Introduction Rob Waters, Healthcare Stimulus Exchange
9:00-10:00
A CONNECTed Healthcare System: A Federal Government's Role in Promoting the National Health Information Network
Vish Sankaran, Program Director, Federal Health Architecture Program The Federal Health Architecture and Federal agencies have created the CONNECT software solution, enabling both public and private health information technology systems communicate to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). The CONNECT software is the outcome of a 2008 decision by more than 20 federal agencies to connect their health IT systems to the NHIN. Rather than individually building software required to make this possible, the federal agencies, through the Federal Health Architecture, created CONNECT. This shared software solution can be used by each agency within it's own environment. CONNECT implements the core services defined by the NHIN including standards for security to protect health information when it is exchanged with other trusted health organizations.
Plenary Session
10:30-11:30
Health ITand Health Information Exchange: An Overview of Advancements in the field Janet Marchibroda, Office of the National Coordinator
11:30-12:30
Health Systems: Planning for Meaningful Use Session Leader: David Bates, MD Medical Director for Clinical and Quality Analysis, Chief of General Internal Medicine, Partners Healthcare/Brigham's Women's Hospital. Panelists: John Halamka CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, CIO Harvard Business School & Chairman New England Health Exchange Network (NEHEN) Ian Spatz, Senior Advisor Manatt Health Solutions & Prinicipal Rock Creek Policy Group
Lunch (in Exhibit Hall)
2:00-3:00
Regional Leadership: Ambulatory Clinic The Role of HIE in Meaningful Use - Connecting Ambulatory Physicians Disparate EMRs Larry Garber, MD, Medical Director for Informatics Fallon Clinic (developers of SAFE Health, secure architecture for HIEs)
Fallon Clinic has successfully implemented an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for it's 330 providers representing 30 specialties. Learn about the key decisions and events that enabled this accomplishment to be a clinical and financial success. Areas to be discussed include planning, governance, data conversion, interfaces, training, communication, go-live sequencing, physician involvement, testing and maintaining high productivity. Learn the practical details of this achievement as well as the pitfalls that others should avoid. Attendees will walk away from the presentation with a knowledge of all the ingredients necessary to carry their organizations through a successful implementation of an EHR.
Break
3:15-4:15
Roundtable: Managing change throughout the EMR deployment cycle/breaking down barriers to adoption. Moderator: Justin Barnes, Vice President Marketing and Government Affairs Greenway Medical Technologies Panelists: Robert Tennant, Senior Policy Advisor, MGMA Darlene Vendittelli, EMR Project Director The Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Boston Childrens' Hospital John Blair CEO, Taconic IPA
Cocktail Reception
Day 2 - February 10th, 2010
Breakfast
7:45-8:45
Keynote: HIIE: Lessons Learned
While Health Information Exchange is relatively new to some, there are a handful of hospitals, RHIOs and States that have been making progress for many years. Recent reports that reveal the truth about HIE, their progress, struggles, adoption and improvements in patient care will be shared providing insight to those who are in preliminary stages of governance, sustainability and those that are well on their way to complete interoperability across an entire medical trading area and are evaluating the next steps in adding value to their HIE.
Break
9:00-10:00
Regional Leadership Presentation: (RHIO/HIE Perspective): IT as an Enabler for Healthcare Reform Dr Rick Shoup, Executive Director, Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MAeHI)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts strives to continually improve the health of our residents by ensuring accessible healthcare services that are safe, efficient and of the highest quality. By passing comprehensive reform in 2006, Massachusetts became the first state in the country to acknowledge that "access to healthcare is a basic human need" by implementing a plan to expand affordable healthcare. A fundamental element of the overall solution is the adoption, implementation and optimization of Key Health Infromation Technology (HIT) systems. The Massachusetts eHealth Institute will provide and update on the stae's technology strategy for further supporting healthcare reform.
10:00-11:30
Health System/HIE Roundtable Discussion: Developing an Intra-and Inter- orgainzational Health Information Exchange Strategy? Moderator: Mark Holland CEO System Research Services Panelists: Dan Porecca, Executive Director WNY HealtheLink Irene Koch, Esq,. Executive Director Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX) Eric Hartz CMIO, Eastern Maine Maine Medical Center, Bangor Maine
11:30-12-30
Regional Extension Centers (RECs): What support will State Designated Entities and Regional Extension Centers provide now and throughout my EMR deployment? Moderator: Bill Bernstein Chair Healthcare Division Manatt, Phelps and Phillips Panelists: Rachel Block, Deputy Commissioner Office of Health Information Technology Transformation NYS Department of Health David Whitlinger, Executive DIrector, NYC eHealth Collaborative Micky Tripathi, President & CEO Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
12:30-1:30
Privacy and Security: Compliance in the ARRA Era Deven McGraw, Director Health Privacy Project, Center for Technology and Democracy (ONC Policy Committee) Gerry Hinkley Esq, Co-Chair, Health Care Industry Team, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
