AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Day

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promised $19 billion for Health IT. Since then, electronic health records and health IT management have emerged as a major component of the healthcare debate. As industry struggles over the costs and benefits of health IT, many government agencies have surged forward---leading the way, from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Department of Health and Human Services.

AFCEA Bethesda’s Health IT Day will bring together senior government leaders and IT professionals from the health and medical communities to foster better communication, share lessons learned, and identify mission-critical health IT issues. This full-day event will focus on federal initiatives and programs that harness current and emerging technologies to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of the health care infrastructure.

Keynote Speakers Confirmed:
-- Melinda Buntin, Director, Office of Economic Modeling and Adoption, Office of the National Coordinator will discuss health IT investment implications of the health care bill.
-- Dr. Michael Dinneen, Director, Office of Strategic Management, Military Health System will discuss strategic initiatives within MHS for tomorrow's soldiers.
-- Dr. Steve Ondra, Senior Policy Advisor for Health Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs will discuss VA's information sharing, interoperability and infrastructure outlook.
-- COL Ron Poropatich, Deputy Director, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), US Army Medical and Material Command (MEDCOM) will discuss next generation EHRs and driving health IT in the theater.
-- Vish Sankaran, Director, Federal Health Architecture, Office of the National Coordinator will discuss the health IT ecosystem and making health information exchange a commodity.
-- Penny Thompson, Deputy Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations will discuss medicaid and CHIP advancements in health IT and quality.

Additional Speakers Confirmed:
-- Julie Boughn, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
-- CDR Robert Clipper, Navy Medicine Information Systems Support Activity
-- RADM Theresa Cullen, Indian Health Service
-- Michael Fischetti, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, TRICARE Management Agency
-- Joseph Gardner III, Department of Veterans Affairs
-- Dr. Yael Harris, Office of the National Coordinator
-- Thomas Keith, National Institutes of Health
-- Bettijoyce Lide, National Institute of Standards and Technology
-- Dr. John Loonsk, CGI Federal
-- Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President, Research and Analysis Services, INPUT
-- Dr. Douglas Rosendale, Veterans Health Administration
-- Norma St. Claire, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
-- John Teeter, Department of Health and Human Services

Small Business Innovation Luncheon:
-- Lorenzo Hobbs, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Veterans Affairs
-- Alice Roache, Small Business Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
-- Wanda Russell, Acting Program Director, Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, National Institutes of Health
-- Annette Owens-Scarborough, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization, National Institutes of Health

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