1998 Ad

Health Management Technology, April, 1998 by Ann McGrath

- Security Standards

- Content and Vocabulary Standards

- Identifier Standards

* Explore and review American National Standards Institute - Health care Informatics Standards Board's (ANSI-HISB's) inventory of standards (already in use and under development)

* How to participate and accelerate the development of standards

* What are the outstanding challenges to effective implementation?

* Examine the impact of recent federal legislations

DCM-6

Incorporate Community Health Population Data Into Your IT Plan to Gain a Competitive Advantage

Thursday, April 23,10:15 am - 11:30 am James N. Burdine, PhD, Co-Founder, Felix, Burdine and Associates, Inc.

Joy Wells, Deputy Director, Cobb and Douglas Boards of Health Michael R. J. Felix, Co-Founder, Felix, Burdine and Associates, Inc. Tim Powell, CEO, Electronic Transmission Corporation (Moderator) Health District

* Strategies and methods for the application of population health status information for the:

- Medicaid/Medicare, uninsured and capitated populations

* Collecting and analyzing information for improving health status

* What are the policy implications?

* How do you use the information for service delivery and decision making?

* What primary and secondary sources do you obtain data from?

* What analytical techniques do you need to make available to your organization to use data population profiling?

* How do you relate the information to traditional clinical and financial information you are familiar with?

DCM-7

Examining the Pros and Cons of Working with a Clearinghouse (Panel Discussion)

Thursday, April 23,11:45 am- 1:00 pm

Jeanne Schulte Scott, Director of Government Relations, National Data Corporation

Lee Barrett, CW Costello and Associates Consulting, ENHAC's Executive Director

Tim Powell, CEO, Electronic Transmission Corporation (Moderator)

* How does HIPAA define a "clearinghouse"?

* What will the new federal legislation demand of clearinghouses?

* Examine the services clearinghouses will be providing

* Are clearinghouses a short term or long term solution, or not at all?

* Explore the expectations and demands of a clearinghouse after outsourcing

* Are all clearinghouses created equal?

TRACT 15. Applications & Integration

OPENING NMH/IT PLENARY SESSION APP-1 Managed Care 2001: IT Solutions (NMH/IT Plenary Keynote)

Tuesday, April 21, 10:30 am - 11:45 am Marshall Ruffin, Jr., MD, WH, MBA, FACPE, President/CEO, The Informatics Institute

Peter Kongstvedt, AID, FACP, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP(Moderataor)

* Understand trends in managed care administration, disease and case management, quality improvement, provider profiling and cost management

* Determine the needs of internal and external constituents of managed care internally and externally organizations for information

* Assess the information system requirements to satisfy constituents' needs for information

* Evaluate cost and competitive implications of alternative information technologies

* Identify information technologies to satisfy organizational requirements

APP-2

Maximizing Your Data Warehouse Toward End User Applications