"Arizona gets it. You have in fact embodied that idea of fostering collaborations and bringing to the table a wide spectrum of stakeholders, all of whom have to be involved."
                      - Dr. Robert Kolodner, Office of the National Coordinator

Summit 2008

2nd Annual Summit

Phoenix Convention Center

 

Friday May 2nd, 2008

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8:00 AM

Welcome

Chris Cummiskey


Director, Government Information Technology Agency
Chief Information Officer, State of Arizona

 
 
 
8:10 AM

Governor's Address

The Honorable Janet Napolitano


Governor of Arizona
(video address)

 
 
 
8:30 AM

Health Information Exchange: Where are we now and where do we go from here?

Kelly Cronin


Director, Office of Programs and Coordination
Office of the National Coordinator

 
 
 
9:15 AM

Panel: Arizona In Action

Moderator:
Brad Tritle


Executive Director, Arizona Health-e Connection

 
 

Panelist:

Anthony Rodgers


Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

 
 

Panelist:

Eric Thomas


Project Manager, Government Information Technology Agency
Arizona Rural Health Information Technology Adoption Program

 
 

Panelist:

Kalyanraman Bharathan


Project Director, Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange

 
 
 
11:00 AM

Panel: Health Information Exchange Across the US

Moderator:
Marilyn Teplitz


President, MGT Associates, LLC
Past President, Arizona HIMSS Chapter

 

Panelist:

Debbie Banik, MHA


Program Director, Clinical Messaging Service, Indiana Health Information Exchange

 
 

Panelist:

Edward Barthell, MD, MS


Executive Director, Wisconsin Health Information Exchange

 
 

Panelist:

Jim Hansen


Chief Executive Officer, CareEntrust

 
 
 
12:30 PM

Arizona Health-e Connection Organizational Update

Brad Tritle


Executive Director, Arizona Health-e Connection

 
 
 
1:30 PM

Arizona's Common Framework

Beth Schermer, JD


Partner, Coppersmith, Gordon, Schermer and Brockelman PLC

 

Kristen Rosati, JD


Partner, Coppersmith, Gordon, Schermer and Brockelman PLC

 
 
 
2:15 PM

A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infrastructure

William A. Yasnoff, MD, PhD, FACMI


Managing Partner, NHII Advisors
Adjunct Professor, Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University

 
 
 
3:45 PM

Panel: Personal Health Information Technologies

Moderator:
Brigid Holland


Director of Medical Records, Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center
Member, Arizona AHIMA Chapter

 
 

Panelist:

Colin Evans


President & CEO, Dossia Consortium

 
 

Panelist:

Todd Taylor, MD

Physician Executive, Microsoft Health Solutions Group

 
 

Panelist:

Dawn Bazarko, RN, MPH

Senior Vice President, Clinical Innovation, United Healthcare

 
 
 
5:15 PM

Closing Remarks

David Landrith

Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs, Arizona Medical Association
Chair, Arizona Health-e Connection Board of Directors