Federal Participation at HIMSS12

HIMSS is pleased to have officials from many federal government agencies share their new initiatives currently underway to improve electronic health information sharing and support national health interoperability standards through education sessions and demonstrations at HIMSS12.

 

Events with Participation from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Exhibitor Booth #: 14322

Session #52:  Redefining Health Care: Advancing Patient-Centered Care through Health IT 
Featuring Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director
Tuesday, February 21, 12:15 – 1:15 PM
San Polo 3503

Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet)
AHRQ Grant Recipient Steve Ornstein, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Tuesday, February 21, 1:30-2:30 pm
Wednesday, February 22, 3:30-4:30 pm
Thursday, February 23, 10:00-11:00 am
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

Model Children’s EHR Format
Scott Finley, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, Westat 
Tuesday, February 21, 2:30 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, February 22, 4:30 – 5:00 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

AHRQ Health IT Portfolio Staff
Erin Grace, Health IT and Senior Advisor for Rural and Community Health, and Project Director,  AHRQ Model Children’s EHR Format
Tuesday, February 21, 2:30 - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, February 22, 4:30 – 5:00 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

eRecommendation Projectecommendations
Jerry Osheroff, MD, FACP, FACMI, Principal, TMIT Consulting, LLC
Tuesday, February 21, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

CDS Consortium
Lana Tsurikova, Research Program Manager, Clinical Informatics R&D Department, Partners HealthCare
Tonya Hongsermeier MD, MBA, Principal Informatician, Clinical Informatics R&D
Blackford Middleton MD, MPH, MSc, FACP, FACMI, FHIMSS, Corporate Director, Clinical Informatics R&D department at Partners HealthCare
Tuesday, February 21, 5:30 - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, February 22, 12:00 - 1: 00 pm
Thursday, February 23, 12:00 - 12:30 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

Improving Population Health through Enhanced Targeted Regional Decision Support
Brian E. Dixon, M.P.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Informatics, Indiana University School of Informatics
Wednesday, February 22, 10:00-11:00 am
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

Translating Evidence into Action: A How-To Manual for Implementing Clinical Decision Support
Peter Cucchiara, Managing Director, Performance Improvement Development Corporation
Wednesday, February 22, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

AHRQ Model Children’s EHR Format
Erin Grace, Health IT and Senior Advisor for Rural and Community Health
Scott Finley, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, Westat 
Wednesday, February 22, 2:45 - 3:30 pm

Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824 (ONC Booth)

AHRQ Health IT Portfolio Staff
Jon White, MD, Health IT Portfolio Director
Thursday, February 23, 9:30 - 10:00 am
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14322

 

Events with Participation from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Exhibitor Booth #: 11000 (Interoperability Showcase)

HIE Symposium:  Inter Agency Collaboration: A Federal Update
Seth Foldy, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Senior Advisor, Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office
Monday, February 20, 9:30 – 10:30am
Lando 4204

Session #22:  CDC and Meaningful Use: Strengthening the Link between Healthcare Providers and Public Health 
Seth Foldy, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Senior Advisor, Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office
Tuesday, February 21, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cassanova 503

 

Events with Participation from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Exhibitor Booth #: 14624

Achieving Meaningful Use Symposium (Pre-conference): CMS & ONC Present Stage 2 – Essential Knowledge
Rob Anthony, Policy Analyst
Monday, February 20, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Veronese 2506

HIE Symposium (Pre-conference): Inter Agency Collaboration: A Federal Update
John Allison, Health Insurance Specialist
Monday, February 20, 9:30 – 10:30 am
Lando 4204

HIE Symposium (Pre-conference): SLHIE: Moving from Planning to Implementation
Jessica Kahn, MPH, Technical Director for Health IT
Monday, February 20, 12:45 – 1:45 pm
Lando 4204

Session #33: Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: Meaningful Use Stage 1 Overview
Speaker TBD
Tuesday, February 21, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
San Polo 3503

Medicaid Patient Volume
Jessica Kahn, Technical Director for Health IT
Tuesday, February 21, 3:00 – 3:30 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14624

Session #90: Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM Overview
Speaker TBD
Wednesday, February 22, 9:45 – 10:45 am
San Polo 3503

Overview and Timeline for Incentives and Payment Adjustments
Travis Broome, Policy Analyst
Wednesday, February 22, 11:00 – 11:30 am
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14624

FAQs on Stage 1 Meaningful Use
Robert Anthony, Policy Analyst
Wednesday, February 22, 4:00 – 4:30 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14624

How States Are Auditing the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
Jessica Kahn, Technical Director for Health IT
Thursday, February 23, 10:00 – 10:30 am
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14624

Overview of Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Travis Broome, Policy Analyst
Thursday, February 23, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14624

Session #186: CMS Townhall
Speaker TBD
Thursday, February 23, 2:15 – 4:15 pm
San Polo 3503

 

Events with Participation from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Session #3:  Health IT Update from HRSA
Yael Harris, PhD, MHS, Director, Office of Health IT & Quality
Tuesday, February 21, 9:45 – 10:45 AM
Casanova 503

 

Events with Participation from Military Health System (MHS)

Exhibitor Booth #: 14618

The Military Health System Track and conference information are available at http://www.himssconference.org/education/military.aspx

 

Events with Participation from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Exhibitor Booth #: 11000 (Interoperability Showcase)

 

Events with Participation from the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Exhibitor Booth #: 12320

 

Events with Participation from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)

Session #206:  HIPAA Privacy & Security Regulations 
Leon Rodriguez, Director
Friday, February 24, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
San Polo 3503

 

Events with Participation from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

Exhibitor Booth #: 14824

Keynote Speaker
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator
Thursday, February 23, 8:30 – 9:30 am
Palazzo Ballroom

HIE Symposium (Pre-conference):  Opening Keynote:  HIE: The Next Generation and Beyond
Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, Director, Office of Standards and Interoperability
Monday, February 20, 8:45 – 9:30 am
Lando 4204

HIE Symposium (Pre-conference): Inter Agency Collaboration: A Federal Update
Claudia Williams, Director, State Health Information Exchange Program
James Daniel, Public Health Coordinator
Monday, February 20, 9:30 – 10:30 am
Lando 4204

HIE Symposium (Pre-conference): State Collaborations: Current Trends and Future Directions
Lee Stevens, Program Manager, State Health Information Exchange Program
Monday, February 20, 10:45 – 11:45 am
Lando 4204

HIE Symposium (Pre-conference): SLHIE: Moving from Planning to Implementation
Claudia Williams, Director, State Health Information Exchange Program
Monday, February 20, 12:45 – 1:45 pm
Lando 4204

Physicians’ IT Symposium (Pre-conference): Optimizing your EHR Value through Patient Engagement
Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN, Deputy National Coordinator
Monday, February 20, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
San Polo 3504

Achieving Meaningful Use Symposium (Pre-conference): CMS & ONC Present Stage 2 – Essential Knowledge
Steven Posnack, Director, Federal Policy Division
Monday, February 20, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Veronese 2506

Performance Measurement and CDS Symposium (Pre-conference): Leveraging CDS at the Point of Care to Optimize Quality Measure Outcomes
Jacob Reider, MD, Senior Policy Advisor
Monday, February 20, 1:30 – 2:30 pm

Workforce: The Use of Immersive Learning Environments in Online HIT Technology
Norma Morgani, Executive Director, Midwest Community College HIT Consortium
Tuesday, February 21, 1:30 – 2:15 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

Beacon Communities: Bringing HITECH to Life
Beacon Project Highlights - IT-Enabled Care Coordination, HIT Infrastructure to Support Pioneer ACOs, and Mobile Technology in Support of Better Diabetes Management
Patti Bondurant, Beacon Project Manager, HealthBridge
Anjum Khurshid, Beacon Project Manager, Louisiana Public Health Institute
Bruce Wiegand, Chief Technologist, Southeast Michigan Beacon Community
Marcy Cheadle, Director of Advance Clinical Applications, BCIN
Dr. David Kendrick, CEO, MyHealth Access Network
Tuesday, February 21, 4:00 – 5:45 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

Session #71: ONC Certification Programs – Update and Next Steps
Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, Director, Office of Standards and Interoperability
Steven Posnack, Director, Federal Policy Division
Carol Bean, Director, Certification Division
Wednesday, February 22, 8:30 – 9:30 am
San Polo, 3503

Query Health: Demonstrating How to Send Questions to the Data
Rich Elmore, Coordinator, Query Health Project
Wednesday, February 22, 9:45 – 10:30am
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

NwHN Exchange Opportunities and the Path Forward
Mary Ann Yaeger, Interim Executive Director, Nationwide Health Information Network
Exchange (NwHN)
Wednesday, February 22, 12:00 – 12:45 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

Session #128: ONC Townhall: Advancing Health IT into the Future
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator
Wednesday, February 22, 2:15 – 3:45 pm
San Polo 3503

AHRQ:  Model Children’s EHR Format
Erin Grace, Health IT and Senior Advisor for Rural and Community Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Wednesday, February 22, 2:45 – 3:30 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

The popHealth Challenge Demonstration:  Patient Engagement Reminders for popHealth Measures
Jacob Reider, MD, Senior Policy Advisor
Wednesday, February 22, 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

Session #148: Privacy and Security – You can do it and Here’s How
Joy Pritts, Chief Privacy Officer
Thursday, February 23, 9:45 – 10:45 am
San Polo 3503

Privacy & Security: Privacy Protection for Substance Abuse Treatment Information
Jonathan Coleman, Project Coordinator
Thursday, February 23, 3:00 – 3:45 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

Workforce:  Using the ONC-HIT Teaching Materials
Dr. William Hersh, Oregon Health & Science University
Thursday, February 23, 4:00 – 4:45 pm
Exhibit Hall, Booth #14824

 

Events with Participation from Social Security Administration (SSA)

Exhibitor Booth #: 13921

Session #41:  Social Security Administration: Exchanging Electronic Health Information across the NwHIN
Debby Ellis, Associate Commissioner for Applications and Supplemental Security Income Systems
Tuesday, February 21, 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Cassanova 503

 

Events with Participation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Exhibitor Booth #: 13922

Session #23: New Era in DoD/VA Health Information Technology
Robert A. Petzel, MD, Under Secretary for Health
Roger Baker, Assistant Secretary
Tuesday, February 21, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Marco Polo 803

Session #167: VA Invited Session
Peter Levin, PhD, Chief Technology Officer
Thursday, February 23, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
San Polo 3503