We are pleased to invite you to attend and participate in the Health Information Exchange (HIE) Stakeholder Summit being hosted by the DC Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) and the DC HIE Policy Board. The Summit will take place Wednesday, September 10 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at George Washington University’s Marvin Center.

The Summit will bring together healthcare leaders representing a variety of organizations including hospitals & health systems, health insurers, ambulatory health centers, government agencies and patients. The Summit will be an opportunity to share ideas about what is working both locally and nationally in HIE, and to launch a stakeholder process that we envision will lead to development of a 3-5 year roadmap for HIE in the District. Summit agenda topics will include:

• Understanding HIE and Why it Matters
• HIE in the District
• HIE Governance and Financing Promising Practices
• Technology Approaches for DC HIE

Agenda and other information about the Summit will be forwarded in the coming weeks.

Please click the ‘Register’ button above to register now for this event!  Feel free to use the share buttons to send this invitation to your colleagues that are interested in health information exchange.  We look forward to seeing you on September 10!

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.              Registration

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.              Welcome and Opening Remarks

Wayne Turnage
Director
DC Department of Health Care Finance

Chris Shorter
Chief Operation Officer
DC Department of Health

Introduction of the DC HIE Policy Board

Cleveland Woodson, Chair, DC HIE Policy Board
Program Manager, HIT/HIE Program, DHCF

Victor Freeman, MD, MPP
Vice Chair, DC HIE Policy Board
Regional Medical Director, Nuance Communications

9:45 – 11:00 a.m.              Understanding HIE and Why it Matters

Moderator: Dr. Angela Duncan Diop, ND, CHCIO
Vice President of Information Systems
Unity Health Care, Inc.

M. Chris Gibbons, MD, MPH
Associate Director
Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute

Mark Savage
Director of Health IT Policy and Programs
National Partnership for Women and Families

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.              Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.      HIE in the District

Moderator:  Arturo Weldon
Chief Information Technology Officer
DC Department of Health
Member, DC HIE Policy Board

Scott Afzal
Program Director, Chesapeake Regional Information
System for our Patients (CRISP)
Principal, Audacious Inquiry

Donna Ramos-Johnson, CPHIMS
Director and Chief Technology Officer
DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA)

Caroline S. Brozak
Clinician Liaison
Children’s National Health System
Children’s IQ Network

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.              LUNCH

“The Future of HIE after the Cooperative Agreements”
Lee Stevens
Policy Director, Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology (HHS/ONC), Health
Information Exchange Program
                               
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.               HIE Governance and Financing Promising Practices

Moderator: Jason C. Goldwater, MA, MPA
Senior Vice President
Clinovations Government Solutions

Craig Brammer
Chief Executive Officer
Greater Cincinnati Health Council, the Health
Collaborative and HealthBridge (Invited)

Jason McNamara
Medicaid HIT Coordinator
Consortium for Medicaid & Children’s Health Operations
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
                                                                                                                                                               
2:45 – 4:00 p.m.               Technology Models for DC HIE (Interactive)

Moderator: Alison Rein, M.S.
Senior Director
Evidence Generation and Translation
Academy Health

John Loonsk
Chief Medical Information Officer
CGI Federal, Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Center for Population Health IT,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Shelly Ten Napel, MSW, MPP
Director
Health Care Reform and Innovation Administration
DC Department of Health Care Finance