Joann Clough, Transitional Care Coordinator, UAB Medicine, and Shara Cohen, Senior SVP of Client Experience, Emmi Solutions. Seventy-six percent of readmissions are preventable, yet patients often don't have the understanding, confidence or tools to take action, stay well and out of the hospital. Shara discusses the challenges of reaching and motivating patients outside of the […]
Cherian Portz, PMP, System Director ePMO & Strategic Planning, and Jodie Gardner, PMP, Manager, ePMO Quality & Process Manager, Ministry Health Care. Founded in 2004, the Ministry Health Care (MHC) Project Management office began with a focus on information technology projects to further improve the organization's allocation of capital and resource management within two of […]
Chantal Worzala, PhD, Director of Policy, American Hospital Association, and Sarah Thomas, Director of Research, Center for Health Solutions (DCHS), and Casey Korba Health Policy Manager, DCHS, Deloitte Consulting, LLC. The demand for value is prompting healthcare organizations to find more efficient and effective ways to improve care, including making services more accessible through facilitating […]
GEN (Ret) Keith Alexander, President and CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity, and former Director, National Security Agency. GEN (Ret) Alexander discusses the evolution of computers and networks, the challenges to network and cybersecurity, and the underlying challenges to civil liberty and privacy. This session details the growing threat in cyberspace, disruptive and destructive attacks, and explores why […]
Shawn P. Griffin, MD, Chief Quality and Informatics Officer, MHMD - the Memorial Hermann Physician Network, takes you "behind the scenes" to review the ongoing processes of analytics, care management, and population health at the most successful Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO in the country with over $51M in shared savings over 2 performance years. […]
Joe Van De Graff, Research Director, KLAS. Provider-owned health plans (payviders) aren't new, but the payvider market, now permeated with ACOs and new risk-sharing arrangements, is seeing new life and seeking new direction. Which vendors are seen as most critical? Which vendors would clients avoid or replace? KLAS spoke with 44 payviders, approximately one-third of […]
Lydia Washington, Senior Director, Information Governance, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and Sharon Slivochka, Director HIM HER, and William H. Morris, MD, FACP, Associate Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Division, Cleveland Clinic. Lydia, Sharon and Dr. Morris discuss the emergence of Information Governance (IG) as a key strategy for organizations that seek to leverage […]
John Pirolo, MD, SVP, CMIO, Ascension Health, and Gerry Lewis, VP IT Strategy and Business Development, Ascension Information Services. This presentation describes the early development of the enterprise data lake approach across Ascension Health leveraging data driven enterprise analytics and its importance to new care models which support the quadruple aim (increasing quality outcomes, lowering […]
Scott Weingarten, MD, SVP, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center. Similar to many other health systems, Cedars-Sinai has signed a number of new risk-based contracts, including health plan ACOs, Medicare Advantage contracts, and commercial HMO contracts. Dr. Weingarten discusses a number of new health care delivery strategies that have enabled Cedars-Sinai to reduce inappropriate […]
Brian E. Dixon, PhD, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health and Regenstrief Institute.Through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, researchers at Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute in partnership with the Marion County Public Health Department have embarked on a journey to integrate clinical data from electronic health records (EHRs) with community-level […]
Gautam "G" Shah, VP, Vocera Communications. Learn how organizations are driving value with clinical system integration and a communication strategy that is designed to improve workflow efficiency and patient experience. Gautam shares insights on the links between clinical data, communications tools, and care team collaboration with patient safety, satisfaction and outcomes.
Alan Weiss, MD, Director of Medical Informatics, Memorial Hermann. This presentation illustrates the need for EHR optimization as well as identifies its challenges. Dr. Weiss creates a roadmap to effective EHR optimization and share success stories from different organizations. This discussion is EHR agnostic - the ideas and concepts should be applicable to all EHRs.
Melissa Dill, Vice President, Shared System Services, and Daryl Strecker, Regional PMO Director, Shared Delivery Systems, Ascension Health. Ascension Information Services (AIS) has been on a multi-year journey to develop and mature a Program Management Office to support the ever-changing technology needs of a large healthcare system. The formation of AIS' ePMO has focused on […]
Mark Ford, Principal; and Russell L. Jones, Partner, Deloitte Consulting, LLP. The Internet of Things (IoT) and how IoT devices can be secured in the current cyber landscape is a hot issue. An even more critical issue is how network connected medical devices (IoT Medical) can be hacked, whether patients can be harmed, and more […]
Jacque Jones, Clinical Director, Quality Health Network and Patrick Gordon, Associate Vice President, Rocky Mountain Health Plans. Quality Health Network (QHN) is a nationally recognized Health Information Exchange (HIE) leader. This teleconference describes how providers, health plans, ACO's, and case/care managers enhance patient care through their usage of ER and Acute care alerts delivered to […]