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HIT Summit West Agenda: Day One
Monday, March 7, 2005



8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

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

8:15 a.m.

Keynote Address
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

9:00 a.m.

Connecting for Health: Building a Common Framework for Replicable, Sustainable Health Information Exchange

David Lansky, PhD
Director, Health Program, The Markle Foundation
Former President, Foundation for Accountability (FACCT)
New York, NY

9:30 a.m.

Lessons Learned from State and Regional Health Information Organizations: Organizational, Technical and Financial Aspects

Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc
Director, Regional Health Initiatives
Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
Nashville, TN

J. Marc Overhage, MD, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Indiana Health Information Exchange
Indianapolis, IN

Janet M. Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation
Executive Director, Connecting for Health
Washington, DC
(Moderator)

10:30 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS I



1.01 Aligning Performance Measurement with Information Technology: The Experience of the Pacific Business Group on Health

Peter Lee, Esq.
President, Pacific Business Group on Health
San Francisco, CA



1.02 The GAO Report on Financial, Technical, Cultural, and Legal Barriers to the Adoption of Health Information Technology

Craig H. Winslow, Esq.
Office of General Counsel
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Washington, DC



1.03 Leveraging HIT to Address Global and US Public Health Challenges

Claire Broome, MD
Senior Advisor, Integrated Health Information Systems
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington, DC

John Larkin
Senior Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton
Rockville, MD



1.04 Supporting Physicians in Transitioning to HIT: An Overview of the DOQ-IT Program and Lumetra

Antonio Linares, MD
Medical Director of Quality, Lumetra
San Francisco, CA



1.05 Outsourcing Medical Technology

John D. Cacciamani MD, MBA
Medical Director
Temple University Health System
Philadelphia, PA



1.06 Health Information Technology - Collaborating With Your Health Plan

Eric Book, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Blue Shield of California
San Francisco, CA

Sydney V. Ross-Davis, MD
Medical Director SID
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Chicago, IL

Barry Zallen, MD
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Boston, MA

Toni Mills
Managing Director, Office of Clinical Affairs
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Chicago, IL
(Moderator)



1.07 Getting Emerging Technology Right the First Time

Jay Jayamohan
Chief Executive Officer
Emerging Technology Advisors, LLC
Fairfax, VA



1.08 The Kaiser Permanente Story: Implementation of Electronic Health Records Nationwide

Louise Liang, MD
SVP for Quality and Clinical Systems Support
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Oakland, CA

12:15 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Afternoon Plenary Session: A Hypothetical Negotiation of Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) Organization and Operations

The Players:

Academic Medical Center:
Robert E. Chason, EdD
Chief Executive Officer
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA

Consumer/Patient:
David Lansky, Ph.D.
Director, Health Program, The Markle Foundation
Former President, Foundation for Accountability (FACCT)
New York, NY

Solo and Small Group Practice:
John Lewin, MD
CEO, California Medical Association
Sacramento, CA

Employer:
Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health
Co-Founder, Leapfrog Group
San Francisco, CA

Government/Medicaid:
Elinor Hall
Health Policy and Management Consultant
Former Oregon Health Commissioner
Portland, OR

Government/Medicare:
Jeff Flick
Regional Administrator, San Francisco Regional Office
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
San Francisco, CA

IPA:
Steve McDermott
Chief Executive Officer, Hill Physicians Medical Group
San Ramon, CA

Medical Group:
Robert J. Margolis, MD
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Partners Medical Group
Torrance, CA

Facilitation Team:
Facilitator: Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Founder and President, Health Technology Center
Former Director, California Department of Health Services
Former New Jersey Commissioner of Health
San Francisco, CA
(Co chair/Session Facilitator)

RHIO Project Staff:
Jeffrey W. Rose
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HealthAlliant
Former Founder and President and Chief Operating Officer, NovaCare, Inc.
Piedmont, CA

Academic Advisor:
Alain C. Enthoven, Ph.D.
Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management, Emeritus
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Consultant:
Kevin Fickenscher, MD
National Director for Clinical Transformation & Partner
Clinical Transformation, CSC Global Healthcare Group
San Francisco, CA

Legal Counsel:
Paul T. Smith, Esq.
Partner and Co-chair, HIT/HIPAA Task Force
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
San Francisco, CA

3:15 p.m.

Transition Break

3:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS II



2.01 NHIN and RHIOs: Getting Started - Organizing Models for Regional Health Information Organizations

William Bernstein, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
New York, NY



2.02 HIT Legal Issues: Fraud and Abuse

Reece Hirsch, Esq.
Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP
San Francisco, CA

Jordana Schwartz, Esq.
Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP
New York, NY



2.03 Implementing RHIOS: Roadmap and Methodology for Maximizing Benefits of Interoperability

Bruno Nardone
Solutions Manager, IBM
Armonk, NY

George Eisenberger
Manager Solutions Architecture, IBM
Armonk, NY



2.04 Data Mining: Opportunities for Healthcare Quality Improvement and Cost Control

Joseph A. Welfeld, FACHE
Program Director, MPA in Health Administration
Long Island University
Orangeburg, NY



2.05 Leveraging Payer-Owned Data to Jumpstart Fledgling LHII/RHIO Ventures

David St. Clair
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MEDecision, Inc.
Wayne, PA



2.06 Incentives for Health Information Technology Adoption

Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health
Co-Founder, Leapfrog Group
San Francisco, CA



2.07 HIT Case Studies: Community Clinic Healthcare

Mike Matull
Director of Information Technology
The Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics
Santa Ana, CA

Anthony Stever
Information Systems and Technology Director
Redwood Community Health Coalition
Santa Rosa, CA

George Swetzer
Technology Officer
Northern Sierra Rural Health Network
Nevada City, CA



2.08 From Reactive to Adaptive: How Digital Technology Transforms Hospitals

James Fisher
Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Indianapolis, IN

4:45 p.m.

Transition Break

5:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS III



3.01 The Psychology of Implementing HIT

Andy Schaer
Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President, Solutions Development
CMO, The Abreon Group
Pittsburgh, PA

Michele Snead
Director, Performance Consulting
The Abreon Group
Pittsburgh, PA



3.02 HIT Legal Issues: Legal Structure and Tax Status

Rachel Glitz, Esq.
Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine
San Francisco, CA

Gerald M. Hinkley, Esq.
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
San Francisco, CA



3.03 ePrescribing's Impact on Cost and Quality: Implications for Pay-for-Performance Initiatives

Leo Barbaro
Vice President, Network Management Services
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut
North Haven, CT



3.04 How to Build Local Coalitions to Implement the National Health Information Infrastructure

W. Holt Anderson
Executive Director
North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.
Research Triangle Park, NC

Victor Plavner, MD
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Maryland/DC Collaborative for Healthcare Information Technology
Columbia, MD



3.05 Practical Experience with Claims Attachments: Interfacing Clinical and Administrative Data

Kepa Zubeldia, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Claredi
Former Chair AFEHCT
Former Member, NCVHS
Co Chair, WEDI Security Policy Advisory Group
Kaysville, UT



3.06 Evaluating EHR functionality at the Point of Care

Stephen Levinson, MD
CMO, iMedX
Bridgeport, CT



3.07 Changing Culture to Support Quality Improvement through HIT

Marc Pierson, MD
Regional Vice President
Clinical Information and Special Projects
Whatcom Region/St. Joseph Hospital
Bellingham, WA

6:15 p.m.

Adjournment and Opening Reception


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