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Northeast U.S. Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference
sponsored by HIMSS Western Pennsylvania Chapter
also in cooperation with:.
Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania
 

 


Friday, May 11, 2007– Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hilton Pittsburgh
Ballroom level
  Conference Agenda
7:45am – 8:45am
Exhibits open
Attendee Registration & Badge Pick-up
Ballroom Level
Foyer Area
  Attendee Buffet Continental Breakfast - view the menu Ballroom Level
Grand Ballroom
8:45am to 8:55am
Exhibits closed
Welcome & Agenda Overview
Barry Ross, President, WPHIMSS
Ballroom Level
Grand Ballroom
9:00am – 10:00am
Exhibits closed
Morning Keynote:
Jerry J. Fedele, President and CEO,
West Penn Allegheny Health System
Presentation topic: The Patient Experience and Information Technology
Topic overview: click here
CIO perpective also provided by co-presenter:

Nicholas J. Valadja, Vice President and CIO,
West Penn Allegheny Health System
Ballroom Level
Kings Garden Rooms 10,11,&12 (combined)
10:00am –10:30am
Exhibits open
Visit exhibits (refreshments available) view the menu Ballroom Level Grand Ballroom
10:30am – 11:30am
Exhibits closed
Event Sponsor Conference Presentations
Meeting room #10 (LeBateau) – M*Modal
Presentation topic:
Conversational Documentation Services
The missing Link in Healthcare Documentation
Topic overview: click here
Presentation speaker/title: 
Michael Finke, Chairman & CEO
Meeting room #11 (King’s Garden South) – McKesson
Presentation topic:
McKesson's Healthcare Leadership Strategy: Giving You the Power to Perform
Topic overview: click here
Presentation speaker/title: 
Tom Leonard, VP and General Manager of Ambulatory, McKesson
Meeting room #12 (King’s Garden North) – IBM
Presentation topic:
Electronic Health Record Models for Patient-Centered Care
Topic overview: click here
Presentation speaker/title:
Richard S. Bakalar, M.D. Chief Medical Officer -
Global Innovation Team
IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS)
President, American Telemedicine Association

Ballroom Level
Kings Garden Rooms 10,11,&12
11:30am –11:45am
Exhibits open
Visit exhibits Ballroom Level
Grand Ballroom
11:45am – 12:55pm
Exhibits open
Buffet Luncheon & exhibits will remain open - view the menu Ballroom Level
Grand Ballroom
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Exhibits closed
CEO & CIO  IT Roundtable Discussion Track
This roundtable discussion is specifically to be attended only by area hospital and health system CEOs, CIOs, and VPs of IS or IT please.
Topic: CEO and CIO relationships in managing IT
Topic overview: click here
Moderator:

A.J. Harper, President, Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, Warrendale, PA
Panelists:
Roundtable Panelists being determined at this time
Ballroom Level
Kings Garden (Room # 10)
 
Healthcare IT Innovation Panel Discussion
Topic: "Every treatment should begin with a mouse ........ click!"
Topic overview: Click here
Moderator: Ganesh Mani, PhD
Adjunct Faculty, Carnegie Mellon
Panelists:
William Fera, MD (UPMC)
Neil Cowles, CEO, Tolven, Inc.
Linda Hogan, PhD, VP Clinical Informatics & Operations
(Mercy Hospital)
Michael A. Dunn, MD, FACP
Medical Director, Interoperability, eRECORD (UPMC)
Joel N. Diamond, MD
CMO, North America, dbMotion, Inc
Ballroom Level
Kings Garden South Room (room# 11)
 

Geisinger Health System RHIO Track
Topic: Overviewing the Central Penn Health Information Collaborative, including RHIO formation, a regional exchange initiative for providing real-time access to patient information in our region's emergency departments.
Topic overview: click here
Presentation speaker/title:
Jim Younkin, IT Program Director, Geisinger Health System

Ballroom Level
Kings Garden North Room (room# 12)
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Exhibits open
Visit exhibits (refreshments available) view the menu Ballroom Level
Grand Ballroom
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Exhibits closed
Event Sponsor Conference Presentations
Meeting room #10 (LeBateau) - Oracle
Presentation topic:
Single Source of Data Truth
Topic overview: click here
Presentation speaker/title: 
Chip Jackson, Director Healthcare Industries,
Oracle Corporation
Meeting room #11 (King’s Garden South)
Hewlett-Packard – Information Management Practice
Presentation topic:
Business Intelligence for Healthcare Providers
Topic overview: click here
Presentation speaker/title: 
Linda McCann, Provider Practice Principal,
Hewlett-Packard – Information Management Practice
Meeting room #12 (King’s Garden North)
Siemens Medical Solutions
Presentation topic:
Leveraging Technology to Optimize Patient Safety
Topic overview: click here
Presentation speaker/title: 
Gail E. Latimer, RN, MSN
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of Siemens Medical Solutions
Ballroom Level
Kings Garden Rooms 10,11,&12.
Also in Brigade Room, Black Diamond, and Rivers Room.
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Exhibits remain open
Attendee cocktail reception & networking mixer (exhibits remain open) view the menu
Ballroom Level
Grand Ballroom
3:45pm – 4:45pm
Exhibits remain open
HIMSS National Industry Overview
Presentation topic:
HIMSS: An Industry Update
Topic overview: Click here
Presentation speaker/title:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, PMP, FHIMSS
Director, Healthcare Information Systems, Doylestown, PA
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Ballroom Level
Kings Garden (Room # 10)
  CIO Panelist Discussion Track
Topic: CIO Insomnia: what job issues keep hospital CIOs in the Northeast U.S. region up at night?
moderated and presented by Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania
Topic overview: click here
Moderators:
Sean O’Brien, Coordinator of IT and Data Management, Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania
Michael Connally, Vice President Business Development, IPLogic, Inc.
Panelists:
Dianne Emminger, Vice President Information Services, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Nicholas J. Valadja, Vice President and CIO,
West Penn Allegheny Health System
Sumeet Mukara, CTO, Community Care Physicians, P.C.,
Latham, NY
TBD
TBD
Ballroom Level
Kings Garden (Room # 11)
 
Attendee Peer-to-Peer exchanges, topic-specific round
table discussions + Visit exhibits (refreshments available)
Adding quality and outcome indicators
Application of IT solutions to enhance productivity
Bio-Surveillance
Business Intelligence
Clinical implementations & information
CPOE at small hospitals & CPOE strategies
Current state of health information security
e-Health
Electronic Health or Medical Records / Implementation / Systems
How to get physicians to use CIS
IT balanced scorecard
IT Impact on revenue cycles
Job skills for clinical informatics nursing professionals
Point of care mobile computing (is it working?)
Project Management / Structure / topics
RFID
Technology investment priorities
  *Topics may change over the next week
Ballroom Level
Grand Ballroom
4:45pm
Exhibits closed
Event is over / concludes
 

 
Additional groups supporting this event whose membership is invited:
Supporting publications:
 
   

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