Hospitals and providers from across the U.S. are facing increased pressure to improve operations from multiple directions. New federal mandates, an aging population, and an ever-increasing need to be service-oriented are forcing providers to do more with less. Even with recent investments in information technology, much of the data has not been coordinated, analyzed or deployed to improve operational performance and quality of care.  
This panel will discuss how advances in clinical decision support, HIE and business intelligence are enabling improved decision making in the health care industry across the continuum of care.

Topics addressed include:

1. Getting the most out of your electronic health record  
2. Strategies to overcome privacy & security concerns 
3. Decision support tools delivering results  
4. Methods to improve safety & quality of care with IT

Founded in 1852 and with over 53,000 employees, Providence Health & Services is a 27 hospital, plus 100 other kinds of healthcare facilities, organization.  In this session, you will learn how Dr. Marton lead Providence’s clinical transformation by learning from and applying the best available practices faster, and more effectively to achieve truly safe, high quality care with the least waste and expense in ALL parts of the system.

By delivering analysis from multiple sources at once, organizations can track large amounts of information stemming from clinical activities and identify the most efficient practices. This helps providers identify trends and anomalies, and analyze risk in clinical care. Physicians, hospitals, and healthcare organizations are discovering that they cannot provide the best care by operating autonomously as independent silos. Centralized administration and bullet-proof security assure that healthcare providers have industry-leading security measures at every layer of the architecture.
With secure, essential clinical information, individual practitioners can diagnose and prescribe more quickly and provide top quality care with greater peace of mind. This panel will address best practices and forward thinking strategies for leveraging patient and other organizational data.  

Topics include:

1. Smarter use of Informatics
2. Quality Improvement as a Part of the Care Process
3. Patient Centered Medical Home