Health Information Technology Summit - The Leading Forum on the InterInternational Development and Dispersion of Electronic Health Records Systems as a First Step to the Implementation of a International Health Information Infrastructure

Overview | Agenda/Speaker Materials | Continuing Education | Promotional Opportunities
Order CDs | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Past Summits | Home




  Pre-Conference

  Day One

  Day Two

  Day Three



 

HIT Summit Agenda: Day One
Thursday, October 21, 2004

All Sessions at Grand Hyatt


8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction to Morning of Day I: An Overview of United States National Health Information Technology Policy

Herbert Pardes, MD
President/CEO New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Healthcare System
Board Chair, eHealth Initiative
New York, NY
(Co-chair)

8:15 a.m.

Keynote Address
The U.S. Government's Strategic Framework for Improving Healthcare Through Healthcare Information Technology


David J. Brailer, MD, PhD
National Health Information Technology Coordinator
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

9:15 a.m.

The Role of Health Information Technology in Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety

Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD
Remarks:
David Bates, MD
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA

James N. Weinstein, DO, MS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Dartmouth Medical School/Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Hanover, NH

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

Transforming to an IT-Enabled Health Care System: The Health Plan Role

Leonard D. Schaeffer
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
WellPoint Health Networks
Thousand Oaks, CA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
Presentation Material (Powerpoint)

11:15 a.m.

Congressional Staff Roundtable on the Role of Information Technology in Improving Healthcare: What to Expect in 2005

Ben Berwick
Professional Staff Member
Office of the Honorable Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Washington, DC

David Bowen
Professional Staff Member
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Office of the Honorable Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Washington, DC

David Fisher
Professional Staff Member
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Office of the Honorable Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Washington, DC

Liz Scanlon (Invited)
Professional Staff Member
Office of Senator Bill Frist, MD (R-TN)
Republican Majority Leader
Washington, DC

Joel White
Staff Director, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
Office of the Honorable Nancy Johnson (R-CT)
Washington, DC

Michael Zamore
Policy Advisor, Office of the Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC

Ned McCulloch
Government Executive
IBM Corporation
Washington, DC
(Co-Moderator)
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
Presentation Material (Powerpoint)

Sharon Canner
Senior Advisor for Government Affairs
eHealth Initiative
(Co-Moderator)

12:00 noon

Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Introduction to Afternoon of Day I: The Role of the Private Sector and Implementation Lessons from Around the World

Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Executive Director of its Foundation
Executive Director, Connecting for Health
Washington, DC
(Co-chair)

1:15 p.m.

The Future of Healthcare and the Role of Information Technology

Wendy Everett, ScD
President, New England Healthcare Institute
Cambridge, MA

1:45 p.m.

The Future of Healthcare and the Role of Digital Medicine and Information Technology

Jeff Goldsmith, PhD
President of Health Futures, Inc.
Author, Digital Medicine: Implications for Healthcare Leaders
Charlottesville, VA

2:15 p.m.

The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Improving Healthcare Through Information Technology

Charles N. Kahn, III
President, Federation of American Hospitals
Washington, DC

Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP
Acting Under Secretary for Health
Veterans Health Administration
Washington, DC

John Tooker, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
American College of Physicians
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
Presentation Material (Powerpoint)

3:30 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m.

A Global View: The Experiences of Other Nations in Implementing an Electronic Health Record and Developing a National Health Information Infrastructure

Richard Granger
Director General, Information Technology
National Health Service
United Kingdom

Jean-Claude Healy, MD, PhD
Director, World Health Organisation (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland

William M. Tierney, MD
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute
Director of Research, IU Kenya Program
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
Presentation Material (Powerpoint)

Melissa Chapman
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Rockville, MD
(Moderator)

5:00 p.m.

Adjournment


Overview | Agenda/Speaker Materials | Continuing Education | Promotional Opportunities
Order CDs | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Past Summits | Home

Copyright @ 1999-2004 by Health Care Conference Administrators, LLC.
Contact Webmaster