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2011 Northwest Medical Informatics Symposium
September 19 - 20, 2011
2011 Agenda

DAY ONE

9:00 AM
Registration/Breakfast/Vendor Displays Open

10:30 - 10:45 AM
Welcome and Overview of the Conference

thomas_fritz100x125 Thomas Fritz, Chief Executive Officer, Inland Northwest Health Services

10:45 - 11:45 AM
Integrating Care in Our Communities

Scott Armstrong Scott Armstrong, President and Chief Executive Officer, Group Health Cooperative

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Exchange and Payment Reform

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Kate Berry, Chief Executive Officer, National eHealth Collaborative

12:15 - 1:15 PM Lunch and Presentation
How Payment Reform and HIT Affect Physician Practice

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William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, FACPM, President and Chief Executive Officer, Medical Group Management Association, 2011 Chairman of the Board of Directors, eHealth Initiative

1:15 - 1:30 PM
Break/Vendor Displays Open

1:30 - 3:00 PM
Evidenced-based Medicine and Best Practices

Marc_Johnston Moderator: Marc Johnston, Inland Northwest Health Services
Diane Stollenwerk

Diane Stollenwerk, MPP, Vice President, Community Alliances, National Quality Forum

Gwendolyn OKeefe

Gwendolyn O'Keefe, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Group Health

Richard_Aguilar

Richard Aguilar, MD, Medical Director, Diabetes Nation

3:00 - 4:30 PM
Understanding ACOs

Nancye_Lahue Moderator: Nancye Lahue, Director for Government Projects, Meditech Clinical Systems and Complementary Systems for the Information Resource Management (IRM) Division, Inland Northwest Health Services
MaryKayONeill

Mary Kay O'Neill, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Pacific Northwest Region, CIGNA

James_Walton

James Walton, DO, MBA, Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer, Baylor Health Care System

Ken_Yale

Ken Yale, DDS, JD, Vice President of Clinical Solutions, ActiveHealth Management

4:45 PM
Reception


DAY 2

7:00 AM
Registration/Breakfast/Vendor Displays Open

8:00 - 8:45 AM
Meaningful Use: Get the Carrot, Avoid the Stick!

Fred_Galusha

Fred Galusha, Chief Information Officer, Inland Northwest Health Services

Marcy_Cheadle Marcia Cheadle, RN, BSN, Director of Advanced Clinical Applications, Inland Northwest Health Services
Cheyenne_Thomas2 Cheyenne Thomas, Manager, Regional Accounts, Inland Northwest Health Services

8:45 - 10:15 AM
Stakeholder Perspectives on Payment Reform

Tim_Thomas Moderator: Tim Thomas, Inland Northwest Health Services
James_Hansen

James Hansen, Vice President and Executive Director, Dossium Consortium

Scott_Bond

Scott Bond, President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington State Hospital Association

Richard_Onizuka

Richard Onizuka, PhD, Director, Health Care Policy, Washington State Health Care Authority

10:15 - 10:45 AM
Break/Vendor Displays Open

10:45 - 11:30 AM
CMS and Value-based Payments

John Hammarlund John Hammarlund, Region 10 Representative,  CMS

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Best Practice in Quality and Payment Reform: Is this the Future Model for Healthcare?

Chris Wood

Chris Wood, MD, Medical Director for Information Services, Intermountain Health

12:15 - 1:30 PM
Lunch and Presentation

Captain_Charlie_Plumb Captain Charlie Plumb

1:30 - 2:30 PM
HIT Strategy for Quality Initiatives and Quality Reporting

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Jac Davies, Director, Inland Northwest Health Services

Marcy_Cheadle Marcia Cheadle, RN, BSN, Director of Advanced Clinical Applications, Inland Northwest Health Services
2:30 - 2:50 PM
Break/Vendor Displays Open

3:00 - 4:30 PM
A Case Study in How EHRs and Care Coordination Reduced Costs and Improved Quality

Amanda_Gray Moderator: Amanda Gray, Inland Northwest Health Services
Victor_Villagra

Victor Villagra, MD, Founder and President, Health and Technology Vector, Inc.

Deb_Ward Deb Ward, Care Coordinator, Community Health Centers
Tehseen Salimi Tehseen Salimi, MD MHA, VP, Global Evidence and Value Development, sanofi-aventis

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