Resources - Agenda

11:00 - 11:10
Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Carol Diamond MD, MPH, Chair, Connecting for Health
• Zoë Baird, President of Markle Foundation
• Introduction for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Honorable Tommy G. Thompson (video-taped remarks)

11:10 - 11:20
The Vision of Connecting for Health: A Video Presentation

11:20 - 12:10
The Problem We Are Trying to Solve

Keynote Presentation:

• Carolyn Clancy M.D., Ph.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Panel Discussion:

Moderator:

• Janet Marchibroda, Executive Director for Connecting for Health, CEO, eHealth Initiative

Panelists:

• Robert G. Brown, Healthcare consumer
• Seth Foldy, M.D., Commissioner, City of Milwaukee Health Department
• William Jessee, M.D., President and CEO, Medical Group Management Association

12:10 - 12:25
Break

12:25 - 1:15
Luncheon Keynote Presentations

• Howard Dean, M.D., Former Governor of Vermont
• Introductory Remarks by Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation
  
  
• Tom Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Introductory Remarks by Mark Leavitt, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Initiatives, GE Medical Systems Information Technologies

1:15 - 2:00
Achievements

Panel Discussion:

Moderator:

• Herbert Pardes, M.D., President and CEO, New York-Presbyterian Hospitals, the University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell

Panelists:

• Claire Broome, M.D., Director, Integrated Information Systems, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Gary Christopherson, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
• John Tooker, M.D., MBA, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians
• Jon Zimmerman, Vice President, eHealth, Siemens Corporation

2:00 - 2:50
Key Outcomes of Connecting for Health

Panel Discussion:

Moderator:

• John Lumpkin, M.D., MPH, Executive Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Chair, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

Panelists:

• David Lansky, Ph.D., President, Foundation for Accountability
• Thomas Murray, Ph.D., President, the Hastings Center
• W. Edward Hammond, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine at Duke University and Pratt School of Engineering, President of AMIA

2:50 - 3:10
Moving Toward an Interconnected, Electronic Health Information Infrastructure

Keynote Presentation:

• Mark McClellan, M.D. Ph.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Introduction by Mike Cummins, CIO VHA Inc.

3:10 - 3:40
Migrating Toward an Interconnected, Electronic Health Information Infrastructure: A Framework for Moving Forward and a National Demonstration Project to Demonstrate Feasibility and Value

Overview and Background on the Healthcare Collaborative NetworkÉA National Demonstration Project

• J. Marc Overhage, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine and Senior Investigator, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care

Multi-Media Presentation on the Healthcare Collaborative Network

Panel of Demonstration Project Participants

• Jan Jackman, IBM Corporation
• Randy Levin, M.D., Food and Drug Administration § David Liss, New York Presbyterian Hospitals
• Bill Rollow, M.D., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

3:40 - 3:50
Where Do We Go From Here? A Call to Action

• Russell J. Ricci, M.D., General Manager, IBM Global Healthcare

3:50 - 4:00
Closing Remarks

• Carol Diamond M.D., MPH, Chair, Connecting for Health