Consortium Events

Friday, October 13, 2006 - 8:00am-3:30pm
Marriott Hotel, Rt 128 & 3A (One Mall Road), Burlington, MA

7:30 - 8:00

Exhibitor Displays / Breakfast / Registration

8:00 - 8:30

Introductions / Welcome

• Ray Campbell - Executive Director & CEO, MA Health Data Consortium
• Jerilyn W. Heinold, MPH - Director of Education & Special Projects, MA Health Data Consortium

8:30 - 10:00

The Strategies
Current activities regarding performance measures, feedback to providers, and consumer measures of quality will be presented by MassPRO, the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) and consumer expert, Dr. Judith Hibbard. Clinical expertise will be provided by Dr. Marylou Buyse, the President of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, who will moderate the session.

• Barbra Rabson - Executive Director, MA Health Quality Partners (MHQP)
  -- Slides
• Kenneth A. LaBresh, MD - Sr Vice President, Medical Affairs, & Chief Medical Officer, MassPRO
  -- Slides
• Judith Hibbard, PhD - Professor, Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon
  -- Slides
• Moderator: Marylou Buyse, MD - President, MA Association of Health Plans
  -- Slides

10:00 - 10:15

Exhibitor Displays / Break

10:15 - 11:15

Case Study
The Group Insurance Commission (GIC) provides and administers health insurance and other benefits to approximately 267,000 Massachusetts' employees and retirees, and their dependents and survivors. They are leaders in the area of providing informed choice for their consumers and will present their work on the GIC Clinical Performance Improvement initiative. The work was based on a large consolidated data base that was created using claims data from the health plans. The plans used the cost and quality data derived from that data base to tier physicians and some hospitals.

• Dolores L. Mitchell - Executive Director, Group Insurance Commission (GIC)
• Matthew Frankel - Principal, Mercer Human Resource Consulting
• Moderator: Alan Macdonald - Executive Director, MA Business Roundtable

11:15 - 11:30

Exhibitor Displays / Break

11:30 - 12:30

Vendor Workshops 1-5

Vendor Workshop 1	"Maintaining a Healthy Identity: Improving Patient Care with Identity and Access Management -- a Practical Approach"
Vendor Workshop 2	"Case Study: Saint Joseph’s Healthcare's Deployment of Electronic Medical Records with Citrix Systems"
Vendor Workshop 3	"Physician Connectivity Under Stark: Case Study" -- Slides
Vendor Workshop 4	"Understanding Surgical Outcomes Data"
Vendor Workshop 5	"Healthcare Industry Trends & Electronic Health Records"

12:30 - 1:15

Luncheon & "Investing in Information" Awards Presentation
Awarded to these four physicians for being instrumental in conceiving, championing, implementing, and managing the MedsInfo-ED project, which resulted in the first system in the nation to provide emergency department doctors with real-time access to patient prescription medication histories drawn from multiple health plan data sources.
-- view the 2006 Awards Handout (PDF)

Award Recipients

• Joseph Bergen, DO - Associate Director, Emergency Services, Emerson Hospital
• James Feldman, MD - Vice Chair, Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, BU School of Medicine
• Lawrence K. Gottlieb, MD - Executive Director, Alliance for Health Care Improvement
• Larry Nathanson, MD - Director of Emergency Medicine Informatics, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Presenter

• Ray Campbell - Executive Director & CEO, MA Health Data Consortium

Lunch sponsored by     

1:15 - 1:30

Exhibitor Displays / Break / Dessert

1:30-3:30

Broadening the Conversation: The CFO and CIO Perspective
Given the high cost of health information technology (HIT), how are organization decisions made? CFOs and CIOs from CareGroup and Winchester Hospital will talk about ROI, decision-making, evaluating results, and the importance of senior management communication and support. A physician executive, Dr. Thomas Lee, will provide his clinical perspective and moderate the discussion.

• Gerald Greeley - CTO, Winchester Hospital
  -- Slides
• John Halamka, MD - CIO, CareGroup Healthcare System
  -- Slides
• Kevin Smith - VP, Finance & Administrative Services, CareGroup Healthcare System
• John Szum - CFO, CareGroup Healthcare System
  -- Slides
• Moderator: Thomas H. Lee, MD - CEO, Partners Healthcare System

Session sponsored by