Colorado HIMSS Spring Conference 2024

Wednesday, May 15th - Informatics Focus

• 0745: Registration and Check-In/Continental Breakfast

• 0845: Welcome- Jon Lowe, MS, RN, NI-BC, Informatics Chair of Colorado HIMSS, Informatics Nurse Specialist, CommonSpirit Health

• 0900: Jessica Johnson-Simmons, MPA, Director of Complex Care Management, Denver Health & Cory Hussain, MD, ACMIO, Denver Health, presents Pathways to Wellness: Harnessing Health-Related Social Needs for Transformative Patient Care

• 1000: Stephanie Pugliese, Director of OeHI, Gabby Burke, Sr. Project Manager, OeHI, present Navigating the SHIEcosystem: Colorado's emerging landscape for data-empowered coordinated care

• 1100: Collin Hoffman, IT Program Director, UCHealth, presents UCHealth Unified Communications Program

• 1200: Lunch

• 1300: Breanna Wong, Programs Chair of Colorado HIMSS, Prin. Manager, Product Strategy, Nuance & Dale Gold, MD, Medical Informatics Director, CommonSpirit Health, present Generative AI in Healthcare: A Pilot Case on Ambient Documentation

• 1400: Sanjeev Sah, System VP, IT Strategy & Cyber Fusion, CommonSpirit Health, presents on IT Transformation Strategy
• 1515: Breakouts
• Kathy Wogen, RN, BSN, Manager, Informatics and Training, CommonSpirit Health, presents on What is "Governance" and why is it Important?
• Graham deGunst, MS, NI-BC, Clinical Informatics Manager, Advent Health, presents Epic to Epic Go-live, an Instance of Change
• 1600: Networking, soft drinks, and snacks
• 1700: Depart

Thursday, May 16th - Hot Topics in Health IT

• 0900: Registration and Check-In/Continental Breakfast
• 0945: Welcome - Breanna Wong, MS, MBA - Programs Chair of Colorado HIMSS, Sr. Manager of DAX Product Strategy at Microsoft + Nuance
• 1000: Julius Bogdan, Vice President, Analytics, North America HIMSS, presents Current AI Trends in Healthcare
• 1100: Rural Health IT Panel

Moderator: MariJo Rugh - BA, MS, ACIO/IT Vice President, UCHealth, President of Colorado HIMSS

Participants: Julie Jackson, CHCIO, RN, NI-BC, CIO, Vail Health, Aidan Hettler, CEO, Sedgwick County Health Center, Ryan Kolczak, CIO, Valley View Hospital, Mike Wilson, Director of Information Technology , Middle Park Health

• 1200: Lunch
• 1300: Kristin Paulson, JD, MPH, President and CEO of Center for Improving Value in Health Care
• 1400: Stephanie Broderick, Advocacy Chair of Colorado HIMSS, EVP Strategic Initiatives, Clinical Architecture, presents on TEFCA and Information Blocking

1500: Health System Executive Panel

Moderator: Ian Dalton, Epic Resolute Application Manger, CommonSprit Health

Participants: Michael Jefferies - MBA, FHIMSS, FCHIME; CIO, Boulder Community Health, Sara Dawson - Director of Information Technology at Swedish Medical Center, additional leaders TBD

• 1600: Closing Comments- Sarah Sample- Reif, President of Colorado HIMSS, Chief Strategy Officer of Healthcare at Zivaro
• 1615: Happy Hour

• 1730: Depart

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Microsoft Corporation, 7595 Technology Way, Denver, United States