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Agenda: Day 2
Tuesday, August 24, 2004


8:00 a.m.

Introduction to Morning of Day II - Healthcare Quality and Medical Error Reduction: The Role of Technology

Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Founder and President, Health Technology Center
Former Director, California Department of Health Services
Former New Jersey Commissioner of Health
San Francisco, CA
(Colloquium Co Chair)
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8:15 a.m.

The Role Of Technology in Healthcare Patient Safety, Quality Enhancement and Medical Error Reduction

Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Founder and President, Health Technology Center
Former Director, California Department of Health Services
Former New Jersey Commissioner of Health
San Francisco, CA
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9:45 a.m.

How Patient-Based Information Technology can Enhance Quality and Reduce Errors

Daniel Hoch, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

John Lester
Neurology Information Systems Director
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
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10:30 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

The Role of Community Health Information Infrastructure (CHIIs) and a National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) in Quality Enhancement

Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative
Executive Director
Foundation for eHealth Initiative and Connecting for Health
Washington, DC
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12:00 noon

Networking Luncheon at Harvard Faculty Club

1:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

Comprehensive Healthcare Quality Enhancement and Medical Errors Reduction
(Choose One Track Only)


Track IIA: Six Sigma as a Healthcare Quality Initiative

1:15 p.m.

Introduction

Carolyn Pexton
Director of Communications
Performance Solutions, GE Healthcare
Waukesha, WI
(Colloquium Co Chair)

Benjamin C. Williams
Former Editor, Harvard Health Policy Review
Administrative Resident
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Cambridge, MA
(Colloquium Co Chair)

1:30 p.m.

How Six Sigma Can be Applied to Healthcare

Roxanne O'Brasky
President, International Society of Six Sigma Professionals
Scottsdale, AZ

2:15 p.m.

Six Sigma and Healthcare Quality Case Study: Driving Quality, Service Excellence, Efficiency, and Fiscal Discipline: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Partnership with General Electric

Michael A. Berman, MD
Executive Vice President and Hospital Director
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

Emme Deland, MBA
Senior Vice President
Clinical Program Planning and Strategic Development
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

Benjamin C. Williams
Former Editor, Harvard Health Policy Review
Administrative Resident
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Cambridge, MA

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Six Sigma and Healthcare Quality Case Study: Use of Abbreviations in Medical Records and Assuring Proper Identification of Patients Prior to Procedures at Valley Baptist Health System, Harlingen, TX

Tomas A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA
Vice President, Quality Initiatives
Director, Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Valley Baptist Health System
Harlingen, TX
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4:00 p.m.

Six Sigma and Healthcare Quality Case Study: Reducing Surgical Infections at Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV

Debbie Young, RN, BSN, CNOR, CNIV
Charleston Area Medical Center
Memorial Surgery
Charleston, WV
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4:45 p.m.

Six Sigma and Healthcare Quality Case Study: Safety and Efficacy of Acute Anticoagulation, Administration of CMS Cardiac Medications for AMI and CHF, CHF Length of Stay, Rehab Services Response Time, Restraint Usage Documentation at Virtua Health, Marlton, NJ

Susan McGann, RN
Virtua Master Black Belt
Virtua Health System
Marlton, NJ
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Richard Miller
President and Chief Executive Officer
Virtua Health System
Marlton, NJ

Mark Van Kooy, M.D.
Virtua Master Black Belt
Operations Improvement
Virtua Health System
Marlton, NJ

5:30 p.m.

Leading Organizational Change Through The Strategic Deployment of Six Sigma, Change Acceleration Process, and Fast Track Decision-Making: the Experience of North Shore-LIJ Health System, Lake Success, NY

Alan Cooper, PhD, MBA
Vice President
Center for Learning and Innovation
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
New Hyde Park, NY

6:15 p.m.

Track Adjournment

6:15 p.m.

RECONVENE TO PLENARY SESSION: The Joint Commission's 2005 National Patient Safety Goals

Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
President; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Oakbrook Terrace, IL

6:45 p.m.

Adjournment

Track IIB: Pay for Performance

1:15 p.m.

Introduction

Peggy E. O'Kane
President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Washington, DC
(Colloquium Co Chair)

1:30 p.m.

Point-Counterpoint: Does "Paying for Quality" Make Sense?

William G. Plested, III, MD
Trustee, American Medical Association
Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees AMA
Chicago, IL
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Robert J. Margolis, MD
Managing Partner, HealthCare Partners Medical Group
Torrance, CA
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Beau Carter
Senior Health Policy and Strategy Consultant
Med-Vantage, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
(Moderator)

2:15 p.m.

Physician IT Incentives - the Next Leap?

A. John Blair III, MD
President and CEO
Taconic IPA, Inc.
Fishkill, NY
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Sheera Rosenfeld
Senior Consultant, The Health Strategies Consultancy LLC
Washington, DC
(Moderator)
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3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

P4P Contracting: Bold Leap or Baby Steps?

Alice G. Gosfield, Esq.
Alice G. Gosfield & Associates, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
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4:00 p.m.

Turning the Ocean Liner - Hospital Financial Incentives

Stephanie C. Alexander
Senior Vice President/General Manager
Healthcare Informatics
Premier, Inc.
Charlotte, NC

David Share, MD, MPH
Clinical Director
Center for Health Care Quality and Evaluative Studies
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Detroit, MI
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Barbra G. Rabson
Executive Director
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
Watertown, MA
(Moderator)
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5:00 p.m.

Market Mover? The Emerging Role of CMS in P4P

Linda Magno
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
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5:45 p.m.

P4P as a Core Health Plan Competency in the Future

Peggy E. O'Kane
President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Washington, DC

6:15 p.m.

Track Adjournment

6:15 p.m.

RECONVENE TO PLENARY SESSION: The Joint Commission's 2005 National Patient Safety Goals

Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
President; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
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6:45 p.m.

Adjournment

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