
Ralph Franco, Jr., BS, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CPHIMS
CIO, U.S. Army Pacific Regional Medical Command

Level:
Advanced

Objectives:

• Discuss a governance model that links the IM/IT strategy to the overall corporate strategy
• Show a governance model that integrates performance improvements into the IM/IT strategy
• Develop a capital expenditure process that links investments to your strategy and de-politicizes the prioritization process

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
207 A

Description:
This presentation will discuss how the Department of Defense Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) provides needs assessments, assistive technology, and training to wounded Service members throughout all phases of their recovery and transition to employment.

Cosponsor:
MHS

Speaker Information:
Ms. Dinah Cohen
Director, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), Military Health Systems
Ms. Megan DuLaney
Wounded Service Members Team Leader, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), Military Health Systems

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Discuss how CAP provides needs assessments and assistive technology to wounded Service members throughout the recovery and rehabilitation process.
• Review and demonstrate available assistive technology for various disabling conditions.
• Identify methods to integrate assistive technology into rehabilitative services and settings using best practice partnerships and training models as examples.

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
206 A

Location:
Peabody Orlando Hotel

Room:
Orlando II