By Julie Cooper, Managing Director, Member Experience – G2Xchange, a service of MileMarker10
HIMSS Las Vegas 2021 for the Federal Health IT Executive
HIMSS21 is a VACCINATION REQUIRED event for all attendees, exhibitors and HIMSS staff and as of July 28, masks are required.
Please check here before you book for additional changes as HIMSS notes: “This webpage will be updated with information about HIMSS’s plans for health and safety protocols for attendees, exhibitors and staff at HIMSS21.” Please also note CDC guidelines around travel and the definitions provided by HIMSS on fully vaccinated.
Note as of July 28: The 2021 HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas will require masks for all attendees, exhibitors and HIMSS staff on the HIMSS21 campus and in all public spaces….On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated guidance recommending that vaccinated and unvaccinated people wear masks in public indoor settings in counties with substantial or high COVID-19 transmission rates.
For nearly 60 years, HIMSS members and Healthcare professionals—from CIOs and senior executives to providers and payers to IT consultants and entrepreneurs—have attended this premier Health IT conference. While G2X cannot predict as of the writing of this what in-person or virtual attendance is likely to be, vendors and agencies alike are confirming their participation. With representation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Health Agency, many will want to ensure they take part in one way or another.
Included here are three things to help you make the most of your week: Key Sessions to attend; a list of booths you may want to visit; and some of the planned social events. Orange denotes new additions.
Note: This is Version 2.0 of this list. Watch for the day by day program the week of the event. Have something to add? Reach out and let me know at Julie@G2Xchange.com.
Key Sessions to Attend
Monday, August 9, 2021 – In-Person Sessions
Partnership Is Advancing Cross-Border Patient Health Data Sharing
August 9, 2021 – 11:15AM – 12:15PM PST
Speaker(s): Aisha Hasan, Head of Global Health IT, HHS ONC; Matthew Rahn, Deputy Director, Standards Division, HHS ONC
Integrating a Fully Realized FHIR-Based Representation of the World
August 9, 2021 – 1:15PM – 2:15PM PST
Speaker(s): Maria Michaels, Public Health Advisor, CDC
Using Technology to Improve Collaborations Between Clinical and Supply Chain Teams
August 9, 2021 – 1:15PM – 2:15PM PST
Speaker(s): CAPT Kimberly Elenberg, DOD Covid Task Force Lead for Data Modeling and Analytics, DOD
Preserving the Health of a Population – Early Lessons from a Global Pandemic
August 9, 2021 – 5:00PM – 6:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Terry Adirim, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Health Affairs
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 – In-Person Sessions
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: The Invaluable Need for Virtual Care
August 10, 2021 – 10:15AM – 11:15AM PST
Speaker(s): Christina Armstrong, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Connected Health Implementation Strategies, Office of Connected Care (OCC), Patient Care Services (12CC), VA
Exploring MHS Digital Health Tools for Self-Care
August 10, 2021 – 11:15AM – 11:35AM PST
Speaker(s): Kelly Blasko, Ph.D., Lead, Defense Health Agency Connected Health Branch
OIG Enforcement, Oversight and Compliance
August 10, 2021 – 11:30AM – 12:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Lisa Re, JD, MA, RN, Assistant Inspector General, Legal Affairs, HHS, OIG; Andrew Vanlandingham, Senior Counselor, Medicaid Policy/Acting Health IT, HHS, OIG
Advancing and Measuring Interoperability Together
August 10, 2021 – 11:45AM – 12:45PM PST
Speaker(s): Vaishali Patel, PhD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Office of the National Coordinator, HHS
Building the National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network (NETCCN)
August 10, 2021 – 12:15PM – 12:35PM PST
Speaker(s): Matt Quinn, Science Director, Army TATRC/MRDC
Blockchain Innovation Efforts at the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs
August 10, 2021 – 1:00PM –2:00PM PST
Speaker(s): Gil Alterovitz, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, Director, National Artificial Intelligence Institute Office of Research and Development, VA; Joseph Ronzio, DHSc, FHIMSS, CPHIMS Deputy Chief Health Technology Officer, VA
Taking Medical Device Cybersecurity to the Next Level
August 10, 2021 – 1:00PM – 2:00PM PST
Speaker(s): Suzanne Schwartz, MD, MBA, Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation, FDA
VA Approved Standardized Enterprise: Nursing Documentation
August 10, 2021 – 1:15PM – 2:15PM PST
Speaker(s): Constance Berner, MSN, RN-BC, Nurse Informatics Specialist, VHA, Office of Health Informatics; Andrew Hehr, MSN, RN, Informatics Nurse Specialist, VA
The Trust Factor: Privacy Framework Adoption in Healthcare
August 10, 2021 – 2:30PM – 3:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Dylan Gilbert, JD, Privacy Policy Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Rationalization and Transformation in the Fed Health Data Hub
August 10, 2021 – 3:15PM – 3:35PM PST
Speaker(s): Robin Russell, Enterprise Intelligence & Data Solutions PMO, Defense Health Agency
A Partnership for Public Health at Scale
August 10, 2021 – 4:15PM – 5:15PM PST
Speaker(s): Daniel Pollock, MD, Medical Epidemiologist/Surveillance Branch Chief DHQP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 – In-Person Sessions
Improving Healthcare Outcomes by Enhancing Data Quality
August 11, 2021 – 10:15AM – 11:15AM PST
Speaker(s): Sandi Mitchell, RPH, MSIS, FASHP VHIE Clinical Data Quality Management Team Lead, VA
DHA & MITRE : Establishing a Public and Private Partnership (PPP) for Cybersecurity Medical Device Readiness Accelerant
August 11, 2021 – 10:15 AM – 10:35AM PST
Speaker(s): Nathan Green, Chief CyberLOG, Defense Health Agency
Digital Health Transformation of MHS Health Care
August 11, 2021 – 11:15AM – 11:35AM PST
Speaker(s): Colonel Thomas Cantilina, MD, USAF, MC, FS, Health System’s (MHS) Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO), Deputy MHS EHR Functional Champion at the Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Making IT Boring Again – Priorities, Progress, and Pandemics
August 11, 2021 – 11:45AM – 12:45PM PST
Speaker(s): Thomas “Pat” Flanders, SES, Deputy Assistant Director, Information Operations/J-6; DHA CIO, DHA, DADIO/J-6; Thomas Hines, CISSP, HQE, Director, Engineering & Technology Transformation, Senior Advisor, HQE, DHA, DADIO/J-6
Caring for Astronauts in Space: NASA’s Experience with Telemedicine
August 11, 2021 – 1:00PM – 2:00PM PST
Speaker(s): Michelle Frieling, Program Manager, Human Health and Performance Contract, NASA; Shannan Moynihan, MD, MPH, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Innovating in the Time of COVID-19: Launching the Joint Health Information Exchange
August 11, 2021 – 1:15PM – 1:35PM PST
Speaker(s): Lance Scott, Solution Integration Director, FEHRM; Crystal Baum, Product Owner, FEHRM
Transforming CMS Data Sharing with User-Centered APIs
August 11, 2021 – 1:15PM – 2:15PM PST
Speaker(s): Alberto Colón Viera, Engineer, CMS; Allison Oelschlaeger, Chief Data Officer, CMS; Nicole Pham, Product Manager, CMS; Anna Routh, Innovation Specialist, CMS
DHA Innovation Experiences and Future Roadmap
August 11, 2021 – 1:15PM – 2:00PM PST
Speaker(s): Roger Ishware Boodoo, CDR MC USN DHA Health Informatics Enterprise Imaging & Clinical Informatics, US Department of Defense
Untangling the Thread: Bringing Actionable Data to the Clinical Team
August 11, 2021 – 1:45PM – 2:05PM PST
Speaker(s): Peter Easter, PEO DHMS, Defense Health Agency
Benefits and Barriers to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
August 11, 2021 – 2:30PM – 3:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Thomas Novak, Medicaid Interoperability Lead, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
Leading in a Global Crisis: Medical Information, Trust and Transparency
August 11, 2021 – 2:30PM – 3:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health Agency
New Frontier: Dynamic Care Plan and SMART on FHIR Applications
August 11, 2021 – 2:30PM – 3:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Jenna Norton, Associate Director, National Kidney and Urologic Science Translation Program, Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Ask Dr. Don Rucker: How New APIs Will Change Population Health
August 11, 2021 – 3:45PM – 4:05PM PST
Speaker(s): Donald Rucker, MD, Former National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
Enhancing the Patient Experience With the Joint Health Information Exchange and HealtheIntent
August 11, 2021 – 3:45PM – 4:05PM PST
Speaker(s): Lance Scott, Solution Integration Director, FEHRM; Crystal Baum, Product Owner, FEHRM
Telehealth Cybersecurity: Secure Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem
August 11, 2021 – 4:00PM – 5:00PM PST
Speaker(s): Nakia Grayson, IT Security Specialist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Thursday, August 12, 2021 – In-Person Sessions
Panel: Unlocking the Potential of Care: Genomics & Personalized Data
August 12, 2021 – 9:32AM – 10:02AM PST
Speaker(s): Linda Molnar, Program Director, NSF Convergence Accelerator Program, Office of Integrative Activities, U.S. NSF
Catalysts for Change
August 12, 2021 – 11:45AM – 12:45PM PST
Speaker(s): Bill Tinston, Director, Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization; Holly S Joers, Acting Program Executive Officer; Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Transforming CMS Quality Measurement in the Digital Age
August 12, 2021 – 11:45AM – 12:45PM PST
Speaker(s): Joel Andress, PhD, Health Insurance Specialist, Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services; Michelle Schreiber, Deputy Director for Quality and Value, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Digital Transformation: A Telehealth Story
August 12, 2021 – 1:15PM – 2:15PM PST
Speaker(s): Jon McKeeby, CPHIMS, DSC, MBA, Chief Information Officer, NIH Clinical Center; Tricia Coffey, CPHIMS, Chief, Health Information Management, NIH Clinical Center
System Modernization: The User’s Voice
August 12, 2021 – 2:30PM – 3:00PM PST
Speaker(s): Andrew Hehr, MSN, RN, Informatics Nurse Specialist, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Health Informatics; Constance Berner, MSN, RN-BC, Nurse Informatics Specialist, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Health Informatics
Health Readiness for Life: Creating Interagency Workflows
August 12, 2021 – 2:45PM – 3:45PM PST
Speaker(s): Jacob Aaronson, DO, MS, Physician Informaticist, Veterans Health Administration; Colonel Thomas Cantilina, MD, USAF, MC, FS; Health System’s (MHS) Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO); Deputy MHS EHR Functional Champion at the Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Other
Answering the Call: The Importance of Interoperability Across the Spectrum in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond
Daniel Jernigan, MD, MPH, Deputy Director for Public Health Science and Surveillance (Acting), Centers For Disease Control and Prevention; Micky Tripathi, MPP,PhD, National Coordinator for Health IT, Office of the National Coordinator For Health Info
Privacy Challenges in the Internet of Health Things
Joy Pritts, Chief Privacy Officer, Office of the National Coordinator
Putting Patients First: The Critical Importance of the Single, Common Federal Electronic Health Record
Neil Evans, Senior Advisor, FEHRM; Monica Farah-Stapleton, Senior Technical Director, FEHRM; Meredith Josephs, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, FEHRM
Exhibitor Booths
Defense Health Agency – Booth C1037-03
Defense Health Agency Connected Health Branch – Booth C1037-04
Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office – C1037-07
Federal Health Pavilion – C1037
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) – Booth — C1037-06 — Federal Health
Key Booths to Visit
Accenture – Booth 7629
Adeptus Solutions – Booth C1033
Amwell – Booth 2232
AWS – Booth(s) 3832, MP6654, MP6657, MP6854, MP6857
C-HIT – Booth MP562
CGI – Booth MP374
CitiusTech – Booth 5022
Cognosante – Booth 1243
Collibra – Booth 1517
Deloitte – Booth MP6843
Forescout Technologies – Booth(s) C200-129, C378
GDIT – Booth MP559
Guidehouse – Booth MP4870
Henry Elliott & Company – Booth 6251
IBM – Booth(s) MP1069, MP1269, MP1469
ID.me – Booth(s) 3310, C200-06
InterSystems – Booth(s) 2832, VHQ22
IQVIA – Booth 2461
Leidos – Booth MP534
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Healthcare – Booth Titian 2301-A
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government – Booth MP377
ManTech – Booth C1131
MuleSoft – Booth(s) 2018, MP1046
National Government Services – Booth(s) 5546, MP6647
NetApp – Booth 2451
Neustar – Booth 4752
NTT DATA – Booth(s) MP546, MP548
Peraton – Booth C200-45
Philips – Booth(s) 2425, C200-126, C300-06
Pure Storage – Booth 4643
Red Hat – Booth C200-132
RTI International – Booth C1433
SAIC – Booth MP17
Salesforce – Booth 2216
SAS – Booth 5746
ServiceNow – Booth(s) 1617, VHQ20
Tableau – Booth(s) 2611, MP1048
Verizon – Booth 5429
Vivify/OptumServe #4217
VMware – Booth MP6852
Would you like your booth added to the list? Let me know at Julie@g2xchange.com
Key Parties to Attend
GDIT and UiPath at HIMSS21
August 9, 2021 – 7:00PM – 10:00PM PDT
Hosted by GDIT and UiPath
Gatsby’s Cocktail Lounge – Resorts Worlds Las Vegas
HIMSS 2021 Networking Reception
August 9, 2021 – 7:00PM – 10:00PM EDT
Hosted by World Wide Technology and Intel
The Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails – 3708 S Las Vegas Blvd The Cosmopolitan
HIMSS21: New England HIMSS Chapter Social
August 10, 2021 – 4:30PM – 6:00PM PDT
Hosted by InterSystems
Booth #2832
South Miami Chapter Reception at HIMSS21
*Miami Vice Theme*
August 10, 2021 – 4:30PM – 6:00PM
CyberSecurity Command Center in Caesar’s Forum – MedSec Booth C306
Joint Happy Hour with Trifacta + BSR Consulting + Immuta at HIMSS21
August 10, 2021 – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar – 3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard
TN HIMSS Chapter Reception at HIMSS21
August 10, 2021 – 6:00PM – 8:00PM PDT
Margaritaville Restaurant Las Vegas – 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard
HIMSS Happy Hour
August 10, 2021 – 6:00PM – 8:00 PM PST
Hosted by Aptive Resources
The Dorsey Cocktail Bar – 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd
Public Policy Dinner/Reception
August 10, 2021 – 7:00PM – 9:00PM PST
Hosted by LexisNexis
Wheel House at The LINQ Promenade – 3545 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Public Policy Breakfast
August 11, 2021 – 7:00AM – 8:30AM
Hosted by LexisNexis
Caesars Forum – Summit Ballroom 219
In-person in VA
In-Person Happy Hour and Networking Event!
August 10, 2021 – 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Not attending HIMSS in person? Don’t be left out. This in-person Happy Hour and Health IT Networking Event benefitting The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an opportunity to finally get back together and to give back to a worthwhile cause.
Hosting an after hours networking event? Want your event posted here? Let me know at Julie@G2Xchange.com
