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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

David K. Nace, MD, Vice President, Clinical Development,
McKesson Corporation - MHS

As a top executive of one of the world's largest health care and HIT companies, Dr. Nace is a nationally-recognized expert on health information technology in such contexts as managed care, workplace-oriented programs, benefit plan design, disease management, health promotion, and work-life balance. He is the founding principal of Healthcare Strategy Solutions and has held key leadership roles in U.S. health care policy and financing strategies since the early 1990s. Dr. Nace will share his global vision of HIT for improving health care, reducing costs and improving quality of life for patients across the lifespan.

Keynote Speaker supported by
Office of Local and Rural Health, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

PANEL SPEAKERS ON JULY 14

  • David Cook, PhD (panel moderator), is the Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Outreach, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the institution’s Outreach and Institutional Advancement divisions. He is also an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine with teaching, research and service responsibilities.
  • Michael Atwood, MD, currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas. Prior to joining BCBSKS, he was a practicing family physician and for 14 years served on the senior leadership team at Stormont-Vail HealthCare in Topeka, KS. He directed the physician use of the clinic electronic medical record at Cotton-O’Neil clinic from 2004 until joining BCBSKS in 2009.
  • Jim Hansen is President and CEO of CareEntrust, the first operational employer-sponsored health information exchange. CareEntrust is an independent, non-profit organization based in Kansas City delivering a secure regional health record service for use by health care providers and consumer/patients to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of health care.
  • State Rep. Tom Sloan serves as Chair, Vision 2020 and is a member of the following committees: Energy and Utilities, Government Efficiency and Fiscal Oversight, and Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy. He is recognized in Kansas and nationally as being an innovative policy-maker on energy, water, telecommunications, higher education and other policy areas.
  • Chris Tilden, PhD, is the Director of the Office of Local and Rural Health (OLRH) at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and has been working in the OLRH since 2001.

PLENARY SPEAKER ON JULY 15

  • Ken Lindsey, MD, MBA, FAAFP, is a board certified physician executive with more than eight years of successful administrative and clinical leadership experience in ambulatory practice, hospitals, IPA’s, Health Plans and Information Technology. Dr. Lindsey has demonstrated strengths in leadership, personnel management, strategic planning, medical management, business development, fiscal planning and professional recruitment. He is currently Senior Vice-President & Chief Medical Officer at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS.

If you have questions, please contact Gordon Alloway at galloway@kumc.edu or 913-588-2257