Focus Day
8:00 am - 8:50 am Registration
8:50 am - 9:00 am Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 10:00 am Keynote: Modernizing the Largest Health Care Delivery System in America
Dr. Joseph Ronzio - Deputy Chief Health Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs• Priorities for modernizing our IT infrastructure
• Integrating systems to enhance resource management
• DoD and VA Collaboration
Dr. Joseph Ronzio
Deputy Chief Health Technology OfficerU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
10:00 am - 11:00 am IMPROVING VETERANS EXPERIENCE
Dr. Lynda Davis Chief - Veterans Experience Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans• VA will increase Veteran trust in VA
• Incorporating Veteran experience data in all business processes to drive performance improvements in health care
• Deploying data science analytics based on near real time Veteran feedback
11:00 am - 11:30 am Morning Refreshment Break
Track A
11:30 am - 12:30 pm SPRAVATO™: The First NMDA Receptor Antagonist Approved, in Conjunction With an Oral Antidepressant, for Adults With Treatment-Resistant Depression Dr. Moraima Trujillo - Psychiatrist, Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Track B
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Extract meaningful insights from unstructured data: practical usage of AI/ML for data classification and information extraction from unstructured electronic healthcare records Jerry Zhou - Founder, Chief Innovation Officer and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Evangelist, Futrend Technology, Inc.·From pixels to bits – Optical/Intelligent Character Recognition with high confidence
·From bits to meaningful information – machine understands Natural Languages and medical terms
·From information to predictions, actions and better business results - document auto-classification and information auto-extraction
Jerry Zhou
Founder, Chief Innovation Officer and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning EvangelistFutrend Technology, Inc.
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Networking Luncheon
Modernization
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm The Veterans Affairs Homeless Program Office's Approach to ending Homelessness Monica Diaz - Executive Director, VHA-National Homeless Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office-Washington D.C.
Monica Diaz
Executive Director, VHA-National Homeless Program OfficeDepartment of Veterans Affairs Central Office-Washington D.C.
Healthcare
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm IMPROVING MINORITY VETERANS ACCESS TO VA BENEFITS AND SERVICES COL(R) Dennis O. May - Deputy Director, Center for Minority Veterans, U..S. Department of Veterans Affairs-Minority veteran’s access to quality healthcare/resources
COL(R) Dennis O. May
Deputy Director, Center for Minority VeteransU..S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshment Break
Modernization
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm IMPROVING COMMUNITY CARE TO PROVIDE QUALITY AND TIMELY HEALTHCARE TO VETERANS Jody Searight - Physician Assistant, Department of Veterans Affairs
Modernization
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm Closing RemarksHealthcare
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm IMPROVING WOMEN’S ACCESS TO VITAL HEALTH BENEFITS Cherissa Jackson - Chief Medical Executive, AMVETSPTSD care
Female experience in the military
Women veteran’s access to quality healthcare/resourcess
