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Join HIMSS Oregon at the Oregon Zoo on Thursday, January 28, 2010 for the chapter's annual Conference.

Date:

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Time:

9 am - 3 pm

Location:

Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221

Presentations

Speakers

Governor Kitzhaber will present the latest developments of The Archimedes Movement, a non-profit organization founded to advocate change in how citizens and policy makers address today’s health care challenges.

Tom Keefe - HIMSS Director of State Government Relations

Mr. Keefe will discuss the implications and potential impact of the recently proposed "meaningful use" of EHR standards.

Panel Discussion - Health IT Lessons Learned

Panelists will focus on key HIT challenges and solutions for their organizations including the use of clinical data to support quality management and lessons from a large-scale rollout of CPOE in a community hospital setting. Panelists will include:

• John Dunn - Director, Healthcare Applications, Oregon Health & Science University
• Dr. Dick Gibson - Sr. Vice President & CIO, Legacy Health Systems
• Dick Taylor, M.D. - CMIO, Providence Health and Services

HITOC Updates & Health Information Exchange

• Brian DeVore - Director of State Health Policy for Intel Corporation
• Greg Fraser, M.D. - Medical Director of Information Systems & Informatics, Mid-Valley IPA

In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to meet and learn about HIT suppliers at the annual Vendor Fair.

Cost

HIMSS Oregon Members

$25.00

Non-Members

$55.00

Students

$15.00

Additional Details

• A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided at the conference
• Wi-Fi is available
• The conference will not be available from remote locations, nor will it be recorded

Sponsors

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Parking and Directions

Parking is available at the zoo for a fee of $2 per vehicle.

• Public transportation is available by MAX light rail. Take the Red or Blue Line train to the Washington Park Station, which is located at the zoo entrance.
• Coming south to Portland on I-5 (from Washington), follow the signs to Beaverton to US Highway 26 West. Go through the tunnel, up a gradual hill, look for the zoo signs and take the Zoo Exit 72.
• Coming north on I-5 (from Salem, OR), take exit 299B for Beaverton, as you arrive in Portland. Take I-405, and exit 1D to Hwy 26 West. Go through the tunnel, and up a gradual hill, take the Zoo Exit 72.
• Coming west to Portland on I-84, merge onto I-5 south and follow the signs to Beaverton, and onto I-405. Take exit 1D to Highway 26 West. Go through the tunnel, and up a gradual hill, take the Zoo Exit 72.
• From Downtown Portland, take Broadway (or any numbered streets) and turn right on to Clay Street. Take Highway 26 West on-ramp and take the Zoo Exit 72.
• Coming from the Portland International Airport, Take I-205 South toward Portland, exit at I-84 west/Portland and continue on I-84 to Portland. Exit at I-405 Beaverton to Highway 26 West, take the Zoo Exit 72.

Speaker Information

Born on March 5, 1947 in Colfax, Washington, John Albert Kitzhaber moved to Oregon at the age of 11, beginning a lifelong love affair with the state. He graduated from South Eugene High School and Dartmouth College, returning to Oregon to study medicine at the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU). Upon receiving his medical degree in June 1973, he moved to Denver where he served at General Rose Memorial Hospital. Returning to Roseburg, Oregon he practiced as an emergency room doctor from 1974 to 1988. His experience as a doctor and his public policy leadership on health care issues have established Kitzhaber as one of the nations’ most respected voices on health care reform.

John’s interest in health care policy, his deep love for Oregon’s natural heritage and his concern about the lives and jobs of rural Oregonians led him to seek an additional form of public service: serving his neighbors as an elected official. He was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives from District 45 (Douglas County) in 1978 and was elected to the Oregon Senate from District 23 in 1980, 1984, and 1988.

Kitzhaber was elected by his colleagues to serve as a Senate President in 1985; 1987; 1989; and 1991. Over that time he earned a reputation for integrity, civility, and public policy innovation. His legislative career was marked by active leadership in areas of public education, community development, environmental stewardship and a wide variety of health care issues including long term care, resource allocation and uncompensated care.

Among his many accomplishments during that period was the creation of the ground-breaking Oregon Health Plan, which expanded the number of people covered by health insurance while ensuring that public investments in health care were targeted to the most effective treatments. He worked with House Speaker Vera Katz to enact the Oregon Education Act for the 21st Century. He was instrumental in the 1987 reform of the Oregon’s Workers Compensation System; rewriting the Forest Practices Act, beginning the phase down of field burning in the Willamette Valley; and the creation of the first legislative committee on Water Policy which led to the establishment of minimum stream flows and a public in stream water right.

John Kitzhaber was elected Governor of the State of Oregon in 1994 and reelected in 1998. As Governor he undertook many new policy initiatives including the expansion of the Oregon Health Plan which has benefited nearly two million Oregonians since it was implemented in 1994. He broke new ground with the Oregon Option, a cooperative approach with the federal government that attempted to increase accountability and reduce bureaucracy related to the delivery of a number of government services. As one result, the State of Oregon reduced welfare caseloads by more than 50 percent, helping nearly 20,000 Oregonians find work and saving more than $200 million in the state budget.

On economic issues, Kitzhaber continued to earn his reputation as a leader who looked over the horizon. He brought to the state the first major renewable energy wind turbine manufacturer and laid in place the foundation for Oregon’s development and reputation as an incubator of green jobs. And John kicked off the effort to create the Oregon Business Plan, a comprehensive blueprint for economic progress for the state.

Kitzhaber’s leadership made Oregon a safer state. He led a series of reforms to Oregon’s public safety system, including a revamp of how offenders are supervised once they are released from prison through Community Corrections and an overhaul of the Juvenile Justice system. Kitzhaber also established a regular annual conference on the “overrepresentation of Minority Youth in the Criminal Justice System” which sought to identify and address the underlying social and economic issues which have led to this troubling racial disparity. Kitzhaber also introduced and gained passage of the Oregon Children’s Plan, which was designed to identify and assist at risk children and their families: to ensure more children were ready to learn when they reached school age; and to reduce school drop rates; social dependency and involvement in the criminal justice system.

Kitzhaber’s love of the outdoors and Oregon’s natural heritage also led him to develop several policy initiatives related to natural resources. The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds – and innovative approach based on collaboration between federal state and local government agencies and private landowners – has helped to restore watershed health and recover endangered salmon runs. Kitzhaber also took a high profile and controversial stand by arguing that breaching the lower Snake River dams should be included as one of the options to help restore salmon populations. He also signed the executive order which crated Oregon’s first Sustainability Council.

John Kitzhaber was the first governor in the United States to sign and Executive Order establishing a formal “government-to-government” relationship between the State of Oregon and the sovereign governments of Oregon’s Native American tribes. This executive order was subsequently passed into law by the legislature.

John fought against attempts to weaken Oregon’s protection of farm and forest land and on the enforcement of the urban growth boundaries that are critical to preserving the Oregon way of life. Kitzhaber created the Governor’s Growth Task Force and the Willamette Valley Livability forum to help gather accurate information and outline integrated approaches for developing sustainable communities. His related Community Solutions program attempted to focus the efforts of numerous state agencies, other governments, and interested groups in collaborative problem solving and collaboration to manage various community development projects across Oregon.

Since leaving the Governors’ office, Kitzhaber has continued to work on health care reform, founding the Archimedes Movement (wecandobetter.org) – a grassroots community engagement effort to reframe the debate of health care and build a voice for fundamental change. Kitzhaber also serves as the President of the Estes Park Institute, which conducts educational conferences for community hospitals. He serves the Director for the center for Evidence Based Policy at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland and holds and endowed Chair on Health Care Policy with The Foundation for Medical Excellence, and Oregon based public nonprofit educational foundation.

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Dick Gibson, M.D., Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Legacy Health System

Dr. Gibson attended medical school as Case Western Reserve University. After family practice residency he practiced family medice, then emergency medicine, for seven years in Washington State. With Board Certification in both Family Practice and Emergency Medicine, he continues to practice in Portland. He completed a Ph.D. in Medical Informatics at LDS Hospital and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1995. He holds an MBA from Wharton. For 11 years, Dr. Gibson was Chief Medical Information Officer for Providence Health System. He joined legacy Health System in Portland as Chief Information Officer in April 2007.

Legacy Health System is a group of six hospitals, 70 employed physicians (33 primary care and 37 specialists) in eleven primary care clinics and 14 specialty care clinics, and a 50 physician Internal Medicine Residency. As Chief Information Officer for Legacy and reporting to the CEO, Dr. Gibson is responsible for planning and implementing business and clinical information systems in both the hospital and office arenas.

Current tasks include enhancing the electronic medical record in the offices of the employed physicians, implementing a complete hospital medical record for nurses, therapists, and doctors, maintaining security and confidentiality of patient records, building a clinical data warehouse to improve the safety and reliability of medical care, as well as the usual information services duties of managing servers and a wide area network, operating a customer help desk and supporting 400 applications.

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Dick Taylor, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer

Dr. Taylor received his medical education at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado. He completed his residency at The Children’s Hospital in Denver (General Pediatrics). Dr. Taylor began his professional life as a software engineer, spending 16 years in the field before attending medical school. He graduated from UCHSC in 1998 and completed his residency. He then took two jobs afterward: one practicing pediatric hospital medicine at Kaiser Permanente and one writing medical device software. Over time this coalesced to a single role with Kaiser in Colorado, where he was the pediatric hospitalist and Physician Lead for Innovation and Decision Support. In 2006, he left to work for one of Providence’s core clinical vendors, McKesson. He joined Providence in the role of CIO in 2008.

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Tom Keefe, MA, Director of State Government Relations

Tom is responsible for leveraging the grassroots capability of HIMSS chapters. Tom works to seamlessly integrate all state government relations activities to expand national HIMSS influence and expertise via the HIMSS chapters. Tom is staff liaison to the Chapter Advocacy Liaison Roundtable (CALR)

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Brian DeVore, Director of State Health Policy for Intel Corporation

Intel’s Digital Health Group is responsible for development of Intel’s platforms for personal health. Brian works with senior executives in both the technology industry and state leadership levels to drive policy changes necessary to promote the use of technology in healthcare. Additionally, he worked directly with former Intel CEO and Chairman, Dr. Craig Barrett, on Dr. Barrett’s policy and technology initiatives and drove Dr. Barrett’s strategic involvement in promoting health IT during his US and international travels. He currently serves as an advisor to the National Governor’s Association State Alliance for eHealth and represents Intel on both the Oregon Business Association and The Oregon Business Council Healthcare Task Forces. He is a former alternate member on the American Health Information Community, the Washington State Health Information Advisory Committee and the Washington, D.C.-based, eHealth Initiatives Policy Advisory Board. Prior to joining Intel, Brian formed and led Kryptiq Corporation’s Government Affairs/Initiatives efforts positioning Kryptiq as a leader in HIT health policy. Brian was also a principle with Myhealthbank, an early entry into the consumer driven health space. Brian holds a degree from Evangel University and has additional executive training from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

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Greg Fraser, M.D., Medical Director of Information Systems & Informatics, Mid-Valley IPA

Dr. Fraser is a family physician by training who practiced for over 17 years in a variety of practice settings. He obtained his masters degree in biomedical informatics at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He is the Medical Director of Information Systems and Informatics at Mid-Valley Independent Physicians Association (MVIPA) in Salem, Oregon, a position he has held since 2005. At MVIPA, Dr. Fraser leads the implementation of a community electronic health record for independent physicians in the ambulatory environment. He is the chair of the Salem Area Community Health Information Exchange (SACHIE) Development Committee and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at OHSU. In addition to being a member of the Health Information Technology Oversight Council, he also serves on the Program Committee for the Partner for Quality Care initiative.

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