| Friday, November 12 |
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Title |
Faculty |
Program Description |
Concurrent |
8:00-9:30 |
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During this keynote lecture by Dr. Asplin, a leading researcher on ED crowding, health care policy and hospital operations, discover how to optimize flow in your ED: how to expedite discharge from the ED to capitalize on improved flow on the front end; what interventions on the hospital side can improve flow in the ED; intake strategies to reduce doc to door time and how to incorporate technology to maximize these efficiencies. |
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| Triage (Input) |
9:30-10:15 |
Fix the Front End: Crowding Solutions at Patient Arrival
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Christopher J. DeFlitch, MD
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Is the Triage system you're using appropriate for your ED? In this session you'll explore alternatives to the triage process and explore how an EDIS can facilitate triage - whether it is a new or old process. |
Live Charting Demonstrations:
9:30 - 10:30 a
10:30-11:30 a
1:00 - 2:00 p
2:00 - 3:00 p |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Break |
10:30-11:15 |
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M. Catherine Glenz, RN; Courtney Vose, RN, MSN
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Nursing documentation in an emergency department is quite detailed, but how is it accomplished using computer charting in a busy environment while complying with regulations? This session will provide direction and key elements for accurate charting of your clinical encounters including policies for your department |
11:15-12:00 |
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Richard MacKenzie, MD, FACEP
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Is 45 minutes on registration actually needed? If you're not getting all of the money you should be, then, yes it is. Explore creative approaches to patient registration and learn how to optimize the registration process. |
| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 - 1:45 |
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What are the requirements for safe and efficient hand-offs? How can tracking be leveraged effectively? How is key healthcare data retrieved from tracking processes? If you've ever asked yourself these questions, this session is for you. |
1:45-2:30 |
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New communication technologies are available almost daily in today's healthcare market. What are these new technologies, and can they simplify workflow and improve teamwork? |
| 2:30-7:00 |
Evening Reception in the Exhibit Hall |
| Saturday, November 13: Care Processes (Throughput) |
8:00-9:30 |
- Handout 2
- Handout 3
- Handout 4 |
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Is it user error or computer error? Should they fix it or do I have to? This session will help to distinguish what implementation errors are user-based or product/vendor based. Plus, you'll get information on assessing system integration capability, developing potential "work-arounds" in processes and evaluating methods to work with vendors to mature clinical information systems in your hospital. |
Best Practice Sessions:
8:00 - 9:00 a
9:00-10:00 a
10:00 - 11:00 a
11:00a-12:00 p
1:00 - 2:00 p
2:00 - 3:00 p
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9:30 - 10:15 |
CPOE is a Four-Letter Word: Problems with Order Entry in the ED
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Who hasn't experienced CPOE problems in the ED? Review case examples of problems with order entry and how you can avoid them. |
| 10:15-10:45 |
Break |
10:45-11:30 |
Better than Sliced Bread: Solutions Associated with Order Entry in the ED
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Christopher J. DeFlitch, MD
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When working correctly, order entry can reduce the length of stay, repeat tests, decrease costs and improve patient safety. How can you get your CPOE to work this way for you? |
11:30-12:30 |
What Do They Mean by Meaningful Use?
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The final meaningful use rules released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on July 13 designated the ED as a covered inpatient care area. What does this mean for you? |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
1:30 - 2:30 |
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Richard MacKenzie, MD, FACEP; L. Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP
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In this session discover the value of decision support, especially when linked to order entry. Also, learn about some of the best decision support tools on the market and how to develop or access them. |
2:30-4:00 |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The Keith and Todd Show
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Keith Conover, MD, FACEP; Todd Taylor, MD, FACEP
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Hear what industry experts are saying about EDIS and healthcare IT. In a lighthearted talk show format, your hosts, Keith Conover and Todd Taylor will challenge the status quo with provocative questions for vendors, users and industry pundits. Come prepared to ask your own questions! |
4:00-7:00 |
Exhibits |
| Sunday, November 14: Disposition (Output) |
8:00-9:30 |
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Courtney Vose, RN, MSN and Lisa Romano, RN
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Ask any emergency department about their main problem and odds are they'll tell you it's overcrowding. How is this problem solved? In this session hear from "front-line" nurses see examples of admitting process changes that may significantly improve flow and how IT can support these processes. Discover the value of decompression, how to design a system to avoid ghost (missing) beds and how to remove handoff delay when transferring a patient to an assigned and ready bed. |
9:30-10:15 |
To Admit or Not To Admit? Making Dispositions in the ED
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When it comes to admitting or discharging patients, there are many regulatory, medico-legal, risk management and patient care factors that come into play. Aside from those, what is the admitting physician's responsibility? And the consultant? Learn the key components of discharge instructions and discover the ways in which a documentation system can assist in disposition accuracy and an EDIS can facilitate the discharge process. |
| 10:15-2:00 |
Exhibits and Lunch |
2:00-3:00 |
Features of the Future: Emerging Informatics Technologies
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Discover how GoogleTM technology was used to improve a hospital electronic medical record system; IMAXTM movie technology used for ED data visualization; and how facial images can be automatically captured from patients into EMRs to decrease medication errors. Learn how mobile medical robotic assistants might save you time; how ultra wide-band wireless technology can track patients to a one-foot area and improve workflow; how EMRs can be controlled with hand gestures alone for sterile environments and more! |
3:00-4:30 |
Documentation for Compliance and Cash
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Keith Conover, MD and Cathy Glenz, RN
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In this session get a physician and nurse point of view on ways that technology can help improve documentation, meet regulatory compliance and protect reimbursement. |
| Monday, November 15: Outcomes |
8:00-9:00 |
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Timely access to data can be utilized to drive process change. But how? Explore the ways in which data can be utilized to achieve desired performance metrics. |
9:00-10:00 |
Data that "Mattas": Quality and Core Measures
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Keith Conover, MD, FACEP; L. Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP
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While an EDIS is helpful, it is not the end-all, be-all. In this session you'll discover: how to achieve a high-quality, measure-based PI program; methods of tracking core measure and promoting compliance; what data should be tracked and how it can be accessed and what information is available to manage the flow of information - all with OR without the help of technology. |
| 10:00-11:00 |
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Todd B. Taylor, MD, FACEP |
Return On Investment (ROI) for any IT system can be elusive, often fabricated, and rarely validated. This presentation will help to cut through the “fog” of ROI related to ED information systems, focusing on actual (hard) costs, and both hard and soft return on investment. Attribution of cost & savings will also be explored for a realistic look at who actually benefits from EDIS in the long term. Finally, suggestions for how to mitigate the IT transactional overhead for providers will be explored. |
