Ruben Amarasingham, MD, MBA, President and CEO, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, and Ferdinand Velasco, MD, Chief Health Information Officer, Texas Health Resources. With the increasing adoption of electronic health records, it is now possible to leverage vast clinical, social, and demographic data in ways that could transform healthcare delivery. This presentation showcases the collaboration […]
Arti N. Bhavsar, Pharm.D., Clinical Solutions Executive, Truven Health Analytics. Reform is here; are you prepared to meet new clinical decision support and patient education requirements head on? Learn how to take a strategic approach today to achieve national quality initiatives for tomorrow. How to design your EHR to provide evidence-based clinical decision support for […]
Heidi Rozmiarek, Manager of Business Applications, Meriter Hospital, and Susan Wiemeyer, Managing Director, US Healthcare, Microsoft. Having access to the right data at all levels of a health system is critical to improving the quality and timeliness of decision making which will lead to improved clinical and operational outcomes. Heidi shares the successful strategy they […]
Geoff Nicholson, MD, Wellspan, and Bob Robke, VP, Cerner, discuss real world experience in implementing Cerner Exchange service (Cerner Resonance). They explain the features of the interoperability solution, the process of implementation, and the expectation around expansion of connectivity to other systems.
Mark Wagner, Research Director, and Colin Buckley, Strategic Operations Director, KLAS, Orem, UT. Accountable care and risk-based payment models reward providers for lowering costs by proactively coordinating care and influencing patient behavior. To help organizations that don't have the resources or expertise needed to support comprehensive population health programs on their own, a number of […]
Joe Van De Graaff, Research Director, Business Intelligence, KLAS. Join Joe for a teleconference discussing the analytics vendor market in healthcare. He covers vendor performance, hot topics and trends, and early research on the use of BI/analytics for ACO related initiatives, as well as enterprise data warehousing.
Steve Margolis, MD, CMIO, Adventist Health. In 1958 Larry Weed MD challenged the industry in the NEJM by making the case that the problem list should be at the heart of medical decision making in complex cases. Now, that test increases as CMS requires ICD-10 coding for billing and the HITECH Act requires SNOMED for […]
Dale Sanders, SVP, and David Crockett, PhD, Senior Director of Research and Predictive Analytics, Health Catalyst. Get the detailed knowledge you need to make informed decisions about adopting predictive analytics so you can separate today's hype from reality. You'll hear key lessons including 1) our fixation on predictive analytics in readmissions, 2) the common trap […]
Julia Swanson, Director, Performance Analytics and Improvement, Henry Ford Health System. How do you succeed in a constantly changing environment? Key factors for success include a creating a culture of accountability, management by fact, and commitment to continuous improvement. Julia shares how Henry Ford has evolved approaches to organizational performance measurement on the journey toward […]
Christine Bessler, CIO, ProHealth Care, describes how ProHealth Care is the first healthcare system to produce reports and data out of Epic's Cogito data warehouse in a production environment. ProHealth Care delivered clinically integrated insights to 460 physicians in the system's hospitals and clinics, including those in its Accountable Care Organization. Physicians now have access […]
Donna Akerson, RN, Director, and Shaun Rangappa, MD, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Donna and Shaun discuss emerging themes in EHR Optimization across multiple client experiences. How have optimization efforts demonstrated clear value, and what are some lessons learned from the field thus far in both inpatient and ambulatory settings? Areas of discussion include: 1) […]
Mark Allphin, Senior Research Director, Joe Van De Graaf, Research Director, and Erik Westerlind, Research Director, KLAS, Orem, Utah. As accountable care organizations, HIE, and population health continue to drive the future of healthcare technology, Mark, Joe and Erik examine the top-performing software and services vendors of 2013 to help providers understand which HIT companies […]
Tom Delbanco, MD, Professor of General Medicine and Primary Care, and Jan Walker, RN, MBA, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, describe a national movement that invites patients to review their visit notes written by their doctors, nurses, and other clinicians. Evidence suggests that opening up visit notes […]
Larry Yuhasz, National Practice Leader, Truven Health Analytics. Physician network development is a top priority for most health systems. Establishing longstanding relationships with the right physicians is critical to not only ensuring a competitive referral base, but also to locking up the right mix of healthcare services for payment reform. Clinical integration strategies are necessary […]
Jason Bickford, MCSE, HIMS Department Applications Director, Banner Health. Banner Health has reached HIMSS Stage 7 with the use of Cerner Content360 suite of solutions and is a nationally recognized leader in the use of electronic medical records. In this discussion, Jason talks about the steps taken to achieve Stage 7, as it pertains to […]