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December 15-19, 2008
Phoenix, Arizona
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Agenda
MONDAY, December 15, 2008
TUESDAY, December 16, 2008
WEDNESDAY, December 17, 2008
THURSDAY, December 18, 2008
FRIDAY, December 19, 2008

MONDAY, December 15, 2008

Time Title & Presenter(s) Location
12:00-4:00pm Conference Registration Regency Ballroom Lobby
 
1:00-5:00pm CIMTAC Meeting Phoenix Ballroom
  Site Managers Meeting Cowboy Artist
  ISCs Meeting Curtis B
  ISSO Meeting Borein A
  RPMS Developers Meeting Borein B
 
1:00-4:30pm Vendor Set Up Atrium
 

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TUESDAY, December 16, 2008

Time Title & Presenter(s) Location
6:30-7:30am Fitness Activity with Debra Feathers Moran
 
7:00-4:30pm Conference Registration Regency Ballroom Lobby
 
8:00-10:00am General Session Invocation- Herman Lavatai

Posting of Colors- Phoenix Area Honor Guard

Welcome and Announcements
-Mr. McSwain, Director, Indian Health Service (IHS),
-Mr. Grinnell, Deputy Director of Management Operations, IHS,
Mr. Don Davis, Director, Phoenix Area IHS
and Mr. John Lewis, Executive Director, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona

Directions & Priorities
- Dr. Theresa Cullen, Chief Information Officer, IHS,
- Mr. Chuck Walt, ISAC Tribal Co-Chair, and
- Mr. Tim Defoggi, Chief Information Security Officer, IHS

 Regency Ballroom Lobby
 
8:00am-4:30pm Exhibitor & Artisan Vendors Regency Ballroom Lobby
  Posterboard Sessions Russell
  Cyber Café Cassidy
 
10:00-10:30pm Break  
 
10:30-11:30am "Managing Health Information Technology to Improve Performance & Outcomes" - Dr. J. Marc Overhage Regency Ballroom
 
11:30-1:00pm Lunch
 
1:00-2:30pm 1A Electronic Health Management- Barry Runyon Ellis
 
  2A What’s New in Cache’ & Ensemble- Jim Pietela Phoenix East
 
  3A Business Intelligence- Carl Gervais Phoenix West
 
  4A Overview of Security in IHS; Demo of New ITAC Form; and Threats to IHS Networks and 10 holes that you can easily fix- Juan Torrez, Bill Tydeman, & Jim Beyer Cowboy Artist
 
  5A BCMA- David Taylor, Robin Bartlett, P & Lynda Von Bibra Curtis AB
 
   
6A EHR Coding Queue and Reports- Pat Gowan & Jacqueline Candelaria		 PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 
2:30-3:00pm Break  
 
3:00-4:30pm Track 1
1B National and State HIE and EHR Initiatives- David Hunt, & Anthony D. Rodgers, Director, AHCCCS		 Ellis
 
  2B RPMS Reference Laboratory Interface- Dorothy Russell Phoenix East
 
  3B CMS Clearinghouse- Sharon Brokeshoulder, Brenda Tahe, & Ursula Glasses Phoenix West
 
  4B Wireless in 2008: Threats, Security Considerations, and Best Practices- Nick Pappas Cowboy Artist
 
  5B Vista Imaging- Bernie Dailleboust, Larry Carlson, Renee George, & Vitalia Devlin Curtis AB
 
   
6B Cache & Ensemble Lab- Jim Pietela		 PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 

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WEDNESDAY, December 17, 2008

Time Title & Presenter(s) Location
6:30-7:30am Walking with Debra Feathers Moran
 
7:00-4:30pm Conference Registration Regency Ballroom Lobby
 
8:00am-5:45pm Exhibitors & Artisan Vendors Atrium
  Cyber Café Cassidy
 
8:00-9:30am 1C Health Information Exchange: Legal aspects; IHS plans; Alaska plans- Jim Garvie & Rich Hall Ellis
 
  2C HEAT Helpdesk Implementation- Kevin Rogers Phoenix East
 
  3C Accounts Receivable- Adrian Lujan Phoenix West
 
  4C HHS Department-wide IT Security Program: Requirements, Priorities, and Challenges- Mark Brown Cowboy Artist
 
  5C Legal Health Record & e-discovery- Pat Gowan Curtis AB
 
   
6C EHR Templates- Lori Moore & Susan Richards		 PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 
9:30-10:00am Break  
 
10:00-11:30am 1D Master Patient Index: Theory, VA experience, IHS plans- Mike Danielson, & Clayton Curtis Ellis
 
  2D Networkx & General Telecomm- Ray Willie Phoenix East
 
  3D What is Informatics & How Do You Recruit Them? Succession Planning- David Taylor & Lisa Dolan-Branton Phoenix West
 
  4D Vulnerability Management, Endpoint Security, and the HHS Security Tools Suite- Jack Gomes & Thomas Madden Cowboy Artist
 
  5D Documenting Behavioral Health Services Using RPMS- Denise Grenier & Peter Stuart Curtis AB
 
   
6D EHR Consults- Catherine Moore & Susan Richards		 PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 
10:00-1:00pm IHS-OIT Tribal Consultation FAQ - Theresa Cullen Regency Ballroom
 
11:30-1:00pm Lunch  
 
1:00-1:45pm “Increasing Clinical Quality and Access to Care through Health Information Technology”- Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA, Vice Chancellor for Human Health Sciences, UC Davis, and Dean, UC Davis School of Medicine Regency Ballroom
 
1:45-2:15pm Break  
 
2:15-3:45pm 1E Telehealth: An Update on Programs and Activities- Mark Carroll, Chris Patricoski, & Peter Stuart Ellis
 
  2E Universal Service Fund and the Universal Service Administrative Company- George Huggins Phoenix East
 
  3E UFMS Overview- Ken Cannon & Sharon Dehnert Phoenix West
 
  4E HHS Department-wide Security Operations Center (SOC) – Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Stand-Up- Mark Brown Cowboy Artist
 
  5E Updates on RPMS: Clinical Reporting System, New Developments in EHR, iCare, PCC+; Well Child & Prenatal Form; BH Key Components- Stephanie Klepacki, Chris Lamer, Susan Richards, Kathy Ray, & Denise Grenier Curtis AB
 
   
6E EHR “CSI” Scenarios Demo- LCDR Lori Moore, Mary Ann Niesen & LT Sam Habiel 		PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 
3:45-4:15pm Break  
 
4:15-5:45pm “Laugh As Though Your Life Depended On It!”- Bob Wells, World Humor Organization Regency Ballroom
 
6:00-7:00pm Mixer & Posterboard Sessions Atrium & Russell
 

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THURSDAY, December 18, 2008

Time Title & Presenter(s) Location
7:30am-3:00pm Conference Registration Regency Ballroom Lobby
 
8:00am-5:45pm Exhibitors & Artisan Vendors Atrium
  Cyber Cafe Cassidy
 
8:00-8:45am “Update on the Role of IT Within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)” - Julie Boughn, Chief Information Officer, CMS Regency Ballroom
 
8:45-9:15am Break  
9:15-10:15am 1F Population HIE: HEDIS; iCare; GPRA- Rich Hall, Kathy Ray, & Stephanie Klepacki Ellis
 
  2F Computer & Communications Room Design- Joseph Bermes Phoenix East
 
  3F UFMS iProcurement- Ken Cannon & Sharon Dehnert Phoenix West
 
  4F IT Security & PII Incident Response in HHS & IHS- Mark Brown & Ryan Chapman Cowboy Artist
 
  5F Chronic Care Initiative- Lisa Dolan-Branton & Michelle Dewing Curtis AB
 
   
6F Tracer Methodology through EHR- Sheila Warren, Carol Smith, & David Taylor		 PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 
10:15-10:45pm Break
10:45-11:45pm 1G Personal HIE: My Health eVet; IHS plans; public; Coordination of Care: RCIS/CHS; patient education- Kim Nazi, Cynthia Solomon, Jeannette Kompkoff, & Mary Wachacha Ellis
 
  2G BMXNet- Greg Shorr & Ted Eiles Phoenix East
 
  3G IT Acquisitions- Myron Johnson & Carl Gervais Phoenix West
 
  4G HSPD-12 Logical Access Implementation & HHS Identity- Ken Calabrese & Ryan Chapman Cowboy Artist
 
  5G Diabetes Audit: From Paper to Web- Karen Sheff & Kelly Acton Curtis AB
 
   
6G Practical Use of iCare- Bradley Bishop, Kathy Ray & Glenda Jarrett		 PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 
11:45-1:15pm Lunch  
 
1:15-2:15pm Track1 in Ellis
1H Discipline Specific HIE: e-Prescribing; Reference Lab; Immunizations- Pam Schweitzer, Cecile Town, & Clarence Smiley		 Ellis
 
  2H System Conversion Roundtable- Mike Danielson, Stan Griffith, Adrian Lujan, Sandra Lahi, Susan Pierce-Richards, Scott Hamstra, & David Taylor Phoenix East
 
  3H HIT Project Management & Earned Value- Howard Hays, Carl Gervais, & Jeannette Kompkoff Phoenix West
 
  4H Overview of the IHS NOSC (Network Operations & Security Center), future plans and demos of online tools- Jonathan Dogette Cowboy Artist
 
  5H Creating Effective Customer Oriented Websites: The IHS Quality of Care Site Case Study- Stephanie Klepacki & Kath Straub Curtis AB
 
   
6H EHR Version 1.1 Tips & Tricks- LCDR Lori Moore, CDR. Mary Ann Niesen, & LT Sam Habiel		 PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 
2:15-2:45pm Break  
 
2:45-3:45pm 1I Population HIE: NPIRS/NDW- Stanley Griffith & Mike Gomez Ellis
 
  2I IHS.GOV: Current State & The Future- Catherine Alleva & Jim Beyer Phoenix East
 
  3I WebEx- Vinnie Chin Phoenix West
 
  4I Director's Executive Council (DEC) Proposal (Not a security themed topic)- Cliff Wiggins & David Yost Cowboy Artist
 
  5I EHR for Inpatient- David Taylor Robin Bartlett& Lynda Von Bibra Curtis AB
 
  6I BMXNet Lab- Greg Shorr & Ted Eiles PAO 6th Fl. Lab
 

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FRIDAY, December 19, 2008

Time Title & Presenter(s) Location
8:00am-12:00pm Site Managers Meeting Cowboy Artist
  CIMTAC Meeting Curtis B
  Area CACs and HIM Consultants Meeting Borein A
  RPMS Developers Meeting Borein B

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