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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
AGENDA, DAY#1
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
OPENING REMARKS AND WELCOME
Ryan J. Spaulding, PhD, Director, Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth, KUMC
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS -
Electronic Health Information & Exchange & the Patient-Centered Medical Home
David K. Nace, MD, Vice President, Clinical Development, McKesson Corporation - MHS, RH
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.
This conference Keynote Address is supported in part by the
Office of Local and Rural Health, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Break
 
Telehealth Track Informatics Track Integrated HIT Track
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. 1A - Telemedicine 101: Intro. to Telemedicine & Telehealth
Gretchen S. Patch, MPH
Project Manager Clinical Services, KU Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth, Kansas City, KS
1B - Basics of Health
Information Exchange:
Where in the HIE Are We?
Helen Connors, PhD, RN, FAAN
Exec. Dir., KU Center for Health Informatics/ E. Jean M. Hill Endowed Prof., KU School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
1C - Patient Simulation
& Health IT
Judith Warren, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, FACMI
Christine A. Hartley Centennial Prof./Dir. of Nursing Informatics, KU School of Nursing,
Kansas City, KS
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. 2A - Bringing Telehealth to Reality: Structure and Process of Program Development
Sally Davis, MAE
Telehealth Consultant, Midwest Alliance for Telehealth and Technology Resources,
Marquette, MI
2B - Great Plains Health Alliance:
Collaboration in Action
Kenneth Abendshien
Director of Information Systems,
Midwest Health Systems
Data Center,
Hays, KS
2C - Home for Life Solutions:
Your Future in Your Home
Katie Boyer, LMSW,
Dir. of Marketing/Sales
& Business Development
Greg Corpier,
Dir. of Technology Solutions
John Knox Village,
Lees Summit, MO
11:45 - 12:45 p.m. Lunch (provided)
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

PANEL DISCUSSION: Public and Private Perspectives on HIT
Facilitated by David Cook, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Outreach, KUMC
Dr. Cook 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.

Panel Speakers: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.
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.
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.
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.   

  Telehealth Track Informatics Track Integrated HIT Track
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. 3A - Key Telehealth Issues at the Federal Level
Joe Tracy, MS
Vice President, Telehealth Services,
Lehigh Valley Health Network,
Bethlehem, PA
3B - E-Scribe
Carly Haynes, R.Ph.
Kansas State Board of Pharmacy Inspector,
Topeka, KS
3C - “BR Med-Connect”
Linking Pre-Hospital Emergency
Care in Baton Rouge
Chad Guillot
Assistant EMS Administrator, Dept. of Emergency
Medical Services,
Baton Rouge, LA
2:15 - 3:00 p.m. 4A - Telecritical Care Collaborative *
Elizabeth Cowboy, MD, MSOD, FCCP
Medical Director eCare ICU,
Via Christi Health System,
Wichita, KS
* Via Christi Health System is opening up their TeleICU command center for tours in the evening of July 14
4B - National Quality Initiatives:
Implications for Rural Health
Care Providers
Kenneth Mishler, R.Ph., Pharm.D.
Senior Vice President,
Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Topeka, KS
4C - Kan-ed 2.0: A Statewide
Network Connecting
Hospitals Together
Bradley S. Williams, MS
CIO & Kan-ed Executive Director,
Topeka, KS
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Break
  Telehealth Track Informatics Track Integrated HIT Track
3:30 - 4:15 p.m. 5A - Home Based Telehealth
Pilot Project
Monte Coffman
Executive Director, Windsor Place,
Health Management of Kansas, Inc., Coffeyville, KS
5B - Going Live with an EHR:
Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore!
Jen Brull, MD
Rural Solo Family Medicine Physician, Prairie Star Family Practice,
Plainville, KS
5C - Future of Intelligence Activities for Non-Traditional Disciplines
Maj. Dave Young
Director of Integrated Initiatives Office, Adjutant General’s Department, Topeka, KS
4:15 p.m.

NETWORKING RECEPTION / VISIT WITH EXHIBITORS
This conference Networking Reception is supported in part by
GlobalMedia.

5:30 p.m. End of 1st Day (Dinner is on-your-own)
   
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
AGENDA Day #2
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast / ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: Informal conversations about specific HIT topics. Feel free to bring your breakfast or coffee and meet with Kansas HIT experts who will answer your questions and provide additional information on the following topics:
Roundtable #1: Finding HIT Funding
Roundtable #2: Evaluating HIT
Roundtable #3: Choosing the Right HIT
Roundtable #4: HIT Operations
Roundtable #5: Working with HIT Vendors
Roundtable #6: HIT Statewide Initiatives/Collaborations
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. PLENARY SESSION 1: State of Kansas ARRA HIT/HIE Framework
Roderick L. Bremby, Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Roderick L. Bremby serves as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. In his role as Secretary of KDHE, Bremby oversees the regulation of health and environmental entities in Kansas including child care centers, hospitals, laboratories, feedlots, landfills, and various other industries with environmental impacts.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PLENARY SESSION 2: Benefits and Challenges of HIT at the Community Level
Ken Lindsey, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS

Dr. Lindsey 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.
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break
  Telehealth Track Informatics Track Integrated HIT Track
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. 6A - Telepharmacy: From Here to There
Mark Gagnon, Pharm.D.
Director of ePharmacy, Via Christi Health System,
Wichita, KS
6B - ARRA/HITECH Act Incentives
and Challenges
Melissa Hungerford
Exec. Vice President, Kansas Hospital Assn. & Chief Exec. Office, Kansas Hospital & Research Foundation
6C - Health Information Technology:
Supporting the Patient Centered
Medical Home Model
Terry L. Mills, MD, FAAFP
Chair of Board of Directors, KAFP, Newton, KS
11:15 - Noon 7A - Telemedicine in "Rural" Kansas
James McDermott, DO
Certified Family Practice & Geriatric Medicine, Supervising Physician of 4 Rural Health Clinics, Chief of Staff,
Sedan City Hospital,
Sedan, KS
7B - A Claims-Based Community
Health Record Approach to
Care Coordination
Hareesh Mavoori, PhD, MBA
Director, Data Policy & Evaluation,
Kansas Health Policy Authority, Topeka, KS
7C - Using New Technologies in
Primary Care to Promote Screening & Health Behavior Change
K. Allen Greiner, MD, MPH
Associate Professor & Research Director, KU Dept. of
Family Medicine, Kansas City, KS
Noon Turn in Evaluation, Statement of Attendance and Pick up Box Lunch (for the trip home)

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

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