Description:
Work environment issues continue to create formidable recruitment and retention challenges. The demands on nurses have increased, yet work-saving technologies have not been implemented at many facilities. Information Technology offers many opportunities to improve care delivery, as well as patient safety and satisfaction. This presentation reviews the TD2 process, findings, and recommendations.

Speaker Information:
Pamela Cipriano, PhD, Rn, FAAN
Chief Clinical Officer & Chief Nursing Officer, University of Virginia Medical Center

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320

Description:
The session will focus on the challenges of and the benefits derived from fielding an electronic health record system across a large health care enterprise with global reach. The challenges encountered by the Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System during its implementation of AHLTA will be described and the applicability of DoD's lessons learned for shaping the federal and national data sharing efforts in support of the President's agenda for the establishment of electronic health records will be discussed. The power of centralized data storage to grant unprecedented access to enterprise wide patient-centric health data to increase efficacy of treatment, monitor the health of the beneficiary population and improve the quality of care will be explored.

Speaker Information:
S. Ward Casscells, MD
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, U.S. Military

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Outline the challenges of large scale EHR deployment and adoption
• Emphasize the importance of developing national standards to facilitate health information sharing between networks and institutions to support the plans for a nationwide EHR network
• Describe how global access to health data can be used to identify medical threats, monitor health, and facilitate disease management for entire populations
• Discuss the ways in which the EHR combats errors, enhances patient safety, transforms business practices, enables the practice of evidence based medicine and supports the ability to perform outcomes based care

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320

Description:
The latest innovation in healthcare is occurring in a drugstore near you. Retail clinics and their growth nationwide have made their presence an important part of the healthcare industry. This session will answer the key questions surrounding the retail clinic model as developed by the pioneer organization in the space. Howe, CEO of MinuteClinic, will discuss the history of this new delivery model and their national expansion.

Speaker Information:
Michael Howe
Chief Executive Officer, MinuteClinic

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320

Description:
A national thought leader on e-discovery matters, including knowledge management counseling and project management, presents a primer on e-discovery issues. This session will include an overview of key issues with respect to electronic-data management, examples of what not to do when handling electronically stored information and much more.

Speaker Information:
Paul Weiner, Esquire
Shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320

Description:
Globalization has affected many areas of our life, including how we deliver our healthcare. This has caused an increased need for International Standards, which enable the consolidation and transfer of new technologies and best practices. The session will review current developments and perspectives on ISO, and the International Organization for Standardization.

Speaker Information:
Alan Bryden
CEO and Secretary-General, International Organization for Standardization

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320

Description:
Why health privacy was eliminated, why health IT will fail without privacy, and why the future of privacy will come via consumer power and control - sooner than you think.

Speaker Information:
Deborah Peel, MD
Founder & Chair, Patient Privacy Rights

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320

Description:
Quint Studer will share his experiences from health care organizations around the country and evidenced-based tactics and strategies to hardwire excellence into your organization. These tactics are proven to align leadership behaviors, impact quality and patient care, reduce variance and generate ROI in your organization.

Speaker Information:
Quint Studer
CEO, Studer Group

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320

Description:
Health care is one of the top three issues discussed in our country today. It is on the national agenda and prominent in the forthcoming presidential election. This session will examine the health care environment, the potential changes and the inevitable changes. All of these changes will be viewed with an eye towards technology and what is on the horizon for technology and information management.

Speaker Information:
Jon Kaplan
Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Room:
320

Description:
Health information technology and the Internet have created drastic shifts in how consumers and physicians gather health and medical information to make decisions. This session will discuss the shift in how physicians communicate, current adoption rates to technology, the barriers to adopting technology, and how the Internet is changing the patient/physician dialogue.

Speaker Information:
Meredith Abreu
Vice President, Research, Manhattan Research

Level:
Intermediate

CEUs Information:
ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives )
AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association )
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
CNE (Continuing Nurses Education )
CPHIMS (CPHIMS Certification)

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
320