Leaders in the rapidly evolving medical technology industry will present on the topic to regional healthcare industry leaders, practitioners, students and educators at an Oct. 1 conference organized by the Institute for Person-Centered Care (IPCC) at St. Ambrose University.
"Innovation in technology has endless opportunities to improve and further promote person-centered care," said Ann Garton, interim director of the IPCC.
"That's why we've chosen speakers from the technology sector to speak at this year's conference. Attendees will have a rare opportunity to hear from the top thinkers and change agents in this field, and we are honored they're using the IPCC as their platform," she added.
The conference will take place at the Rogalski Center. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Topics and presenters include:
• 9:30 a.m., "Good to Great: Treating the Disease to Treating the Person Who Has the Disease," presented by Shehzad Niazi, MD. He is a consultant in the Psychiatry Department at Mayo Clinic Florida; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mayo Medical School; a Kern Scholar with Mayo Clinic, Center for Science of Health Care Delivery; and the Florida Informatics and Knowledge Management Liaison.
• 10:30 a.m., "The Future of Digital Health," presented by John D. Halamka, MD, Chief Information Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He leads all clinical, financial, administrative, and academic information technology serving 3,000 doctors, 12,000 employees, and 1 million patients. Also, he is chair of the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), an International Healthcare Innovation Professor at Harvard Medical School, served the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and worked with national governments throughout the world planning healthcare IT strategy.
• 12:30 p.m., OpenNotes Panel. This discussion will focus on patient access and transparency in mental health records. OpenNotes is a nonprofit organization dedicated to medical record transparency and access for patients to read visit notes written by their physician. Liz Salmi, Senior Strategist for Outreach & Communication and Co-Chair of the California OpenNotes Consortium will moderate the session. Salmi's personal experience with a life-limiting condition led her to her current vocation: empowering people to become engaged in their healthcare. She will be joined by panelists from Unity Point Health, Vera French Community Mental Health Center, Genesis Health System, and Sanford Health.
• 1:45 p.m., "How the Military Health System Uses Technology and Innovation to Improve Behavioral Healthcare," presented by the Chief Innovation Officer for the Defense Health Agency, COL Christopher G. Ivany, MD, MC Chief. While serving as chief of the Behavioral Health Department at Evans Army Community Hospital, he led the development of the Embedded Behavioral Health model of outpatient care, which is now standard across the Army. During his career, he also served as Chief of the Behavioral Health Division at the Army Office of the Surgeon General and Army Director of Psychological Health.
• 2:45 p.m., "Using Innovation to Address Changing Health and Behavioral Health Needs," presented by Luke Raymond, LCPC, Manager of Behavioral Health at OSF HealthCare System; and David Lim, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer and a founding team member of Quartet.
Conference attendees also will hear from several regional experts, including OSF Healthcare System and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, on using innovation to address changing health and behavioral needs.
Tom Higgins '67, a member of the St. Ambrose University Board of Trustees, will present closing remarks. He helped fund, found and create the IPCC at St. Ambrose, an initiative whose ambitious goal is to improve and humanize health care delivery in the Quad Cities and beyond.
Person-Centered Care (PCC) is a multi-discipline approach that is co-designed, relationship-based, health-focused, accessible, and integrated. The IPCC is leading the conversation on transforming people, organizations and systems approach to the delivery of care.
Registration is available at www.sau.edu/ipcc/conference.
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