Improving Outcomes for Premature Neonates using Electronic Feeding Advancement Protocols

Kimberly Walter, MBA, Sharp HealthCare, Sr. Systems Analyst, Molly Willman, MHA, Cerner Corporation, Innovation Strategist, Rachelle Sey, MSN, APRN, CNS, RNC-NIC, Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and Kathy Lasiter, RN/BSN, Clinical Informaticist, Women's/Infants Service Line, Sharp HealthCare.  In an effort to standardize care for very low birth weight infants in the NICU, Sharp […]

Governing Optimization and Balancing Control with Throughput at Baycare

Greg Hindahl, MD, FAAFP, VP & CMIO, BayCare Health System. Once an EMR is implemented and live for a while the optimization process begins.  Optimization will hopefully make the EMR more efficient for your Physicians and other Clinicians and safer for your patients.  Getting optimization done while your team is doing code upgrades and patches, […]

Increasing Scalability and Quality of Care Transitions with Technology

Heather Chung, RN, MSN, PHD, NE-BC - Director, Behavioral Health Transition of Care Program, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Shara Cohen, SVP of Client Experience, Emmi Solutions. Within the first three weeks of a care transition, 20% of patients experience an adverse event and, with increased pressure to improve quality and reduce readmissions, healthcare organizations need […]

Findings: Evolution of Patient Experience in Healthcare

Liz Boehm, Experience Innovation Network Director, Vocera. To drive differentiation, loyalty, and growth, leading healthcare organizations are investing in the patient experience. To drive those patient experience efforts, healthcare organizations are appointing senior leaders, Chief Experience Officers (CXOs), who are responsible for creating sustainable system transformation that delivers optimal care to patients and families while […]

Goodbye Websites, Hello Relationship Platform: Creating Value in a Patient-Driven Economy at Adventist

David Oakley, Director, Consumer Technologies, Florida Hospital, Adventist Health System.  Market innovations and consumer expectations are outpacing our industry's ability to integrate and operationalize new ideas and technology.  In this presentation, David shares how Florida Hospital is seeking to drive new value for the patient/consumer through consumer-centric digital solutions via web, mobile and the Internet […]

Real-time ID of at Risk Patients at Adventist Health System

Loran Hauck Senior, MD, VP, CMO, Office of Clinical Effectiveness, Adventist Health System, and David Classen, MD, CMIO and David Stockwell, MD, VP Clinical Services, Pascal Metrics.  It is often claimed at a high level that Health IT has the potential to improve quality and reduce cost. But how? Adventist Health System has leveraged a […]

The Power of Interoperability: What it Means to Your Practice

Stan Huff, CMIO, Intermountain Healthcare, and Oscar Diaz, CEO, Healthcare Services Platform Consortium (HSPC).  Health IT has the potential to increase healthcare quality, lower healthcare costs and improve population health. But, interoperability continues to be a formidable challenge to the collection, sharing, and effective use of electronic health information. At the heart of this complex […]

Privacy and Security at Advocate Health

Asra Ali, MS, CHC, CHPC, Senior Compliance/Privacy Specialist Corporate Compliance Department, Advocate Health Care. Social media is at the forefront of our lives.  Each workplace is strongly involved with social media from a marketing perspective, and each individual is strongly engaged from a personal perspective.  The current culture is such that any and all matters […]

Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative: PCMH, Primary Care and HIT

Marci Nielson, PhD, MPH, CEO, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative. Dr. Nielsen discusses the latest evidence associating the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of primary care delivery with reductions in healthcare costs and improvements in quality of care. Additionally, she also touches on recent legislation which supports the much-needed transition from the current volume-driven, fee-for-service reimbursement […]

Quality Improvement through Analytics: ACO at OSF HealthCare

Robert Sawicki, MD, Senior VP Supportive Care, Linda Fehr, RN, Division Director Supportive Care, Roopa Foulger, Executive Director Data Delivery, OSF Healthcare, and Leslie Hough-Falk, Vice President, Health Catalyst.  OSF HealthCare, recipient of the 2014 Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality's first annual Tim Philipp Award for Excellence in Palliative […]

Which Population Health Management Systems are Getting the Job Done?

Mark Allphin, Research Director, KLAS, discusses the continued growth of Population Health Management (PHM).  There are a number of PHM offerings in the market today, but that number is increasing.  Which vendors are effectively driving outcomes?  Where is the needle when it comes to providing better patient care and reducing costs?  Join Mark as he […]

Healthcare Consolidation and Convergence: Market Trends and IT Implications

Mitch Morris, MD, National Health Care Sector Leader, and Carol Chouinard, Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLC. The M&A trend continues to accelerate in the US as does the formation of innovative affiliation agreements and partnerships.  The end result is larger and more diverse health systems that rely on IT to drive innovation, lower unit cost, and […]

Improving Patient Engagement and Operations through Technology Integration

Nimesh Patel, Chief Technology Officer, Emmi Solutions. While 50% of healthcare professionals predict technology will enable patients to participate more proactively in their care in the future, healthcare organizations can actually leverage technology today to both improve operational effectiveness and encourage patients to take action in their health. Nimesh discusses ways to integrate an  EMR, […]

HL7 implementation Update: The Role of Provider Organizations

Virginia Lorenzi, Manager - HIT Standards and Collaborations, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Hans J. Buitendijk, M.Sc., FHL7, Sr. Expert R&D, Cerner HS and Team Lead. Now more than ever interoperability plays a key role in healthcare and health IT.  Providers depend on a wide variety of HL7 standards and versions to accomplish internal connectivity, decision support, […]

Selecting a Population Health Management Vendor: Taming the Wave

Tonya Edwards, MD/MMM, Senior Physician Executive, Impact Advisors. As more and more organizations embrace population health management as a strategy to succeed in the emerging new paradigm of value-based payment, many are facing the next big question, “What tools do I need to support population health?” There are more than 100 population health management software […]