All events are in Eastern Time (ET) unless otherwise noted in the event description.

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    As Healthcare organizations continue to invest in digital transformation, their application landscape becomes more complex, thus increasing cost and risk. This session will uncover what organizations are currently doing to reduce cost and complexity within their application portfolio. Attendees will discuss current struggles and best practices for rationalizing and decommissioning applications.

    Speaker:

    Steve Hendrick, Vice President, Selections, Implementations & ERP Services

    Zahid Rathore, Senior Vice President, Consulting Standard and Learning Development

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    Session Description:

    This focus group will gather opinions and perspectives from IT executives on their approach, drivers, challenges and considerations around medical image management, with an emphasis on legacy/historical DICOM images. Application types discussed will include PACS, VNAs, RIS, and DICOM Viewers. Topics will range from functionality requirements to vendor selection to payment models. It will seek to understand the ideal scenario for medical image management and storage from a technology and cost standpoint.

    Speaker(s):

    David Navarro, Senior Director of Data Science, Harmony Healthcare IT

    John Jonas, Business Analyst II, Harmony Healthcare IT

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    IT service delivery is advancing at a rapid pace and the race to apply these capabilities is on. Putting together a complete, innovative solution that addresses optimal financial, strategic, tactical, and operations outcomes is a challenge, but possible. In this webinar you will learn how Boston Children’s Hospital is reimagining their IT Infrastructure to enable the best end-user experience. 


    • Learning objective 1: Lead progress in patient care, operational efficiency, and healthcare innovation with a strategic plan
    • Learning objective 2: Adopt a leading approach to remote and mobile healthcare delivery
    • Learning objective 3: Harness the power of 5G for seamless connectivity


    Speakers:
    Michael Feld, Chief Executive Officer at Pixel Health
    Heather Nelson SVP, Chief Information Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital
    Barbara Casey,  President Consulting at Pixel Health 

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    IT service delivery is advancing at a rapid pace and the race to apply these capabilities is on. Putting together a complete, innovative solution that addresses optimal financial, strategic, tactical, and operations outcomes is a challenge, but possible. In this webinar you will learn how Boston Children’s Hospital is reimagining their IT Infrastructure to enable the best end-user experience. 


    • Learning objective 1: Lead progress in patient care, operational efficiency, and healthcare innovation with a strategic plan
    • Learning objective 2: Adopt a leading approach to remote and mobile healthcare delivery
    • Learning objective 3: Harness the power of 5G for seamless connectivity


    Speakers:
    Michael Feld, Chief Executive Officer at Pixel Health
    Heather Nelson SVP, Chief Information Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital
    Barbara Casey,  President Consulting at Pixel Health 


     

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    Session Description:

    The Ponemon Institute's annual report on Cyber Insecurity in Healthcare sponsored by Proofpoint provides a comprehensive analysis of healthcare cybersecurity challenges and the ensuing impact on patient care. This focus group will highlight critical areas of concern, emerging threats, and potential strategies to mitigate cyber risks from the latest report, offering valuable information for healthcare professionals, IT leaders, and cybersecurity practitioners. By attending this focus group, participants will gain valuable insights into the key findings from the 2023 Ponemon Institute report and discuss options to enhance your cybersecurity strategies, fortify your defenses, and protect patient data from evolving cyber threats. 

    Speaker(s):

    Ryan Witt Managing Director, Industries Solutions Group Proofpoint, Inc. 

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    Health systems are devoting more resources than ever to protecting themselves against cyberattacks. However, a mature cybersecurity program must incorporate robust processes for managing medical devices, which can be a major security blind spot in healthcare. Health systems can apply specific strategies with their device inventories to build a stronger foundation for cybersecurity maturity and make resources more impactful in protecting their patients, staff, and facilities.

    Learning objective 1:
    Learn why a rigorous assessment of current clinical assets is the best starting point for improving medical device cybersecurity.

    Learning objective 2:
    Learn how knowledge resources and frameworks tailored to medical device technology can support more accurate and proactive preventative measures against cyberattacks.

    Learning objective 3:
    Learn how establishing a governance council can foster communication and accountability between all stakeholders involved in managing medical device inventories, including IT, clinical engineering, & c-suite executives.


    Speaker:
    Scott Trevino, MBA, MS; Senior Vice President of Cybersecurity




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    Data Analytics in healthcare can be used for clinical use cases and for operational purposes by combining data from multiple sources (such as ERP, EMR, Claims, different EMRs within an ACO and so on). We will prime the discussion with two examples (eCQM based on FHIR data for CMS ACO; Activity based cost based on data from supply chain, HR/WFM, and EMR) and then open the discussion on priorities for 2024 and 2025.  

    Areas of Focus: 

    - Data Analytics/Business Intelligence 
    - Informatics (clinical, nursing) 
    - Information Systems 
    - Infrastructure 
    - Innovation 
    - Medical Informatics 

    Speaker: Heinz Joerg Schwarz, MS IS, MBA at Infor Healthcare 


     

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    The significance of CIOs is increasingly central in establishing confidence among healthcare providers and patients regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI). You are invited to join a perceptive dialogue as part of a focus group with your CHIME colleagues. Our objective is to uncover crucial areas in which healthcare systems and related organizations are either incorporating or intending to embrace AI. We will discuss what AI readiness means; explore the hurdles organizations face to ensure AI is trustworthy; and deliberate on the ethical use of AI. 

    Areas of Focus: 

    - Data Analytics/Business Intelligence 

    - Data Management in the Cloud 

    - Data Security 

    - Information Security Privacy 

    - Information Systems 

    - Infrastructure 

    - IT and Organization Strategy 

    - IT Department Management 

    - Innovation 


    Speaker: Debra Williams - Avanade 


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    In this webinar, attendees will discover how grant funding can serve as a catalyst for expanding access to care in rural areas through the implementation of virtual care technologies. By embracing telehealth, remote patient monitoring, digital health patient tools, and health information technology platforms, healthcare organizations can bridge the geographical divide and ensure equitable healthcare delivery. Join us to explore the various funding opportunities available and gain insights into successful strategies for leveraging these resources to transform rural healthcare landscapes.  

    Learning objective 1: DLT Grant Program overview  

    Learning objective 2: Understand the types of technology the grant can fund 

    Learning objective 3: Actualizing DLT funding to expand access to care  
    Speaker: Andrea Daugherty, CISSP, CHCIO at SHI


     

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    Health Systems today are seizing every opportunity- from reshaping business models, rethinking traditional workforce strategies, reengineering financial models to develop stronger relationships with consumers and continuing to invest in the digital technology, innovation and startups in order to sustain, transform and deliver in the new health economy. Health system’s enterprise transformation is not a line item in an organization’s enterprise strategy but it is a collective, a full blown culture change. Stakes have never been high for health systems and it will take a lot to succeed.  


    In this CHIME Live Webinar, Vishnu Saxena, founder and CEO of ScaleHealthTech will be joined with two distinctive transformative leaders- Mr. Feby Abraham- EVP and Chief Strategy Officer of Memorial Hermann Health System and Mr. Scott Raymond – Chief Information Officer at Nebraska Medicine to discuss how they are navigating the challenges and steering their health systems for the success in the new health economy. 


    Learning objective 1: Barriers holding health systems back on the enterprise transformation journey and how to overcome it.  


    Learning objective 2: How to align value driver for Patients with value drivers for Health Systems to achieve realistic enterprise transformation goals. 


    Learning objective 3: What’s driving the Health Systems led investments in the Digital health companies  


    Speakers: 

    Feby Abraham, EVP and Chief Strategy Office at Memorial Hermann 

    Scott Raymond, CIO at Nebraska Medicine 


     

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    Session Description:

    Care delivery continues to evolve, and with that comes other market players like digital health applications. Join this focus group to discuss how the role of digital health impacts expansion of care teams, augmenting staffing shortages, and driving patient loyalty. Other topics covered will include the split between digital and in-person care, as well as well as the impacts AI has on healthcare as a whole.

    Speaker(s):

    Rich Wang, Xealth

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    Session Description:

    Care delivery continues to evolve, and with that comes other market players like digital health applications. Join this focus group to discuss how the role of digital health impacts expansion of care teams, augmenting staffing shortages, and driving patient loyalty. Other topics covered will include the split between digital and in-person care, as well as well as the impacts AI has on healthcare as a whole.

    This is a second event offering content that is the SAME at the 12pm session.

    Speaker(s):

    Rich Wang, Xealth

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    Session Description:

    Softek would like to hear from Oracle Cerner organizations on what challenges they are currently experiencing and what opportunities they are seeking out to enhance their Oracle Cerner EHR systems.

    Speaker(s):

    David Fletcher President Softek Solutions, Inc.

    Matt Heath Vice President, Business Development  Softek Solutions, Inc.

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    Phani Konduru, Chief Digital and Technology Officer of BrightSpring Health Services and Sara Herdman, VP Product Marketing at Verato discuss insights and experience managing the distributed care model, home health and prescription delivery with key digital enhancements.  

    Learning objective 1: Learn challenges and impacts of distributed care and where this trend is headed 

    Learning objective 2: Learn key operational tenets to serve complex populations with multiple comorbidities and polypharmacy — close to or at home 

    Learning objective 3: Learn tech stack must-haves to enable distributed care, virtual care or home health services 

    Speaker: Sara Herdman, VP of Product Marketing at Verato


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    Generative AI (Gen AI) has captured the imagination of stakeholders across the Healthcare ecosystem. Estimates suggest Gen AI could augment and accelerate 30+% of human efforts in healthcare. Leaders and organizations are willing to take steps necessary, so they are early adopters unlike with prior revolutionary technologies.   


    Various forms of Gen AI, and solutions have surprised even the most cynical with the art-of-possible. The biggest surprise of them all is the speed at which new capabilities are being rolled out, and how rapidly assumptions are being re-set.   


    All the excitement and ‘attention’ has also ‘generated’ a hype cycle at hyper-speed (pun intended). CXOs and leaders are exhausted by the loud banging, and along with their teams are struggling with demo-fatigue.   

    It’s time for an un-hyped discussion on how to drive a value creation cycle. And how can we scale Gen AI powered solutions safely across healthcare enterprises. 


    Areas of Focus: 

    Biomedical/Clinical Engineering 

    Clinical Collaboration 

    Cloud Technology 

    Data Analytics/Business Intelligence 

    Data Management in the Cloud 

    Data Security 

    Electronic Health Records 

    Health Information Exchange 

    HIPAA 

    HIT Advocacy 

    Informatics (clinical, nursing) 

    Information Security Privacy 

    Information Systems 

    IT and Organization Strategy 

    Innovation 

    Management Engineering 

    Medical Informatics 

    Medical Records 

    Medical Records/HIM 

    Mergers and Acquisitions 

    Mobile Devices and Wireless 

    Nursing Informatics 

    Organization Strategy 

    Patient Engagement 

    Provider Connectivity and Strategy 

    Revenue Cycle Management 

    Telemedicine/Telehealth  


    Speaker: John Squeo, SVP - Provider & Healthcare Services, CitiusTech 

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    Healthcare systems design processes to improve the patient experience, revenue cycle, and adherence to clinical protocols. However, often these processes are not executed as they were intended; exceptions are not handled well, staff gets bogged down in unnecessary work and disconnects can cause delays in care and inefficiencies. 
     
    Other services industries have realized > 30 % productivity increases through task automation. With our ever-present workforce challenges, is now the time for healthcare adoption?
     
    Join healthcare IT industry leaders John Glaser, Tim Zoph, and Lumeon CEO Robbie Hughes in a conversation hosted by long-time nurse executive Cindy Gaines to discuss how to close the gap between clinical intent and clinical action using clinical workflow automation. They will discuss the reasons for the gaps, how automation can help and the resulting improvements in productivity, staff and patient satisfaction and quality of care delivery.
     
    Learning Objectives:
     
    • Consider why many health systems experience a disconnect between clinical intentions and clinical actions; a persistent problem for our industry.
    • Understand what’s holding us back - identifying & overcoming barriers to automation adoption. 
    • Define the opportunity – what it is and what it isn’t?
    • Understand how to move clinical workflow automation from pilots to enterprise-wide adoption.
     




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    Session Description:

    The aspirations and hype of interoperability, data aggregation and informatics have long been touted as the solution for transforming patient care - and yet we are still drowning in data but starved for insights.

    Over the past 20 years, healthcare has continued to make great advances in harnessing technology and innovation for the patient and also for the workforce, this incremental impact is still out of step with the true transformational potential of integrating data from across all systems and devices throughout the healthcare system. Without the ability to aggregate, normalize, optimize, and operationalize different formats and sources of data to improve patient outcomes, streamline workflows, help clinicians to be more efficient and help healthcare systems, the hype is still the reality. Can we convert the hype into transformational insights, or will we continue to drown, hoping for some change in the future?    

    Speaker:
    Becky Fox, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
    Dr. Stacey Johnston, VP, Chief Applications Officer, Baptist Health
    Claire Bloomfield, DPhil. Director, Centre for Improving Data Collaboration, NHS England




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    Envision being able to accurately pinpoint gaps in care to see which patients require extra attention in order to meet your care quality objectives. In this session we will explore how to extend clinical interoperability by adding a HL7 FHIR aggregation layer.  


    As value-based care becomes increasingly important for many health systems, it is essential that clinical quality is measured and improved to unlock its full potential. Instead of dedicated, complex, and expensive clinical data warehouses, we will discuss and demonstrate how ordinary data from EHRs (HL7v2, CDA, QRDA) can be transformed into HL7 FHIR on the fly to assess quality metrics in near real-time, allowing proactive management of cohorts and patients. Not only is this a more cost-effective and standards-based way to measure clinical quality, but it also leverages the interoperability infrastructure and skillsets you already have in place. 


    Learning objective 1: Why you need to measure clinical quality in a value-based care environment, and how those metrics will change between now and 2025 


    Learning objective 2: How can you utilize existing clinical interoperability infrastructure to collect data from all providers across multiple EHRs 


    Learning objective 3: Why this approach is more cost effective than a dedicated data warehouse 


    Speaker: Joerg Schwarz, Ph, MS IS, MBA; Sr. Director, Healthcare Interoperability 

     


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    In today's ever-changing technological landscape, it's easy to be lured by the next big thing. Join us as we explore how IT leaders in the healthcare industry can resist the allure of 'newer' or 'better' technologies, focusing instead on optimizing existing infrastructure. This focus-group intends to provide insights into identifying inefficiencies, aligning strategies with organizational goals, and enhancing both operational efficiency and patient care through thoughtful, internal optimizations. Engage with executives and peers to learn how to strike the perfect balance between innovation and optimization in your own systems. 


    Learning objective 1: Talk about aligning IT strategies with organizational goals and patient needs. 


    Learning objective 2: Discuss key performance indicators that can be monitored to measure operational efficiency and customer experience 


    Learning objective 3: Discuss how to strike a balance between adopting innovative solutions and optimizing existing systems. 


    Areas of Focus: 

    • Cloud Technology 

    • Infrastructure 

    • IT and Organization Strategy 


    Speaker: David Wright with Disruptive Innovations 

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    Learning objective 1: Recent popularity of AI - data collection and processing 

    Learning objective 2: Branches of AI and use cases 

    Learning objective 3: AI-powered solutions in the healthcare industry - Summarizing AI use cases and capabilities 


    Speaker: Deepak Borole, Project Manager at Chetu, Inc 


     

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    Join us for a how-to webinar strategically addressing the challenges and fixing issues derived from clinical care alarm fatigue. In this webinar learn three strategic steps for mitigating alert and auditory overload:

    1.    Leverage your data to better understand where you are over and under-utilizing it to improve clinical workflows.

    2.    Ensure alerts are actionable so care teams can collaborate on the right care to the right patient.

    3.    Engage clinical leadership to establish a foundation of communication by addressing a communication platform in its entirety resulting in accelerated decision-making, improved care delivery, and faster patient throughput.

    Speakers:

    Dr. Annabaker Garber RN, PhD, Chief Clinical Officer at Mobile Heartbeat

    Amy Clodfelter MSIT, BSN, RN-BC, Assistant Vice President of Clinical Care and Nursing Informatics at HCA Healthcare 


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    Session Description:
    Healthcare inequity remains a pressing societal issue, with disparities in access and quality care disproportionately affecting patients. These disparities are driven by social determinants of health (SDoH) such as insurance coverage, financial limitations, geographical location, and more. To bridge the gap, automation, such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) paired with Artificial Intelligence (AI), offers an efficient, comprehensive approach to addressing specific patient centered healthcare inequities by automating complex workflow processes, improving decision-making, and personalizing patient care. 


    Offering real-world examples, participants will learn how automation and AI can be used to: 
    • Streamline multiple, complex workflow processes 
    • Improve decision-making individualized for the patient needs at the point of care 
    • Advance healthcare provider and patient communication 
    • Optimize and personalize patient care and improve healthcare equity 


    Don't miss this opportunity to engage with industry experts as we explore how data, technology, and automation are converging to dismantle barriers and usher in a new era of equitable, accessible, and high-quality healthcare.


    Speakers:
    Jeanette Ball,  RN, CTG Solution Architect, Health Solutions 

    Jeanette Ball, Solution Architect for Population Health and Value-Based Care at CTG, brings an extensive clinical, population health, and healthcare administrative background to CTG. As a senior consultant, and Registered Nurse, Ms. Ball has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including a 10-year history of outpatient medical center executive administration, and more than 16 years as a senior consultant in clinical application design, population health strategies, and overall health system preparation for responding to health care reform and value-based care. Ms. Ball demonstrates knowledge and experience supporting the integration of IT solutions with medical care delivery, specializing in Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition, population health, workflow analysis, process redesign, FQHC and CAH specialty, provider clinician adoption, and quality redesign. During her tenure at CTG, Ms. Ball has assisted dozens of ambulatory practices with PCMH recognition, and practice workflow efficiencies for improving health outcomes. She has been an NCQA PCMH Certified Content Expert, for over 10 years, receiving her recognition in May 2013, as one of the first 100 PCMH certified content experts in the nation.

    Rick Cruz, Director of CTG’s Application and Information Solutions (AIS) and Testing Solutions in North America

    Rick has executive responsibility for the ongoing development of CTG’s AIS and Testing offerings and teams to deliver innovative, global services that help clients strategically address their business challenges. Rick is an accomplished IT leader and TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect with 30+ years of IT experience, specializing in enterprise digital transformation strategy and execution, platform/solution architecture, information management, app development, quality assurance, and data/systems integration.


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    Session Description:

    We will be looking to pick the brains of CIO's pertaining to the technology they are consuming or intend to consume. We are also curious of their stance on managed IT services and how that fits into their overall strategy. 

    Speaker(s):

    David Gerrity, VP of US Central, Comport Consulting 

    Bill Flatley, CTO, Comport Consulting




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    The new member orientation will introduce new members to CHIME staff and membership benefits. In this one-hour orientation, CHIME staff will introduce themselves and the areas of expertise offered to the member. Basic demonstrations such as accessing membership profiles, making updates and where to find pertinent areas of interest will be covered. 

    All orientation materials will be shared with attendees after the completion of the orientation. 

    Thank you for joining us! 

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    Description:

    Patients and healthcare providers expect more from their healthcare experiences, driving numerous organizations to explore groundbreaking approaches to develop innovative care delivery models.  Integrating artificial intelligence into business analytics, genomics, imaging, and patient care delivery is reshaping digital transformation efforts.  In this session, learn from your peers how Kyndryl and AWS are partnering with healthcare organizations to leverage secure, responsible artificial intelligence technologies to improve provider and patient experiences. 

    Learning Objectives:


    • Concerns of using AI & ML in the acute care setting and how to address them
    • Learn how to get started on an AI & ML project
    • Lessons learned in using AI & ML in the acute care setting
    Speaker(s):

    Steve Fu, PhD, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS

    Beverly Bell, RN, BS, MHA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, CPC Sr Partner for Healthcare and Life Sciences, Kyndryl

    Geoffrey M. Gray, Ph.D., Predictive Analytics Data Scientist, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital & Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine