8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:30 Morning Keynote: VA Perspective From The Office Of Veteran Affairs

• Update on recent EHR testing of the NHIN
• Future interoperability efforts

Dr. Stephen Ondra
Senior Policy Advisor for Health Affairs
Department of Veteran Affairs

9:10 VA/DOD Interoperability Ventures

• Update on North Chicago program
• Future interoperability projects
• Technological challenges faced for end users

CAPT Michael S. Weiner
MC, USN Director
EHR Way Ahead Planning Office

9:50 DHIMS Update: The Military's Electronic Health Record: Where We Are And Where We're Going

• Understand the current state of the military's electronic health record (EHR)and the benefits it provides.
• Examine the lessons learned from EHR implementation and determine how they can be used in the way ahead

Dr. Douglas E. Rosendale
Veterans Health Administration
Joint Interoperability Ventures

11:15 Air Force Perspective On Advancing Health IT Capabilities

• Lessons learned in VA/DoD interoperability
• Current work on Patient Portal
• Future challenges toward EHR implementation

Col Jesus Zarate, USAF
CIO
Air Force Medical Service

1:10 Afternoon Keynote: Update From The Indian Health Services

RADM Theresa Cullen, MD, MS
U.S. Public Health Service, Chief Information Officer
Indian Health Service

1:50 Update From MITRE’s Center For Transforming Health

• Current projects and initiatives underway in the CTH
• Review of collaborative efforts between government and private IT sectors
• Challenges faced and lessons learned with EHR implementation from both the patient and provider perspective

Ms. Joy Keeler
Health IT Program Manager
MITRE Corporation

3.10 RelayHealth Virtual Information Exchange

• Cloud-based connected health records and their potential for improving coordination and collaboration across the military and civilian care delivery continuum
• Engaging the patient to improve care coordination and collaboration through secure online connectivity to PHRs linked to local HIEs and NHIN
• Lessons learned from the RelayHealth Software as a Service (SaaS) based model as an economical way to accelerate adoption and meaningful use of connected electronic records

Kenneth Tarkoff
Vice President and General Manager, Clinical Solutions
RelayHealth

3:50 Advancing The EHR: Working Toward Government-Industry Partnerships

Panel Objectives

• Summarize successful Government/Industry partnerships and their accomplishments
• Identify key characteristics and factors for success
• Engage in interactive dialog on use of Government/Industry partnerships in healthcare information technologies

Panelists

4:30 Closing Keynote: Beacon Communities UPdate

Aaron McKethan
ONC Beacon Communities Program Director

5:10 End of Day One