Defense Strategies Institute professional educational forum:
12th DoD/VA and Government HIT Summit*
~Coordinating a Connected Health IT Environment for Military and
Government~
May 31-June 1, 2017
The Mary M. Gates Learning Center/ United Way: Alexandria, VA
* This Summit is neither officially endorsed nor sanctioned by the Depts. of VA or DoD
Program Design
& Goal:
A non-partisan educational and training Summit designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum
view towards the DoD, VA and Federal’s efforts at improving a connected health IT ecosystem.
The forum is created to encourage a real, pragmatic level of discussion and debate amongst all
in attendance.
We bring together leaders from across the Armed Services & Government Agencies and the
Industry and Academic leaders that can help them forge many of the HIT solutions necessary to
achieve their respective “next –steps”. Actionable takeaways for today, tomorrow, & the
future will drive the discussions towards moving from healthcare to health in a
connected ecosystem.
Operating
Guidelines:
DSI’s Symposium directly supports DoD, VA, and Government priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department's mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.
DSI’s Symposium will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.
* The Summit is open and complimentary to all Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum.
Summit is CLOSED TO PRESS / NO RECORDINGS
General Target
Audience:
US Military Services, Government Healthcare Agencies, Academia, HIT Technology Industry
Service Providers
Specific topics
to be discussed
include:
- Deployment of MHS Genesis
- EHR Modernization
- Digital Health initiatives to Improve Extended Care
- Interoperability Initiatives Supporting Greater Federal and Private Sector
Coordination
- Population Health Strategies to Improve Connected Health Efforts
- Developing Semantic Web Technologies to Support Advanced EHR Capabilities
- Data Sharing and Open-source Initiatives
- VA Acquisition Efforts to Build a Connected Health IT Environment
- Precision Medicine Initiatives
- Improving Medical Readiness Capabilities for Military Services
- Developing an Enterprise Health Management Platform (eHMP)
- Supporting Warfighter Health in all Environments through Advanced Health
Informatics
Topics & Speaker Times Subject to Edits
May 31, 2017
8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Light Breakfast Reception Open
8:45- 9:00 Chairman Opening Remarks Ron Sullivan (Confirmed) VP and GM InterSystems Moderator Opening Remarks Joe Grace (Confirmed)
Grace & Associates
9:00- 9:45 Army Keynote Remarks: Supporting Soldier Health through Enhanced IT Capabilities
- Developing and Integrating Advanced IT Initiatives to Support Agency-Wide Operations - Modernization efforts to improve outreach of digital services to Patients - Delivering quality Health IT solutions for improved Patient Health
COL Beverley Beavers, USA (Confirmed) CIO/G6 Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army
9:45 – 10:30 Overhauling the Digital Experience for Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Outreach and Result
- Building an integrated health network that is supplemented by active Community Care - Leveraging patient data and analytics to inform real-time decision support
Dr. Jennifer Lee (Confirmed) Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services VA
10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 – 11:45 Leading DHA Acquisition Initiatives in Support of High Quality Health Services
- Acquisition priorities at the DHA
Barclay P. Butler, Ph.D., SES (Confirmed) Component Acquisition Executive (CAE), Head of Contracting Action (HCA) DHA
11:45-12:30 Developing Health Data Standards for the DoD and VA
- Update on Interoperability initiatives between DoD, VA, and private sector partners - Status report on current DoD data sharing initiatives - Leveraging ongoing collaboration with mission and industry partners to serve the unique
needs of Service Members and their families Dr. Lauren Thompson, SES (Confirmed) Director DoD/VA IPO
12:30-1:30 Networking Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 Enhancing Public Health and Safety at the FDA through Advances in Information
Technology
- IT initiatives that bolster the FDA’s ability to effectively protect and promote public health
- Technological modernization efforts that enhance service delivery capabilities
Todd Simpson, SES (Confirmed) CIO FDA
2:15- 3:00 Streamlining the Acquisition Process for Federal and DoD Customers at NITAAC
- Update on the key priorities for the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center
- Current status of the NIH GWAC Program - Future vision for the NITAAC moving forward
Bridget Gauer (Confirmed) Acting Director National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center
3:00 - 3:15 Networking Break
3:15 – 4:00 Providing Oversight and Direction of a Global HIT Infrastructure and Operations
- Efforts to sustain MHS network and computing infrastructure - Cyber security considerations and strategies for maintaining secure infrastructure - Vision for an integrated infrastructure; necessary next steps
Col Kevin Seeley (Confirmed) Chief, Infrastructure and Operations DHA
4:00 – 4:45 Driving Innovation at the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center
- Current challenges for improving readiness and operational performance in the field - Initiatives that support advanced medical technologies and innovative telehealth solutions
for the Warfighter and the Military Health System
COL Daniel Kral, USA (Confirmed) Director TATRC
4:45 – 5:30 Addressing Cybersecurity Requirements for Medical Device Acquisition
- Cybersecurity challenges associated with medical device/equipment acquisition - Developing cybersecurity acquisition policies to keep pace with private industry
MAJ Jonathan Deeter, USA (Confirmed) PM, Medical Device A&A Branch Integrated Clinical Systems Program Management Office (ICS) U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency
End of Day 1
June 1, 2017
8:15-8:45 Registration and Light Breakfast Reception Open
8:45-9:00 Chairman Opening Remarks Ron Sullivan (Confirmed) VP and GM InterSystems Moderator Opening Remarks Joe Grace (Confirmed) Grace & Associates
9:00-9:40 Vision for a Digital Health Platform at the Office of Information and Technology
- Current Cloud Priorities - Developing agile processes to assist in providing services to U.S. Veterans
Nicole Mayerhauser (Confirmed) Executive Director, Enterprise Project Management, Office of Information and Technology, VA
9:40 - 10:10 Utilizing Direct Messaging Standards for Interoperability
- Supporting the use of Direct Exchange between silo EHRs, both private and Government - Addressing a simple and standards-based way for providers and facilities to send and
receive authenticated and encrypted health information over the Internet - Coordinating care in real time across organizational and IT system boundaries, closing
the interoperability gap Leonard J. Tambasco (Confirmed) DSS, Inc.
10:10-10:50 Utilizing Mission-Specific Data to Support Federal Agencies’ Strategic Goals
- Extracting actionable takeaways from large data sets to supplement informed decision making and policy compliance
- Developing mission-specific applications for large department support - Delivering customer driven data solutions
George Chambers, PhD (Confirmed) Executive Director, Office of Enterprise Application Development Office of the CIO, HHS
10:50-11:15 Networking Break
11:15-12:15 Panel Discussion: Re-Envisioning Patient Healthcare and the Provider Experience in the Coming Post-EHR World Panelists will discuss the changing nature of Electronic Health Record platforms in the brave, new world of health data interoperability that is just on the horizon. In particular they will discuss lessons learned from recent efforts to federate data in VA, and what they teach us about the pragmatic problems of delivering data to the point of care in a manner that is portable, reliable, and in particular clinically usable by both the provider and the patient.
Moderator: Bob Calco, Co-Founder, Chief Architect & Lead Developer, Apex Data Solutions (Confirmed)
Panelists:
Dr. Seong Ki Mun, President & CEO, OSEHRA (Confirmed)
12:15-1:00 Networking Lunch
1:00-1:40 Modernizing CDC Informatics Using Surveillance Data Platform Shared Services
- Efforts to integrate advanced health informatics capabilities to bolster public health programs
- Technological initiatives supporting enhanced collection, management, analysis, and dissemination of public health data
- Leveraging data interoperability to create a stronger infrastructure for public health services
Brian Lee (Confirmed) Chief, Public Health Informatics Officer Office of Public Health Scientific Services, CDC
1:40 – 2:20 Enhancing Patient Safety using NIST HIT Conformance & Interoperability Testing
- The relationship of standards to health information technology (HIT) interoperability - The impact HIT interoperability / use of standards have on patient safety - The role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in development
and use of HIT interoperability standards
Sheryl Taylor, BSN, RN (Confirmed) IT Specialist NIST
2:20-3:00 Enabling the Health IT Environment in VA
- Current IT & Connected Health priorities - Lessons learned on Agile Contracting approaches; where industry can assist - Updates on current enterprise contracts
Bill Porter (Confirmed) Acting Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, Office of Acquisition Operations, VA
3:00-3:15 Event Wrap-Up and Feedback
3:15 End of Symposium
Topics & Speaker Times Subject to Edits
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