AHIMA Data for Better Health Executive Leadership Summit

Join AHIMA for their Data for Better Health Executive Leadership Summit 

Registration 

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Agenda: 

8:30-9:00      Breakfast       

                   Continental breakfast available

9:00-9:10     Welcome        

          Dr. Kevin Klauer, CEO, AHIMA

 9:10-9:25    Introduction to Center for Health Affairs Social Determinants of Health Innovation Hub

Lauren Riplinger, Chief Policy and Impact Officer, AHIMA (moderator)

Kim Byas, Sr, PhD, MPH, FACHE, SDOH leader for The Center for Health Affairs

9:25-10:05   Making the Case

During this panel discussion, speakers will share what can be done, said, and shown to advance work around SDOH data within a healthcare organization. This includes how they create their strategy, build the case for return on investment, break down silos through change management, and ensure teams on the ground have the resources they need to do this work.

Lauren Riplinger, Chief Policy and Impact Officer, AHIMA (moderator)

Patrick Runnels, Chief Medical Officer of Population Health and Chief Medical Officer for the Veale Initiative for Healthcare Innovation, University Hospitals

Srinivas Merugu, President, Institute for H.O.P.E.™, SVP, Population Health, MetroHealth

10:05-10:20     Mini-break     

            Refreshments and light snacks available

10:20-10:55  Sharing your Work    

Attendees will use this time to share the work they are involved with at their organizations related to SDOH Data. Each table will have a short ice breaker and two substantive questions to discuss.

10:55-11:10  Mini-break     

         Refreshments and light snacks available

11:10-11:50  You Can’t Do This Without Your HI Professionals

While patients don’t often see them, health information professionals see patients in a way no other healthcare professional does. They ensure that sensitive health stories remain accurate, accessible, protected, and complete, at all times. In this panel discussion, speakers will highlight the critical role health information professionals are playing as organizations collect, use, and share social determinants of health data.

Priya Bathija, Health Equity Consultant, AHIMA (moderator)

Dr. Allison Weathers, Enterprise Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Heather Wilson, RHIA, MPH, CRCR, President/Delegate, MHIMA and Vice President, Revenue Cycle, The Christ Hospital Health Network

Dana Richardson, Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Health Information

Organization (WHIO), Wisconsin’s All-Payer Claims Database

11:50-12:00  Close  

Lauren Riplinger, Chief Policy and Impact Officer, AHIMA (confirmed)

12:00-1:00   Lunch 

         Boxed lunches available to eat or grab-and-go