Davies Award Recipients

Description:
Eastern Maine Medical Center will discuss their innovative application of its EHR and pioneering virtual technology for optimizing patient care. EMMC will present many valuable lessons learned including how they have derived notable value from computer provider entry.

Speaker Information:
Cathy Bruno, FACHE
Vice President and CIO, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems
C. Hartz, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Eastern Maine Medical Center

Level:
Intermediate

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
W 190 b

Description:
Through the Together Project, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems' (EMHS) created a single unified patient record across seven hospitals in central and northern Maine. Prior to this, each hospital had their own systems and made their own decisions. The Together Project required EMHS to develop and implement an innovative system-wide IT Governance structure and IT Strategic Plan to set priorities for IT at the system level. This new governance model was created in the context of the IT Strategic Plan. This session will present the organization's process, design, results, and critical success factors.

Speaker Information:
Catherine Bruno, FACHE
Vice President and CIO, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems
Robert Swann, MS
Principal, Technology Leadership Partners

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Review the key success factors and understand how to apply them and the Weill/Ross IT Governance model to develop or evaluate their own organization's IS Strategic Plan and Governance Model
• Learn how to utilize EMHS's process flows model as a starting point at your own organization
• Understand how to use EMHS's sample Balanced Scorecard Strategy Map and at your own organization

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 402 b

Description:
The 2008 Davies Ambulatory Award recipients will present how they have improved efficiencies---patient, operational, financial. This dynamic panel discussion of success and lessons learned and true value derived from EHRs in the small, medium, and large practice settings.

Speaker Information:
Scott Hessen, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia
Craig Carson, MD
Oklahoma Arthritis Center, P.C.
Samuel Lederman, MD
Managing Partner, Palm Beach Obstetrics & Gynecology PA

Level:
Intermediate

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
W 190 b

Description:
The 2008 Davies Community Health Organization Award recipients will inspire you with extraordinary stories of leveraging health information technology to achieve improved health outcomes for underserved populations. This panel will encourage the healthcare industry to embrace the electronic health record.

Speaker Information:
Kirsten Platte
Executive Director, Community Health Access Network
Greg Brandenburg
Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Basin Health Association
Sandy Pardus
Chief Information Officer, Community Health Access Network
Karen Redlener, MS
Executive Director, New York Children's Health Project
Greg Wolverton
Chief Information Officer, White River Rural Health Center, Inc

Level:
Intermediate

Description:
The 2008 Davies Public Health Award recipients share how they have improved healthcare for their communities and neighboring entities. The Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority improved population health outcomes for the Cherokee nation, and beyond, by leveraging health information technology through partnerships. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has developed their Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System to serve as a vital information source for others to emulate.

Speaker Information:
Simi Octania-Pole, PhD
Director of Data Systems, Communicable Disease Service, 1. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Michael Toedt, MD, FAAFP
Executive Director of Clinical Services , Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority

Level:
Intermediate

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
W 190 b

Description:
The journey to a successful electronic health record implementation has many challenges. Some of the most compelling lessons learned come from the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence. Attend this important session to learn from both the successes and failures of recent HIMSS Davies Award Winners related to their EHR implemenations.

Speaker Information:
Patricia Wise, RN, MS, MA, FHIMSS
Colonel, US Army (Ret.), Vice President, Healthcare Information Systems, HIMSS
David Collins, MHA, CPHQ, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Director, Healthcare Information Systems, HIMSS

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Describe five items that Davies' Award winning organizations/practices indicate they knew at the conclusion of the implementation but wished they had known from the start
• Describe three oversights that organizations/practices fail to plan for when initiating an EMR implementation
• Identify the single biggest barrier to successful EMR implementation
• Describe the most effective leadership style for EMR implementations at the CEO level, at the CMIO level, and at the direct implementation level

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
W 190 b