Emerging Topics Seminars

EMERGING TOPICS SEMINARS

For the 2012 Congress, ACHE has purposely left a handful of numbered sessions open for late-breaking topics. Throughout the Congress brochure, in lieu of session titles and faculty, these sessions simply state, “Reserved for Emerging Topics.”

We now have assigned all the Congress sessions.

Transforming a Healthcare System to Thrive Following Healthcare Reform
Session 17A or 17B

Presenter:

Daniel J. Wolterman, FACHE, President/CEO, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

Gain insights from an experienced healthcare executive on how to rally your management team to best prepare for the uncertainties of post-reform medical care delivery. Explore how a leader's vision translates into operations when the stakes are high and outcomes are vitally important. Emphasis in this session will be placed on physician alignment strategies and working in a fixed payment environment.

Discover how to reengineer your organization to provide both high-quality and low-cost services
Explore how hospitals must move from a treatment model to a prevention and wellness approach

EHR Certification: The First Step to Qualify for ARRA Incentives
34A or 34B

Presenters:

Review the key requirements every healthcare executive needs to know to receive federal funds for your organization’s IT implementation. Discuss the certification programs that meet Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) guidelines, with emphasis on CCHIT’s EHR Certification Alternative for Healthcare Providers (EACH). This program is tailored to the certification needs of hospitals and large physician practices with non-vendor certified or partially certified, self-developed or legacy software. Participants also will learn how the CCHIT certified program goes beyond the federal EHR certification requirements in meeting providers’ long-term needs for functionality, security, interoperability and safety.

Understand the importance of and procedures for the federal EHR certification requirements needed to qualify for ARRA incentive payments
Determine if vendor certification or alternative certification is best for your organization

Response and Recover: St John's Hospital and the Joplin, EF-5 Tornado
52A or 52B

Presenters:

We never know when disaster will strike, but we can always prepare for it. On May 22, 2011, St John’s Hospital lay in the direct path of an EF-5 tornado that would decimate the city of Joplin, Mo. The destruction was devastating, and the damage to both property and people was severe. Through it all, however, the doctors, nurses and staff at St. John’s were focused on caring for their nearly 200 patients and attending to their safe evacuation. Learn from St John’s CEO and CNO as they describe how they mobilized their resources to manage the crisis, how the experience will help them and others better prepare for similar catastrophes and their plans to rebuild the hospital to serve their community.

Provide transferable lessons on emergency planning and responses
Share the unforeseen opportunities that arose in the face of devastation

Charting a Realistic Course Toward Accountable Care
57

Presenters:

Even though Medicare’s Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program is scheduled to begin, there are many questions unanswered and many details still unknown. Despite this, there are many who believe in the concept where groups of healthcare providers assume joint accountability for the coordination and delivery of care. The key goals of improved outcomes and lower costs are vital to the sustainability of our healthcare delivery system, and value-based care, bundled payments, physician integration and patient-centered medical homes seem to be the vital components. This session will provide the sentinel lessons and key leanings from the October 2011 ACHE program on the topic funded in part by the Fund for Innovation in Healthcare Leadership.

Integrate the key elements and interrelationships of accountable care, the primary care medical home and value-based healthcare
Explore the results of national demonstration projects and the range of reactions to the ACO regulations to understand the current posture of many healthcare providers

Medical House Call Program: Providing Medical Care to the Frail Elderly in Their Homes
71X

Presenters:

Many frail elders suffer from multiple complex medical conditions and are unable to leave their homes to access needed medical care. These elderly patients often receive delayed or crisis care, and their families/caregivers experience high levels of stress. The presenters will discuss how a medical house call program (MHCP) provides high-quality, coordinated healthcare to the frail elderly at home while improving the continuity of care between home and hospital and supporting families and other caregivers. Finally, the panel will present a case study of a MHCP program start-up based on the Holy Redeemer HouseCalls program in Philadelphia.

Explore the scope of a medical house call program (MHCP) including the goals, team approach to care and coordination of medical services
Discuss how a MHCP can meet the needs of patients and families in addressing difficult topics such as palliative care, hospice and end-of-life issues

Accelerating Alignment, Integration and Population Health Focus
84X

Presenters:

By learning from each other, providers can and will lead health reform. This session will set a context and share the journey of integrated health systems, using various medical models systems have with established insurers. Many of these models include provider-sponsored health plans or risk arrangements. The systems chose specific populations for which they assumed some level of risk. The speakers also will review clinical integration collaboratives, which are designed to transfer best practices for accelerated adaptation and sustainable performance. They will further examine lessons for population health management from provider-sponsored health plans and pilots. Key elements of this exploration will be setting goals, articulating leadership needs and establishing requirements for success.

Explore the leadership approaches that will be required to change the focus and outcomes of medical care to improving health status
Develop the processes that go beyond the current state of medical care to a value-based system that benefits patients, physicians, the hospital and the community

Healthcare Process Redesign: Reducing Variation and Creating an Interactive Care Model
84.1X

Presenters:

Follow the experiences of a four-hospital acute care health system that turned to computerized physician order entry (CPOE) creating an interactive care model that supports decision making and reduces variances in care. Once the CPOE was fully implemented, bold targets were set to improve outcomes in six, high-impact scenarios: falls, hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, rapid response and central line insertion.

This session will detail how the high-impact areas above were selected, how the health system initially measured baseline data and how they collected data after implementation. Create a culture willing to accept new approaches, promising a significant impact on the patient experience.

Define high-impact areas within the health system that can be positively affected by a workflow rules engine
Gather, interpret and apply the data collected to make long-term changes aimed at diminishing variation in patient care

Mergers and Acquisitions: Positioning your Organization for the Post Reform Environment
89

Presenters:

Mergers and acquisitions are accelerating due to a confluence of tremendous industry changes. Federal healthcare reform is the most significant environmental factor reshaping the provider sector. In addition, a major period of consolidation is underway as organizations face a future of likely lower reimbursement, significant limits on capital availability and new structures (e.g., ACOs) that will be required. This highly-interactive session will convene a group of experienced industry experts to discuss the challenges and implications of the current rapid growth in provider consolidation through mergers and acquisitions.

Discuss the challenges and implications of the era of consolidation that many healthcare providers have entered
Understand the three key aspects of successful consolidation: when and what type of consolidation is required; the elements of the merger/acquisition process; and the post-action integration of resources and services

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