Mass Health Data Consortium - 2009 - Feb

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MHDC Health IT Conference
Consent, Quality, and Interoperability Under the Obama Administration
February 5, 2009

Presentations - all presentations are in PDF format

Patient Consent Panel - the day's first panel examined issues concerning Patient Consent to transmit health information.

Laura Adams, CEO, Rhode Island Quality Institute ~ Patient Consent: The Key to Health
Information Exchange?
Micky Tripathi, President & CEO, Mass. eHealth Collaborative
Colin Zick, Foley Hoag LLP ~ Perspectives on Patient Consent: Is Consent Dead and Should We Even Care?

Quality Improvement Panel - this panel discussion examined quality improvement initiatives underway in Massachusetts.

Karen Bell, MD, Sr. VP for HIT Services, Masspro ~ Quality Measures: Next Generation
Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, Institute for Healthcare Improvement ~ Reducing Avoidable Re-Hospitalizations: Process Improvements, Policy Challenges
Polly Marvin, MHQP ~ Moving from Design to Reality in Implementing a QI Learning
Collaborative
Ruth Palombo, PhD, Mass. Executive Office of Elder Affairs ~ MOLST: Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment

Interoperability Panel - this panel examined technology challenges inherent in melding interoperability with innovation in the healthcare system.

Greg DeBor, CSC ~ Can We All Get Along? Solutions for Interoperability
Mike Gibbs, Cisco Systems ~ HIT Interoperability: Fostering Information Exchange
Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems ~ Building a More Connected Healthcare System

Payment Policy: Payments (where applicable) must be made at point of registration. Cancellations: No refunds given for cancellations within 72 hours of an event.

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