TRACK A - Keynotes & Health IT
TRACK B - Health IT
TRACK C - Health IT
TRACK D - Health IT
TRACK E - Revenue Cycle
TRACK F - Revenue Cycle
TRACK G - Revenue Cycle
TRACK H - Revenue Cycle
TRACK I - Thought Leadership
A. Improving OR Utilization with Cloud-Based Analytics
-- Ben Resner, Vice President, Solutions, Hospital IQ
Running and staffing an OR is expensive and many organizations struggle to use the space efficiently. Cloud-based analytics platforms are gaining traction in many hospitals as a way to overhaul and streamline OR workflows through block scheduling. During this session, attendees will learn how cloud-based analytics can help organizations make OR utilization more efficient by:
- Creating a framework for surgeon accountability and block opportunity;
- Preparing reports and interact with OR executive committees and governance entities;
- And using predictive analytics to forecast the effect of block changes.
B. How Will Software Engineering Impact the Future of Health IT?
-- Mitesh Rao, MD, MHS, System Patient Safety Officer and Director, Center for Advancing Patient Safety, Stanford Healthcare; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
-- David K. Nace, MD, Chief Medical Officer, MarkLogic Corporation
-- Charles Podesta, Chief Information Officer, University of California, Irvine Health
-- Moderated by Sherri Douville, Chief Executive Officer, Medigram, Inc.
Panelists discuss the evolution of software engineering in healthcare, touching on critical topics such as cybersecurity, interoperability, machine learning and physician burnout
Recommended for: CIOs, CISOs, CMOs, Chief Data Officers
C. Competing on Healthcare Analytics
-- J. Bryan Bennett, Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University; Executive Director, Healthcare Center of Excellence
D. Revenue Cycle Transformation During a Revenue Cycle System Implementation
-- Scott A. Pillittere, Vice President and Revenue Cycle Practice Leader, Impact Advisors, LLC
As Healthcare organizations migrate to a new Revenue Cycle System, they have the unique opportunity to re-think how they are doing business and implement a tool, related processes and organizational structures that allow them to maximize their financial performance. This session will describe several key strategies that can be utilized to ensure you are building a Revenue Cycle of the Future versus rebuilding what you have always done.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about various initiatives that can be implemented prior to a Revenue Cycle System Conversion that can help bridge the gap between current state and future state
- Learn strategies that can help mitigate the risk associated with switching to a new Revenue Cycle System
- Learn how active Revenue Cycle Operations involvement can ensure a successful implementation
E. Provider View: Partnering on Revenue Cycle Technology and Operation Standardization with Outsourcers
-- Melissa Dill, Vice President, Ascension Information Services, Ascension
Enlisting the support of a third-party to augment revenue cycle staff and services can be invaluable as providers face increasing financial pressures. In this session, attendees will gain insight into:
- Best practices for leading an organization through a technology transition;
- Challenges and opportunities for transitioning revenue cycle operations to outsourcers;
- How to standardize revenue cycle processes to improve financial performance.
F. Resereved
G. Leading High Reliability Organizations in Healthcare
-- Richard Morrow, MBA, MBB, Author, Executive, Master Black Belt
While all changes do not lead to improvement, all improvement requires change. Finding ways to gain employee buy-in and foster a culture of continuous improvement is integral to demonstrating value under new payment models.
Session attendees will learn:
- Why healthcare organizations in particular struggle to maintain continuous improvement initiatives;
- Practical ways organizations can sustain improvement;
- And real-life examples of how organizations are sustaining quality improvement programs.
H. Understanding Blockchain and Its Impact on Healthcare
-- Jack Shaw, Executive Director, American Blockchain Council
Jack Shaw, Executive Director of the American Blockchain Council, will help attendees understand how and why Blockchain, in combination with other key emerging technologies, will utterly transform healthcare over the next several years and will usher in an era of true patient-centered connected healthcare.
You will learn:
- What exactly is Blockchain and how does it work?
- Why Blockchain is key to patient-centered healthcare?
- How to develop a blockchain enabled Digital Transformation strategy for your organization.
I. Value Based / Population Health
-- BC Childress, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, FASCP, Director, Value- Based Clinical Care, Owensboro Health
-- Patrick Carroll MD, Division VicePresident/Chief Medical Officer Healthcare Clinics, Walgreen Co.
-- Moderated by TBD
A high-level look at how health systems are preparing for and approaching value-based care and population health, including analytics, digital health and cloud technology.
Recommended for: CEOs, CNOs, CMOs