HealthTech NextGeneration » Health Tech Next Generation Conference & Expo » August 2011


  • Our first ever HealthTech:NextGeneration Conference & Expo was held in Burlingame, CA. This one day event was a great success which drew in an impressive crowd of over 250 people! Attendees included Healthcare & IT Executives, Consultants, Providers, Physicians & Nurses, Medical & Technology Entrepreneurs, Policy makers, Medical Administrators, Directors, Managers and more…

    Highlights of the event included over 50 Speakers, including keynotes from renowned author, Guy Kawasaki and CMIO, John Mattison from Kaiser Permanente. Twelve educational and informative track sessions were spearheaded by leading experts in the healthcare and IT industry.

    Hear testimonials from Speakers & Attendees:

    “Thank you for putting together an informative conference and for including us…Until next time.”
    – Dr. Priti Sahai
    Chief Strategy Officer, CalHIPSO

    “Congratulations on a successful event and one that I do not think will be forgotten very soon. I can confidently say that the sessions were insightful, engaging and thought-provoking.”
    – Mike Cuesta
    Director of Marketing, CareCloud

    “I had a great time. and found the conference very informative and engaging. I would gladly encourage others in Health Tech to attend next year.”

    -Matthew Douglass
    VP Engineering, Practice Fusion

“The conference was VERY useful, I cant wait for the next one”
– David Mann
General Manager, Neudesic, LLC

“Nice job with the conference! We were quite pleased with the numbers and quality of the turnout.”
– Joe Blewitt
CEO, Epion Health

“I must congratulate you and your team on a well-organized, highly successful event!”
– Pratul Chakre
Manager, Healthcare & Connected Services, Zensar Technologies, Inc.

Read about our blog by Theral Timpson (Host and Producer) at, http://www.mendelspod.com/blog/healthtech_nextgen.

TIME SPEAKERS DISCUSSION TOPICS
8:00 AM Registration & Networking Breakfast
Welcome to HealthTech:NextGeneration 2011!
8:55 AM Welcoming Remarks & Opening Keynote Speech
Ballroom Wasim Khan
Host
  • Welcoming notes and Keynote Introductions
  • The art of innovation and its application to ground
    breaking Healthcare Technology
9:00 AM Guy Kawasaki
Co-Founder, Alltop.com & Author
10:00 AM Networking Break & Book Signing, Exhibit Meet & Greet
11:00 AM Morning Parallel Track Sessions
Room: Reflection I Data Privacy & Security – Are We Safe?
Frederick Meyer (Moderator)
CEO, Meyer Health Consulting
  • HiT Privacy & Security compliance: Are you ready
    for Meaningful Use?
  • What should be the correct Governance Structure for
    Privacy & Security at Leading Health Organization?
  • Checklist for Compliance with HIPAA & Meaningful Use Mandates
Tina Buop
CIO, Muir Medical Group IPA, Inc.
Virginia-Maria Weldon
Practice Manager, Security & Compliance, The Vantage Group
Jim Fulton
VP DigitalPersona
Gregory Franklin
Deputy Director, State of CA (CTA)
Room: Reflection II ICD-10 Readiness – What’s in a Code?
Sarah Molina (Moderator)
Manager, Health Industries Advisory, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • The Impact of ICD-10 on Information Technology
  • ICD-10, Is it a Program or a Project
  • Implementation cost aspects.
Carladenise Edwards
CEO & President, Cal eConnect
David Sayen
Administrator, (CMS) US Dept. of Health & Human Services
Deborah Kohn
Principal, Dak Systems Consulting
Jukka Valkonen
Executive Consultant, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Room: Reflection III Meaningful Use of EHR – HIT the Ground Running!
Matt Douglass (Moderator)
VP, Engineering/Development, Practice Fusion
  • EHR incentive program and payment process
  • Meaningfully Advancing Public Health Surveillance Together
  • ACOs & the IT Path to Meaningful Use
  • Regional Extension Center roles and functions
  • EHR implementation/adoption trends and challenges
  • Technology for data analytics and Meaningful Use achievement
Taha Kass-Hout
Deputy Director, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Jon Langmead
Lead, EHR Incentive Program (CMS)
Priti Sahai
Chief Strategy Officer, CalHIPSO
Shadaab Kanwal
Director of Clinical Informatics, UCLA
Room: Spectrum Adoption of mHealth – Got iPad?
Dean Stephens (Moderator)
President & COO, Healthline
  • Leading the development of mHealth ecosystem
  • Integrating mHealth into Informatics
  • Managing new ways of patient communication using mobile technology.
  • Connected health & Telehealth Initiatives
Dr. Enoch Choi
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Sara Rushinek
Professor, University of Miami
Justin Graham
CMIO, NorthBay Healthcare
Brian Mason
Principal Technologist, Xirrus Inc.
12:30 PM Lunch & Keynote Speech
Ballroom John Mattison
CIO, Kaiser Permanente
1:30 PM Unconferencing the Conference
Ballroom Ken Newman
Corporate Entertainer
  • Thirty minutes of Magic, Mystery & Mayhem
2:00 PM Exhibition & Networking Break
2:30 PM Afternoon Parallel Track Sessions
Room: Reflection I Future of Healthcare Systems – Innovate or Else…
Christopher Mahoney (Moderator)
Director, Healthcare Strategy at Cynergy Systems
  • Healthcare Innovation & Future of EHR to make healthcare
    affordable and sustainable
  • New Connections, New Collaborations to Improve
    Health & Outcomes
  • A New, Technology-Enabled Approach to Behavioral Health
  • Future model will include value based insurance designs and
    value based reimbursement
Robert Rowley
CMO, MD, Practice Fusion
Lew Altman
HealthTech Strategist
Randy Montoya
Director, BridgeWave Communications
Gregory Franklin
Deputy Director, State of CA (CTA)
Room: Reflection II Cloud Computing in Healthcare – Walking on Cloud 9!
Marc Perez (Moderator)
Lead Consultant, Blue Shield of Cali
  • Innovation & Cloud Computing in Healthcare
  • Privacy & Security in Cloud Environments
  • EHR & PHR Management in Cloud Enabled Environments
Paul Hofmann
Vice President, SAP Labs
Albert Santalo
CEO, CareCloud
Feisal Nanji
Executive Director, Techumen
Matt Douglass
VP, Practice Fusion
Room Reflection III Health Information Exchange – Connecting Digital Health Bridges!
Mark R. Anderson (Moderator)
CEO & Healthcare IT Futurist, AC Group, Inc.
  • Building a Solid Information Management Foundation
    for Healthcare Enterprises
  • How will HIE affect small Physician Practice Workflow?
  • Healthcare Informatics & Business Strategies
  • EHR & HIE Marketplace – Success & Failures
  • Information Management to the Rescue- Risk Management for Healthcare Insurer
Bill Beighe
CEO, Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz
Piyush Malik
Program Director, IBM Global Business Services
Jamie Ferguson
VP, Kaiser Permanente Health IT Strategy & Policy
Nam Vo
Senior Director, Oracle Health Sciences
Room: Spectrum EMR in a Nutshell – Paperless Practice 101
John Lynn (Moderator)
Editor, EMR & HIPAA
  • What makes your practice EMR certified
  • Why go paperless: Need or Stimulus?
  • Risks in changing the workflow in your office.
Dr. Andrew Brandeis
Care Practice
Dr. Kellen Glinder, M.D.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Sajid Ahmed
Director, L.A. Care
Ash Damle
CEO, Medgle
3:30 PM Coffee & Networking Break
4:00 PM Afternoon Parallel Track Sessions Resume
Room: Reflection I Funding Opportunities for HealthTech Businesses – Show me the Money!
Marco Smit (Moderator)
President, Health 2.0 Advisors
  • Healthcare IT Grant Funding and Focus Areas
  • VC Funding and the Screening Process
  • What are the Important Milestones Prior to Raising Capital?
Christopher LaPage
Sr. Consultant, Grants Office LLC
Ted Driscoll
Partner, Claremont Creek Ventures
Roy Ziegler
Partner, Chrysalis Ventures
Mark Brooks
Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
Room: Reflection II Global Healthcare Systems – Healthcare Without Borders!
Hamish MacDonald (Moderator)
Co-Founder, Lifetime Health Diary Ltd.
  • How an Open Source Software Platform can be extended
    for use in multiple countries
  • Global TeleHealth
  • Selling Foreign Developed HIT into the US Market
  • Applying Analytics to achieve Universal Healthcare
Tom Jones
CEO / Owner, Tolven Health
Shahid Shah
CEO, Netspective
Jukka Valkonen
Executive Consultant, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Sajid Ahmed
Director, LA Care
Room: Reflection III Clinical Systems: Design for Usability
Mark Stoner (Moderator)
Technology Expert
  • Success of Clinical Information Systems depends upon their
    effective integration into complex work systems.
  • What are some of the innovation in user design to accelerate
    provider adoption.
  • Impediments to adoption of a clinical system in a care setting
Faisal Mushtaq
Sr. Vice President, Allscripts
Dr. Aaron Blackledge
Founder, Care Practice
Dr. Pierre Theodore
Associate Professor of Surgery, UCSF
Shadaab Kanwal
Director of Clinical Informatics, UCLA
Room: Spectrum Role of Social Media – Healthcare in 140 Characters or Less!
Barbara Ficarra (Moderator)
Founder, Editor-in-Chief Healthin30.com
  • Role of Social Media in Healthcare
  • Structuring Free Text & Analytics of Clinical Narrative
  • Transitioning Social Media from a Movement (v1.0) to a Business Imperative (v2.0)
Dan Munro
CEO, ipatient
Andrew Malcolm
Marketing Director, Skype
Anwer Khan
Director, Deloitte Consulting, Life Sciences and Healthcare Tech
Greg Caressi
Sr. VP, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frost & Sullivan
5:00 PM Cocktail Reception & Live Entertainment – Conference & Expo Ends – See you in 2012!

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Editor, EMR & HIPAA.com
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Dir. Healthcare Strategy, Cynergy
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Founder, Editor-in-chief Healthin30.com
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Chief Medical Information Officer, NorthBay Healthcare
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CIO, Muir Medical Group IPA, Inc.
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Dir. Clinical Informatics at UCLA
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Principal, Dak Systems Consulting
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Partner, Claremont Creek Ventures
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Exec. Dir., Techumen
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Program Director, IBM Global Business Services
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Vice President, Kaiser Permanente Health IT Strategy & Policy
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Sr. Consultant, Grants Office LLC
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CEO & Healthcare IT Futurist, AC Group, Inc.
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Director, Deloitte Consulting, Life Sciences and Health Care – Technology
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Blue Shield of CA
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