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Focus of the Month - December 8, 2006 Agenda
What do wine production, deep space networks and healthcare outcomes have in common?
Friday, December 8, 2006 - 9:00-11:00am
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Waltham, MA
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Description
Complex data and management problems are common and
rarely solved using a single method or approach. Using
lessons learned in other fields, ProVentive has refined
and applied a useful approach for modeling outcomes
and performance. We will describe the application of
this approach for complex chronic conditions, substance
use treatment and medical management. Similar approaches
have been successfully applied in planning and managing
wine production, deep space networks and risk management.
To overcome the inherent weaknesses of traditional
process oriented outcomes measures, we will describe
a longitudinal, pattern-based outcomes method. We will
also focus on the value of defining and measuring health
outcomes for managing health quality costs. Commonly
used process oriented outcome measures, measure processes
rather than true outcomes for patients. In fact, they
infer quality rather than directly measuring good outcomes.
This presentation is a case study of an effective approach
using a synthesis of analytics, rules and pattern-based
outcomes.
ProVentive is addressing the critical healthcare issues
of quality and costs in part by defining outcomes with
a longitudinal, patient-centric approach. A patient-centric,
proactive approach builds upon established research
to identify and address individuals with at-risk characteristics,
not just specific diseases. Using pattern recognition
to create long term, holistic and prospective profiles,
we create a comprehensive view of both the quality
and appropriateness of care for a variety of individual
profiles.
Speakers
- Jim Fitchett - co-founder and CEO, ProVentive
Jim Fitchett is a co-founder and CEO of ProVentive,
Inc. a four-year-old healthcare information and
services company. Prior to ProVentive, Jim was
a national practice leader and partner for a “Big
Five” consulting firm where he lead an initiative
in Knowledge Management. Jim started two successful
businesses: Strategic Impact Group (a consulting
firm) and Recoverycare (an eHealth company now
part of Medtronic, Inc.), and he served as the
first CIO for Harvard Medical School. Jim also
teaches a graduate course in management at Harvard
University.
- Craig Johnson - co-founder and Senior Vice President, ProVentive
Craig Johnson is a co-founder and Senior Vice President
of ProVentive, Inc. Craig started his career as an
engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where
he developed a successful scheduling and planning
system for deep spacecraft communication that is
still in use today. He entered healthcare joining
Kaiser Permanente’s Northeast Region Technology Planning
and Development. He was Director of Information Technology
at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA and then
served as CIO at Neighborhood Health Plan. At NHP,
he pioneered the use of Customer Relationship Management
software for member services, where CIO Magazine
recognized his achievement with a CIO100 award for “Mastering
the Customer Connection” in 2000. Craig was a member
of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium Board
of Directors and served as co-chair of the CIO Forum.
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 Focus of the Month 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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