2004 Agenda

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Agenda

Saturday, August 28

11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Golf Tournament at Reems Creek Golf Club
	Dinner on your own

Sunday, August 29

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Opening Luncheon in Exhibition Hall
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.	Advancing Excellence in Health Care: the Importance of HIT Carolyn Clancy, MD (AHRQ)
	Clinical Track	Finance Track	Compliance Track
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.	Providing Physicians Data They Believe and Use: Barriers, Problems & Opportunities James Lederer (Salem Health Solutions)	Leveraging Your Financial Institution's Capabilities to Address HIPAA's Impact on Payment Processing Jennifer Dunn (Wachovia)	Responding to Security Breaches: Where Law & Public Relations Meet Angie Harris and Roy Wyman, Jr. (Maupin Taylor)
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Linking Patient Data Mike Competiello (Initiate Systems) and Todd Hardman (SureScripts)	Advanced Clinical Systems: Beware the ROI! John Ennis (Beacon Partners, Inc.)	Duke Compliance Central: Using Technology to Comply with Patient Safety Initiatives, HIPAA and EMTALA Britt Crewse (Duke) and Bagavan Sundaram (InfoASAP.com)
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.	Reception & Golf Awards in Exhibition Hall

Monday, August 30

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Transforming Healthcare in the U.S. over the Next Decade: Goals of the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology LeRoy Jones (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
	Case Studies	Technology Track	HIPAA Track
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.	Sustained Healthcare to Maximum Populations with Minimum Resources Carolyn Hartley (Physicians EHR, LLC)	The Healthcare Collaborative Network: A New Approach to a National Challenge Bruno Nardone (IBM)	Implementing a HIPAA Security Risk Management Program at a Large Hospital District Clyde Hewitt (CTG)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch in Exhibition Hall
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.	Plenary Session on Foundation Grant Initiatives in Healthcare (speakers TBD)
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.	e-Learning: Key Factors in the Implementation of Web-Based Training for Healthcare Organizations Barbara Ruffino (Quick Compliance)	Hospitals' New Challenge: Using IT to Gain Competitive Advantage Alan Ying (Mercury MD)	Step-by-Step HIPAA Privacy Auditing & Monitoring Workshop Cornelia Dorfschmid & Joy Quill (Strategic Management Systems)
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Internet Protocol Telemedicine: The ECU Experience Scott Simmons (ECU Brody School of Medicine)	The Future of Healthcare Connectivity and the Digital Community Joe Auriemma (Siemens)
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.	Reception in Exhibition Hall
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.	10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner

Tuesday, August 31

7:15 - 7:45 a.m.	Annual Meeting & Board Meeting
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast in Exhibition Hall
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.	WNC Regional Health Care Data Link Project Gary Bowers (Western NC Health Network) and James Keel, III (Mission Hospitals)
	Public Health Track	Technology Track	Compliance Track
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Spearheading A Regional Communicable Disease Surveillance System Stephen Keener (Mecklenberg County Health Dept.)	The HIT Industry: Who Said What? Jennifer Horowitz (HIMSS)	Fraud and Abuse: Sarbanes Oxley & Healthcare Organization Best Practices Rita Kuyumcuoglu (Strategic Management Systems)
11:45 a.m. - noon	Incoming President's Remarks (Barbara Archbold, IBM)
Noon	Prize Drawings and Adjourn