Colorado - Past Events - 2006 Winter Half Day Program

Agenda
8:30-9:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:05
Welcome and Chapter Update

Gregg Veltri President, CHIMSS

Marie Medenbach Vice President, Programs, CHIMSS

9:05-10:00
CIO Panel: Technology Initiatives Impacting Clinical Practice

Russell Branzell Vice President & CIO, Poudre Valley Health System

Stephen Clark, Ph.D. Vice President & CIO, University of Colorado Hospital

Tom Kerwin V.P. Information Services & CIO, Memorial Hospital, Co Springs

Dana Moore Sr. Vice President & CIO, Centura Health

Moderator:
Daniel S. Herman Sr. Vice President, Dearborn Advisors

Panelists will discuss strategies that have been used to successfully implement IT initiatives that are supporting clinical practice. Areas of discussion include: aligning clinical technology initiatives with organizational priorities, securing medical staff leadership for key projects, implementing workflow and process improvements and gaining physician adoption of clinical initiatives.

10:00-11:00
Strategic and Operational Issues: Using Advanced Clinical Technology to Enhance Care Delivery

Brian Anderson, MD MD, MS, FACC; Chief Medical Officer
Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN

Allina consists of 11 hospitals, 65 clinics, 4 ambulatory centers and other healthcare services serving patients throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Dr. Anderson will discuss successful strategies that Allina used to gain organizational commitment to deploying an advanced clinical information system (Project Excellian). He will highlight the organization’s clinical decision support program, physician adoption strategies and the impact on medical staff governance structures.

11:00-11:20
Break

11:20-12:15
Project Business Continuance Planning for PACS

Dave West Senior Program Coordinator for St. Thomas Health Services in Nashville, TN

St. Thomas Health Services (residing on five campuses) utilized the Emageon PACS system. Mr. West will discuss:

PACS/RIS Architecture – a history and evolution of PACS design and deployment as they pertain to fault tolerance and system recovery.

Identifying Risks and Disaster Scenarios that may impact operations in a digital imaging environment.

Defining the Risk Response Plan as part of the PACS Implementation Project Plan.

HIPAA Requirements for Data Security and Integrity as pertains to digital imaging.

Guidelines for Developing and Implementing Business Continuance Plans and Disaster Recovery Procedures

Coordinating Service and Support Resources for Response to Critical Situations .

12:15-12:20
Raffle: iPods and other items TBD

12:20-1:30
Lunch

Program Sponsors:

Cerner Corporation

Healthia Consulting

Lewan and Associates

McKesson Provider Technologies