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Day One
7:45 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM
Implementing a New Technology Health Care
System to Improve Clinical and Financial Outcomes
Common question to address before selecting a
new technology system
Identifying your needs
Breaking down cost and implementation
Gaining approval from administration and staff
Setting goals for your roll-out
Don Lewis
President
Strategic Intersect
9:30 AM
Capitalizing a Population Based Payment Arrangement in Light of the High Tech Act
The HITECH Act appropriates $19.2 billion for EHR
adoption efforts. Starting in 2011, qualified physicians
utilizing a certified EHR in a “meaningful way”
will receive incentive payments totaling $44,000 per
physician over a five (5) year period. As performance
based compensation models continue to enjoy industry
support, “serving a powerful stimulus to drive
institutional and provider behavior toward better
quality” the use of alternative payment arrangements,
such as Population Based Payment®, have the ability
to become payment arrangements of choice.
This
session will focus on the business case for Population
Based Payment® including:
Why supporting the creation of clinically integrated
physician practices makes good business sense.
Why Population Based Payment® arrangements are
more practical than Accountable Care Organizations.
How the use of HITECH ACT funds can be used
to facilitate clinical integration and support greater
acceptance and use of performance indicators.
Jeffrey Danilo
President
US Healthcare Solutions, LLC
10:15 AM
Morning Coffee & Refreshments
10:40 AM
Leveraging Your Existing Investments in Meeting the
Government’s New Requirements
In this session, we will discuss the coming regulations
for Health Care under the American Reinvestment
and Recovery Act, and how companies may best
respond to its new requirements.
We will review
such topics as:
What are the requirements from ARRA
What are the potential financial benefits and
penalties associated with ARRA
What approaches may allow for affordable compliance
How best to organize your company’s response to
ARRA
Christopher Surdak
IT Director
SIEMENS IT Solutions & Service
11:25 AM
Integrating an EMR to Improve Your Workforce
Allocation and Increase Operational Efficiency
At Carle Foundation Hospital, they have implemented
an electronic medical record for a medical staff of over
700 physicians and allied health providers in the course
of the past 4 years. In order to do so, collaboration has
to come from all sides of the medical perspective, including
major medical committees, technology department
and other operational departments. Furthmore,
Carle Foundation Hospital continues implementation
of EMR initiatives. In this session, it focuses specifically
on physician strategies for successful EMR implementation.
This session highlights:
Evaluating process redesign of technology for
successful EMR implementation (i.e., budgeting,
forecasting)
Creating training modules for smooth physician
alignment with new technology initiatives
Implementing technology into your health care
system to improve patient outcomes and increase
cost savings
Napolean Knight, MD
Medical Director
Carle Foundation Hospital
12:10 AM
Luncheon
1:10 PM
Achieving Physician Buy-In For Effective It Adoption And Engagement
An electronic medical record is a widely known concept
that must be assimilated by the U.S. health care
system in order to meet government requirements.
These records include an in-depth summary report
encompassing demographic information, medical
history, previous medicine taken, allergies, laboratory
results, immunization status, radiology images
and billing/coding information. In an effort to meet
these demands, Tufts Medical System has developed
a successful EMR system.
Specifically, this case study
examines:
Understanding how IT fits into physician work flow
to improve health care efficiencies
Addressing physician fears around implementing
EMR and how to alleviate those fears with proper
training modules
Discussing the value of effective IT transition: economic
and health outcomes (i.e., reducing health
care costs, improving quality of care, and promoting
evidence-based medicine)
Michael Wagner, MD
MD FACP Chief,General Medicine
Tufts Medical Center
1:55 PM
Defragmenting Your Infrastructure To Build A Tailored EHR System For Your Organization
This past winter, the Cancer Treatment Centers of America became the first all-digital cancer
hospital in the nation. The center located in Arizona, offers a fully digital environment. Employees
view their institution as fully “wired” which includes a fully electronic health record. From this all
providers are able to contribute to the continuity of care.
Specifically, this case study highlights:
Examining the foundation necessary to build a “wired” and robust IT technical infrastructure
Leveraging technology to promote improved patient outcomes, research, patents,
protocols, etc.
Identifying and remedying holes and pitfalls in your technology architecture
Chad A. Eckes
Chief Information Officer
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
2:40 PM
Afternoon Refreshments
3:05 PM
Lessons Learned From Successful Rhios To Unlock The Key To Interoperability And
Transparency
Discovering how shared medical records between referring physicians can prevent redundant
testing and optimize examination time
Universal database allows for on-demand access to test results and digital films between
treating physicians
Understanding how to expedite transfer of patient files while minimizing clerical work
Greg Johnson
Director & Chief Technology Officer
VCU Health Systems
3:50 PM
Building A Robust Infrastructure To Ensure Uninterrupted Access To Data And Improve The
Patient Provider Relationship
Examining the foundation necessary to build a “wired” and robust IT technical infrastructure
Leveraging technology to promote improved patient outcomes, research, patents, protocols, etc.
Identifying and remediating holes and pitfalls in your technology architecture
Greg Johnson
Director & Chief Technology Officer
VCU Health Systems
4:35 PM
Afternoon Refreshments
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