Speaker Information:
Izabella Gieras, MS, MBA, CCE, CSSBB
Director, Clinical Engineering, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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Description:
The broad adoption of interoperable electronic health records will require the multi-faceted and complex convergence of medical devices and healthcare application systems. This presentation will discuss these challenges and approaches to achieving effective convergence. The moderator for this session is Ray Zambuto, CCE, FASHE, who was a member of the Clinical Engineering & IT Symposium Planning Committee.

Speaker Information:
John Glaser, PhD
Vice President and CIO, Partners Healthcare

Objectives:

• Discuss the facets of convergence
• Identify effective convergence
• Describe strategies for achieving integration of clinical engineering and information technology
• Review convergence challenges and pitfalls

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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Description:
Convergence of Medical and Information Technologies is an indisputable reality. What remains in question is how the existing clinical engineering and information technology domains in healthcare organizations can effectively address the challenges of convergence. This panel session will look at a large multi-hospital system that has successfully integrated Information Technology services and Clinical Engineering and an organization that has a structured relationship between independent CE and IT groups. It will discuss the benefits and pitfalls of integration and non-integration. This session explores the successes and pitfalls of both scenarios with a presentation by organizations who have each selected one of these two approaches. The moderator for this session is Steve Grimes, FACCE FHIMSS, FAIMBE, who was a member of the Clinical Engineering & IT Symposium Planning Committee.

Speaker Information:
Thomas Langston
President and CIO, SSM Information Center
Mario Castenada
Director, Biomedical Engineering, Kaiser Permanente

Objectives:

• Identify the reasons to integrate versus collaborate
• Discuss the cultural and structural challenges of integration
• Explain the benefits that can be derived from a successful integration versus a structured independent relationship

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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Description:
Securing a HCIT infrastructure is common practice, but what about the medical devices on the network? This panel session will explore the vulnerabilities presented by the addition and decommissioning of thousands of medical devices on your network, preparing Clinical Engineering and IT for HIPAA audits, and best practices for securing medical devices on your network. This session will discuss the security issues surrounding the medical devices and present best practices for their deployment. The moderator for this session is Leanne Cordisco who was a member of the Clinical Engineering & IT Symposium Planning Committee.

Speaker Information:
Joseph Granneman, CISSP, CTO/CSO
Chief Technology and Security Officer, Information Management Services, Rockford Memorial Hospital
Elliot Sloane
Assistant Professor, Accounting and Information Systems, Villanova University

Objectives:

• Identify potential security threats to a medical infrastructure
• Discuss mitigation techniques and best practices in regard to medical device deployment
• Learn about potential patient data exposure points during normal patient care procedures

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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Description:
The ever changing work environment necessitates that an organization regularly studies the kind of skills and competencies workers must have to succeed in today's workplace. This session explores the new skill set for CE-IT success; including training, continued education, and mentoring programs designed to hire and retain high quality people. The moderator for this session is Mary Moewe who was a member of the Clinical Engineering & IT Symposium Planning Committee and is the Director of Clinical Solutions at HCA Information Technology and Services.

Speaker Information:
Frank Painter, MS CCE
Director of Clinical Engineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Connecticut

Objectives:

• Discuss how CE-IT managers will provide tools and guidelines for professional development programs
• Explain the "new" skill set for CE-IT managers
• Identify how CE-IT managers can use mentoring programs to retain their employees

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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Description:
A case study presented by Eastern Maine Medical Center to show the integration between CE-IT integration and the road to EHR interoperability within the Critical Care Environment and its impact on quality care across Northern Central and Eastern Maine. The moderator for this session is Erin Sparnon who was a member of the Clinical Engineering & IT Symposium Planning Committee and is the Senior Project Engineer of the Health Devices Group at ECRI Institute Headquarters.

Speaker Information:
Deb Sanford, RN, MS, MBA
Patient Care Administrator, Eastern Maine Medical Center

Objectives:

• Define the Critical Care Connections and their impact on patient care across northern, central and eastern Maine
• Identify Best Practices regarding collaboration in clinical engineering -- sharing information technology with Clinical Providers
• Articulate lessons learned in connection with CE-IT integration within the electronic health record

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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Description:
Launched in Belfast in early 2008, the European Centre for Connected Health (ECCH) was established to bring together technological, networking, healthcare and public policy perspectives in an effort to produce better quality and more effective care. They have committed $96 million to help bring 5,000 people suffering from chronic disease in Northern Ireland to a remote monitoring service by 2011. This session will illustrate current models of collaboration between CE - IT used in this program and provide strategies for attendees to consider. The moderator for this session is Jennifer Jackson who was a member of the Clinical Engineering & IT Symposium Planning Committee.

Speaker Information:
Andrew McCormick
Secretary for the Department of Health, European Centre for Connected Health

Objectives:

• Explain the mission of the European Centre for Connected Health
• Identify supporting research and development
• Describe a procurement process for such a complex program
• Discuss future economic gains through the creation of knowledge-based, high value added systems

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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Speaker Information:
Jennifer Jackson, BS, BME, MBA, CCE
Clinical Engineering Project Manager, Biomedical Engineering Department

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
S401 c

Fee:
$275.00

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