By participating in our Electronic Health Records Summit, you will have the unique opportunity to interact with a multitude of senior level professionals to discuss, brainstorm, and network in order to define methodologies and initiatives, while forging potential solutions and future partnerships.

1. Don’t miss the Master
Class on Military and
Government Health
presents a training conference: IT Solutions!
Electronic Health
Records Summit
Mapping the Future for our
TM
Military and Government
October 26 – 28, 2009
Washington, D.C. Metro Area
Gain invaluable information on the latest +
in EHR initiatives from these
Important issues to be discussed include: + unparalleled speakers:
Managing future VA/DoD Interagency IT
programs and initiatives: Policy updates for FY’10
Ms. Ellen P. Embrey
What impact will a Virtual Lifetime Electronic Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Record (VLER) have on the VA/DoD Interoperability Health Affairs
process?
Dr. David Blumenthal
The roadmap ahead for our federal/nationwide National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
initiatives for EHRs
Mr. Vish Sankaran
Current technical challenges faced towards data Program Director, Federal Health Architecture
sharing: Designing streamlined data capture and
information sharing interfaces for EHRs Dr. Stephen Ondra
Senior Policy Advisor for Health Affairs, The Department
Open source software: Strengths and limitations of Veteran’s Affairs
Mr. Tommy Morris
Sponsor: Acting Director, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness
Program
Media Partners: Rear Admiral Richard R. Jeffries, USN
Medical Officer of the Marine Corps
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2. Who You Will Meet: +
Electronic Health IDGA’s Electronic Health Records Summit
will bring together key stakeholders and
decision makers involved in the military
and government healthcare IT sector. The
summit is designed as a forum where
Records Summit
decision makers and end users can come
TM together to share their knowledge,
debate the issues at hand, learn from
their peers, and forge solutions for their
respective challenges. (Non
military/government stakeholders are
welcome to join in on the discussion.)
Mapping the Future for our Military and Government The audience will be comprised of senior
level professionals from military
October 26 – 28, 2009 units/organizations, government
Washington, D.C. Metro Area agencies, contractors, technology service
providers, and academia. Attendees will
include those with the following
responsibilities:
Dear Colleague,
• Chief Information Officers
For over a decade, the Department • Chief Medical Officers
of Defense and the Department of
Affairs have been pursuing initiatives TM Veterans
to share data between their health • Healthcare IT Program Directors
information systems. Benchmarks
have been made and many have been • Directors of Healthcare IT Research
along the way; however, the imm met
ediate future still poses many chal and Development
lenges.
This summit is designed to briefly • Directors of Force Health Protection
examine the “lessons learned” thus
with the objective of how to appl far, but
y these to future initiatives, including • Chief of Clinical Informatics
President Obama’s recent call for
a Virtual Lifetime Electronic Reco • Manager of Health Services
(VLER). The discussions will also rd
include the underlying theme of how
with a VLER and VA/DoD efforts thus the work
far will correlate with the administr
recent request for nationwide EHR ation’s
systems to be implemented.
IDGA’s Electronic Health Records
Summit is scheduled for October
consideration of the budgets and 26 – 28, 2009 in
policy updates that will be avai
lable for FY’10.
By participating in this summit, you
will have the unique opportunity
multitude of senior level profession to interact with a
als to discuss, brainstorm, and netw
methodologies and initiatives, while ork in order to define
forging potential solutions and futur
series of distinguished speakers and e partnerships. A
panelists will present recent upda
predicted for the future of their respe tes and challenges •
ctive offices and departments.
•
IDGA’s 2009 Electronic Health Reco •
rds Summit will allow you to:
• Discover syne
rgy and parallelism between natio
• Learn abou
nal and government programs •
t the Armed Services path towards
increased EHR interoperability and
• Discuss strat
egy for development of EHR solut a VLER
ions, information exchange, and •
interoperability between the DoD
, VA and purchased care providers
• Hear about
the latest policy updates for FY’1
• Understand
0
future benchmarks and challenge
s for the federal health architecture
Don’t delay! Take the time now to
block off October 26 – 28, 2009
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Military defense. We bring together speaker
Master Class: panels comprised of military and
and Government government professionals while
tions. attracting delegates with decision-
Monica Mckenzie Health IT Solu making power from military, government
tails
Program Director, IDGA Se e p.3 for de and defense industries. For more
information, please Andrew at
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3. Master Class: Monday, October 26, 2009
Master Class: Health IT Solutions Military and Government Health IT Solutions
This Master Class is designed to encourage in depth discussions towards the topics at hand by dedicating more time
to each session in a classroom style setting. Hear from the leaders in Government and Military, then learn from those
helping them to provide the solutions to their health IT needs.
7:45 am – 8:30 am Registration and Coffee
8:30am – 9:30am Morning Keynote +
Briefing from the National Health Coordinator for Health Information Technology
As the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Dr. Blumenthal infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.
is charged with providing leadership for the development and nationwide Session Speaker: Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for
implementation of an interoperable health information technology Health Information Technology
9:45am – 11:00am Testing for “meaningful use” +
NIST Perspectives on Advancing Interoperability
Under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the National •
Research activities and collaborations to deploy health IT support
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be able to accelerate its nationwide
ongoing technical research and other collaborative efforts aimed at contributing How you will benefit:
to the activities of the national agenda for improving healthcare nationwide. •
Learn about innovative testing techniques
Technology-based innovation remains one of the nation’s most important •
Hear about nationwide collaboration efforts and priorities
competitive advantages and helping the U.S. to drive and take advantage of Session Leaders: Lisa Carnahan, Manager, Interoperability Group,
the increased pace of technological change is a top priority for NIST. National Institute of Standards & Technology
What will be covered: Bettijoyce Lide, Scientific Advisor for Health Information
•
Research activities and collaborations in support of standards and testing Technology, National Institute of Standards& Technology
necessary for “meaningful use”
11:05am – 12:20pm Open Source EHRS +
Radical Transformation in Health Care: The Utilization of Open-Source EHRs
The sudden rise in interest and attention given to health information •
Myths vs. realities of open-source EHRs
technology has led to a number of ideas, concepts, and products (such as •
Utilization of open-source EHRs across all medical environments
EHRs) designed to improve care in a medical environment. However, with •
Effect of open-source EHRs in workflow, process and quality of care
Federal & State Governments, along with organizations such as the Institute How you will benefit:
of Medicine, emphasizing efficient, effective and high-quality care, the use of •
Learn about what defines an open-source system and what does not
an EHR that collects clinical and non-clinical data is paramount. Proprietary- •
Discover how open-source can work in your environment better than you
based EHRs pose advantages in the health care arena, but the use of open- imagined
source EHRs provides a high-degree of flexibility; a shorter development cycle •
Learn how open-source can capture both clinical and non-clinical elements
given the community of users and developers around open-source; and the for each patient
ability to learn and improve each time the system is used. Session Leader: Jason C. Goldwater, MA, MPA, Principal and Account
What will be covered: Director, SRA International, Inc
•
Definition of open-source
12:20pm – 1:20pm Lunch
1:20pm – 2:20 pm Afternoon Keynote +
Military Health IT – The Marine Corps Perspective
As our nation takes on the challenges of reforming healthcare, our military services Session Speaker: RADM Richard R. Jeffries, USN, Medical Officer
have been actively tackling the issue of health IT matters. Hear the distinct perspective of the Marine Corps
towards the challenges faced and the future roadmap for the Marine Corps
2:30pm – 3:30pm National, government, and military health IT synergy +
Electronic Information and Sharing: DoD, VA, National, and International
Culture, tool sets, and partners vary widely across various institutions and Health •
Examples from current initiatives
Information Exchanges, creating slightly different challenges when supporting each •
New approaches to longstanding challenges
entity. Picked to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' How you will benefit:
Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) CONNECT Gateway project, Harris •
Discover recent “lessons learned” towards interoperability efforts
Corp has created an interoperability platform that transforms healthcare. The NHIN •
Gain insight into challenges faced across various institutions
enables healthcare service providers to exchange patient information seamlessly •
Hear about future initiatives
with security and privacy, improving the quality of care and reducing costs. Session Leader: COL (ret) Bart Harmon, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer,
What will be covered: Harris Healthcare Solutions
•
Synergy and parallelism between national and government programs
3:30pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 5:00pm Case study focus +
The Future Vision of Healthcare IT from Kaiser Permanente
The challenge is to have a vision of what ultimate connectivity looks like and then How you will benefit:
build it. Kaiser Permanente is a prime case study towards challenges faced, both •
Learn from one of the largest nationwide EHR providers to date
technical and bureaucratic, towards a “paperless” system of health records. •
Discover new approaches currently being tested and implemented for
What will be covered: current interoperability challenges
•
Lessons learned from the path towards electronic medical records Session Leader: Jaime Ferguson, Executive Director of Health IT
•
Perspectives towards nationwide EHR implementation Strategy and Policy, Kaiser Permanente – check website for
additional speakers
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4. Main Summit Days
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 + Wednesday, October 28, 2009 +
7:15 Registration and Coffee 7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks 8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome
Update from the Office of the Secretary of Defense 8:30 The Federal Health Architecture Mission
Federal Health Architecture
8:30
Morning
Keynote
for Health Affairs Federal agency collaboration to advance health IT in FY10
Morning Keynote:
•
Ms. Ellen P. Embrey, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary • The CONNECT Initiative and Agency connectivity to the Nationwide
of Defense for Health Affairs Health Information Network
• Challenges ahead to achieve health information exchange between
9:10 VA/DoD Interoperability Ventures: Updates and public and private sectors
Forecast Vish Sankaran, Program Director, Federal Health Architecture
• Update on recent VA/DoD interoperability programs”
• Future interoperability projects 9:10 Update from the DoD/VA Joint Program Office
• Technological challenges faced for end users
• Managing interagency polices and operations
Dr. Douglas E. Rosendale, Veterans Health Administration, Joint
• Identifying individual impediments and challenges
• Perspective of the DVPCO towards a VLER
Interoperability Ventures
DoD/Va Interagency Program Office
9:50 Networking Break
9:50 Networking Break
10:35 VA Perspective: From the Office of Veteran Affairs
Policy updates for FY’10
10:35 Strategic Convergence of Health IT
VA Update
•
• Updates on CONNECT implementation
• Challenges faced towards Va/DoD interoperability
TATRC
• Future pathway towards a VLER
• Future product plans for the MHS
• Management of an operational telemedicine program
Dr. Stephen Ondra, Senior Policy Advisor for Health Affairs,
LCDR Steve Steffensen, USN, Chief AITG, U.S. Army Medical,
Department of Veteran Health Affairs
Research and Material Command, TATRC
11:15 Army's Perspective on DoD's EHR journey 11:15 Electronic Health Records: Navy Style
• Current challenges • Lessons learned to be applied toward future initiatives
• Army's perspective on VLER and NHIN
• Navy challenge of a VLER
• Army's vision of knowledge driven organization
• Future path for joint interoperability needs
LTC Hon S. Pak, USA, MC, AMEDD Chief Medical Information Verlin Hardin, Chief Information Officer, The Bureau of Navy
Office, OTSG Medical Informatics Consultant Medicine (BUMED)
11:55 Strategies for Unlocking the True Power of the EHR 11:55 Lunch
• Turning hospital rooms into smart rooms through device integration
• Information overload: how to aggregate disparate data sources 1:10 Successful Strategies for the Development of EHR
• Health IT 2.0: Opening up the door to development
Solutions, and Update on the Personal Health Record
Daryl Sanford, General Manager, Federal Client Development, Pilot Project from Madigan Army Medical Center
Cerner Corporation • Strategy for development of EHR solutions, information exchange, and
interoperability between the DoD and VA and purchased care providers
12:10 Lunch Sponsored by • Update on the PHR Pilot
COL Keith Salzman, USA, Chief of Clinical Informatics, Madigan
1:10 Update from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Army Medical Center
Afternoon
(Health Affairs), Office of FHP&RP
Keynote
Tommy J. Morris, Acting Director, Office of the Deputy 1:50 The Way Ahead: The Functional Navy Perspective on
Assistant Secretary Of Defense for Force Health Protection & the MHS Electronic Health Record and the VLER
Readiness Programs • Functional Navy requirements for the MHS electronic health record
• Functional Navy perspective on the future of the MHS EHR and the VLER
1:50 Air Force Perspective: Current VA/DoD Data Sharing • The MHS EHR and the VLER in relation to the patient-centered
Challenges medical home
• Lessons learned in VA/DoD interoperability CAPT Robert C. Marshall, USN, Director, M#/5 CI, Clinical
• Current challenges faced Informatics, The Bureau of Navy Medicine
• Possible impact of a VLER for the Air Force
Col Jaime Rosado, Jr, USAF, MSC, Deputy CIO and Director of 2:30 Networking Break
IM/IT, Office of the AF Surgeon General
3:15 Joint Venture and Integrated Site Progress Report
Update from the North Chicago VAMC/Naval Health Clinic Great
North Chicago
2:30 Networking Break •
Case Study
Lakes
• Future benchmarks for the integration
3:15 Mapping the "Way Ahead" for AHLTA: From
• Challenges faced and lessons learned
Acquisition to Implementation
DHIMS Update
• Increasing the speed, reliability, and user friendliness CAPT Tom McGue, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Health
• Current initiatives towards interoperability efforts Clinic Great Lakes
• End user challenges
CAPT (sel) Michael S. Weiner, MC, USN, Deputy Program
3:55 Joint Venture and Integrated Site Progress Report
Update from the Naval Hospital Pensacola
Case Study
•
Pensacola
Manager, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Defense Health
• Future benchmarks for the integration
Information Management System • Challenges faced and lessons learned
CAPT Maryalice Morro, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval
3:55 Closing Keynote Hospital Pensacola
Keynote
Closing
Update from the Indian Health Services
RADM Theresa Cullen, MD, MS, USN, U.S. Public Health Service
4:35 End of Main Conference
Chief Information Officer, Indian Health Service
4:35 End of Day One
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Don’t miss the Master
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Electronic Health
Records Summit
Mapping the Future for our Military and Government
TM
October 26 – 28, 2009 • Washington, D.C. Metro Area
Sponsor:
Gain invaluable information on the latest +
in EHR initiatives