Tuesday, August 26, 2008
8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michael Clifford
Cardiac Database Administrator/Senior Software Engineer
Architecture & Design
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Chairman, Microsoft Health Users Group
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| 9:15 am - 10:00 am |
Opening Keynote: Enabling the Possible Today
Steve Aylward
General Manager, Health & Life Sciences
Microsoft Corp.
Through innovative software solutions and the enormous efforts of our partners and customers, healthcare has become the fastest growing industry segment within Microsoft. Today, more than 700 employees across the globe are dedicated to solving the issues facing providers, health plans, the life sciences, and public health. Moreover, we’re focusing on how consumers and patients interact with those delivery systems to help improve access to care, quality, and outcomes. None of us can solve the problems facing healthcare today with the same thinking that created those issues in the first place. As a result, Microsoft is committed to working with our partners to deliver technology that allows for the change and redesign of processes in a changing world based on software that is simple, familiar, and easy to use. Please join Steve to learn how your organization can take advantage of these innovative solutions using software that you may very likely already own. Thus, enabling the possible—today. |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Break |
| Developer Track |
IT Pro Track |
Health Plans Track |
Clinical Informatics Track |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am |
Software Powered Communications Helping Healthcare
Albert R. Kooiman, MD
Senior Technical Product Manager
Microsoft Corp.
Communications are crucial for the delivery of great healthcare. Learn how Microsoft’s Unified Communications can help streamline collaboration between people, optimize business processes by cutting down human latency and offer great self service applications via the web or the telephone. We will demonstrate some great solutions built by partners and clinics across the world. |
Exceeding Joint Commission Patient Safety and Compliance Standards for Human Tissue Transplants with TRACS 4 Life™ and SharePoint.
Duke Kasprisin, M.D.
Chief Medical & Scientific Officer
Biomedical Synergies, Inc.
Jeff Winfield
SVP, Business Development
Biomedical Synergies, Inc.
In 2005, The Joint Commission enacted standards tightly regulating the management of human tissue products used in surgical procedures. Hospitals have had difficulty in complying with these standards and most institutions still employ a manual system for tracking tissue products. Built on all Microsoft products, TRACS 4 Life™ (patent-pending) exceeds these Joint Commission requirements and increases patient safety by streamlining the investigations of worst case scenarios, adverse reactions and product recalls. TRACS 4 Life™ is also a powerful inventory management tool that uses manufacturers’ barcodes to automate the tracking of biologic and non-biologic implants through a hospital’s supply chain.  |
An Integrated Edifecs-Microsoft BizTalk Solution for End-to-End HIPAA Transaction Processing
Herb Larsen
Senior Vice President of Alliances
Edifecs, Inc.
Learn about an exciting reference architecture leveraging Microsoft BizTalk and Edifecs Healthcare Transaction Lifecycle Suite as components in the Connected Health Framework for Healthplans. Understand the key requirements of a successful, scalable HIPAA transaction processing environment. Hear how to begin preparing for HIPAA 5010 using Edifecs and Microsoft, and to create re-usability in the architecture for additional initiatives, such as clinical data exchanges, Regional Health Information Organizations, and more.
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Leveraging Health Information Exchange to Improve Quality and Efficiency
Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS
Vice President, Informatics
HIMSS
This session will examine the role of standards in providing a foundation for interoperability, describe the current landscape for health information exchange and explore the potential impact of nationally recognized interoperability standards on healthcare quality and efficiency. |
| 11:15 am to 11:30 am |
Break |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Solving the Difficult Problems of Healthcare and Life Sciences with the Latest Generation of Microsoft Technologies
Timothy J. Huckaby
CEO
InterKnowlogy
This presentation will be heavily demo focused to accentuate how the power of the Microsoft Stack is used to solve some of the more difficult problems in Healthcare and Life Sciences. Specifically, real applications, built for real customers in the healthcare and life sciences industries will be demonstrated and examined from an “outside in” perspective, showing how the Microsoft platform, plumbing and tools were leveraged to build custom applications quickly and efficiently. |
Using Microsoft Platforms to Provide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Medical Device Inventory Tracking System
Pavel M. Rozalski
CTO
VueMed, Inc.
Lana Makhanik
Vice President
VueMed, Inc.
Using the latest Microsoft web technologies, VueMed has developed and deployed an easy to use and powerful solution, called VueTrack, to manage expensive perishable medical supplies in the specialty procedure labs of acute care hospitals. These include implantable and disposable medical devices, such as stents, balloons, etc. used by cath labs, interventional radiology, electrophysiology, endoscopy and OR suites. VueTrack addresses the needs of hospitals for efficient and cost-effective ways of managing this expensive inventory and tracking product transactions down to the patient. |
Integrating Applications with the Microsoft HealthVault
Harry J. Collins
Director of Development
Netsoft-USA, Inc
Paul Lieberman
Business Development Manager
Netsoft-USA, Inc
With the advent of Microsoft HealthVault, Health and Lifestyle applications now have access to a powerful new medium for the efficient exchange of information. This presentation will set forth the reasons for integrating existing applications with the HealthVault and highlight business as well as technical issues and concerns that must be addressed when accepting data from external sources. The approach and methodology to effectively deal with complexities of health information exchange through the HealthVault will be covered in detail. An integral aspect of the presentation will be the actual demonstration of a major healthcare organization’s deployed Personal Health Record (PHR) HealthVault application. |
QPP Quilogy Policy and Procedure
Chris D. Carper
Senior Managing Consultant
Quilogy
Alberto (Bert) Zerneri
Senior IT Systems Consultant of the Enterprise Integration Services (EIS) Department
Banner Health
The Quilogy Policy and Procedure Management System (SharePoint 2007) enables healthcare providers to better align information workers, business processes, data and technology for the purpose of optimizing patient safety and care. The Policy and Procedure Management System capitalizes on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server technologies for the standardization, management, storage, archiving and presentation of Policy and Procedure documents. The Quilogy Policy and Procedure™ 2007 framework is constructed of modules that can be combined to simplify the process of document management.
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| 12:30 am - 2:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Microsoft HealthVault Architecture Overview
Sean Nolan
Chief Architect
Health Solutions Group
Microsoft Corp.
This session will provide a high-level overview of the architecture of the HealthVault platform. It covers the key design principles and overall architecture, provides guidance around the best way to integrate your application into HealthVault, and presents a roadmap of upcoming features and devices. The session will showcase partner applications that are leveraging the HealthVault platform for opportunities to reach broader audiences and to build innovative, new applications that improve health management.
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Mobile Clinical Access Portal Enabling Physician Workflow
Eric Washburn
Chief Technology Officer
Athena Advanced Technologies
Mobile Clinical Access Portal, M-CAP, is a Windows Mobile wireless handheld solution providing physicians with three years of on-line clinical data from any Wi-Fi or Broadband connection point. The M-CAP solution provides a cross continuum view of patients from ambulatory, acute care and long term care environments and was designed to allow integration and interoperability with vendor applications such as the TouchWorks e-prescribing application from Allscripts as well as dictation recording for physician input which is interfaced to Dictaphone.
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Enforcer: A Case Study for Implementing an N-Tier Intelligent Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management System using MS .NET
Daniel J. Sullivan, BA, BS, MA
Senior Software Engineer
Consultant, Enablecomp
David Iskowe
CEO
EnableComp
Franklin, TN
Enforcer is an N-Tier system written entirely in MS .NET, utilizing SQL Server 2005 Reporting and Analysis Services. Additionally, the system implements a rule-based calculation process for Medicare, commercial and other jurisdictional regulatory structures. This case study/presentation will discuss the technical challenges and the lessons learned while building Enforcer, as well as the challenges of integrating this system with existing healthcare technology (like MiSYS) in both the physician practice and hospital setting. We will also discuss the challenges of working with healthcare financial data generally, and the kinds of insights that can be gained. |
Integrated Clinical Information Phone Service
Val Nenov, PhD
Adjunct Professor, UCLA Neurosurgery
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Director of the Brain Monitoring and Modeling Lab (BMML)
ICIPS-411 is an ongoing R&D project which is being piloted at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Its main objective is to provide bi-directional access to the entire text-based component of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) distributed in the variety of hospital, clinical, radiology, pharmacy and other information systems by means of a unified Natural Language-based Voice User Interface (VUI). This presentation describes various aspects of the design, implementation and application of the technology. Case studies emphasizing the improvement of the daily workflow of caregivers and ROI implications will be also presented. |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Microsoft Amalga as a Foundation for Regional Health Information Exchange
Edward N. Barthell, MD, MS
Co-founder
Wisconsin Health Information Exchange
Andrew Nichol, MA, D.Phil
Principal Programme Manager
Microsoft Corp.
The Wisconsin Health Information Exchange has implemented Microsoft Amalga as its technical platform, linking multiple emergency departments and local clinics to improve quality and efficiency of care. This presentation will describe early lessons learned during this process. |
HL7 Based Data Warehousing: Fast Build to Data Use
Eric V. Washburn
Chief Technology Officer
Athena Advanced Technologies/HVHS
Leveraging the structure of HL7 messages facilitates a simple interface to external data sources. We will discuss how to use Microsoft technology in building an HL7 database that can be quickly and efficiently populated, and how to use that data to present an EHR view on a mobile device. |
Next Generation ECM (Enterprise Content Management) technology and CEVA’s (Content Enabled Vertical Applications)
Brian Partin
Senior BlueThread Evangelist
Blue Thread Inc.
Learn how organizations are literally doubling productivity and cutting cycle times by as much as 70% using the latest in ECM technologies. Attendees will learn about the new/advanced components and functions of ECM, how to rapidly build finished applications, see an applicable use-case, as well as discuss best-practices deployment and Business Case development. |
One Patient. One Record. One IT Environment. Providing Better Patient Care and Service with Integrated Document Management and Microsoft Software
Lisa Raddatz
Revenue Cycle Manager
Allina Hospitals and Clinics
2008 HIMSS Davies award winner, Allina Hospitals and Clinics exceeded its EMR initiatives by understanding the importance that document management could make to complement new and existing business processes and initiatives while increasing patient security and satisfaction. Learn how EMR initiatives can be met and exceeded when Microsoft and complementary, third-party document management technology investments are maximized. Through examples from Allina, experience how integrating solutions allows for transparency and safety while promoting quality patient care and service. |
| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm |
Break |
| 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm |
Closing Keynote: UCSF Epilepsy Phenome Genome Project and ARCAMIS Computing
Michael Williams, MA
Chief Information Officer
EPGP Project/Dept. of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
In May 2007, a team of US scientists at 13 epilepsy centers led by UCSF and NYU received a grant of $15M to study the complex genetic factors that underlie some of the most common forms of epilepsy. The study, known as the “Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project” (EPGP), is funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and brings together over 50 researchers and clinicians from 15 medical centers around the country. The success of this study relied heavily on the advanced web-based informatics solutions developed by the EPGP informatics team at UCSF. Nearly one year after study commencement, these informatics solutions have demonstrated to the NIH/NINDS the objective indicators that EPGP will be successful and has assured continued funding to find better treatments and cures for epilepsy. |
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am |
Opening Keynote Session: The Transformative Power of Technology, at the Intersection of Physicians and Patients
Steve Shihadeh
Vice President, Health Solutions Group
Microsoft Corp.
Clyde Wesp, MD, FAAP
Chief Medical Information Officer
St. Joseph Health System
The healthcare system continues to grapple with challenges that center around information management. Silos of data within the health enterprise prevent coordinated patient care, while silos of data across the broader health ecosystem stand in the way of individuals making informed choices about their health and wellness. Learn how Microsoft is approaching the challenges of the healthcare system with software solutions that span the needs of the health enterprise and the individual. As the doctor-patient relationship continually evolves, and as stakeholders across the system demand solutions, Microsoft is developing solutions aimed at bringing healthcare into the Internet Age.
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| 9:45 am - 10:00 am |
| Break |
| Developer Track |
IT Pro Track |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am |
Great Healthcare via Unified Communications: A Developer’s Perspective
Chris D. Mayo
Technology Evangelist for the Unified Communications Platform
Microsoft Corp.
Timely communications are crucial for the delivery of great healthcare. Learn how Microsoft’s Unified Communications software based platform can help streamline collaboration between people, optimize business processes by removing human latency via just in time communication and offer great self service applications via IM and voice. In this session, we’ll use the Unified Communication SDKs, Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Exchange 2007 and Visual Studio 2008 to demonstrate building communications into your solutions and show the code that makes each feature possible. |
Microsoft Connected Health Platform
Teddy Bachour
Industry Technology Strategist, World Wide Health
Microsoft Corp.
The Connected Health Platform (CHP) is Microsoft’s technology offering and prescriptive architecture guidance for e-Health solutions built on the Microsoft platform. This session will examine CHP and its relationship with the Connected Health Framework—Architecture and Design Blueprint, and will include a high level review of the CHP Reference Implementations such as the Common User Interface, Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS.b) and the Health Connection Engine.
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| 11:00 am to 11:15 am |
Break |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 pm |
Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS.b) Reference Implementation (SIMPL)
Mark Simmons
Health Consultant
SIMPL
Wagner Silveira
Microsoft Technical Architect
Microsoft Corp.
Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS.b) is a Connected Health Platform Reference Implementation that facilitates the registration, distribution and access across health enterprises of patient electronic health records. It provides a standards-based interoperable approach for managing the sharing of documents between any healthcare enterprise, ranging from a private physician office to a clinic to an acute care facility. In this session, we will do a deep dive into the XDS.b Reference Implementation solution design and code that is available to the public on www.codeplex.com/ihe. |
Microsoft Health Platform Optimization—Driving Improvement in Patient Care by Delivering Well Managed Infrastructure Based on Microsoft Technology
Andrew C. Nichol, MA, D.Phil
Principal Programme Manager
Microsoft Corp.
The Microsoft Common User Interface Programme has delivered tools and guidance for deploying and managing Windows based desktops and servers and to implement collaboration and scorecard solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This session articulates the business benefits which can be delivered to clinicians, managers and patients by implementing an infrastructure aligned to Microsoft’s Connected Health Framework. Learn how to accelerate the delivery of a well managed infrastructure using Microsoft’s Health Platform Optimization tools and guidance and the delivery of solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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| 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm |
Better User Experience in Clinical Applications
Anand Gaddum
Director, Healthcare Practice
iLink Systems
William Hughes
Director, Product Innovation
GE Healthcare Enterprise IT Solutions division
Lack of good user experience has been a barrier to adoption of clinical applications. Microsoft Silverlight has enabled developers to deliver the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. With an easy to understand interface and rich interactive applications that physicians can customize to suit their needs, there is a greater potential of increased adoption of clinical applications. This is an application that is being developed for GE Centricity Enterprise product using Silverlight with the intent of providing rich clinical applications for easier adoption. |
Unified Communications for Healthcare Organizations
Lauren S. Schwartz
Healthcare Industry Director
Resolute Solutions Corp.
Eric Blankenburg
Chief Technology Officer
Resolute Solutions Corp.
The Resolute Instant Communication Solution Framework for Healthcare improves payors’ and providers’ customer interactions with a solution that leverages Microsoft’s advances in secure instant messaging technologies to enhance contact center operations. This session will examine how unified communications can be used in healthcare organizations, how Unified Communications can enable consumer engagement and how organizations can leverage their existing investment in OCS. |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm |
Building Safer Healthcare Applications in WPF and Silverlight with the Microsoft Health Common User Interface
Andrew Kirby
Director in Microsoft Services UK
Microsoft Corp.
With 6,000+ copies downloaded in the last year, the Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI) toolkit is already proving its value in helping healthcare ISVs build clinical applications. In the latest release, the toolkit will move to a new technology platform targeting Visual Studio 2008 and containing controls and demonstrators built in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight 2.0. This session will be a deep-dive into the technology aspects of the CUI, and will be of interest both to those working in the healthcare sector and developers wanting to learn about real-world experiences working with the latest UI technologies.
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Application of High-Availability and Scalability Techniques to Non High-Availability Clinical Applications
David H. Miller
IT Architect, Enterprise Hosting Solutions
Siemens
By studying how applications work, IT professionals can use Microsoft and industry standard techniques to create high-availability and more scalable clinical applications from those not designed to provide high-availability. This session will detail methods for analyzing applications for data flow and use this information to increase their availability and substituting clustered file shares for local storage. In addition there will be a discussion of how to use Microsoft clusters to provision multiple network names and IP addresses.
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| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm |
Closing Keynote: Surface Technology in Healthcare
Randy Fusco
Chief Technology Officer & Strategist, Microsoft U.S. Healthcare Provider Solutions
Microsoft Corp
Learn about Microsoft Surface technology and how its primary principles of Direct Input, Multi-Touch, Multi-User and Object Recognition can be used in healthcare. |