A number of MEDITECH customers will
be presenting educational sessions throughout the
conference. These sites will share with attendees how
some of the most progressive health care
organizations in the industry are using I.T. to
transform care delivery. The following is a list of
customers who will be speaking at HIMSS.
Business
Intelligence - Imperative for Creating a Data Driven
Enterprise
Mon. 2/25 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Peter Bacon, Director of
Marketing & Strategic Planning
Flagler Hospital
Hospitals today are awash in data.
How can that data be made meaningful and actionable
to administrators? Discover the best practices
utilized when implementing business intelligence to
become a data-driven enterprise.
Organization's
Approach to Design/Implement a Community EHR Using
Service-Oriented Architecture IHE
Mon. 2/25 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Matthew Ebaugh, VP & CIO
Silver Cross Hospital
A CIO with extensive IT
experience will outline the difference between their
successful EHR integration strategy from the
perspective of physicians and hospitals.
Our
Grant Application Wasn't Accepted: What Went Wrong?
Mon. 2/25 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Sheri Putnam, Executive Director
Bucks County Physician Hospital Alliance
JoAnn Klinedinst, Sr. Director
Healthcare Information Systems
HIMSS
Examine the reasons that led to an organization's
denial for a grant application and learn what it
should have done to maximize its chances of receiving
funding for its patient-portal project.
Protecting
Patient Data: Hospital Shares its Secrets and Tells
All
Tues. 2/26 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Bill McQuaid, CIO
Parkview Adventist
This session will stimulate
conversation through a review of a particularly
demanding case study and show attendees how single
sign-on technologies improve employee productivity
and strengthen an organization's overall security.
Secrets
of Successful PMOs
Tues. 2/26 2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Charles Podesta, Senior Vice-President
& CIO
Caritas Christi Healthcare System
Kiron Bondale, PMP, MBA,
Manager of Clinet Services
Solution Q, Inc.
A Project Management Office (PMO)
is considered to be a best practices approach to
improving the value of project investments. Hear
first-hand the secrets of successful PMO
implementations.
Changing
Staff Scheduling to Greatly Improve Accountability
and Reduce Expenses
Wed. 2/27 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
James Albert, BS, MS, ACHE,
VP for IS and Chief Information Officer
Beatrice Coulombe, RN, MBA, Vice-President for
Patient Care Services
Masonicare, Inc.
Implementation of a clinical
staff scheduling system, plus changes in scheduling
policies and workflows, allowed this major healthcare
system to eliminate CNA pool staff and control
overtime - saving $1.4M annually.
Agent
Grids - The Future of EHR Exchange and
Interoperability
Wed. 2/27 9:45- 10:45 a.m.
Marc Lawrence, Director of
Physician Services
CHRISTUS Health
Robert Connely, President
& Founder
Novo Innovations
This session will explore the
emergence of software agents and grid computing - and
how they are revolutionizing information exchange and
interoperability between providers across local and
national health care communities.
Vendor
Best Practices and Performance: 2008
Thurs. 2/28 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
Karen Ondo, Executive Vice President
KLAS Enterprises, LLC
Adam Gale, Chief Operating Officer
KLAS
The federal government's share of the nation's $2.1
trillion annual health care costs nears 40 percent.
Presidential Executive Order 13335 calls for
nationwide implementation of interoperable health
information technology in both the public and private
health care sectors that will reduce medical errors,
improve quality, and produce greater value for health
care.
