Main Day One
8:00 am - 8:50 am Registration and Coffee
8:50 am - 9:00 am Chairperson’s Opening Address
9:00 am - 10:00 am The Future of the VA and How to Build Strategic Partnerships Around our 5 Top Priorities
Deborah Lafer Scher - Executive Advisor to the Secretary, US Department of Veteran Affairs-Strategies for improving process management with private sector and community support
-Ensuring our nation’s veterans receive high quality health care
-Enhancing veterans timely accessibility to benefits and services
10:00 am - 10:30 am Connecting Research to External Hospitals
Valerie Li - Government and IDN Director, Rauland• How can the VA contribute to research and development efforts
• Complying with standards and innovating medical discoveries
• Collaborating with hospitals and external partners to further advancements
10:30 am - 11:15 am Morning Networking Break and Start of Demo Drive
Network with VA and Industry attendees and Go visit our sponsor booths in the exhibit hall for a chance to enter yourself in the Demo Drive Prize Draw!
Also, Brief Remarks by Alan Macht Director of Sales and Marketing Action Manufacturing Inc.
Modernizing Hospitals & Facilities
11:15 am - 12:15 pm THE USE OF NIV AS THE STANDARD OF CARE IN TREATING COPD & CHRONIC HYPERCAPNIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE William D. Frazier, MD - CMO, Viemed
Modernizing Hospitals & Facilities
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm MODERNIZING VA HOSPITALS AND FACILITIES: DELIVERING BETTER VETERAN EXPERIENCES Jeffrey Saura - Chief Technology Officer, Orlando VA Medical Center (OVAMC)• Personalizing the veteran experience at your medical center
• Wayfinding: Aiding the journey from home to appointment
• Engaging with veterans via indoor GPS
Jeffrey Saura, Chief Technology Officer
Resource Management
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Paying the Light Bill: Practical Considerations for Building Brand Loyalty Richard Griffith - Chief Strategy Officer, Veterans Health Indiana, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs- Identifying Barriers to a Consumer-driven Experience
- Engaging more Veterans by rethinking Access and Enrollment
- Thinking about VA as component of Health Living
Richard Griffith
Chief Strategy OfficerVeterans Health Indiana, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Resource Management
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm REAL TIME INFORMATION SHARING TO SUPPORT REAL TIME NEEDS Tina Joros - Vice President & General Manager, Open Business Unit and Financial Platforms, Allscripts• Determining and assessing the capability gaps of current systems
• Establishing requirements to promote the exchange of information sharing and
drive clinical and financial outcomes
• Developing secured enterprise-level, interoperable systems
Tina Joros
Vice President & General ManagerOpen Business Unit and Financial Platforms, Allscripts
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Networking Luncheon
Discussion Group 1
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Access and Use: Pre- and Post- Acute Stroke Care Huanguang Jia, MPH, PhD - Research Health Scientist, Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation ResearchDiane Cowper Ripley, PhD - Acting Co-Director, CINDRR
Discussion Group 1
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Transitional Pain Service: A Novel Approach to Perioperative Pain Management Dr. Kimberlee Bayless, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN - Nurse Practitioner and the Director of the Transitional Pain Service, Acute Pain Service Anesthesia Department George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CenterBENJAMIN BROOKE, MD, PHD, FACS - Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Utah
MICHAEL J. BUYS, MD - Anesthesiologist & Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Utah
AMY BECKSTEAD, RN, MSN - nurse educator/manager, Regional Centers of Innovation Specialty Care (COI) VA Salt Lake City (SLC) Health Care System
Dr. Kimberlee Bayless, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN
Nurse Practitioner and the Director of the Transitional Pain ServiceAcute Pain Service Anesthesia Department George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
AMY BECKSTEAD, RN, MSN
nurse educator/managerRegional Centers of Innovation Specialty Care (COI) VA Salt Lake City (SLC) Health Care System
Discussion Group 2
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Solving the Medical Device & IoT Security Challenge Jonathan Langer - CEO, Medigate
Discussion Group 2
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm An Overview of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and New Treatments Dr. Anne Andorn MD - CMO IndiviorDr. Ismene Petrakis - Chief of Psychiatry and Mental Health Service Line, VA CT Healthcare System
Barbara Haight, Pharm.D - Medical Affairs, Indivior
Discussion Group 3
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Mobile Diagnostic Imaging: Maximizing Efficiency for Radiology Steve Richter - SVP & General Manager, Insight Imaging Mobile Solutions
Discussion Group 3
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm A Tool in The Toolbox: implementing VA Video Connect to Increase Access to Mental Health Treatment Jan Lindsay, PhD - Director, Telebehavioral Health, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Discussion Group 4
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm The Role of Pro Resolving Mediators for Chronic Pain and TBI in the Veteran Population Dr. Robert Martindale Martindale, MD - Professor of Surgery, Chief of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery and Medical Director, Hospital Nutritional Service at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Robert Martindale Martindale, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery and Medical DirectorHospital Nutritional Service at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Discussion Group 4
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Health and Independent Living (hail) for Rural Veterans With Disabilities Huanguang Jia, MPH, PhD - Research Health Scientist, Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation ResearchDiane Cowper Ripley, PhD - Acting Co-Director, CINDRR
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm KEYNOTE: VA MODERNIZATION PRIORITIES TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY
Surafeal Asgedom - Chief Officer, VA Modernization-Future priorities and mandates to strengthen veterans services in the VA
-Priorities for providing care outside of the VA network to enhance accessibility
