Workshops

Information Security Workshop: The Next Level

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tom Walsh, CHS, CISSP, President, Tom Walsh Consulting, LLC
Dave Wiseman, Information System Security Manager, Saint Luke’s Health System

Level: Advanced

This workshop delves deeper into information security, providing practical recommendations for experienced attendees. Through participation and interactive exercises, attendees can share their experiences for managing an effective information security program. A portion of the workshop is dedicated to an actual case study in responding to an information security audit from CMS.

During this workshop the presenters will:

• Review the key components of a solid information security program
• Position the information security program to be in alignment with business goals and objectives
• Create a framework for governance and a systematic approach for meeting the various regulatory requirements
• Review the “lessons learned” from a CMS audit of a healthcare organization
• Discuss best practices within healthcare
• Evaluate the maturity of the information security program

Prerequisites: Attendees should have experience with information security at an intermediate level.

Management Engineering/Process Improvement Workshop

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Level: Intermediate

This workshop provides a hands-on approach to understanding and deploying Lean principles in healthcare. It will begin with a hands-on simulation of an Emergency Department to demonstrate why traditional improvement approaches have only limited success. After introducing Lean principles, the simulation will be revisited and the participants will utilize a basic set of Lean Tools to eliminate waste and improve flow. Although this will indeed result in an improved system, it will also highlight aspects of healthcare that require special attention and analysis in order to gain even greater improvements. Additional Lean principles will then be introduced and mapped into the simulation. The workshop will be conducted by a university-based faculty team with experience in teaching and deploying Lean Healthcare in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Participants should wear comfortable shoes for walking.

** Limited to 50 participants.

• Provide a basic understanding of Lean principles applied to Healthcare
• Gain hands-on experience with basic Lean methods for process improvement
• Discuss the challenges of applying Lean in healthcare organizations

Co-sponsored by SHS and developed with input from the HIMSS Management Engineering/Process Improvement Task Force

Project Management: Ensuring HIT Sustainability Beyond Go Live

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Scott R. Coplan, PMP, President, Coplan and Company
Kim Brant-Lucich, PMP, Director, IS Dept, St. Joseph Health System

Level: Intermediate

This pre-conference workshop focuses on critical success factors that you must employ before and after go-live to improve the adoption and ensure the sustainability of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT). This workshop is for both clinical and non-clinical attendees who have a good understanding of the basics of project management and are responsible for sponsoring, implementing and sustaining HIT.

Attendees will be able to:

• Apply the keys to higher rates of HIT adoption
• Explain the value and importance of process re-design to enable and ensure higher rates of HIT adoption
• Outline HIT return on investment and the realization of value
• Summarize a clinician’s perspective about the importance of governance and its impact on HIT sustainability

Cosponsored by the PMI Healthcare SIG and developed with input from the HIMSS Project Management SIG

Introduction to Healthcare and IT Enabling Technologies: All you Wanted to Know and Were Afraid to ask

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Marion Ball, Ed.D, Fellow, Center for Healthcare Management, IBM Research

Karen Ondo, Executive Vice President, Klas Enterprises, LLC

This workshop is designed to provide individuals new to the healthcare arena or wanting to understand more with an understanding of the role and structure of the US healthcare system and the impact of information technology on improved patient safety and quality as well as the role of HIT in efficiency of delivery of healthcare. It is designed to provide an overview of the US health system, its structure and operations and provide an interactive opportunity for newcomers to the field to immerse themselves in the healthcare space. This program will feature workshop leaders representing healthcare leadership to provide a unique, high impact learning experience.

• Describe the US healthcare system, including structure, organization and funding
• Identify key stakeholders in the healthcare arena
• Explain the role of healthcare IT in improved patient care, quality outcomes and efficiency

Human Capital Leadership Workshop

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

TBD

Simmi Singh, Managing Director, Converge Partners, LLC

Leading the IT Charge: Realities and Strategies

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Kim Slocum, FHIMSS, President, KDS Consulting, LLC

Kenneth Klineberg, Vice President - Hospital Strategist - Clinical Solutions Group, ALLSCRIPTS

IT Professionals in healthcare can encounter problems where accepted wisdom about the value of IT is often inadequate to produce stakeholder buy-in for deployment of technology tools. This can lead to frustration, lack of job satisfaction, and poor results. It is important for IT professionals to learn about the broader health policy context in which they must operate so they can better understand the root causes for some of the challenges they encounter from various stakeholders. At the same time, they must develop leadership and change management skills that will allow them to overcome these challenges and bring the benefits of information technology to a field that can benefit greatly from what IT has to offer.

• Discuss a background on the current US health care landscape,
• Review issues that affect stakeholder attitudes toward IT
• Discuss insights in to the leadership and change management skills IT professionals will require to succeed.

Interoperability Workshop

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 1:00 PM –5:00 PM

TBD

Charlene Underwood