Electronic Health Reporter

HIMSS Media, today announced program details of the second annual Healthcare Business Intelligence Forum, to be held April 16-17, 2014, at the Renaissance Washington in Washington, D.C.

Early details of the 2014 program have been released, including news of a keynote address presented by Dr. Glenn Steele, President and CEO of Geisinger Health System, one of the nation’s largest integrated delivery networks. Named as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare, Steele has turned Geisinger Health System into a leader in using data contained within the EHR to improve patient care quality. During his keynote, Steele will share what he sees as the sweet spot in the evolution of healthcare: combining data and behavior change to improve both patient care and the bottom line.

Full of engaging and educational content, the two-day Forum – formerly the Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum – focuses on how healthcare providers can take their data analysis to the next level. Select early and confirmed sessions include presentations from:

• Robert Williams, Director of Deloitte Consulting LLP, who will detail how asking the right questions is vital to maximizing the return-on-investment of the technology and analytics deployed.
• Sean Kennedy, Director of the Health Information Exchange for the Massachusetts eHealth Institute, and Nicole Heim, CIO-Information Systems for the Milford Regional Medical Center, who will present a best-case scenario for developing a comprehensive Health Information Exchange strategy.
• Ray Hess, Vice President Information Management, Penn Medicine – Chester County Hospital, will discuss how hospitals can leverage their own clinical and business intelligence to effectively identify those patients most at risk before discharge and develop appropriate interventions.

More than 14 educational sessions will be presented. Additional sessions will cover topics such as data integration and governance; clinical and business analytics; data warehousing; predictive analytics; and analytics and healthcare reform.

“The 2014 program will once again showcase leading experts sharing how to leverage Big Data to transform organizations,” said John Whelan, vice president. “This sneak-peek into the Forum’s sessions should signal to healthcare executives, directors and decision-makers that HBIF is the place to be in 2014 to find out how to harness the power of Business Intelligence for their organizations.”

More details about the Healthcare Business Intelligence Forum can be found atwww.healthcarebusinessintelligenceforum.com/

About HIMSS Media

HIMSS Media produces and distributes essential information to help advance the transformation of health and healthcare through the best use of information technology. Over 500,000 leading healthcare influencers, medical professionals, policy makers and technology buyers around the world rely on the media, events, data and training materials to evaluate and implement effective improvements in patient care. With global scale and local expertise, HIMSS Media offers innovative, effective and measurable media and marketing solutions for health and healthcare technology marketers. For more information, go to www.himssmedia.com.

HIMSS Media is a part of HIMSS WorldWide, a cause-based global enterprise that produces health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world. Founded in 1961, HIMSS WorldWide encompasses more than 52,000 individual members, of which more than two-thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations across the globe, plus over 600 corporate members and 250 not-for-profit partner organizations, that share this cause.  HIMSS WorldWide, headquartered in Chicago, serves global health IT communities with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.