CONNECTING FOR BETTER HEALTH CONFERENCE

This conference highlights best practices in areas of health information technology, innovation and collaboration, and current initiatives in Central New York.  All topics are of great importance to those who use health care, pay for health care, and, of course, those who provide health care. Experts will present on successes they have had that we can learn from. Come network with prominent leaders and the more than 100 people expected to attend from across our community including nurses, professors, care coordinators, hospital executives, social service agencies, county health departments, health insurance executives, employers and patients.
Keynote Speakers: DEPUTY COMMISSIONER RACHEL BLOCK Rachel Block is Deputy Commissioner for Health Information Technology Transformation in the NYS Department of Health, where she has overseen development and implementation of New York’s statewide health information technology strategy since May 2009.  She was the founding executive director for the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), a statewide multi-stakeholder organization committed to advancing health information technology adoption and use in New York from 2006-2009.  Rachel is a past president of the board for the eHealth Initiative and currently serves on its Leadership Council.  ANN F. MONROE Ann Monroe has served as president of the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York since it began operation in 2003. Her leadership guides the Foundation in balancing the best practices of health care philanthropy with the local interests and needs of our targeted communities. For more information visit: www.healtheconnections.org/conference WHEN April 30, 2013 10:00am to 4:00pm Registration begins at 9:00am WHERE Holiday Inn 441 Electronics Parkway Liverpool, NY 13088 Register Workshops: HEALTH IT HealtheConnections RHIO – Connecting You to Better Care. Presenters:  Rob Hack & Karen Romano, HealtheConnections RHIO Central New York Data-driven quality initiatives utilizing EHRs: Developing clinical measures and a disease registry to drive community quality improvement. Presenters:  Corey Zeigler & Charlie McArthur, Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION Technical, Practice and Reimbursement Perspectives of Telemedicine: Panel Discussion.  Presenters: Terry Yonker RN, MS, FNP-BC, Finger Lakes Community Health and Carol Tytler, CNY AHEC Sustaining Vibrant Primary Care through Collaborations.  Presenter: Diane Cooper Currier, Oswego County Opportunities CURRENT INITIATIVES Understanding the NY Health Insurance Exchange. Presenter:  John Romancik, Benefits Specialists NY Health Homes in Central New York: Panel Discussion. Presenters:  Shawna Craigmile-Sciacca, Onondaga Case Management, Kimberly Pecor, CNY Health Home, and Karen Romano, HealtheConnections RHIO Central New York