This session reviews the importance of disaster recovery and the applications healthcare providers need to protect and recover business-critical data.  Regulations within the healthcare industry are continually being updated and healthcare providers are finding their current disaster recovery plans and operating applications are not keeping up with these new requirements.   Attend this session to learn what you can do to ensure your IT application systems are keeping up with today’s regulation demands.

Panelists:

James R. Morrow, M.D., VP and CIO, North Fulton Family Medicine, North Fulton, GA Additional Pannelists being determined. Please check back.

Learn how hundreds of hospitals, including some of the largest health systems in the country, are using a new approach and next generation web technology to drive immediate value for hospitals, providers, patients and others in the community, making sustainable community exchange a profitable reality.

Part 1 - Two trends (Massive increases in clinical data and massive increase in consumer access to data) are converging to make now the most exciting time to be involved in Healthcare and technology.  These converging trends provide the foundation for a transformation in the Healthcare field. Part 2 - The Role of Software – A Strategic Asset to Healthcare Software is the tool that enables us to harness these trends and fundamentally improve Healthcare in the coming years. Software has the potential to connect systems in ways like never before, simplify communication and collaboration, and drive informed health decisions. Part 3 - Beyond Technology – The Role of Partnership & Policy Software alone provides an incredible tool to improve Healthcare, but we also need industry/Public-private partnerships to realize the opportunity. Part 4 - Commitment, Conclusion, and Q&A . Microsoft is committed to this space for the long term, we call it long-cycle innovation for societal impact. Recent announcements of technologies like Microsoft Amalga and HealthVault, help involve us in a new, exciting way with the potential to drive positive change. Working together, we can achieve our common objective – enabling the best quality of life and quality of care to people around the world.

Healthcare is in the middle of the largest building boom in its history. A large expansion, renovation or new replacement facility offers hospitals the best opportunity to create the robust technology foundation needed to realize the much sought after improvements in care made possible though IT adoption. However for many hospitals there is a significant disconnect between the IT function and the facility design and construction function. This presentation will help you understand more about the facility planning and design process and how to leverage IT’s involvement in this process to insure your facility has an IT infrastructure that lasts and enables the improvements in healthcare delivery we all seek.

With the rapidly growing pace of clinical automation, IT organizations are not only deploying systems, but working closely with medical staff to improve productivity. Please join this session to discuss effective practices and specific measures that IT can take to help medical staff spend less time in front of computer screens and more with patients, focusing on improving quality of patient care.  Areas of discussions would include simplifying day-to-day email management and eliminating email box size limits, rapidly deploying applications and patches without impacting medical staff operations, and other productivity improvements.

Healthcare organizations are constantly challenged to increase operational efficiency, lower costs and meet compliance demands. In addition, effective management of critical assets is required to meet the high demands of health services. This presentation will help you understand more about the capabilities available to support automated asset monitoring and management along with business process integration and compliance requirements.