• Reduce healthcare costs, while improving the quality of healthcare and offering greater access.
• Streamline processes within the healthcare system.
• Maximize efficiency throughout the provider network & insurance system.
• Provide procurement opportunities for high-tech companies that generate high-paying jobs and economic growth.

• High-tech companies interested in health interoperability
• Western states’ delegations – Governors, state CIOs, policy makers, legislators
• Health care leaders
• Health IT industry and business leaders
• Healthcare providers
• Health and IT reporters from regional and national media

Session

Speaker(s)

Open & Welcome Address

AeA and CO State Senator Bob Hagedorn

Achieving the Promise of Health IT: The View for the CO Governor’s Office

- Lt Gov Barbara O’Brien
- CO CIO Michael Locatis

Health IT and Health Information Exchange: Models, Definitions and System Challenges

- Ken Jarvis, HP – Introduction
- H. Stephen Lieber, CEO, HIMSS
Q&A

Luncheon: Federal Vision for U.S. Health IT

- John W. Loonsk, M.D.
Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards – U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services

BREAK

Network Infrastructure and Access: The State CIO’s Perspective

- J. Stephen Fletcher, UT CIO
- Rey Currie, Quovadx
Q&A

Panel: State Approaches to Health Information Exchange and Interoperability

- Steven Nash, HRO – Moderator
- Lynn Dierker, CORHIO
- Laura Adams, RIQI
- Jan Root, UHIN
- Jac Davies, INHS
Q&A

BREAK

Legislation & the State Legislator’s Role

- Kala Ladenheim, NCSL
Q&A

Panel: Impact on Practitioners, Healthcare Systems, Payers

- Dr. Art Davidson – Moderator
- Steve Summers, CO Hospital Assoc.
- Jay Want, Physician Health Partners
- Anthony Rodgers, AHCCCS
Q&A

Closing Remarks

Senator Bob Hagedorn