National Association for Home Care & Hospice

Opening Comments Keith Crownover, MBA, Delta Health Technologies, LLC, Altoona, PA

Panel 1: Cost Effective Model: Leveraging Technology in a Clinical/Financial Performance System - Moderator: Michael Lemnitzer, Philips Telehealth Solutions, Framingham, MA Panelists: Paula Suter, MA, RN, Baptist Home Health Network, Little Rock, AR; Ray Darcey, Sentara Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA

This panel will identify clinical financial performance systems that can be implemented to assist in building care pathways for chronic disease management.

Panel 2: Client Centered Care: The Financial Benefits of Integrating Technology - Moderator: Charlie Daniels, President, HealthMEDX, Ozark, MO Panelists: Cynthia Acosta, PT, AseraCare Home Health, Fort Smith, AK; Susan Quinn, Ed. D, MBA, RN, Penn Care at Home, Bala Cynwyd, PA

This panel will highlight actual examples of how technology can be incorporated into patient-centered planning and care by focusing on programs that produce financial benefits.

Panel 3: Care Coordination: Creating Benchmarks for Clinical Outcomest - Moderator: Laurie Neander, MS, RN, At Home Care, Oneonta, NY Panelists: Kristy Wright RN, MBA, FAAN, VAN Western Pennsylvania, Butler, PA; Bridget Gallagher GNP, MSN, Jewish Home Lifecare Community Services, New York, NY

This panel discussion will outline benchmarks for technology and non-technology best practices in clinical performance.

Panel 4: Collaboration: Interoperable Technologies and Successful Partnerships - Moderator: Thomas Check, Visiting Nurses Service of New York, New York, NY Panelists: Dan Cobb, BS, HealthMEDX, Inc., Ozark, MO; Raj Shetye, LHC Group, Inc., Lafayette, LA

In order to achieve the financial benefits of technology, its important to create a circle of health care partner-providers through interfaced technology and a feedback process that will aggregate disease-specific outcome data among all partners.

Closing Comments Keith Crownover, MBA, Delta Health Technologies, LLC, Altoona, PA