September Education Luncheon (RSVP Required)
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Topic: Roadmaps and Blueprints for Meaningful Use: Achieving Meaningful Use
Requires Knowing Where you Are, Where You're Going, and What You Will Need to Get There.
Speaker: Joseph Miccio, Principal, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Co-Speaker: Jerry Malone, Principal, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
When: Tuesday, September 8th from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
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Meeting Location:
Vinson & Elkins LLP Map
2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100, Austin, TX
512-495-8451
This Session Will: ask participants to map where they are on the trajectory to MEANINGFUL USE, discuss how to prioritize actions, and based on current
status, where participants could end up based on HITECH guidelines. What are the
implications and imperatives of how and what to build in order to achieve
your enterprise, client goals? As the marketplace has digested initial draft
guidelines for Meaningful Use, several issues are emerging that will require significant change by organizations, physicians, vendors and consultants on how they participate and collaborate. This creative exercise will discuss emerging
technology solutions, organizational change management requirements to help address long term costs of expanded number of end users and demand for higher availability and utilization.
RSVP Required: We provide a free lunch for members and guests whom RSVP to Chad Aicklen at caicklen@austinhimss.org before Friday, (9/04) BY NOON CST. You are welcome to come even if you have not sent in your RSVP, but we ask you to let all the people who have sent in their reservation to go through the food line first.
Webinar Option: If you are unable to attend in person, but would like to hear this presentation, you can send an email to caicklen@austinhimss.org to register to attend via GoToMeeting. There are a limited number of GoToMeeting connections so don't wait to the last minute to register.
Speaker Biography: Mr. Miccio is a Principal, with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). He is a leader in healthcare technology, consulting and provider services with emphasis on planning, development and technology assessment and implementation. Mr. Miccio has over 30 years of experience in healthcare information technology business development, consulting, and as both a hospital and group practice CEO. He has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, for their Physician Executive MBA program.
Mr. Miccio brings extensive experience in managing and leading teams through complex business initiatives and enterprise transformations. He recently led development of vision and strategic plan for clinical transformation through IT, for a large academic medical center. The Project included an assessment of operations and infrastructure, analysis of existing application portfolio, assessment of physician readiness to adopt new technologies, recommendations for IT guiding principles and governance structure, and series of recommendations for new clinical applications.
Mr. Miccio’s professional career began with NASA, and has been with IBM, GE Medical, and came to Austin over 10 years ago to launch a web based clinical outcomes company.
Co-Speaker Biography: Mr. Malone is a Principal with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). He is the manager of Technology in Healthcare, responsible for infrastructure consulting in the US provider market. Mr. Malone provides expertise in virtualization of the application and desktop environments. He is currently working with large healthcare facilities providing direction for their virtual desktop initiatives, providing user mobility and location awareness for printing while securing the data in the data center. Mr. Malone has over 35 years of experience in healthcare information technology business development and consulting. He has served in sales and sales management roles for both US and International technical organizations including Burroughs Corp, Unisys, Wang Laboratories and Eclipsys.
Latest State Alliance for e-Health Report Offers Guidance for States on Health IT
Article from HIMSS Insider August 5, 2009 (news from HIMSS National)
As the national dialogue on health care reform continues, health information technology and health information exchange (HIE) have emerged as critical means to ensuring a health care system that is affordable, effective, safe and transparent. A new report from the State Alliance for e-Health, Preparing to Implement HITECH: A State Guide for Electronic Health Information Exchange, Preparing to Implement HITECH: A State Guide for Electronic Health Information Exchange aims to help states lead the way in using health IT and HIE and guide them as they begin instituting the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
The State Alliance for e-Health, a consensus-based, executive-level body composed of governors, state legislators, attorney generals and state commissioners, was created by the NGA Center for Best Practices in 2006 to address the unique role states can play in facilitating adoption of health IT and HIE. The HITECH Act, enacted as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, expands the role of states in fostering health information exchange and adoption of electronic health records over the next five years.
“Governors understand that swift and thoughtful action is needed at the state level to plan and implement a national system of health information exchange, “said Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, co-chair of the State Alliance. “Widespread adoption and use of electronic health records provide a critical foundation for improving health outcomes and cost-effectiveness.”
The report recommends actions states should begin undertaking now to successfully implement the HITECH Act, including:
Preparing or updating the state plan for HIE adoption;
Engaging stakeholders;
Establishing a state leadership office to manage the different phases of HIE implementation;
Preparing state agencies to participate; implementing privacy strategies and reforms;
Determining the HIE business model;
Creating a communications strategy; and
Establishing opportunities for health IT training and education.
“States already have taken the lead in modernizing the health care system by advancing the use of health IT, electronic health records, e-prescribing and electronic exchange of health information,” said Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, NGA Chair and co-chair of the State Alliance. “We now have an opportunity to accelerate adoption of health IT across the states and create a truly comprehensive health care system that is effective, affordable and accountable.”
The report and state initiatives to implement health IT and electronic HIE will provide a central focus for the State Alliance for e-Health’s semi-annual conference, to be held Aug. 7, in Burlington, Vt.
The State Alliance—supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—provides a nationwide forum through which governors, state policymakers and other stakeholders can work together to identify effective HIT policies and best practices and explore solutions to challenges related to the exchange of health information. Go online to learn more about the State Alliance.
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Upcoming Austin HIMSS Events:
Mark your calendar, educational luncheons for the HIMSS Austin Chapter will be 11:30AM - 1:00PM on the second Tuesday of every month at the location listed below.
October Education Luncheon
Topic: Mobility Solutions in the Healthcare Industry - Making a Difference!
Speaker: To Be Announced from Endeavor Software Technologies
When: October 13, 2009 11:30am - 1:00pm
Where: Vinson & Elkins, 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100, Austin, TX
November Education Luncheon
Topic: CCHIT Update on Industry Certification and Requirements
Speaker: Dennis Wilson, Certification Technology Director, CCHIT
When: November 10, 2009 11:30am - 1:00pm
Where: Vinson & Elkins LLP, 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100, Austin, TX
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