7:30 am – Registration, Breakfast and Networking

8:00 am - HIMSS SoCal Chapter Business Meeting

Sri Bharadwaj, President, SoCal HIMSS

8:30 am – Opening Remarks

Sri Bharadwaj, President, SoCal HIMSS

TBD, UC Irvine representative

8:45 am – Opening Keynote: Supporting Clinicians' Cognitive Workload - Technology's Role

Cheryl D. Parker, PhD, RN-BC, FHIMSS
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, PatientSafe Solutions
Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers & Walden Universities

Clinical practice is more difficult than ever – patients are sicker, the pace is faster, and regulations concerning required documentation abound. The focus of this session will be cognitive workload of clinicians, how it impacts patient care, and technology's role.

9:45 am - Session I, Presentation: Rethinking Patient Engagement: A Patient-Centric Approach

Kyle Torf, Senior IS Project Manager
Kevin Torf, Managing Partner
T2 Technology Group

As healthcare delivery becomes more complex, it is easy to lose sight of what matters most: providing exceptional patient care. All too often, systems, technology, regulation, and procedures can distract us from this clear mission. This session will discuss Kootenai Health’s concerted approach to completely reshape how clinicians engage with patients through multiple initiatives that put patients first. The discussion will revolve around the hospital’s recent interactive patient care (IPC) implementation, with a focus on key topics, such as: patient education, nurse workflows, patient/nurse communications, customized patient room service, and EMR integration.

10:45 am - Coffee Break, Networking, and Exhibitors

11:15 am - Session II, Panel Discussion: Patient Engagement

Andy Crowder
Chief Information Officer
Scripps Health

Jeanne McNerney
Director, Healthcare & Life Science Practices
KPMG

Karen Kennedy, RN, MBA
Nurse Informaticist, Scripps Health
SoCal HIMSS Patient Engagement Committee Member

12:15 pm - Lunch and Exhibitors

Buffet lunch for attendees registered for the full-day program, networking, and exhibitors

1:30 pm - Session III, Presentation: Using Data Segmentation and Community Health Assessments for Better Patient Insights

Charles Boicey
Chief Innovation Officer
Clearsense, LLC

2:30 pm - Break, Networking, and Exhibitors

2:45 pm - Closing Keynote: Disrupting from Within through Digital Innovation

Eric Gombrich
Chief of Digital Partnerships 
Providence Health & Services - Digital Innovation Group

At Providence Health & Services, we’ve recognized that disruption and innovation are not simply interesting activities, but necessary for long-term survival. As a $25+ billion dollar (and growing), fully integrated health system with multiple payers and ACOs, we’ve proactively and strategically taken the necessary steps to pursue the transformation of all aspects how we provide care to best position us for long-term success. We’re doing so based on the reality that today and into the future, digital technologies impact every aspect of our lives, and healthcare must maintain pace.

In this presentation, Eric Gombrich, Chief of Digital Partnerships with the Digital Innovation Group of PH&S will discuss why and how the organization is going about disrupting from within through digital solutions, and share some of the impacts this initiative is already have on patients & consumers, as well as caregivers.

3:45 PM – Closing Remarks

LeRoy Smith, MBA, BSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS
Director of Clinical Informatics
Good Samaritan Hospital of Los Angeles

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