Consortium Events

Friday, October 12, 2007 - 8:00am-4:00pm
Marriott Hotel, Rt 128 & 3A (One Mall Road), Burlington, MA

HealthMart 2007

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7:30

Exhibitor Displays / Breakfast / Registration

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8:30

Case Studies

Health information privacy challenges and concerns are a critical part of any electronic health information system. We will hear about those challenges as well as strategies and solutions that are part of the VHA national Electronic Health Record (EHR) as well as the approach taken by the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative in their three communities (Brockton, Newburyport, and North Adams).

• Moderator: Stephen W. Bernstein, Esq.
  Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
  
• James Breeling, MD
  Chief Information Officer, Veterans’ Integrated Service Network
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• Micky Tripathi, PhD
  President & CEO, MA eHealth Collaborative
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10:15

Keynote Address
Elizabeth Childs, MD
Former Commissioner of Mental Health, Commonwealth of MA
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The former Commissioner of Mental Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dr. Elizabeth Childs, will talk about the critical role of electronic health information in the area of behavioral health as well as her reflections on the Commonwealth’s challenges and vision of its future in this area.

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Keynote Address Introduction by Voltage Security

11:15

Panel Discussion: Privacy Issues

National, regional and local issues regarding the privacy issues surrounding behavioral health information and its release will be discussed. The session will be moderated by Diane Stone, the project director of the Massachusetts Health Information Privacy and Security Collaboration (HISPC) project.

• Moderator: Diane Stone, MBA
  Project Director for NPI and HISPC, MA Health Data Consortium
• Linda Dimitropoulos, PhD
  Survey and Computing Sciences, RTI International
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• David Szabo, JD
  Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish
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• Elena Eisman, EdD
  Executive Director, MA Psychological Society
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12:45

Luncheon & Luncheon Program
Luncheon Program: Investing in Information Award Presentations

• Presented by Ray Campbell
  Executive Director, MA Health Data Consortium
  Investing in Information Award Winners

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2:00

Panel Discussion:
Clinical Views... What Do We Need?

Many clinicians think that knowledge of mental health status is critical to the provision of quality healthcare. How can we protect patient privacy for sensitive behavioral health information while giving physical health clinicians the information they need? Representatives for both groups as well as consumer advocates will provide their views as well as conversation about how to create a thoughtful process that gives all providers what they need.

• Moderator: John Halamka, MD, MS
  CIO, CareGroup Healthcare System; CIO, Harvard Medical School; Chairman, NEHEN
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• Walter Harrison, MD, FAAP
  Chair, Children’s Mental Health Task Force, Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
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• Lisa Fenichel
  E-Health Consumer Advocate, Health Care For All (HCFA)
• Tina Horwitz, MD
  Rheumatologist, Lowell, MA
• Lisa Lambert
  Executive Director, Parent/Professional Advocacy League
• Steven Locke, MD
  President & CEO, Veritas Health Solutions LLC

This timely Panel Discussion is sponsored in part through a contract awarded to RTI International by the Agency for Health Quality Research (AHRQ) and sub-contracted to the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (Subcontract No. 27-321-0209825). The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium is the designee of the Commonwealth for its expertise in privacy and security of health information exchange.