Agenda
 
Special Keynote Presentation
“TRICARE EHR Needs & Challenges for Interoperability”
Dr. Karen Guice, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Principal Deputy Director, TRICARE Management Activity, (OASD/(HA)/TMA

 

Special Panel Session – DoD/Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office: “Electronic Health Records Way Ahead”

Dr. Barclay Butler, PhD., Director, Interagency Program Office of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA IPO)

Captain Michael Weiner, USN, Chief, Interagency Program Office of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA IPO)
Ms. Mary Ann Rockey, Technical Director, Interagency Program Office of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA IPO)
Dr. Tim Cromwell, PhD., Program Manager, VLER Health Director, Interagency Program Office of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA IPO)
Ms. Susan Perez, Interoperable Electronic Health Record (iEHR) Co-Project Manager, Interagency Program Office of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA IPO) 
Colonel Joseph Grebe, USA, Interoperable Electronic Health Record (iEHR) Co-Project Manager, Interagency Program Office of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA IPO)

I. Achieving Interoperability and Information Sharing – from the Garrison to the Battlefield, from the Private Network to the Public

“Interoperability Challenges: A Case Study”
Mr. Martin D. Quattlebaum, Deputy Director for Administration, Chief Epidemiology Branch, AERO Program Manager,
US Army Aeromedical Activity

“The Nationwide Health Information Network and Health Information Exchange”
Dr. Lauren Thompson, PhD., Program Director, Federal Health Architecture, The Office of the National Coordinator form, Health Information Technology (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

“Aligning Military, Veterans Administration, and the Public Mental Health System”
Colonel (ret) Elspeth Ritchie, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, District of Columbia

 
II. Status of Government and DoD EHR Implementations

“Navy BUMED M6/CIO EHR Implementation Update”
Commander Cayetano “Tony” Thornton, Chief Information Officer, Navy Medicine / (M6) Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery at Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

“Electronic Health Record Needs for Wounded Warrior”
Sergeant Major Joseph E. VanFonda, USMC, U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment

“An Update on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid EHR Program”
Mr. Jason McNamara, National HITECH Team Member, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health & Human Services (Tentative)

“Implementing & Monitoring Substance and Mental Health Services EHR Life-Cycle”
Dr. H. Westley Clark, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

“Army National Guard Flight Initiative for Paramedic Critical Care Transport”
LTC Paul R. Dueringer, Air Medical Evacuation/Current Operations Officer, Army National Guard

III. The Latest Guidelines for EHR Implementation and Deployment

“Rapidly Adapting EHRs in a Military Learning Health System”
Dr. Robert M. Kolodner, MD, Executive VP & Chief Health Informatics Officer, Open Health Tools, Inc., & President, Collaborative Transformations, LLC. Former National Health IT Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services & Former Chief Health Informatics Officer, Veterans Health Administration

“Implementing EHRs: Optimizing Medical Support Technologies”
Dr. Summerpal S. Kahlon, MD, Vice President, Business Development, RelayHealth/McKesson

“EHR’s Enterprise Solutions and Challenges Ahead for the Services”
Mr. Kenneth Rubin, Chief Architect, U.S. Federal Healthcare Portfolio, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, Co-Chair, OMG Healthcare Domain Task Force; HL7 SOA Workgroup

“Agile IV&V”
Mr. Gregory Guernsey, US Army, Director., Test and IV &V, Army CECOM, Life Cycle Management Command, Software Engineering Center, Medical Service Bureau

“SOA on the Mobile Edge of Healthcare”
Dr. Mark W. Hamra, DO, Director, Clinical System Development Government Solutions, Harris Corporation

 
IV. Exploiting EHR and Health IT Data to Improve Patient Care and Population Health Management

“EHR’s: Better Information for Better Decision Making”
Dr. Robert Wah, (CAPT, USN-ret), Chair, American Medical Association Board of Trustees, Vice President Healthcare and Chief Medical Officer, North American Public Sector, Computer Sciences Corporation Public Sector

“Achieving Situational Awareness through Big Data Analytics”
Captain Howard Hays, MD, Chief, Information Officer (acting), Director, IHS Office of Information Technology,
Indian Health Service

“HIT and the Role of AMIA in Patient Care”
Dr. Kevin Fickenscher, Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Informatics Association, Former Chief of Strategy and Development Officer Healthcare, Dell

“EHR Technologies and Applications at the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems”
Dr. Ritu Agarwal, PhD., Professor and Dean’s Chair of I.S., Director, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

“Health IT and Meaningful Use”
Dr. Charlene Underwood, Senior Director, Government & Industry Affairs at Siemens Healthcare Health Services, HIMSS National Board Chair

“Electronic Health Records: The Role of Certification in a Dynamic Environment”
Dr. Karen Bell, MD, Chair, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)

 
V. Special Focus: Security in Telemedicine, Mobile Health IT and Medical Devices

“Security in the Cloud: DoD Solutions in Telemedicine and Patient Mobility”
Mr. Geoff Hancock, Director, Cloud Security Mobility Healthcare, DoD Verizon Solutions

“Vulnerabilities of Medical Devices in the Cyber World”
Mr. Auston Davis, Director, Response Services, Information Security, Kaiser Permanente