DoD/VA iEHR and HIE Summit

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
May 14, 2012 - 8:00am - May 15, 2012 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Mary M. Gates Learning Center/United Way
701 N. Fairfax St.
Alexandria, VA
United States

On May 14-15, the Defense Strategies Institute (DSI) will present its 2012 DoD/VA iEHR and HIE (Interoperable Electronic Health Record  and Health Information Exchange) Summit. The conference will focus on the interconnectedness across and among DoD, VA and Federal agencies.

According to DSI, their "team specializes in the extensive research and development of mission critical, senior level Summits for the Military and Federal Government sectors in health care." DSI's "non partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers to assist you in advancing an efficient and effective roadmap."

May 2012 Preview of Subject Matter Includes:

  • Understanding DoD/VA IPO Governance
  • Being Successful with Analytics in Healthcare
  • Innovation at the Edge: Success in Mobile Healthcare
  • Being Successful with Transitioning from Legacy Systems to a Modern Platform
  • Being Successful with Open Source
  • Business Operations of the iEHR and the IPO
  • Being Successful with Data Sharing Between Federal /State/National and Commercial Entities
  • VLER Governance: How iEHRs fit into the VLER
  • Being Successful with Identity Management and Security: What will it take for Industry to adapt effectively and efficiently?

The May 2012 event will take place at the Mary M. Gates Learning Center in Alexandria, VA.

A preview of their agenda includes confirmed session from speakers such as:

  • Dr. Karen S. Guice, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs addressing: Being successful in developing, maintaining, and facilitating a sound and integrated enterprise infrastructure for Health IT, along with what the future may hold for Military Healthcare Operations
  • David Muntz, Deputy National Coordinator for HIT, ONC who will bring insight towards achieving success within the federal space along with successful strategies for how the iEHR will interact with federal HIEs
  • Mike O’Neill (SES), Senior Advisor, Veterans Affairs Innovation Initiative (VAi2) speaking on what it takes to achieve operational success with new innovation in the VA
  • Patrick L. Sullivan (SES), Director, The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center speaking on the progress of the FHCC and what success really looks like for the provider and the patient
  • Joe Paiva, (SES), Executive Director, VLER bringing the insight towards governance and how the iEHR will integrate with a VLER
  • Mark Goodge, CTO, MHS who will discuss being successful with transitioning from legacy systems to a modern platform
  • COL Ronald Poropatich, USA, TATRC who will help all understand how to be successful with Mobile Health

To find out more about this event, visit <http://iehrsummit.dsigroup.org/>.