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HEALTHCARE TODAY

 

Sessions in this track are open to anyone who has an interest in the topic being presented.

Monday April 19, 2010 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
H01 SHARE IN MEANINGFUL USE INCENTIVES BY SHARING THE INFO
David Tao, D.Sc., Senior Key Expert, Interoperability Champion – Siemens
The ARRA HITECH legislation encourages hospitals to achieve “meaningful use” of “certified EHR technology” in order to receive stimulus funding. Interoperability (called “information exchange” in the legislation) is a major portion of ARRA requirements as published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). These requirements were expected to include exchange of clinical summaries among hospitals, physicians, and patients and incorporation of laboratory results into the EHR, electronic eligibility and claims, submission of data to public health, and reporting of quality measures to CMS. This presentation includes discussion of the ARRA requirements to support the security and privacy of information exchange among stakeholders and explains what ARRA interoperability means to you and what Siemens is doing to help meet the ARRA objectives now and as they evolve.
Monday April 19, 2010 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
H02 THE IMPACTS OF ARRA ON THE LEGAL ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
Denise Dunyak, MS, RHIA, Marketing/Business Manager – Siemens
Moving to an electronic health record not only helps enhance productivity, increase organizational efficiency, and improve patient care, it also provides tremendous challenges in defining, maintaining, and retrieving the legal health record. This session covers the basics of how to support your legal health record within the current hybrid environment.
Monday April 19, 2010 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
H03 QUALITY REPORTING – MEANINGFUL USE AND BEYOND
John Neider, Global Market Manager for Decision Support and Embedded Analytics – Siemens
Learn how Siemens can offer a unified and innovative approach to quality management that combines the capture of quality data and its measurement. Everyone from clinicians to hospital executives can easily view, understand, and interpret their entire quality picture and turn information into practical, usable intelligence. The Siemens approach to quality management provides enhanced decision support with automated data abstraction and analysis, and increased access and usability of accurate data. Data sources are combined in a single, structured database providing sophisticated healthcare analytics with strategic views of measurable data.
Tuesday April 20, 2010 10:30 am – 11:30 am
H04 STRATEGIES UNDER THE ARRA UMBRELLA FOR PATIENT SAFETY
Rob Christiansen, R.Ph., MBA, Marketing and Business Manager, Pharmacy and Point of Care Solutions – Siemens
A comprehensive point of care strategy is key to helping hospitals address their patient safety initiatives for reducing medical errors and helping enable them to meet the requirements of the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals and CMS. This session provides an overview of Siemens comprehensive point of care strategy for patient safety including Med Administration Check™, Patient Identification Check (Specimens and Blood Modules) and Soarian® Device Connect, and describes how these solutions can be mapped to healthcare industry initiatives.
Tuesday April 20, 2010 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
H05, C05 PATHWAYS TO EXCELLENCE – “FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD”
Ellen Swartwout, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Director, Pathway to Excellence™ Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center
Gail E. Latimer, RN, MSN, FACHE, FAAN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Office of the CNO, Industry and Government Affairs – Siemens
The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Pathway to Excellence® designation is earned by healthcare organizations that create work environments where nurses can flourish. The designation supports the professional satisfaction of nurses, identifies best places to work, and is ideally suited to small and medium-sized healthcare organizations. Come learn how this program can make a difference at your institution and hear from an MS4 customer who has achieved this designation. Topics include the program history and vision, the Pathway to Excellence Standards, and ideas for getting started at your facility.
Tuesday April 20, 2010 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
H06 STRATEGIC “IT” PLANNING – CONSIDERATIONS IN AN ARRA ENVIRONMENT
Ruth Bowen, MBA, CPHQ, CPHIMS, Business Management – Siemens

This session highlights the MS4 customer experience with strategic IT planning. Topics include strategies and tactics for:

  • Stakeholder needs and alignment
  • Planning in an environment of constant change
  • Implementation planning for Meaningful Use
  • ICD10 and other regulatory planning
  • Physician considerations
  • Lessons from the trenches