Thank you for attending and making this year memorable

This year’s annual meeting in San Diego, CA was a huge success, and we can’t thank our participants enough. eHealth Exchange is nothing without its participants, and we appreciate your continued commitment to the eHealth Exchange. We’d also like to thank this year’s speakers and panelists who generously gave up their time to provide us with insightful presentations and discussions. Please take some time to view this year’s session videos or download the presentation slides below. 

Meeting Agenda

Session

1

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Duration: 30 Minutes

eHealth Exchange Coordinating Committee Chair will open the annual meeting with the Coordinating Committee’s perspective of the network, including progress highlights and the path ahead.

Coordinating Committee Chair
Dr. Matthew Eisenberg
Stanford Health Care
Session

2

State of the Network

Duration: 30 Minutes

eHealth Exchange Executive Director shares the annual state of the network, including accomplishments of 2023 and roadmap for 2024.

Jay Nakashima
Executive Director
Session

3

Keynote Address

Innovation: Buzz Word or Action Word?

Duration: 30 Minutes

Hear from the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States (’09-’12) and the fourth Virginia Secretary of Technology (’06-’09) and author of this 2014 book, “Innovative State: How New Technologies can Transform Government” as he shares his thoughts on innovation in health IT. 

Aneesh Chopra
CareJourney & Author
Session

4

Trickle Down TEFCA

Duration: 45 Minutes

Regional and State HIEs are preparing now to participate in the anticipated eHealth Exchange TEFCA QHIN. As TEFCA’s go-live spreads from QHINs to Participants (like HIEs) to Subparticipants (like health systems), what are the challenges, hopes, and expectations for these traditional users of health information exchange?

Panelists
Moderator
Lisa Bari
Civitas Networks for Health
Phil Beckett
C3HIE
Erica Galvez
Manifest MedEx
Craig Behm
CRISP Shared Services
Melissa Kotrys
Contexture
Session

5

FHIR for Public Health

Duration: 30 Minutes

In 2023, more than a dozen network participants launched the FDA adverse events pilot on FHIR. Hear how new connections and use cases are going live in record time with the right mix of organizational priorities and technical simplicity.

Presenters
Featured Speaker
Dr. Hussein Ezzeldin
FDA
Dr. Ray Duncan
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Todd Turner
Veteran Affairs
Session

6

TEFCA Time

Duration: 30 Minutes

A presentation on TEFCA implementation, including timelines, responsibilities and expectations for the future.

Presenters
Jay Nakashima
Executive Director
Steve Gravely
The Gravely Group
Session

7

What Public Health Wants

Duration: 45 Minutes

Panelists from federal and state public health agencies share their needs in health information exchange and how network participants can support this critical national infrastructure priority.

Panelists
Moderator
Debbie Condrey
The Sequoia Project
Chris Baumgartner
Washington State Department of Health
Dan Pollock
Clifton Corridor Consulting
Alexandra Woodward
ASTHO
Rick Hawes
CDC OPHDST
Session

8

Payer and Provider Burden Reduction using FHIR (and preparing for TEFCA)

Duration: 45 Minutes

CMS regulations require FHIR APIs for Patient Access, and will soon require FHIR for Prior Authorizations, as well as Payer-to-Payer and Payer-to-Provider exchanges. Panelists representing payers, providers and health information exchanges (HIEs) will describe their specific market needs and solutions which leverage FHIR to gain workflow efficiencies (and how this all fits into their respective 2024 roadmaps).

Panelists
Moderator
Bill Howard
eHealth Exchange
Board Chairman
Dave DeGandi
Cambia Health Solutions
Erica Galvez
Manifest MedEx
Dr. Jeffrey Anderson
Veterans Health Administration
Jim Adamson
Arkansas BCBS
Session

9

Information Handling Best Practices

Duration: 30 Minutes

The health information exchange landscape is continuing to evolve and expand at an increasingly rapid rate. Yet, those outside of this niche generally have poor insight into the what, when, why, and with whom of health information exchange. And let’s face it: This stuff is pretty complicated. We differ in so many ways, but for individuals to understand how we handle their health information, we need to tell them. Learn some best practices for how to communicate the way your organization handles information.

Presenters
Pat Russell
eHealth Exchange
Cait Riccobono
CRISP Shared Services
Session

10

Keynote Address:

Insights from ONC National Coordinator for Health Information Exchange

Duration: 45 Minutes

Dr. Micky Tripathi will share the progress made with TEFCA and their vision as the first candidate QHINs move towards designation and go-live along with his views on early participation. 

Dr. Micky Tripathi
ONC
Session

11

Insights from the Top

Duration: 30 Minutes

eHealth Exchange Board of Directors Chairman Bill Howard will sum up the day’s insights and call to action for participants to enhance their connectivity to improve patient care and outcomes.

Bill Howard
eHealth Exchange
Board Chairman

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