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TRACKS AND TOPIC SUGGESTIONS

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Track A: Strategy and Leadership

Strengthen key skills and relationships that will reinforce the CIO’s role as a key partner and advisor to the executive team. Presentations in this track should focus on a range of non-technical strategy and leadership issues for CIOs. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

• Identifying new business directions made possible by IT
• Business case planning (not just IT)
• Responsibilities, roles, and issues for CIOs today and in the future
• Impact of health reform initiatives, i.e. accountable care organizations

Track B: Organizational Performance Improvement

Share best practices and form the foundation for a well-aligned, resourced, and managed IT department. Presentations in this track should focus on best practices that enable organizations to operate more efficiently, compete more effectively, and provide higher levels of care in today's dynamic environments. Suggested topics include:

• Quality improvement initiatives and case studies
• Performance measures, metrics, dashboards, and benchmarking
• Workflow automation and process engineering technology
• Innovation and best practice in organizational performance improvement, i.e. how to use

Track C: Business and Care Transformation

Examine the dynamics of IT and clinical quality improvement efforts with a focus on care innovation. Presentations in this track examine the dynamics of IT and clinical quality improvement efforts, highlighting care innovation and best practice processes that will help organizations make significant business and care transformation improvements. Suggested topics include:

• Challenges of ICD-10 migration, HIPAA 5010 compliance
• Best practice in clinical care applications
• Innovation and emerging technologies, i.e. patient-centered home medical technology
• Convergence of clinical and information technologies
• IT and the patient experience – a view toward the future

Track D: HITECH Act and Meaningful Use

Examine the impact of the health IT provisions in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. Presentations in this track examine issues regarding meaningful use criteria, financial incentives, privacy, security, standards, and certification criteria. Suggested topics include:

• Adoption and meaningful use of EHR technology
• Addressing privacy and security issues
• Achieving Interoperability and information exchange in a complex IT environment
• Legal issues related to ARRA/HITECH Act (e.g. the legal EHR, business associate agreements, PHI breach notification)

PRESENTATION FORMATS

Each presentation is 50-minutes in length and may be submitted in any of three available formats:

• Standard Presentation (maximum of 2 speakers): The speaker conducts a planned presentation using PowerPoint-style slides and/or audio-visual aides. In lieu of slides, speaker should provide a presentation handout (i.e. session outline, whitepaper). The session should allow five minutes for audience Q&A.
• Panel Discussion (maximum of 4 total panelists): Panel discussions should present interesting views with solid practical and/or theoretical backing. The moderator should begin the session with an introduction of panelists and facilitate panelist dialogue through a progressive flow of questions and discussion points. At closing, the moderator should summarize key findings and conclusions from the discussion.
• Facilitated Audience Discussion (maximum of 2 facilitators): This type of session should encourage significant participate from the audience. The facilitator should begin the session with a 5-10 minute framing of the discussion issue, followed by a period in which the facilitator guides audience dialogue through a progressive flow of questions and discussion points. At closing, the facilitator should summarize key findings and conclusions from the discussion. Professional facilitators are suggested.

SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCESS

Please answer the questions below before submitting your presentation proposal, as it will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by CIO members of the Fall Forum Planning Committee based on the following criteria:

• Does this presentation meet the Submission Requirements?
• Do the ideas presented in this presentation address the chosen Topic Area?
• Does the content of this presentation meet and benefit the professional needs of the participants?
• Are the presentation concepts interesting, useful and/or practical?
• Are key learning objectives clearing stated?
• Is the scope of the presentation in line with the 50-minute time limit?
• Does the content of the presentation focus on the target audience?
• Is the presentation design creative, and does it allow for audience participation and interaction?
• Is the material presented in a clear and logical manner?

The selection process for invited presentations is determined through review and nomination by CIO members of the Fall Forum Planning Committee. Their selections are final.

HOW TO SUBMIT

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Primary contacts will be notified of presentation status (acceptance or rejection) beginning the week of June 1, 2010 or shortly thereafter.

Accepted speakers will be required to submit additional information, such as speaker photo and A/V needs. A schedule of deadlines will be provided to the primary contact for all accepted presentations. After acceptance, speaker substitutions are not permitted and may result in the canceling or substitution of your presentation.

If you have any questions regarding the presentation submission process for the CHIME10 Fall CIO Forum, please send an email to CHIME Staff or call (734) 665-0000.