HealthMart 2003
Quality Improvement Initiatives Conference
"Making the Business Case for Quality Improvement: Perspectives of Employees, Employers, Providers, Government, and Health Insurers"
Overview | Agenda | Workshops | Exhibitors | Sponsorship Opportunities
Session Descriptions: Keynote Address | Meet-the-Experts | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | Investing in Information Awards
Workshops
#1 PatientEDU
"Patient Education For Your Hospital"
The Patient EDU Series is a collection of high-quality patient education healthcare programs that use interactive video and computer based technologies. This content, regularly reviewed and updated, consists of over forty-five titles that address approximately 80% of all medical conditions requiring hospitalization.
This product is the only one of its type that is available with sufficient quality, flexibility, and breadth and depth of content to meet the industry's needs. The Series is written and produced for a lay audience with little or no medical background. The content requires only 8th grade reading skills.
The programs may be viewed in the hospital or physician's office, or at home with others close to the patient.
The product is supported with customizable delivery options that may include interactive television systems, bedside touch screen interactive computer Learning Exchange® tablets or Internet streaming, as well as the more familiar VHS tapes and CD/DVD's.
Detailed patient self-test questions are available for each title and the program can be used in conjunction with any commercially available outcome software.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Privacy Officers, Executive Management, and all staff with access to Protected Healthcare Information
#2 Beacon Partners
"Accounting for Disclosures – Do I Really Need To?"
Now that you have performed your HIPAA Privacy Gap Assessment, how are you complying with the tracking of disclosures? Judy Williams and Rebecca Perry of Beacon Partners, will help you understand what a disclosure is, what the HIPAA Regulations require and examine ways to implement an efficient process for the tracking and reporting on PHI disclosures. To illustrate potential solutions for accounting of disclosures, Ms. Perry will demonstrate an automated disclosure accounting system developed by Beacon Partners to streamline both the recording and reporting of such.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Privacy Officers, Executive Management, and all staff with access to Protected Healthcare Information
#3 RxHub
"The Infrastructure Behind e-Prescribing"
One of the most formidable goals for healthcare organizations is assuring that clinicians always have accurate, up-to-date clinical information to deliver the highest quality healthcare. The inability to efficiently and rapidly access the information that is contained in dispersed, paper-based medical records and databases has serious consequences to the health of the nation. Innovations in information technology will lead the way to a transformation how health care is delivered. The critical first step is to establish an infrastructure that supports technological advances.
RxHub is building such an infrastructure for the electronic exchange of critical decision support information at the point of care. This interoperable health care information exchange will allow for secure connectivity across providers, payers, pharmacies and other key constituencies. Clinicians will have the information they need to make the best clinical decisions at the right time to manage and address their patients' health care needs. This presentation will discuss the fundamentals required in building such an infrastructure and the partnerships in the industry to achieve long-term success.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: CIOs, IT staff, Physicians, Administrators, Pharmacists
#4 Medco Health Solutions
"Predictive Modeling: real savings, real safety or just hype?"
American business spends more every year on hospitalizations for members who overuse, under-use, or misuse prescription drugs than is spent on all prescription drugs combined!
Learn how predictive modeling is helping health plans improve members safety and reduce healthcare costs. Kevin Hall M.D., Medco Health, will explain how integrating medical, diagnostic, laboratory and prescription data can provided remarkably accurate predications of adverse drug related events. Real-life examples of how health plans are using data that already resides on their systems to take actionable measures to improve patient safety and decrease unnecessary healthcare costs.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: CIOs, CMOs, Medical Directors, Pharmacy Directors and staff
#5 Zix Corporation
"e-Prescribing"
Learn how you can save time and money with the PockeScript™ transaction and information system. Using a wireless handheld PDA or secure Internet site, physicians can write and generate prescriptions and have access to patient drug dispense history, insurance coverage data, drug interactions, formulary information, and patient-specific drug history. Pharmacies receive information immediately via secure email or fax. PocketScript provides greater legibility and improves communication to reduce the chance of errors. PocketScript interfaces with physician practice management systems for easy upload of patient data. It’s easy to use, HIPAA compliant, and reduces time spent writing and refilling prescription orders.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Payors and Managed Care organizations, Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers, Hospital Managers, Physicians and their Office Staff
#6 Keane
"Maximizing Your IT Spend"
Cost pressures, Medicare re-imbursement cutbacks, and gaining operation efficiencies are among the top IT and business challenges for providers. Learn how Keane can assist you in finding the right formula to contain costs, implement innovative solutions, and have the right people in the right jobs while continuing to provide quality patient care.
Rosemary Abell, Director of Keane’s Healthcare Vertical Team, will present the challenges and show how Keane’s solution addresses these IT operational issues. Rosemary will describe the methods needed to bring your existing operations under control and maximize your IT spend. She will share best practices and lessons learned from implementing the solution.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: C-Level Executives – Providers
#7 DeVA Systems Group
"Identity Access Management & Single Sign On - Addressing Convenience, Compliance & Cost"
Statistics show that the majority of healthcare organizations are exposed to the threat of inappropriate disclosure of protected health information everyday. Learn how you can address this threat while at the same time increasing productivity and reducing operating costs. DeVA & HealthCast will present on a secure single sign-on solution that speaks to healthcare industry's most challenging legacy systems, databases , corporate applications and web-based resources. This solution balances cost, convenience and compliance enabling management to meet the objectives of tangible ROI, patient trust, and employee satisfaction.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: CIOs, IT staff, Physicians, Administrators
#8 Bridgeline Software
"Improving the Web Experience for Patients and Administrators"
Bridgeline has recently launched a new public website for the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. This workshop presentation will focus on how Bridgeline’s web-based applications have improved the quality of the web experience, not only for Newton-Wellesley’s patients but for administrators as well. The various components of the Newton-Wellesley solution include the complete implementation of web content management using netEDITOR-pro; a web-based patient pre-registration application; integration with a proprietary physician finder database; and an event registration tool.
Chris Parisi, Project Director for the Newton-Wellesley Hospital, will join Bridgeline to discuss the solution and speak about the various application components and their role in improving the quality of service to Newton-Wellesley’s patients. We will also discuss the benefits of netEDITOR-pro and its role in allowing non-technical hospital administrators and staff to publish content to the web.
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