4th Annual
Health Information Technology Institute


Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - Carlson School of Management, Univ. of Minnesota
Presented By: In Conjunction With:
Health Information Technology Institute

Please click on the links below to see the slides for that presentation.
8:00 - 8:20 Registration & Breakfast
8:20 - 8:30 Welcome
8:30 - 10:00 Validation of NHII from Outside of Healthcare
Paula Roe, Senior VP of Compensation and Benefits,
Wells Fargo Corporation
Karen Bell, MD, MMS Director,
Division of Quality Improvement Policy For Ambulatory and Chronic Care,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Steve Parente, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:30 Minnesota HIMSS Updates
10:30 - 12:00 Public Reporting of Adverse Events:
Reaction & Challenges from the First Minnesota Report

Marie Dotseth, MHA,
Senior Policy Advisor for Patient Safety at the MN Department of Health
Julie Apold, Program Manager, MN Hospital Association
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Breakout Sessions
Session 1 - NHII/RHIO Details:

Minnesota AHRQ Interoperability Initiatives
Donald Connelly, MD, PhD, University of MN
Chuck Ness, Executive Director,
Granite Falls Municipal Hospital, Minnesota Rural Health Cooperative

Jeff David, Director of Industry Development,
National HIMSS, Payer/Life Sciences Initiative


Session 2 - Emerging Technologies:
Can Data Warehousing and Analytics Help Improve Clinical Outcomes?

Steve Barlow, Manager, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Intermountain Healthcare

Session 3 - Provider/Payer Innovations:
CPOE, Clinical Adoption, and Decision Support

S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 4:15 Breakout Sessions
Session 1 - NHII/RHIO Details:

MN E-Health Information Technology Strategy
Alan Abramson, CIO & Sr. VP of Information Technologies, Healthpartners,
Chair of Standards and Architecture for MN E-Health

Pete Palmer, Principal Integration & Security Architect, Guidant Corporation

Session 2 - Emerging Technologies:
3G Wireless Mobility for Healthcare: Medicine in Real Time

Neil A. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief, UCLA Neurosurgery, President,
Chief Medical Officer, Global Care Quest, Inc.

Session 3 - Provider/Payer Innovations:
Connecting Payers and Providers as Healthcare Infomediaries
Jeff David, Director of Industry Development,
National HIMSS, Payer/Life Sciences Initiative