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28th Annual Meeting and Conference - Exhibitors
"Community Clinical Connectivity"
Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:00am-3:30pm
Marriott
Hotel, Rt 128 & 3A (One Mall Road), Burlington, MA |
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Session Descriptions: Elliot M. Stone Memorial Lecture |
Speaker Panel
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Session Description -
Speaker Panel Discussion
Case Studies Demonstrate Health Care Networking Benefits |
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Health care leaders from three states involved in collaborative
efforts to improve quality through technology will present case
studies at the Consortium’s 28th Annual Meeting and Conference
on "Community Clinical Connectivity" on April 28, 2006.
Following their individual presentations, Micky
Tripathi, PhD, CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth
Collaborative (MAeHC); Laura Adams, President
and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute; and Marc
Overhage, MD, PhD, CEO of the Indiana Health
Information Exchange, will participate in a panel
discussion with John Glaser, PhD, Vice President
and CIO of Partners HealthCare System. Ray Campbell,
Executive Director and CEO of the Consortium, will moderate.
- The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative is working to create
a network of electronic health records. It reached a milestone
in March when a four-physician practice in Newburyport began
using EHR for all patients as part of a pilot program that eventually
will network 41 area practices, hospitals and other health care
facilities. MAeHC, formed in 2004, also has pilot programs in
two additional communities.
- The Rhode Island Quality Institute is a public-private
partnership working to leverage the state’s unique
characteristics (small size, line-of-sight trust,
and governmental accessibility) to improve care quality,
safety and value through collaborative innovation,
according to Adams. It has resulted in unprecedented
physician leadership and collaboration in EHR adoption,
begun significant community and consumer involvement
in the health information exchange initiative and
is working for the passage of a $20M capital IT request
from Governor Donald L. Carcieri, currently before
the RI legislature.
“The key to all of this work is achieving balance … between the need for significant
input into decision-making and the need to make a decision; balancing the strong
need to protect patient privacy and the need to use health information to improve
care for all; and balancing the need to move quickly and the need to approach
this thoughtfully,” said Adams.
- The Indiana Health Information Exchange’s efforts
to improve quality and efficiency entail creating
a secure electronic infrastructure to expand communication
among health care stakeholders. A clinical message
system has been deployed in Central Indiana. The “wired” system
eventually will provide improved patient information
for caregivers and in-depth data to researchers.
For further information on any of our conferences and events,
please contact Jerilyn Heinold, Director of Education, via
e-mail. If you would like information on exhibiting opportunities
for this or other events, please contact Arleen Coletti, Director
of Member & Exhibiting Services via
e-mail or by phone (781)768-2512.
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