Consortium Events

Friday, October 17, 2008 - 8:00am-4:00pm
Marriott Hotel, Rt 128 & 3A (One Mall Road), Burlington, MA

8:00

Registration / Breakfast / Meet our Exhibitors

8:15

Welcome and Introductions

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

8:30

Personal Genomics:
The Promise, Opportunities, and Implications

What capabilities does genomic analysis have to benefit patients today?
What potential does it have to transform medical care in the future?
What are the ethical implications of this technology?
What are the legal ramifications for providers, vendors, and health plans, and
what will be the effects of the new Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act?

Our panelists include:

• Keith Batchelder, MD, CEO and Founder, Genomic Healthcare Strategies
• David Szabo, Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
• Greg Koski, MD, Ph.D, Senior Scientist, Institute for Health Policy & Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
• Raju Kucherlapati, PhD, Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Scientific Director, Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics
• Moderated by Lisa Fenichel, E-Health Consumer Advocate from Health Care For All

10:00

Keynote Address:
Concierge Medicine-Meeting the Service and Quality Challenge

Steven R. Flier, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Physician with Personal Physicians HealthCare, P.C.

For a fixed annual fee, some physicians are now offering special services outside the typical insurance payment model. Patients can receive better and more immediate access to their doctor. What are the implications of this model for providers? For health plans? For healthcare reform efforts? For access to care?

According to Dr. Flier, " The healthcare system needs primary care, but the economics of the system do not allow primary care clinicians to do what they do best. Our model addresses those concerns, and we are excelling at it. "

Dr. Flier will address these issues as well as the role of health information technology in concierge medicine.

Dr. Flier's talk sponsored by     

11:15

Breakout Sessions (4):
Real-life solutions in Healthcare

Choose from one of 4 hour long presentations. Real life solutions to the problems facing the healthcare industry will be discussed. Presentations will be highlighted with case studies and success stories.

	Information Responses to the challenges of Consumer Driven Health Care: Patient Responsibility Estimation & Real-Time Claim Adjudication
	Secure and compliant access to EMR and HIS applications
	Data Integrity, Chain-of-Custody and Validation in Healthcare
	Engaging the Consumers in the Health Information Exchange Dialog

12:15

Luncheon & Ceremony:
Presentation of 2008 Investing in Information Awards

Since 1996, MHDC"s Investing in Information Awards have honored organizations and individuals who have invested capital, knowledge, and leadership to use traditional and state-of-the-art technologies to promote efficient and effective communication of health information.

This year the Consortium will be honoring:

• Louis I. Freedman
• Meg Aranow, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Boston Medical Center
• Mitchell Adams, Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
• David S. Rosenthal, MD, Director, Harvard University Health Services

1:30

Personally-Controlled Health Records:
Models for Empowering Patients

A great deal of excitement and attention has been generated this year as some of our most iconic companies have developed different systems for establishing and storing personal health records.

What are the differences between the Dossia, Google, and Microsoft models? How will these various models affect patients and their families? What are the opportunities for vendors to participate in these efforts? What are the privacy and security implications? How do the provider community and health plans connect to and benefit from these personally-controlled health record systems?

The panelists will discuss Dossia, Google and Microsoft models and address these questions.

• Colin Evans, CEO, Dossia
• George Scriban, Senior Global Strategist, Consumer Health Platform, Microsoft
• John Halamka, MD , Chief Information Officer, Caregroup Healthcare System & Harvard Medical School
• Moderator: Ted Blizzard, Vice President for Information Technology, Massachusetts Medical Society

2:30

Ice Cream Social

2:45

Telemedicine:
Connecting Patients and Providers

What medical devices are being created to deliver care to people in their homes? How are the new technologies enabling patients and their families to monitor their healthcare status? How do these technologies enable providers and health plans to effectively manage the care of their patients/members? Can these devices link to the personally-controlled health record systems that are being established?

Representatives from several Consortium member companies will discuss these new products and their potential for transforming care delivery.

• Mark Dente, MD, Vice President for Healthcare Solutions, GE Healthcare
• Mike Lemnitzer, Senior Director for TeleHealth Solutions, Philips Telehealth Solutions
• Daniel Sands, MD, Director of Healthcare and Medical Informatics, Cisco Systems
• John Pumphrey, Associate Director, Healthcare New England, Verizon Wireless
• Moderator: Shelagh Joyce, CIO, MIT Medical Department

4:00

Meeting Adjourned