"Arizona gets it. You have in fact embodied that idea of fostering collaborations and bringing to the table a wide spectrum of stakeholders, all of whom have to be involved."
                      - Dr. Robert Kolodner, Office of the National Coordinator

Western States Health-e Connection Summit & Trade Show

March 2-3, 2009
Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix, AZ

 

Monday, March 2nd Presentations

(Click here for Tuesday, March 3rd presentations)

8:00 AM

An Arizona Health-e Connection Update

Brad Tritle, CIPP

Executive Director
Arizona Health-e Connection

 

 
 

Melissa Rutala, MPH

 

Associate Director
Arizona Health-e Connection

 
 
 
9:00 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

David Landrith

 

Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs
Arizona Medical Association

Chair

Arizona Health-e Connection Board of Directors

 
 
 
9:15 AM

Panel: Arizona In Action

Moderator:
Brad Tritle, CIPP

 

Executive Director

Arizona Health-e Connection

 
 

Panelist:

Anthony Rodgers

 

Director

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

 

Board Member

Arizona Health-e Connection

 
 

Panelist:

Eric Thomas

 

Project Manager

Government Information Technology Agency

Arizona Rural Health Information Technology Adoption Program

 
 

Panelist:

Kalyanraman Bharathan

 

Project Director

Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange

 
 

Panelist:

Arizona Senator Amanda Aguirre

 

Arizona Senator, District 24

 

CEO & President

Regional Center for Border Health, Inc.

 
 
 
10:30 AM

Networked Personal Health Information: Practices that Support Trust

Josh Lemieux

 

Director of Personal Health Technology

Markle Foundation

 
 
 
11:15 AM

National Health IT Policy Update

David W. Roberts, MPA, FHIMSS

 

Vice President, Government Relations

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

 
 
 
1:40 PM

Federal Economic Stimulus Package: The Details

Janet Marchibroda

 

Chief Executive Officer

eHealth Initiative

 
 
 
2:10 PM

Keynote: The State (and Statewideness) of Health Information Exchange- Taking Stock

Lynn Dierker, RN

 

Project Director

State-level HIE Consensus Project, FORE/AHIMA

 
 
 
3:30 PM

Panel: Medicare's PHR Choice Program & the Dawn of CCHIT PHR Certification

Moderator:

Jody Pettit, MD

 

Strategic Leader, PHR Work Group

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)

 
 

Panelist:

David Sayen

 

Regional Administrator

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

San Francisco Regional Office

 
 

Panelist:

Connie Lagneaux

 

Director of Product Management and Customer Service

HealthTrio

 
 

Panelist:

Jeff Donnell

 

Vice President

NoMoreClipboard.com

 
 

Panelist:

Rob Doll

 

Vice President, Business Development

PassportMD

 
 
 
5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Mandy Weaver, MBA

 

Executive Director

Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association

 

Board Member

Arizona Health-e Connection