Main Conference Day One: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

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Registration & Coffee
Chairperson’ Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:00 AM KEYNOTE: Big Data & Healthcare 2012: An introduction to Big Data and ways it can help healthcare practitioners

Dr. David Avrin , Intervention Radiologist, University of California, San Francisco

The speed in which data reaches organizations, the variety of their form and the insights they contain are completely changing the collection, analysis and management of data. These changes represent “Big Data,” an era in which the sheer volume of data can reveal insightful truths about the way the world works, how disease is spread, how financial crises can be avoided and even
how businesses can better compete.
In this keynote session, Dr. David Avrin will share how Big Data will further impact health care delivery:
Topics to be discussed will include:
• How Big Data can access thousands of medical records quickly
• Acquiring medical data and ways doctors must comply with regulations and stringent safeguards
• Too much data and too few resources to manage them
• Accessing how to have the right resources to effectively manage data
• Not being able to get the data to the correct recipient quickly enough
• How and why sorting data properly before it enters your databases can optimize compression
Dr. David Avrin
Intervention Radiologist
University of California, San Francisco

9:45 AM Implementing a Successful ‘Centralized Database’

Paul Rubell , Equity Partner, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

In order to successfully implement a centralized database, several issues need to be addressed for the full potential of Big Data to be realized. This panel of doctors will share their experiences and best practices to implement a safe, secure and compliant centralized database.
A fairly represented panel of doctors who have used the product and have experience with regards to bypassing, or dealing with HIPAA and by-laws, will discuss the solutions of a centralized database. This session will show attendees:
• How to manage and organize imagery
• Getting beyond the privacy laws and regulations of HIPAA
• Compliance with HIPAA Policy
• Taking care of patients by protecting their identification and giving them an identity
Paul Rubell
Equity Partner
Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

10:30 AM Networking Break

Networking Break

11:15 AM How a Centralized Database Has Helped

Mike Battreall , Director, Medical Information Systems, The Nebraska Medical Center

In radiology, steadily advancing technology improves medical diagnoses and treatments. With data imaging going from film to digital, healthcare professionals can receive images wherever there is an Internet connection, with a turnaround time of less than one hour. In this session you will learn about:
• A detailed overview of how big data has made a beneficial impact
• Transitioning requirements and the key to the future of success in radiology
• Requirements for transitioning, as speed of file transfers must be almost instantaneous and reliable
Mike Battreall
Director, Medical Information Systems
The Nebraska Medical Center

12:00 PM 3D-Radiology, Cloud Technology & Big Data

Dr. James Busch , CEO, Specialty Networks, Vascular & Interventional, Diagnostic Radiology Consultants

Creating a technologically-advanced, comprehensive radiological diagnostic system will positively impact future patient outcomes. Cloud Computing (cloud technology) provides a dynamically scalable and virtualized resource to provide common business applications online which can be accessed by multiple users and allow for the interpretation of exams in real time no matter where you are.
In this session you will learn:
• How medical records can be centralized
• How benefits healthcare overall as information is centralized and
accessible online
• Why Cloud Technology is great for a region for access and storage, but not for ‘Cloud-to-Cloud’ communication.
Dr. James Busch
CEO, Specialty Networks, Vascular & Interventional
Diagnostic Radiology Consultants

Networking Lunch

2:00 PM How to Use & Process the Information

Jill Tummler Singer , Chief Information Officer, National Reconnaissance Office

There is tremendous potential for the path to Cloud Computing, such as tips, tricks and techniques for organizations to consider with Cloud Computing. In this session, you will learn:
• Discuss the challenges and solutions of Big Data
• A ‘walk through’ of the area of Big Data: security, store & process, sensemaking and stewardship
• Discuss the technology, process and people actions a company
should consider
• How the NRO successfully migrated to Cloud Computing
Jill Tummler Singer
Chief Information Officer
National Reconnaissance Office

2:45 PM ‘Meaningful Use’: Information Exchange and How They are Implemented into Healthcare

Dr. David Avrin , Intervention Radiologist, University of California, San Francisco

Health care professionals and hospitals can qualify for incentive/bonus payments when they adopt certified EHR technology and use it to achieve specified objectives. In this session our expert speaker will share insights on:
• Methods to improve quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care, while engaging patients and families
• Overview of certified technology to improve care coordination and meet goals
• Effective ways to ensure adequate privacy and security for personal health information
Dr. David Avrin
Intervention Radiologist
University of California, San Francisco

Meaningful Use of health information technology is a set of rules and regulations hospitals and physicians must meet to qualify for federal incentive funding. The technology must be implemented prior to this. In this session you will learn:
• Improve quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care
• Engage patients and families
• Improve care coordination
• Ensure adequate privacy and security for personal health information
• Improve population and public health
• Increase of exiting exchange
• Public Health Reporting is now required
• Provider-to-Provider: Standardized exchange of clinical summaries between healthcare providers
• Provider-to/from-Patient: Patients contact their doctors by email to access their EMR’s online.

Networking Break

4:15 PM A Way to Better Utilize Big Data

Stephen Stewart , Chief Information Officer, Henry County Health Center

One of the main benefits of big data is better control smarter decision making. This session provides an overview of the value big data can provide to healthcare organizations, doctors and patients.
• Save money by not having to subject patients to unnecessary exams
• Prevent ‘doctor shopping’ and cut down on fraud
• Analyze data in real time to make smarter and timely choices
• Save time with a ‘centralized database’, saving an average of 1.5 to 2 years, per doctors career
Stephen Stewart
Chief Information Officer
Henry County Health Center

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