Event Overview

Meaningful Use Stage 2 Criteria Final Rules are out. But what does that mean for your organization?

There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to meeting Stage 2 requirements.

That’s why HIMSS has developed a compelling educational series to help organizations be positioned to meet the new requirements. This important three part series kicks off with an overview, followed by sessions on standards/certification criteria and clinical quality measure.

Register today and get a head start on your Stage 2 journey.

Part 1: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - Available on Demand

Time	Session
12PM CT	An Overview of Meaningful Use Stage 2: New Criteria for Stage 2 and Changes to Stage 1
	Abstract: Based on the highly anticipated recent release of the regulations, join HIMSS Vice President, Health Information Systems, Patricia Wise, as she provides you with an overview of the new regulations in Stage 2, changes to existing regulations in Stage 1, and the impact that organizations can expect with these historic regulations. Speaker: Patricia B. Wise, RN, MA, MS, FHIMSS COL (USA ret'd) Vice President, Healthcare Information Systems HIMSS Moderator: Carla Smith, MA, CNM, FHIMSS Executive Vice President HIMSS

Part 2: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - Available on Demand

Time	Session
12PM CT	Meaningful Use Stage 2 Standards and Certification Criteria: An Overview
	Abstract: Electronic health records which are standards-based, interoperable, and secure are a cornerstone that ensures the successful transformation of health IT for all Americans.  HIMSS Vice President Joyce Sensmeier will provide you with an overview of the final regulations for the certification criteria, related standards of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) to support the achievement of meaningful use by eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals, and changes to the permanent certification program for health information technology. Speaker: Joyce Sensmeier MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN Vice President, Informatics HIMSS  Moderator: Jim St. Clair, CISM, PMP, SSGB Senior Director, Interoperability and Standards HIMSS

Part 3: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - Available on Demand

Time	Session
12PM CT	Clinical Quality Measures: A Meaningful Use Stage 2 Update
	Abstract: For Stage 2 Meaningful Use, providers will be required to identify clinical quality measures that will support improvements to the quality, safety, or efficiency of patient care.    Join nationally-recognized expert Dr. Jonathan Teich as he focuses on the many aspects of clinical quality measures and explains the EHR technology requirements, selection criteria, issues related to specifications for transmission formats, reporting methods for eligible providers, and reporting options for eligible hospitals and critical care hospitals. Speaker: Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhD, FHIMSS, FACMI Asst. Professor of Medicine Harvard University Moderator: Jonathan French Director, Healthcare Information Systems HIMSS
1PM-2PM CT	Meaningful Use Stage 2 Criteria: Understand How Mobile Healthcare Solutions Drive Care Coordination (Sponsored Session)
	Abstract: Mobile technologies help clinicians work more efficiently and enable the care continuum outside of traditional care settings. Mobilizing data is critical to support care coordination for better outcomes.  The goal is to allow data to be available when and where needed while providing your end-users with maximum flexibility and data access to meet Meaningful Use criteria. Speaker: Jared Quoyeser Director of Healthcare Marketing Intel Jessica Sutton Marketing Programs Manager- Healthcare PC Connection

Patricia B. Wise, RN, MA, MS, FHIMSS

COL (USA ret'd)
Vice President, Healthcare Information Systems
HIMSS

Patricia B. Wise is Vice President of HIMSS, the largest U.S. cause-based, not-for-profit healthcare association focused on the optimal use of information technology and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. At HIMSS, Wise is responsible for directing initiatives that drive the quality, efficiency, effectiveness and safety of patient care through various tools and resources. Specifically, she oversees committees and task forces including Ambulatory Information Systems, Enterprise Information Systems, Personal Health Record Information Systems, Financial Information Systems, Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes, Health Information Exchange, Electronic Health Record Association and the Davies Award Program. Wise works closely with the HIMSS Physician Community and Plug In! She joined HIMSS in 2002 as the Director of HIMSS EHR Initiatives and member of the HIMSS Industry Affairs Department and was promoted to her current position in 2005. Before joining HIMSS, Wise was the Executive Director of Computer-based Patient Record Institute and Healthcare Open Systems and Trials (CPRI-HOST), a consortium of businesses and industries that promoted electronic medical records prior to merging with HIMSS.

Carla Smith, MA, CNM, FHIMSS

Executive Vice President
HIMSS

Carla Smith, HIMSS Executive Vice President, has been involved in the healthcare information and management systems industry for 15 years.  A certified nonprofit manager, Ms. Smith has an extensive history of work with nonprofit organizations both within and outside of the healthcare industry. Ms. Smith has executive management responsibilities for keeping the Society strategically focused on topics of greatest impact to the industry.  In these capacities, Ms. Smith reaches across all healthcare settings addressing Government Relations, Interoperability, Informatics, Research, Standards, Certification, Education, Privacy & Security, Quality, Safety, and Efficiency.  She is well-versed in transformational ideas currently underway in the health information industry - both those in practice, as well as those still on the drawing board.

Joyce Sensmeier MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN

Vice President, Informatics
HIMSS 

Joyce Sensmeier is Vice President of Informatics for HIMSS, the largest U.S. cause-based, not-for-profit healthcare association focused on the optimal use of information technology and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Sensmeier joined HIMSS as the Director of Professional Services in 2000. In her current role, she oversees clinical informatics, standards, interoperability, and privacy and security. Sensmeier became Board Certified in Nursing Informatics in 1996, earned the Certified Professional in Health Information and Management Systems in 2002, and achieved fellowship status in HIMSS in 2005. She is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She previously served at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Ill., as a nursing coordinator leading clinical information system implementations.

Jim St. Clair, CISM, PMP, SSGB

Senior Director, Interoperability and Standards
HIMSS

Jim St.Clair is a Senior Director for Interoperability and Standards for HIMSS, the largest U.S. cause-based, not-for-profit healthcare association focused on the optimal use of information technology and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. St. Clair joined HIMSS in 2011. In his current role, he oversees, standards, interoperability, and privacy and sustainment of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiatives in the US and internationally.

Jonathan French

Director, Healthcare Information Systems
HIMSS

Jonathan French is Director, Healthcare Information Systems at HIMSS. In his previous role, he was manager for the Federal Affairs team and was responsible for daily and strategic initiatives and for cultivating relationships with federal agencies, including acting as staff liaison for the HIMSS Federal Health Community and the HIMSS Government Relations Roundtable, and monitor for the Health IT Standards Federal Advisory Committee.

Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD

Asst. Professor of Medicine
Harvard University

Dr. Jonathan Teich serves as assistant professor of medicine at Harvard and as an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). He founded the Clinical Informatics R&D department at Partners Healthcare, and was the primary designer of many of BWH's award-winning clinical information applications including CPOE, ambulatory records, clinical decision support systems, emergency medicine systems, and the Handbook electronic information library.

Jared Quoyeser

Director of Healthcare Marketing
Intel

Jared S. Quoyeser is currently the Director of Healthcare Marketing/Healthcare Industry Manager for Intel Americas Inc.  Prior to his current position he held various business and market development positions at Intel, including worldwide wireless market development and strategic business development for the cellular handheld division.  Prior to joining Intel, Jared served in various management and business development roles for Sutter Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Columbia/HCA and Physician Corporation of America.

Jessica Sutton

Marketing Programs Manager- Healthcare
PC Connection

Jessica Sutton is currently the Marketing Programs Manager- Healthcare for PC Connection Inc. As the marketing programs subject matter expert, Jessica works closely with the PC Connection Product Marketing team to support the systemic processes associated with the execution of PC Connection’s marketing activities & programs evolved around healthcare. Prior to her role in Healthcare, Jessica has supported the PC Connection Small Business Segment & the GovConnection team as a Marketing Programs Specialist.