1998 Ad

Health Management Technology, April, 1998 by Ann McGrath

* Identify the need for a firm mission statement on which to base IT plans, purchases and strategies

* How to integrate mission statements and goals across organizations involved in a merger of acquisition

* How to structure your IT team and department of staff who represent various areas of the merged organizations

* Integrate and manage data across the continuum of care, as well as multiple facilities and organizations

* As a restructured organization, how do you find new ways to compete for market share?

* How to deal with multiple systems interacting in a smooth transition so you don't disrupt the business?

- do you buy/build, modify/replace or integrate?

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Case Study of a Merger/Acquisition of Hospital/IDSs (Part II)

Wednesday, April 22, 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Room:

Bruce D. Smith, CIO, Advocate Health Care

Nancy L. Dorsey, Principal, Nancy L. Dorsey & Associates (Moderator)

* What do you do for physician partners who you own or contract with?

* What do you do in terms of the risk management component?

* Discuss integration points with managed care support systems: physician practice management, patient care and clinical systems

* Examine strategies to overcome implementation challenges and hurdles

* Discuss cost versus benefits in a managed care Integrated Delivery Network solution

* Examine implementation project management, resource requirements and time frames

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Expand and Implement IT Strategies To Track Indicators for Profitability

Tuesday, April 21, 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Charles O. Bracken, CDP, MBA, Executive Vice President, Superior Consultant Company, Inc. Ken Marcoux, PhD, President and CEO, The Boulder Health care Group (Moderator)

* What are the strategies?

* What is IT's response to help medical groups?

- what are their IS needs?

* Developing and implementing strategies to track medical group performance indicators

* What is the state of the art in helping manage physician practices and physician workflow?

* Medical Group Performance

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Information Systems to Support Medicare Risk Contracts

Thursday, April 23,10:15 am - 11:30 am

Shyam Heda, Vice President & CIO, PROMINA Health System, Inc.

Robert Jansen, AID, MBA, Vice President Medical Operations, PROMINA Managed Care Organization

Mark C. Ruchman, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Opticare Health Systems (Moderator)

* Examine PROMINA's approach in effectively managing Medicare Risk Contracts

* How to understand the Medicare population under contract and how to manage their health care needs

* Health risk assessment of the population by collecting health care data and analyzing it

* Use the health assessment analysis to classify members in various groups based upon their health care needs

- wellness management

- care/case management

- disease management

* Develop medical management programs and support structures (including IT) to meet the health care needs of this population

* Monitor the utilization and appropriate outcomes analysis to provide on-going performance of the processes and medical care

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Information Systems: Driving a Successful IDS Transition