Main Summit Day Two: Wednesday, May 26, 2010

7:15 Registration And Coffee

8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome

8:30 Morning Keynote: Current Initiatives Within The VA For Health IT

Dr. Paul Tibbits
SES, Deputy CIO, Office of Strategy
Architecture, and Design, Dept of VA

9:10 DoD/VA IPO: DoD/VA IPO Oversight And Coordination Of DoD And VA Electronic Data Sharing

  • Managing interagency polices and operations
  • Identifying individual impediments and challenges

Doug Felton
Acting Manager, Program Operations
DoD/VA Interagency Program Office

9:50 Networking Break

10:35 The Way Ahead: The Functional Navy Perspective On The MHS Electronic Health Record And The VLER

  • Functional Navy requirements for the MHS electronic health record
  • Functional Navy perspective on the future of the MHS EHR and the VLER
  • The MHS EHR and the VLER in relation to the patient-centered medical home

CAPT Robert C. Marshall
USN, MS, CMIO
The Bureau of Navy Medicine

11:15 Army’s Perspective On DoD’s EHR Journey

  • Army’s vision of a knowledge driven organization
  • Current perspective on a VLER and the NHIN
  • Challenges and roadmap ahead

COL Hon S. Pak, USA, MC, AMEDD
Chief Medical Information Office
OTSG Medical Informatics Consultant

11:55 Lunch

1:10 Successful Strategies For The Development Of EHR Solutions, And Update On The Personal Health Record Pilot Project From Madigan Army Medical Center

  • Strategy for development of EHR solutions, information exchange, and interoperability between the DoD and VA and purchased care providers
  • Update on the PHR Pilot

COL Keith Salzman, USA
Chief of Clinical Informatics
Madigan Army Medical Center

Rick Barnhill, USA
PM, Clinical Informatics
Madigan Army Medical Center

1:50SNOMED CT: Terminology Implications for Meaningful Use

  • Understand the importance of the use of standardized terminology to support interoperability
  • Understand the terminology implications essential within the Meaningful Use reporting structure

Cynthia B. Lundberg, BSN, RN
Clinical Informatics Educator
SNOMED Terminology Solutions, A Division of the College of American Pathologists

2:30 Networking Break

3:00 Standards Focus: Standards And Meaningful Use

  • Current debate on meaningful use
  • Where the current gaps are
  • Federal NHIN Connect Overview

Mr. Tim Cromwell
Director of Standards and Operability
Veterans Health Administration

3:40 Featured Closing Keynote- MAPS Initiative: The Army Medical Command AHLTA Provider Satisfaction Initiative

The US Army Surgeon General commisioned the MAPS Initiative to address the lower user satisfaction with AHLTA. This featured keynote will delve into the tools, technology, and training currently being used in assisting providers to efficiently and effectively document health care

Dr. Robert Walker, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Europe Regional Medical Command

4:20 End Of Main Conference

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