By Julieanne Cooper, Director, Member Services
G2Xchange Health
Here is our HIMSS Game Plan for Thursday, March 8th, 2018. Included here are three things to help you make the most of your day: Key Sessions to attend; a list of booths you may want to visit; and some of the planned social events.
To read the full HIMSS18 Game Plan, click here.
Sessions to Attend on Thursday, March 8th
Standards and Interoperability – DoD/VA Health Information Exchange
March 8, 2018 — 8:30AM PST – 9:30AM PST
Speaker(s) – Paul Cordts – Director, J-5 (Strategy, Plans and Functional Integration) and MHS Functional Champion, DHA; Ashwini Zenooz – Chief Medical Officer, VA Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) Program Executive Office (PEO); VA, Lauren Thompson – Director, DoD/VA Interagency Program Office (DoD/VA IPO)
A National Repository of Widely Shareable, Computable CDS
March 8, 2018 – 8:30AM PST – 9:30AM PST
Speaker(s): Edwin Lomotan, Medical Officer and Chief of Clinical Informatics, AHRQ
ONC Policy and Technology Update
March 8, 2018 – 8:30AM PST – 9:30AM PST
Speaker(s): Steven Posnack, Director, Office of Standards and Technology, ONC; Elise Sweeney Anthony, Director, Office of Policy, ONC
Open API Stores: Simplifying the Developer Experience
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 10:30AM PST
Drew Myklegard, Management Analyst, VA; Shannon Sartin, Executive Director, HHS/US Digital Service
VA Mobile: A Tour of the VA App Store
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 6:00PM PST
Shawn Hardenbrook, Director, Web & Mobile Solutions, VA
Spreading Like FHIR at VA
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 6:00PM PST
Andrew Carter, Enterprise Interagency Engineer Office of Information & Technology, IT Operations & Services, VA; Greg W Donham, Interagency Program Manager, VA
VA/Telehealth Services’ VA Video Connect – Video Telehealth on Demand
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Neil Evans, Chief Officer, Office of Connected Care, VA
VA Mobile: A Tour of the VA App Store
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Shawn Hardenbrook, Director, Web & Mobile Solutions, VA
Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE) – Past, Present and Future
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Alice Li, Senior Consultant, VA
Spreading Like FHIR at VA
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Greg W Donham, Interagency Program Manager, VA; Andrew Carter, Enterprise Interagency Engineer Office of Information & Technology, IT Operations & Services, VA
VA’s Lighthouse Lab
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Drew Myklegard, Management Analyst, VA
VA/USPS Collaboration to Empower Veterans to Access, Use, and Share Health Information from Multiple Sources
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Kim Nazi, Blue Button Project Lead, Office of Connected Care, Veterans and Consumer Health Informatics, VA
Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV): Bridging Interoperability for VA and DoD Staff
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Amanda Cournoyer, Health System Specialist, VA; Reese Omizo, Informaticist – Dep Asst Director, Information Ops, VA
Enabling VA Patient Access to VA Medical Images and Reports
March 8, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 4:00PM PST
Kim Nazi, Blue Button Project Lead, Office of Connected Care, Veterans and Consumer Health Informatics, VA
Health Information Sharing Maturity Model
March 8, 2018 – 10:00AM PST – 10:20AM PST
Speaker(s): Thomas Novak, Medicaid Interoperability Lead, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS
MHS Opioid Registry: Promoting the Learning Health System
March 8, 2018 — 10:00AM PST – 11:00AM PST
Speaker(s) – Chris Nichols – Program Manager, Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions (EIDS), Solution Delivery Division (SDD), Health IT (J-6), DHA; Christopher Spevak – Director of the National Capital Region’s Opioid Safety Program, DHA
Dispelling Medical Device Cybersecurity Myths
March 8, 2018 – 11:00AM PST – 11:20AM PST
Speaker(s): Seth Carmody, Cybersecurity Program Manager, FDA
Innovation in the Medicaid Enterprise: A State and Federal Priority Partnership
March 8, 2018 11:30AM PST – 12:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Martin Rice, Director of State Systems, CMS; Eugene Gabriyelov, Technical Director, CMS
Benchmarking and Iterative Usability Testing: A Case Study
March 8, 2018 – 11:30AM PST – 12:30PM PST
Speaker(s): William Plew, Usability Specialist, VA
Creating Healthy Incentives to Improve Integrated Care: Lessons Learned from Around the World
March 8, 2018 – 11:30AM PST – 12:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Vice Admiral Raquel C Bono, Director, DHA
Modernizing Human Resources
March 8, 2018 – 11:30AM PST – 11:50AM PST
Speaker(s): Peter Shelby, Assistant Secretary for Office of Human Resources & Administration, VA
CMS Blue Button 2.0: Creating a Data-Driven Ecosystem with Medicare Beneficiaries
March 8, 2018 – 11:30AM PST – 12:00PM PST
Mark Scrimshire, BlueButton Innovator, CMS
Streamlining the IT Acquisition Process
March 8, 2018 – 12:00PM PST – 12:20PM PST
Bridget Gauer, Director, NIH-NITAAC; Brian Goodger, Associate Director, OLAO, NIH-NITAAC
CDS in the Cloud: Deploying a CDC Guideline for National Use
March 8, 2018 – 1:00PM PST – 2:00PM PST
Ninad Mishra, Health Scientist, CDC
Quality Payment Program Developer Tools & EHRs Town Hall
March 8, 2018 – 1:00PM PST – 2:00PM PST
Alexandra Mugge, Deputy Director, Division of Health Information Technology, CMS
Balancing Leading Performance Indicators to Improve Patient Access
March 8, 2018 1:00PM PST – 2:00PM PST
Speaker(s): Jennifer Ford, Director, Healthcare Value and Effectiveness, VA
Office of Connected Care/ Telehealth
March 8, 2018 1:30PM PST – 2:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Kim Nazi, Blue Button Project Lead, Office of Connected Care, Veterans and Consumer Health Informatics, VA; Shawn Hardenbrook, Director, Web & Mobile Solutions, VA; Neil Evans, Chief Officer, Office of Connected Care, VA
Pharmacogenomics Within the EHR
March 8, 2018 – 2:30PM PST – 3:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Jon W. McKeeby, Chief Information Officer, NIH Clinical Center; Jharana J. Patel, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, NIH Clinical Center
New Medicare Card Project
March 8, 2018 – 2:30PM PST – 3:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Monica Kay, Group Director, CMS
We won’t publish a full guide for Friday since much of the event will be wrapping up, but there are still a few sessions worth noting.
Friday, March 9th
It Takes a Community – Delivering 21st Century Coordinated Care for Those In and Out of Uniform
March 9, 2018 – 8:30AM PST – 10:15AM PST
Speaker(s) David Shulkin, MD – Secretary of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Vice Adm. Raquel C. Bono, MD – Director, DHA
Improving Provider Accuracy in the EHR
March 9, 2018 – 10:30AM PST – 11:30AM PST
Speaker(s): Seth D. Carlson, Clinical Architect, NIH
Booths to visit on Thursday, March 8th
As you are going about your day at HIMSS, don’t miss stopping by to get free swag at some of the Leading Federal Health IT Leaders and Federal Agency Booths.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid – Booth 10110
Defense Health Agency – Booth 10219-01
Department of Veterans Affairs – Booth(s) 10219-12, 11955
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Booth(s): 10219-11
NIH-NITAAC – Booth 10219-03
Defense Healthcare Management Systems – MHS GENESIS – Booth 10133
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – Booth 10219-04, 11955
Federal Health IT Solutions Pavilion – Booth 10219
Health Resources and Services Administration – Booth 10219-08
G2Xchange Health Corporate Member Booths:
Accenture – Booth 7617
Audacious Inquiry – Booth MP69
Aurotech – Booth 10320
Battelle – Booth 11906
By Light – Booth 11015
Cognosante – Booth 426
CTAC – Booth 11616
Deloitte – Booth(s) 2821, MP21
DSS, Inc. – Booth(s) 4449, 11955
Dell EMC – Booth(s) 3613, 8600-68, MP313, MP315
DXC Technology – Booth 1617
EY – Booth(s) 14028, 14038
General Dynamics Health Solutions – Booth MP322
Henry Elliott & Company – Booth 6440
Hewlett Packard Enterprise – Booth(s) 2127, MP22, MP23
IBM – Booth(s) 6243, 8500-25
InterSystems – Booth(s) 4444, MP06, MP342
KPMG – Booth 3839
Leidos – Booth 2425
ManTech International – Booth 5422
MAXIMUS – Booth MP70
National Government Services – Booth 5837
NCI, Inc. – Booth 10316
NewWave – Booth 10307
Northrop Grumman – Booth 2668
NTT Data – Booth 2116
OSEHRA – Booth 10516
Optum – Booth 6425
Pegasystems – Booth(s): 11336
Philips – Booth(s) 3812, 8500-17, 9900-03, 11955, 11955-14
PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Booth MP60
Sparksoft – Booth 11634
Ventech – Booth 11345
Veritas – Booth 865
VMware – Booth(s) 3803, 8600-58, MP302
Parties to Attend on Thursday, March 8th
Ok, you made it through the long day and now you are looking to unwind.
Know that nearly every major vendor on the floor is holding some type of an event. For obvious reasons, most are private and the only way in is by getting an invite. Want an invite? Walk by the booth and ask. We will not be publishing known private events. Included below are events that are published publicly.
DoD/VA Networking Event with Bernoulli – House of Blues
Thursday, March 8, 2018 – 9:00PM PST – 12:00AM PST
Any other tips or advice to share? Please comment below.
