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Appendix B: Meeting and Site Visit Agendas and Site Visit Methodology
Pages 80-92

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From page 80...
... Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine 11:00 a.m. Panel 1: Health Care IT Industry •  Industry overview -- Greg Walton, Senior VP of HIMSS and HIMSS Analytics 80
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From page 81...
... Bradford, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology •  Commission on Systemic Interoperability recommendations and status -- Scott Wallace, National Coalition for Health Care IT •  Standards initiatives -- Betsy Humphreys, National Library of Medicine 2:45 p.m. Panel 3: Visions for Health Care •  Vision for evidence based personalized medicine -- IOM EBM Roundtable -- Denis Cortese, Mayo Clinic [via videoconference]
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From page 82...
... Mandl Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Affiliated Faculty, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology B.1.6  Site Visit on September 12-13, 2007 (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh) September 12, 2007 6:20 a.m.
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From page 83...
... Informal chat session with physicians Robert Kormos Vivek Reddy 7:30 a.m. Overview of quality initiatives and Theradoc Tami Merryman 9:00 a.m.
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From page 84...
... VistA's information technology architecture  Joaquin Martinez, Director, Software Engineering and Integration  Tracie Loving, Acting Portfolio Management Officer, Management, Enrollment, and Financial Systems 5:00 p.m. Break and debriefing October 11, 2007 8:00 a.m.
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From page 85...
... Welcome and overview of HCA Kimberly Lewis, CIO, TriStar Division 9:00 a.m. HCA information technology systems  General information on the number and different types of IT systems in use (e.g., clinical support systems, inventory management, medication management, etc.)
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From page 86...
... Observe workflow at a central nursing station 3:30 p.m. Discussion with chief quality/safety officer Ruth Westcott, Vice President of Quality, TriStar Division 4:15 p.m.
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From page 87...
... Evidence-based content Jack Starmer, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics 6:45 p.m. Nursing shift change Sara Hutchison, Manager, Trauma Unit November 17, 2007 8:30 a.m.
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From page 88...
... Massachusetts General Hospital  Henry Chueh, Director, Laboratory of Computer Science  Challenges and opportunities for information technology -- what has worked at MGH 1:30 p.m. Ambulatory care practice -- Internal Medical Associates Blair Fosburgh, Internist, IMA  What are important issues and opportunities for information technology in the practice of medicine?
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... Welcome and overview of Intermountain Healthcare, Marc Probst, VP and Chief Information Office 9:00 a.m. Intermountain Healthcare information technology systems  General information on the number and different types of IT systems in use (e.g., clinical support systems, inventory management, medication management)
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From page 90...
... Regulatory overhead in clinical research Jon Showstack • Extent and complexity of regulatory overhead of clinical research • Clinical health research considerations (Sharon Friend, Deborah Yano-Fong)
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From page 91...
... • Obtain site input on the gap between needs and the state of the art of the health care information technology industry. • Identify, clarify, and categorize "pain points" for the site.
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... • Health care organization's organizational chart • Health care organization's strategic plan • IT organization chart • Information management or IT strategic plan • Information system inventory • Information technology architecture or standards specifications • Most recent wired survey responses • Last joint commission visit report During each visit, the committee visitors sought to see or to hear about as many of the following facility components as possible: • Enterprise overview • IT/systems overview • Question and answer sessions -- Chief quality/safety officer -- Risk management • Observation points -- Transition points –Bed control, transfer center, life flight – mergency room to inpatient, outpatient to operating room to E intensive care unit to intermediate care –���������������������������������������������������������������� Medication reconciliation, outpatient to inpatient to outpatient –Nursing shift change, house officer signout • Settings -- Shadow a nurse during medication administration -- Shadow a doctor on morning rounds -- Pharmacy -- Inventory management -- Eligibility/billing • Content management -- Charge master, reimbursement contracts -- Formulary, drug-drug interactions -- Order sets, pathways
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