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2011 Health IT Congressional Symposium

Delivering Improved Healthcare: The Promise of Health IT

Reception & Demo: May 17,2011 ~ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Symposium: May 18, 2011 ~ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Capitol Hill ~Washington, DC

U.S. Capitol

Reception & Demo ~ May 17, 2011
Senate Dirksen Office Building – SDG-50

TechAmerica Foundation hosted a reception and an educational demonstration designed to show the possibilities of health IT in the U.S. Capitol. Attendees learned from the TechAmerica Foundation about the exciting technologies bringing better care for all patients.

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The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator (D-RI)

Health IT Symposium ~ May 18, 2011
Capitol Visitor Center – S217

Investing in innovative health information technologies will transform health care quality, reduce medical errors, and make health care more accessible to our citizens thereby saving lives, reducing health care costs, and also creating jobs. Yet, defining “health IT” can be a challenge, and hence so can understanding the value and promise of health IT.

The TechAmerica Foundation Health IT Symposium focused on educating the attendees on the use of information technology to reduce costs and increase efficiency in health care delivery directly in the public sector, such as through Veterans Affairs, and indirectly through Medicare reimbursements, as well as its direct value in the private sector. Because of the many benefits from adoption of health information technologies TechAmerica Foundation supports the wide scale adoption of technology solutions in the US healthcare system to meet these goals.

Industry, Congressional staff, non-profit professionals, and other government agency executives explored this exciting part of the IT world to better understand the value of a healthcare system that truly is infused with information technology. They heard from a variety of thought leaders in the public and private sectors of what is next in heath IT and how it will benefit all those who interact with the healthcare system.

Agenda

9:00 am		Welcome and Opening Remarks Matthew Kazmierzcak, Senior Vice President, TechAmerica Foundation
9:05 am		Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker Laura Caliguiri, Director, Government and Industry Relations, Microsoft Health Solutions Group, Microsoft
9:10 am		Keynote Address The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator (D-RI)
9:35 am		Thank You and Introductions Phil Bond, President and CEO, TechAmerica
9:40 am		Panel Session: Connected Communities of Health-Opportunities & Challenges Dr. Toby Samo, Chief Medical Officer, AllScripts (Moderator) Fraser Edward, Senior Market Development Manager, RIM Steve Badger, CEO, George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates Dr. Joseph Fortuna, Chairman, ASQ Healthcare Division, American Society for Quality
10:25 am		Networking break
10:35 am		Introductions of Congressional Staff Panel Clifton A. Williams, CGFM, CPA, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, Global Public Sector
10:40 am		Panel: Health IT 112th View from Capitol Hill Dianne Faup, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton (Interviewer) Martin Reiser, Professional Staff member, House Committee on Ways & Means Brett Baker, Professional Staff member, House Committee on Ways & Means John O’Shea, MD, Professional Staff Member for Health, House Energy and Commerce Committee
11:25 am		Introductions of The Future of Health IT Panel Michael Magrath, CSCIP, Director, Business Development – Government & Healthcare, Gemalto, Inc.
11:30 am		Panel Session: The Future of Health IT William A. Pierce, Senior Vice President, APCO Worldwide (Moderator) Bradley Merrill Thompson, Counsel, mHealth Regulatory Coalition Dr. Merrill Matthews, Health Ethicist and Visiting Scholar, Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) Dr. Harry G. Greenspun, M.D., Senior Advisor, Healthcare Transformation and Technology, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions
12:15 pm		Closing Remarks Bartlett Cleland, Counsel and Senior Director, HIT Policy, TechAmerica

This constituted a widely attended event