HealthTech

HealthTech kicks off its signature series Transformative Technologies — quarterly, free webinars highlighting technologies that demonstrably reduce healthcare costs and improve safety and quality of care. Our first webinar presents work done by the New England Healthcare Institute and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

In “Saving Lives, Saving Money,” David W. Bates, MD, MSC, the nation’s leading expert on patient safety and medication errors, and experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers will lead a blue-ribbon panel in presenting results from a first-of-its-kind study that demonstrated a positive ROI from Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) in only two years. The return was so impressive that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will require use of CPOE for hospitals to be eligible for its incentive plans after 2011, and the Massachusetts legislature will now require all hospitals to have CPOE by 2012.

Dr. Molly Coye, CEO of HealthTech, will introduce HealthTech’s new webinar series on Transformative Technologies. The panelists will discuss the study and its conclusion that Massachusetts could prevent 55,000 adverse drug events annually and save $170 million a year if all Massachusetts hospitals fully-implemented CPOE. Mitch Adams, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and Dr. Wendy Everett, President of the New England Healthcare Institute, will discuss their strategy for advancing the adoption of this important technology.

Presenters

Mitchell Adams
Executive Director
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

David W. Bates, MD, MSc
Chief, General Medicine Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical Director, Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Wendy Everett, ScD
President
New England Healthcare Institute

Geoffrey Coffman
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Co-sponsored by:
Health Technology Center
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
New England Healthcare Institute
Massachusetts Hospital Association
California Hospital Association
The National Alliance for Health Information Technology
Public Health Institute

Instructions to Attend Webinar:

You will need access to a computer at the time of the meeting in order to see the presentation and a phone to hear the audio portion of the session. There is no registration for the meeting.

1. To access the room, click on this url: http://healthtech.na3.acrobat.com/transformativetechnologies/
2. Please select “enter as a guest.”
3. Type in your name and organization (separated by a comma) at the login screen and click enter room.
4. When you enter the meeting room, the system will ask you for a phone number. Please enter the phone number you would like to use to hear the presentation in the “Join Teleconference” pop up screen.

We recommend that you test your connection the day before the meeting. To do so, simply click on the link above, enter your information, and you will be taken into the lobby of the meeting room.

If you will not be able to access the web presentation but would still like to join the audio portion of the conference please dial: 1-866-642-1665 and enter the conference passcode: 463552 when prompted.

Important resources for webinar participants:

1.  New England Healthcare Institute www.nehi.net

Saving Lives, Saving Money: The Imperative for Computerized Physician Order Entry in Massachusetts Hospitals

2. The National Alliance for Health Information Technology

A Practical Guide to CPOE