HomeTown Health/GA-HITREC
GEORGIA RURAL HIT FORUM AGENDA
Thursday, January 26, 2012
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Introductions & Expectations of the Day – Kathy Whitmire, Managing Director, HTH
9:15am – 10:15am
Georgia Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (GA-HITREC):
Where We Are, The Next 3 Years, Sustainability
Kimberly Bell, GA-HITREC Executive Director
 Discuss the progress and plans of the REC and grant program
Barbara Scarlette, GA-HITREC CAH/RURAL Hospital Technical Services Team lead
 Describe the technical services offered to rural hospitals that will get them to
meaningful use of EHR
Dr. Denise Hines, GA-HITREC Director, Outreach and Education
 Discuss Outreach and Education initiatives
10:15 - 11:00
Overcoming Challenges from Hospital Leadership Perspective
Earl Whiteley, CEO, Calhoun Memorial Hospital
Patrick Cook, CIO, Morgan Memorial Hospital
Mary Pizzino, Exec. Dir. of Informatics & Quality Data Mgmt, Effingham Hospital
 Discuss the main challenges of implementing E H R, meeting meaningful use,
and attesting to receive incentive payments
 Discuss the recommendations on how to overcome challenges
11:00 – 11:15
BREAK
11:15 - 12:00
Integrating Your Provider Community:
Preparing for Stage 2 and Stage 3 of Meaningful Use
Ed Brown, CIO, Gwinnett Medical Center
Dee Cantrell, RN and CIO, Emory Healthcare
 Explain the processes that are necessary for integration of EHR transition
between physician offices and hospitals
 Discuss anticipated rules for Stage 2 and 3 and how we are preparing
12:00-12:40
Georgia Department of Community Health
Georgia Health Information Exchange
Kelly Gonzalez, Interim State HIT Coordinator, Director of Health IT Georgia
Department of Community Health
Jackie Koffi, Program Director, Medicaid EHR Incentives Program
 Define the Georgia HIE progress, priorities, and plans
 Provide Georgia Medicaid Incentive Update
12:40-1:10
LUNCH
12:40-1:10
Jimmy Lewis, CEO, HomeTown Health
1:10-1:50
Support Services for IT Success
Robert Morris, Ion IT: Security
Sheldon Tyndall, Hunter Stokes and Associates: Project Management
Tyler Wallace: St. Mary’s Health Care System: Managing your ICD-10 Transition
 Identify critical support services that can offer quality security planning,
project management success, and strategic planning for ICD-10 transition.
1:50-2:20
Georgia Telehealth – Leading the Nation
Paula Guy, Executive Director, Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth
 Express the progress of telehealth in Georgia and Southeast
 Share demonstration on use of telemedicine
2:20-3:00
HIPAA /HITECH Compliance Update
Michele Madison, Attorney, Morris, Manning, and Martin
 Discuss changes to HIPAA compliance and enforcement for 2012
3:00-3:45
Clinical HIT Leadership -Essential Elements for Success
Karen Graves, Clinical Systems Analyst, Chestatee Regional Hospital
Jennifer Reno, Director of Clinical Informatics, Elbert Memorial Hospital
Ginger Wiles, Clinical Informatics Specialist, Emanuel Medical Center
 Identify the key role of clinical HIT Director and why this role is important in
the implementation of EHR
 Discuss the steps required by clinical staff to successfully implement EHR
 Discuss how the clinical IT professional contributes to the attestation process
 Define skills required by clinicians and the education necessary
3:45-4:00
Leveraging Your Resources and Closing Remarks – Kathy Whitmire
4:00
ADJOURN