The 13th Annual Health Information Technology Summit

Workshop A: Use Data to Partner More Effectively with Health Systems

Workshop B: Changing How We Change: Igniting a Culture for Innovation

Workshop A: Use Data to Partner More Effectively with Health Systems

Workshop B: Changing How We Change: Igniting a Culture for Innovation

• Inform scenario planning with insight from both sides of the aisle – How might election results impact your organization?
• Learn which ACA items to watch in the next 6-9 months

Remove the stress from networking. Peer-to-Peer Networking Breakfasts allow you to connect with peers, share notes and best practices, and discuss emerging trends in a relaxed environment. Begin your day enjoying breakfast with your counterparts, engaging in stimulating conversations, and building lasting relationships. While at the event, join one of the following groups on Tuesday morning for breakfast:

• Discussion of cost trends and major contributors
• How ACA elements impact cost: Medicaid expansion, exchanges, Medicare
• The long-term impact of cost shifting and high deductibles on the consumer
• The role of Medicare Advantage plans in producing value and lowering cost

Thought Leaders TBA

• Discuss efforts to meet the mandate of tying 50% of payment to value by 2018 - Are we ready?
• Explore accountable care models achieving results
• Foster community-based care and navigate the business impact on hospitals

*Additional Market Insight opportunities are available on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

If you have a product or solution that you would like to showcase in the Market Insight discussions, please contact us.

A-K: Bernie Weiss
Vice President, Business Development
[email protected]
781-939-2502

L-Z: Suzanne Carroll
Manager, Business Development
[email protected]
781 -939-2648

• Ensure data management is a top organizational priority
• Learn how this is a cross-functional effort that involves IT, clinical, financial, and operational departments
• Maintain accuracy with an Enterprise Data strategy and leverage Big Data
• Connect clinical and financial data for quality improvement

• Develop a governance plan and engage leadership: How can organizations ensure a timely and consistent flow of and access to data?
• Achieve competitive advantage and patient trust
• Capture information from business, clinical, and technical resources, and define data concepts to facilitate interpretation
• Understand governance standards to create accurate and meaningful data

• Understand the importance of security and the need to invest in data-protection tools such as encryption software
• Comply with recent HIPAA and HITECH regulations and conduct periodic audits
• Educate and train your workforce on recent policies and guidelines while handling patient information
• Conduct periodic assessments and reviews to ensure compliance

• Explore the M&A; climate and the potential pros and cons of mega-mergers
• What are the implications of deals for payers, providers, and for consumers five years out?
• Discuss the convergence of health care companies including new partnerships, integration, and collaboration

• Learn about the role of data and analytics in transforming health care and revolutionizing personalized medicine
• Explore a new era of cognitive computing, which is augmenting human capacity to understand and improve complex health care systems
• Gain a better understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on the future of health care

• Explore a global, public- and private-sector collaboration to help prevent and respond to devastating epidemics
• Hear lessons from the Ebola outbreak including its impact on hospitals and health care resources
• Understand how health care organizations can successfully partner with governments and engage local communities to catalyze change

*Additional Market Insight opportunities are available on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

If you have a product or solution that you would like to showcase in the Market Insight discussions, please contact us.

A-K: Bernie Weiss
Vice President, Business Development
[email protected]
781-939-2502

L-Z: Suzanne Carroll
Manager, Business Development
[email protected]
781 -939-2648

• Gain access to claims data and adopt predictive modeling strategies for effective population health management
• Identify individual health needs
• Practice targeted analytics to eliminate unnecessary treatments and reduce costs
• Support consumerism with data analytics: Provide patients with accurate health information and assist them in making informed decisions

• Learn about FHIR interoperability standards to ensure fast and simple data exchange between payers and providers
• Explore patient-centered interoperability strategies
• Analyze the importance of partnerships between providers, payers, and government organizations to create a standardized health information network

• Offer user-friendly apps that motivate patients to make lifestyle changes
• Understand the benefits (financial and clinical) of wearables and mhealth apps
• Create responsible patients who make healthy choices
• Utilize data collected from mobile technology to manage health risks

• Engagement strategies that enhance the health care user experience
• Models that combine convenience and the right level of care to meet people where they are both in their lives and in their health care journey

• Explore the impact of emerging PC models - retail, virtual, urgent care, clinic, and community-based – on patient outcomes and the industry
• Examine innovative models gaining scale nationally and globally
• Discuss what primary care and patient-provider relationship may look like in five to 10 years

• Cutting-edge research that addresses integration from behavioral and physical sides of the equation
• Industry investment and progress in integration
• Cross-sector collaborations to improve care coordination and outcomes
• Diverse models across settings (e.g., schools, churches) including digital, virtual, and grassroots campaigns that are moving into the mainstream

• Discuss how virtual medicine is reshaping the health care industry
• Elevate services with a new level of speed and personalization to better meet consumer and patient needs
• Explore how technology catalyzes true change

*Additional Market Insight opportunities are available on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

If you have a product or solution that you would like to showcase in the Market Insight discussions, please contact us.

A-K: Bernie Weiss
Vice President, Business Development
[email protected]
781-939-2502

L-Z: Suzanne Carroll
Manager, Business Development
[email protected]
781 -939-2648