Education SessionCIO-1
(CIO Forum) Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare:
Will IT Come to the Rescue?
Sunday, February 24, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Uwe Reinhardt, PhD
Topic Information:
Leadership and Strategic Planning - Primary Topic
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Description:
Dr. Uwe Reinhardt, one of the nation's leading authorities on healthcare economics, surveys the challenges facing the American health system in the next decade and its implications for IT executives. Dr. Reinhardt will discuss the utopian solutions now being debated and explore how a more energetic application of IT, appropriately backed with substantial public funding, could address many of the challenges ahead.
(Must be a CHIME member to attend)
Speaker Information:
Uwe Reinhardt, PhD
James Madison Professor of Political Economics; Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
Level:
Intermediate
Location:
Convention Center
Room:
330
Education SessionCIO-2
(CIO Forum)Legendary Service at the Ritz Carlton
Sunday, February 24, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
John Timmerman
Topic Information:
Leadership and Strategic Planning - Primary Topic
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"What others call complaints," says John Timmerman, "we call
opportunities." Ritz-Carlton is the only service company to have won
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award twice. Mr. Timmerman will
share the employee selection, orientation, training, and empowerment
strategies that have earned the Ritz-Carlton its enviable reputation
for legendary service and offer insights into how to make the most of
similar opportunities within your own organization.
(Must be a CHIME member to attend)
Speaker Information:
John Timmerman
Vice President, Quality & Program Management, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
Level:
Intermediate
Location:
Convention Center
Room:
330
Education SessionCIO-3
(CIO Forum) Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare
Sunday, February 24, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Matthew Holt
Topic Information:
Emerging Technologies
Process Improvement
Leadership and Strategic Planning - Primary Topic
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What is Health 2.0? Blogs, wikis, podcasts, user-generated videos and specialized searches are generating a fundamental shift away from the traditional flow of information as defined by the current healthcare system. Will these tools be subsumed into the system? Should health system CIOs care? Matthew Holt will bring his own unique perspective on Health 2.0's economic, sociopolitical, and competitive imperatives and what it could mean for all of us.
(Must be a CHIME member to attend)
Speaker Information:
Matthew Holt
Healthcare Strategist, CIO, Matthew Holt Consulting
Level:
Intermediate
Location:
Convention Center
Room:
330
Education SessionCIO-4
(CIO Forum) The Changing Face of Leadership: People and Technology Matter
Sunday, February 24, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Colonel Daniel Ragsdale, PhD, US Army
Topic Information:
Leadership and Strategic Planning - Primary Topic
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In this presentation, Colonel Ragsdale weaves his tenure as a technologist with his active duty experience as an Army Colonel. With a deep understanding of the new 'what's-in-it-for-me' workforce, he discusses how West Point leadership and mentoring models create a practical approach for the contemporary CIO.
(Must be a CHIME member to attend)
Speaker Information:
Colonel Daniel Ragsdale, PhD, US Army
Vice Dean for Education, United States Military Academy
Level:
Intermediate
Location:
Convention Center
Room:
330
The 2008 CHIME/HIMSS CIO Forum will bring together CIOs from across the country to examine the latest thinking, explore industry trends, hear from the country’s more prominent and respected leaders and experts, and join colleagues for a day of exclusive networking opportunities.
