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    Rural IT Leaders wear many hats. From tier 1 technical support to executive oversight, the role of a rural CIO is broad in scope. Often, we take what we can get, and do the best we can with what we are given. With limited staff, staff skill levels, and available capital, we take each day at a time and put out daily fires. Our basic function is to keep the lights on! On top of this, the rural CIO is expected to carry out the Security Official duties. The stress of wearing many hats is taxing, making the burden real and overwhelming.

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    CHIME 2019 Advocacy Summit

    Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Avenue NW Washington, DC Our 2nd annual CHIME Advocacy Summit will feature leading policymakers in Washington, D.C., members who help put policy into practice, and other thought leaders who drive health IT innovation at the federal level. Presenters will discuss the latest policy developments and topics, including patient privacy, value-based care, telehealth, burgeoning cyber threats and how to manage them, and navigating the new CMS and ONC interoperability rules and the implications for providers. Learn what’s on the horizon in health IT policy and how you can advocate for change. This educational program will give participants a comprehensive understanding of the legislative and regulatory landscape and provide the knowledge and tools to engage with legislators and policy makers at all levels. The program also includes numerous networking opportunities, giving participants ample time to interact and get acquainted.

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    We invite leaders from health systems to share their perspectives on how they’re currently using their Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to improve outcomes and reduce costs today, and their visions for how they want leverage automation to maximize their value-based payment model metrics.

    Healthcare organizations across the country are experimenting with innovative RPA tools and strategies. RPA tools can provide a tremendous opportunity for healthcare providers to alleviate some of the administrative burdens that plague healthcare delivery while also assisting clinicians in making decisions about patient care.  The improvements in clinical outcomes and cost benefit rates of these cutting edge RPA pilots vary wildly and the adoption of RPA in the healthcare industry lags behind that of many other industries.  What are the drivers that have an impact or hinder organizational adoption of RPA utilization?  What type of governance structure should organizations employ to encourage appropriate RPA deployment?  How should healthcare organizations determine what processes are appropriate for RPA?  

    Learning Objectives 

    1. Identify barriers and opportunities for RPA adoption from both clinical and operational teams
    2. Summarize the needs for bridging EHR systems to RPA
    3. List key metrics for RPA program success
    4. Explain limitations in the current state of evolution in the RPA marketplace

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    Registration is limited for this interactive event.

    Healthcare IT Leaders run complex operations that must align with the strategy of the organization and community they serve. Communicating IT executive updates in a manner that shows value in a context that healthcare system executives understand and appreciate is critical for mutual success.

    Similarly, managing the complexity of IT work in a manner that optimizes resources and timelines is becoming increasingly complex as we juggle waterfall and agile work efforts while also attempting to speed up innovation.

    Join this small workgroup conversation, healthcare IT leaders will come to together to see examples of tools used and share their own feedback and best practices in an effort to build a series of tools available to our AEHIA community in sharing and developing tools to help members: 1) deliver meaningful and effective executive updates, and 2) adopt resource planning tools that can scale and bend in the increasing complex landscape

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    We invite leaders from health systems to share their perspectives on how they’re currently using their Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to improve outcomes and reduce costs today, and their visions for how they want leverage automation to maximize their value-based payment model metrics.

    Healthcare organizations across the country are experimenting with innovative RPA tools and strategies. RPA tools can provide a tremendous opportunity for healthcare providers to alleviate some of the administrative burdens that plague healthcare delivery while also assisting clinicians in making decisions about patient care.  The improvements in clinical outcomes and cost benefit rates of these cutting edge RPA pilots vary wildly and the adoption of RPA in the healthcare industry lags behind that of many other industries.  What are the drivers that have an impact or hinder organizational adoption of RPA utilization?  What type of governance structure should organizations employ to encourage appropriate RPA deployment?  How should healthcare organizations determine what processes are appropriate for RPA?  
    Learning Objectives 

    1. Identify barriers and opportunities for RPA adoption from both clinical and operational teams
    2. Summarize the needs for bridging EHR systems to RPA
    3. List key metrics for RPA program success
    4. Explain limitations in the current state of evolution in the RPA marketplace

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    Speakers:
    Karen Knecht MSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS, Chief Clinical Officer at emids
    Abhishek Singh, Vice President at Everest Group

    CIOs view digital transformation as a top priority, yet many do not recognize the prerequisite investments and conditions and therefore underestimate their unreadiness. In this webinar, we’ll review our Digital Transformation Readiness Survey with Everest Group where 60% of leading enterprises reported they have undertaken digital transformation with a defined objective of improving patient experience. However, the main roadblocks cited were effective integration of data and aligning to regulations.

    We’ll discuss key indicators of digital readiness, plus the distinctions of organizations that are having direct impacts on their strategic goals, business performance, and costs through business/IT alignment, support for innovation and enterprise vs. just IT outcomes.

    Learning Objective #1: The three essentials for IT-Driven Business Outcomes

    Learning Objective #2: Understanding of key findings from the first healthcare-only Digital Transformation Readiness Survey

    Learning Objective #3: Key prerequisites needed to make digital transformation a competitive advantage

    Learning Objective #4: Best practices used by high performers that could accelerate your readiness for the digital transformation

    Learning Objective #5: Insights into your level of readiness to either drive or be a major player in the digital transformation of your enterprise as compared to others who are achieving superior outcomes

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      Jason Ewing, Founder and CIO, Dewing Providing a look into the role of technology in a health care system and a secret perspective that the application portfolio has to helping organizations make operational improvements, reduce costs, and change how they manage technology. A case study of an organizations (will remain nameless) gaining an aha moment as they see the vast amount of technology, cost, and inhibitor to their ability to standardize. A view into how organizations can quickly find places to improve operation processes to achieve their outcomes. An executive physicians called it "We are hoarders of technology". A fascinating case study that provides a look into the role of technology within a health care system and a secret perspective that the application portfolio brings out to help organizations make operational improvements, reduce costs, and change how they manage technology. Learning Objectives:
    • Role of Technology in Healthcare
    • What an application portfolio is
    • Insights into how to leverage a portfolio to improve standard processes and reduce costs
     

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    A recent HIMMS survey found that while 78% of health system IT or Technology leaders reported that their Interoperability efforts were excellent or good, but only 48% of clinicians felt the same way. With the major changes outlined by the ONC, how are IT leaders close this gap? 

    Learning Objectives 
    1. What are the biggest IT challenges today that is impacting interoperability?
    2. What is the impact of the new CMS interoperability and patient access rules in their organizations?
    3. How will the proposed CMS rule impact data and electronic prior authorization processes with payer organizations?
    4. What unique ways are under consideration to close the gap in clinician experience?
    5. How is closing the clinician gap improving patient experience?

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    A recent HIMMS survey found that while 78% of health system IT or Technology leaders reported that their Interoperability efforts were excellent or good, but only 48% of clinicians felt the same way. With the major changes outlined by the ONC, how are IT leaders close this gap? 

    Learning Objectives 
    1. What are the biggest IT challenges today that is impacting interoperability?
    2. What is the impact of the new CMS interoperability and patient access rules in their organizations?
    3. How will the proposed CMS rule impact data and electronic prior authorization processes with payer organizations?
    4. What unique ways are under consideration to close the gap in clinician experience?
    5. How is closing the clinician gap improving patient experience?

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    Speaker:
    Spencer Erman, MD, Vice President & Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Hartford HealthCare
    Moderator:
    Sean Kelly, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Imprivata
    Panelist:
    Leslie Krigstein, Vice President, Congressional Affairs at CHIME

    Learn how efforts to combat the opioid crisis are impacting or will impact healthcare IT departments. This webinar will discuss a federal law that requires e-prescribing for all controlled substances prescribed through the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. Speakers also will help you prepare for other changes, including Walmart’s ban on paper prescriptions starting in 2020 and state-specific electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS) requirements.