Roundtable Sessions

Description:
Secure online comunication through patient portals enhances patient-physician communications, improves practice efficiency and improves patient involvement. Patients say they want it. This session will explore both the reality and the functionality of working portals.

Speaker Information:
Kenneth Adler, MD, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Family Practice Practioner

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Describe the benefits of an EHR-linked ambulatory care patient portal for physicians and patients alike
• Understand the practical aspects of selecting, implementing, maintaining and financing a patient portal
• Appreciate how your experience with a patient portal is similar or different from your peers
• Conclude how to make your patient portal more efficient, effective and utilized in your practice
• Explain how patient portals are likely to evolve over the next several years, becoming increasingly integral to medical practice

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
How does your HIT system address the unique needs of child health and pediatric care? Share the features/functionality/content that you value and outcome measures that illustrate your success.

Speaker Information:
Sajjad Yacoob, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Children's Hosptial Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• List the various features, functions and content that empower pediatric care
• Describe positive user outcomes as empowered by pediatric HIT systems
• Identify outcome measures to compare pre- and post- implementation to help assess your success

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
This Roundtable Discussion Session will focus on the plethora of social media (Health 2.0) for use by physicians, patients and provider organizations, as well as examine the benefits and challenges.

Speaker Information:
Deborah Kohn, MPH, RHIA, FACHE, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Principal, Dak Systems Consulting

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Define the social media that make up "Health 2.0"
• Understand the phenomena of the ever-changing and growing array of social media (Health 2.0)
• Differentiate between the truly useful Health 2.0 media / tools and those that pose challenges for health care consumers and providers
• Determine what Health 2.0 media / tools health care organizations currently are deploying for their providers, staff, and patients

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
Can predictive informatics do for healthcare what predictive analytics has done for Wall Street? What specific issues arise and how do we address them?

Speaker Information:
Christophe Giraud-Carrier, PhD
Associate Professor, Brigham Young University

Level:
Introductory

Objectives:

• Articulate a clear and simple definition of what predictive informatics is and how it differs from predictive analytics
• Appreciate the unique challenges posed by mining healthcare/medical data
• Identify at least 2 aspects of their specialty/work where the use of predictive informatics would be beneficial

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
This important roundtable focuses its discussion around the importance of the Emergency Medical System's timely access to crash-victim health information, and the difficulty EMS responders typically have in locating such data (especially in times of urgent need).

Speaker Information:
Lawrence Williams
President and CEO, Roadside Telematics Corporation

Level:
Introductory

Objectives:

• Describe a vision of how EMS responder standardized access to and exchange of crash victim health information has the potential to greatly improve post-crash emergency healthcare for unresponsive crash victims
• Explain the current difficulty EMS responders typically have in locating positive ID and associated health information for unidentified, unresponsive crash victims
• Define the opportunities of enabling police responders to securely hand over crash victim identity (ID) and associated emergency contact information (ECON) to EMS responders
• Discuss leveraging an existing nationwide law enforcement telecommunications network to support a standards-based interoperable transaction enabling police responders to securely hand over crash victim ID/ECON information to EMS responders in an automated format
• Summarize key findings, suggestions, and points

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
Members of an operational, statewide health information exchange including hospitals, a national lab and physician users will discuss the development, implementation and operations of a sustainable HIE, resulting in clinical efficiencies and National Health Information Network participation. DHIN Roundtable members include: Lynn Misener, Applications Manager of Beebe Medical Center; Chris Konen, Project Manager Christiana Care Health System; Ethel Matney, DHIN Project Leader, Bayhealth Medical Center and Edward R. Sobel, DO, Family Practice Associates and Health Care Quality Improvement Program Director, Quality Insights of Delaware.

Speaker Information:
Gina Perez, MPA
Executive Director, Delaware Health Information Network

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Integrate experience and success factors outlined by NHIN roundtable participants into their own RHIO/HIE information exchanges projects and planning activities
• Recognize the importance of thorough strategic planning and multi-stakeholder participation and commitment in building, implementing and operating a HIE project
• Recognize the fundamentals of business and financial sustainability in a multi stakeholder environment whereby financing is shared by private and public organizations in a fair and equitable manner
• Recognize the needs and interests of various HIE stakeholders, including the value proposition, which leads to successful data exchange among disparate stakeholders and across wide geographic areas

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
In 2008 there were seven HIMSS State Government Advocacy Days. Each event was successful, yet unique in size and approach. A panel of Advocates will discuss how to implement an Advocacy Day.

Speaker Information:
Richard Moore
Advocacy Chair, CSOHIMSS

Level:
Introductory

Objectives:

• Learn how HIMSS State Government Advocacy Days were implemented in seven different states
• Learn insights on how a HIMSS State Government Advocacy Day can be implemented in your state
• Learn how HIMSS State Government and HIMSS Federal Government resources can help with a State Advocacy effort

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
This important industry discussion is targeted at issues surrounding patient identity integrity, and how to ensure accurate association of patient data across multiple systems and organizations to safeguard patient safety and quality of care.

Speaker Information:
Beth Just, MBA, RHIA
Chief Executive Officer, Just Associates, Inc

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Provide opportunity for brainstorming common solutions to universal problem of identity management
• Provide forum for exchange of information in how various sectors of healthcare currently manage patient identity
• Raise level of understanding across all sectors of healthcare in the issues surrounding patient identity management

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
This session is a roundtable dicussion of the risk and legal issues for consumers and clinicians related to personal health record data being used in providing patient care. Topics reviewed include data ownership, consumer rights and malpractice risk.

Speaker Information:
Lucy Mancini Newell, FHIMSS
Consultant, HIMSS PHR Committee Chairpseron
Howard Burde, JD
Blank Rome, LLP
Marilyn Lemar, JD
Liss & LeMar

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Review the ownership rights related to of PHR data
• Discuss the clinicians responsibility and risk to the clinician using PHR data related to patient care
• Explain the potential for malpractice liability for clinicians and associated organizations

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a

Description:
Is it the '90s all over again as hospitals acquire physician practices? This session will explore whether participants are wiser today, and look at different ways to share technology, acquire physician practices and build successful relationships. Facilitators will be joined by Cleveland Clinic end-user technology and project management experts Neil Klein and Dean Balog.

Speaker Information:
Thomas Gregorich, MBA, CPHIMS
Director, IT Services, Cleveland Clinic
Kenyokee Crowell, MBA, CPS, CPC
Administrator, Region Practice Management, Cleveland Clinic

Level:
Intermediate

Objectives:

• Generate ideas to categorize targeted practices for successful contract negotiations and IT integration planning
• Identify IT and telephony implementation planning challenges and share best practices for project management
• Brainstorm ideas for balancing practice expectations with hospital standard operating procedures
• Discuss the IT role to help manage this new relationship

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S 105 a