Tennessee - 2008 TN HIMSS Summit

September 19, 2008
Nashville, TN
Airport Marriott

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7:15 – 7:50 AM– Coffee and Continental Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00 AM – Welcome
- Michael Hollis, President TN HIMSS
- Justin Lanning, VP Programs TN HIMSS

8:00 – 8:30 AM – Keynote Address – Voices of the People: How the Elections Will Shape the Future of Healthcare
Speaker: Former Congresswoman Nancy Johnson

8:30 – 9:15 AM – Government and Market Panel Discussion
- Hear from our keynote speaker and some of the nation’s top healthcare analysts and policy influencers on current and future changes in the market, in government and how the upcoming elections are going to influence healthcare over the coming years, and what key indicators we all need to be on the look out for.

Moderator: Susan Christensen, Baker Donelson

Panelists include: Nancy Johnson; Carter Coberly, Ph.D., Consortium Health Plans; Dawn H. Johnson, RN, MSN, ACS Government Healthcare Solutions; Tom Keefe, Sr. Director, State Governments, HIMSS

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9:30 AM – Patient Voices: Patient Care Delivery
From the patient’s point of view, hear a recent testimonial on issues impacting patient care in the current healthcare delivery environment.

9:40 – 10:40 AM – Responsibility in Healthcare: Health Plan Panel Discussion
- The Health Plan Panel will consist of executives from Health Plan providers. They will cover their top short-term and long-term challenges, top 2-3 initiatives for calendar 2008 and 2009, and field questions from the audience.

Moderator: Samuel W "Bo" Bartholomew, III, CEO, PharmMD

Panelists include: David Goetz, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration; Jean Rush, Cigna; Mike O'Neil, HealthSpring; Tom Uustal, BCBSTN

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10:55 AM - Patient Voices: Experiencing Healthcare
- Hear one person’s journey through the healthcare system. From lost records to incorrect diagnosis to a final result, hear this patient discuss her journey through healthcare today.

11:00 – 11:50 PM – The Role of Employers in Healthcare: Employers Panel Discussion
- The Employers panel will cover the top short-term and long-term challenges facing healthcare from an employers perspective, the top 2-3 initiatives for calendar 2008 and 2009, and field questions from the audience.

Moderator: Katie Wreed Bell

Panelists include: Rachel West, Pinnacle Financial; Perry Stahlman, Spheris

11:50 – 1:00 PM – Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 PM – Delivering Patient Care: A Hospital Management Panel
- Featuring Hospital Management representatives from various hospital management companies, this panel will cover their top short-term and long-term challenges, top 2-3 initiatives for calendar 2008 and 2009, and field questions from the audience.

Moderator: Neal Heatherly, MBA, CEO StoneCrest Medical, Chair LHC

Panelists include: Joe Ketcherside, M.D., Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare; Keith B. Pitts, Vanguard Health Systems; Dr. Jordan Asher, St. Thomas Hospital

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2:00 - 2:30 PM - Patient Voices: Walking in A Family’s Shoes
- Speaker: Kathleen Shinn, RN, HCA – Hear this powerful testimony of Kathleen and her family’s experience going through the healthcare system.

2:35 – 3:35 PM – Touching Healthcare: A Caregivers Panel
- The Caregiver’s panel will provide an open dialogue on the dance between delivering patient care inside the realities of today’s healthcare market. Consisting of frontline doctors and nurses from varying sizes of practices and hospitals covering their top short-term and long-term challenges and field questions from the audience.

Moderator: Susan Newbold, PhD, RN– BC, FAAN, FHIMSS – Associate Professor, Nursing Informatics – Vanderbilt School of Nursing

Panelists include: Shirley A. Thorn, MN, MAdmin, RN, CHE, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare; Dr. Robert B. Barnett, Urology Associates; Dr. Marta Hernanz-Schulman, Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital; Senator Rosalind Kurita – Speaker Pro Tem and RN – State of Tennessee

3:35 PM – 4:00 PM - State of the State
- Health initiatives going on across the state.
• East - Mike Ward - SVP and CIO, Covenant Health
• Middle - Reginald Coopwood – CEO, Nashville General Hospital
• West - Mark Frisse, MD, MS, MBA, - Vanderbilt University
STATEWIDE - Linda Rebrovick – Principal, NMG Advisers and Board of TN eHealth initiative

4:00 PM - Closing
Michael Hollis, President TN HIMSS
Justin Lanning, VP Programs TN HIMSS