Join our keynote speaker to discuss significant challenges to healthcare IT organizations and how to combat them by creating an IT roadmap and project prioritization process for your organization.

 

 

 

As the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues an aggressive push to drive forward to mandatory bundled payments and capitation, IT's evolution is now a mandated regulation in the transition to a learning healthcare system. With MACRA's deadline of January 1, 2017, the first year of provider reporting is already underway. Beyond this, mandatory bundled payments are visible on the horizon as the "Post-EHR" era progresses forward, with the bar being set high by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) as it relates to interoperability, reporting to present value of care, and to becoming an enterprise that is prepared for the next generation of healthcare.

 

In this session, join our expert presenters as we explore the intricacies of these policies, with a specific focus on MACRA and bundled payments, and how HIT leadership must position themselves and their organizations to receive the highest possible reimbursement-- contributing to a higher quality of care.

 

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Telehealth solutions are rapidly advancing and provide tremendous opportunities for providers to deliver care in a way they never have before. As legislative hurdles are crossed and new technology emerges more providers are using telehealth solutions in their population health strategies, to create new lines of service, provide value-based care and increase the number of patients they are able to serve. Panelists will share how they use telehealth solutions in their systems, how they implemented the solutions, the opportunities they see for growth and what you need to know to improve your telehealth strategy. Topics include:
 

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Teladoc survey of U.S. hospitals and health systems, conducted in partnership by Becker’s Hospital review, 76% of respondents reported they already have or will be implementing consumer telehealth (virtual visits with patients). 

 

 

• how to effectively harness meaningful data and draw conclusions that streamline workflows and positively impact the delivery of care
• the benefits of integrating information in the EHR with medical device alarms, pairing contextual information about the patient with a physiological event to inform the caregiver in preparation for response to the event at the point of care
• techniques to reduce alert fatigue and increase patient safety delivering only the most important information to a caregiver when alerts are generated

 

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) work best as a team. Typically, the CMIO is involved in all facets of the clinical implementations and best practices and the CIO is focused on budget, IT infrastructure, including security and regulations. However, the CIO and CMIO roles continue to overlap in many areas as technology implementation continue to grow in institutions across the country. Join our panelists to discuss:
 

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• Engaging your board, leadership and peers in creating a cybersecurity culture that is critical to the success of your governance structure and frameworks
• The use of frameworks to create a data-centric approach to security, enabling access to sensitive patient data anywhere, any-time, on any device
• How to organize and prioritize standardization efforts in order to build and maintain an information security program
• How they are using tools from multiple frameworks to move from a traditionally reactive approach to one that is far more proactive

 

It is difficult to protect what you cannot see.  Connected medical devices pose a great safety and reputational threat to healthcare organizations, yet few have visibility into all of the devices on their own networks. With more than 30% of all medical devices now connected to the network, new cyber attack entry points emerge every day. 
 
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The healthcare industry’s demand for cost efficiency, proliferation of healthcare data and concerns about security and ransomware paint a bleak picture for healthcare IT departments. How can they protect patient data, comply with regulations and keep costs down? It starts with IT Resilience. This session will address the five pain points of the healthcare IT department, and present how a resilient IT infrastructure can help avoid some of the most common pain points.

 

All hospital systems and networks - large and small - can be targets of cybercrime, yet, financial resources are declining and the pressures to increase efficiencies are top of mind. Creating a culture of cybersecurity in the workplace enables hospitals and medical centers to be resistant and resilient, and manage and mitigate cybersecurity risk across the enterprise. Our speaker will discuss: