Government Health IT 2006  
Jun. 15 - Jun. 16, 2006
Ronald Reagan Building
Washington, DC

 Guide to the items below by track:
  Track 1: Policy, Applications & Technology   Professional Education Program (Open to all attendees. FREE for Government to attend.)
  Track 2: Best Practices

 Guide to the items below by date:
  Thursday, June 15   Friday, June 16

Thursday, June 15
Those items highlighted in gray are open to all attendees.
WHEN   DESCRIPTION
7:00AM-5:00PM
Registration Open
8:00AM-9:00AM
Exhibition Keynote
Admission to the Exhibition Keynote is open to all attendees and is free for government.
Governor Donald Carcieri
Governor, Rhode Island
9:15AM-10:30AM
 
1-1: Health Information Technology Certification Update
Alisa Ray
(Moderator)
Executive Director, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)
Stephen Badger
CEO, George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates
Karen Bell MD, MMS
Director, Office of Health IT Adoption, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Dept. of Health and Human Services
9:15AM-10:30AM
 
2-1: EHR Model for the Future: Results from the VA and DoD Partnership
Jack Taylor MD, PMP
(Moderator)
Principal Consultant, Access to Care Resources, Information Technology Program (RITPO), Military Health System, Dept. of Defense
Carl Hendricks
Chief Information Officer, Military Health System, Dept. of Defense
Dr. Robert Kolodner
Chief Health Informatics Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
9:15AM-10:15AM
 
PEP 1: Healthcare Integration: Using a Standards Based Approach to Exchange EMR Information
This session is open to all attendees, and is free for government to attend.
Pete Fratus, MCP
Architect and Senior Software Engineer, eai-architecture.com
Ahmet Taylor
President, TC Software
10:30AM-11:30AM
 
PEP 2: Applying Technology to Healthcare to Enable Higher-Quality, More Economical and More Accessible Healthcare
This session is open to all attendees, and is free for government to attend.
Jason Kimrey
Area Director, Mid-Atlantic Region, Intel Digital Health Group, Intel
10:45AM-11:45AM
 
1-2: Health IT Standards and Policy
Lee Jones
(Moderator)
Principal and Chief Executive, GSI Health
Elizabeth Halley
Facilitator, Consolidated Health Informatics Project, Mitre Corporation
Ioana Singureanu
Application Architecture, Veterans Health Administration, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
10:45AM-11:45AM
 
2-2: Achieving Value from Health IT: Metrics and Results
Kathy Conrad
(Moderator)
Senior Vice President, Jefferson Consulting
Natalie Kaszubowksi
Senior IT Director, Sentara Health System
J.P. Little
Chief Operating Officer, RxHub LLC
Michele O'Connor MPA, RHIA
Senior Director, Healthcare Practice, Initiate Systems
12:00PM-5:00PM
Exhibition Open
Learn about new approaches, and get hands-on experience and valuable face time with the leaders responsible for the creation and implementation of Government Health IT solutions.

The Exhibition is open to all attendees and is free to government.
12:00PM-1:00PM
Luncheon Keynote: State Leadership in the National E-Health Movement
Governor Fletcher
Governor, Kentucky
1:00PM-2:00PM
Dessert in Exhibit Hall
1:30PM-2:30PM
 
PEP 3: Health Security: Providing Situational Awareness to Enable Conditional Response
This session is open to all attendees, and is free for government to attend.
Elin Gursky Sc.D.
(Moderator)
Principal Deputy for Biodefense, National Strategies Support Directorate, ANSER
Daniel Desmond
President, SIMI Group
Grant Elliott
Vice President, Voxiva
2:00PM-3:00PM
 
1-3: Governance: Privacy and Protecting the Public Interest
Jim Reardon
(Moderator)
Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
Michelle Dougherty RHIA, CHP
Practice Manager, American Health Information Management Association
Stephania Putt RHIA, CIPP/G
Privacy Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Helga Rippen MD, PhD, MPH
Senior Advisor, Health Informatics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation, Dept. of Health & Human Services
2:00PM-3:00PM
 
2-3: Applying Technology to Improve Health Care Effectiveness
Ron Sullivan
(Moderator)
Vice President and General Manager, Federal Sector, InterSystems
Walter Ekard
Chief Administrative Officer, County of San Diego, CA
Nick Macchione MS, MPH, CHE
Deputy Director, Health & Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, CA
3:00PM-4:00PM
 
PEP 4: Emerging Technology and Standards for Interoperability in Healthcare
This session is open to all attendees, and is free for government to attend.
Ed Chase
Technology Strategist, Adobe Systems, Inc.
3:15PM-4:15PM
 
1-4: Disease Surveillance and Pandemic Planning Approaches
David Walker MPH
(Moderator)
Public Health Analyst, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response, National Center for Public Health Informatics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David Blazes, MD, MPH
Director, Emerging Infections Program, Naval Medical Research Center Detachment Lima, Peru
Dr. Alan Zelicoff
Senior Scientific Consultant, ARES Corporation and Author
3:15PM-4:15PM
 
2-4: Credentialing, ID Management and Access Control
Michael Mestrovich Ph.D.
(Moderator)
President & CEO, Unlimited New Dimensions
Joseph Bond
Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Program Manager, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Thomas Connell II
Chief Operating Officer, Disaster Management Solutions
Helena Sims
Senior Director, Public/Private Partnerships, NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association
4:00PM-5:00PM
Networking Reception
Don't miss a great opportunity for peer-to-peer collaboration. Held in the Exhibition. The Networking Reception is open to all attendees.

Networking Reception Sponsored by:
Friday, June 16
Those items highlighted in gray are open to all attendees.
WHEN   DESCRIPTION
7:30AM-2:00PM
Registration Open
8:30AM-9:30AM
Morning Keynote: How Connectivity is Shattering Barriers to Change the Practice of Medicine
Dr. Michael L Cowan
Chief Medical Officer, BearingPoint, and former Surgeon General, Dept. of the Navy
9:45AM-11:00AM
 
1-5: Making Sense of Legislation, Politics and Money
Janet Marchibroda
(Moderator)
CEO, eHealth Initiative
Kathleen Nolan
Director, Health Division, National Governors Association
Marsha Simon, PhD
Vice President, Jefferson Consulting
9:45AM-11:00AM
 
2-5: Crossing Regional Boundaries Through IT
Carl Kinkade
(Moderator)
Manager, Public Health and Social Services Sector, BearingPoint
Sarah Kramer
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), and former CIO, Department of Health, Nova Scotia
Mark McCalman
Chief Epidemiologist, Sullivan County Regional Health Dept., Blountville, TN
11:15AM-12:30PM
 
1-6: Transforming Military Health: IT Initiatives and Challenges
George Anderson MD, MPH
(Moderator)
Major General, USAF, MC (retired), Executive Director, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Maj. Gen. Joseph Kelley, MD
Joint Staff Surgeon, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Paul Tibbits, MD
Deputy Director, Military Health System, Office of Transformation, Dept. of Defense
11:15AM-12:30PM
 
2-6: Leveraging the Electronic Health Record
Jack Taylor MD, PMP
(Moderator)
Principal Consultant, Access to Care Resources, Information Technology Program (RITPO), Military Health System, Dept. of Defense
John Milberg
Health Scientist, Health Resources & Services Administration, Dept. of Health & Human Services (DHHS/HRSA)
Sherry Shults RN
Chief Information Officer and Research Director, South Carolina Heart Center
Andrew Wiesenthal MD, SM
Associate Executive Director, Permanente Federation
12:30PM-2:00PM
Closing Plenary Lunch: Moving Health IT from Hope to Reality: Update from the NHIN Consortia Projects
Aneesh Chopra
(Moderator)
Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia
Robert Cothren PhD
Chief Scientist, Health Solutions, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Greg DeBor
Partner, Global Health Solutions, Computer Sciences Corporation
David Epstein
Director, Public Sector Solutions, IBM Software Group
Brian J Kelly MD
Executive Director, Health and Life Sciences, Accenture