Opening Ceremony/Welcome

AHIMA Tribute to Kathleen Frawley, JD, MS, FAHIMA

Presidential Address

Angela C. Kennedy, EdD, MBA, RHIA
President/Chair, AHIMA Board of Directors

 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Celebrating our Past, Embracing our Future

Lynne Thomas Gordon, MBA, RHIA, CAE, FACHE, FAHIMA,
AHIMA CEO

 CommonWell Health Alliance™

The CommonWell Health Alliance™ is a collaborative effort among health information technology (HIT) suppliers focused on achieving data liquidity between systems, in compliance with patient authorizations. The Alliance is anticipated to be an independent not-for-profit trade association that will support universal access to health data through seamless interoperability. This historic effort to create universal, trusted access to health care data is aimed at improving the quality of care delivery while working to lower costs for care providers, patients and the industry as a whole. Elements of the Alliance’s national infrastructure will be tested in a pilot by the end of 2013, with early components including cross-entity patient linking and matching services, patient consent and data access management, patient record locator and directed query services.

 Triumph Awards

Let Me Down Easy: A Look at Healthcare and the Human Spirit

Acclaimed actress, playwright, winner of the prestigious MacArthur fellowship and Gish Prize, and a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize, Anna Deavere Smith will share insight and excerpts from her hit play Let Me Down Easy as the focal point of her presentation to the AHIMA Annual Convention. The genesis of the play was research Ms. Smith did for the Yale School of Medicine. She described it to the New York Times as exploring "the human body as both resilient and vulnerable, but also health care as a practical part of that." This critically acclaimed work toured the United States and aired on PBS' Great Performances. Ms. Smith currently plays hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus on Showtime's hit series Nurse Jackie. Additional credits include The West Wing, The American President, Rachel Getting Married, Life Support and others.

 Good Morning/Corporate Awards

 AHIMA FOUNDATION THOUGHT LEADERS LECTURE SERIES

Thought Leaders is a lecture series established by the AHIMA Foundation that presents an opportunity for HIM professionals—including corporate executives and AHIMA members—to engage with industry and opinion leaders on thought-provoking and cutting-edge topics. The Thought Leaders lectures allow a breadth of knowledge to be shared by the industry’s keynote speakers and experts, who will lend their depth of experience in presenting novel ideas to AHIMA members and the public. Lectures are recorded and made available online as a special series for students, practitioners, and the general public.

Disruptive Demographics: New Technology, Older Consumers & the Future of Health & Wellbeing

Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD is Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. His research provides insights on how demographic change, technology, social trends and consumer behavior will converge to drive future innovations in business and government. Based in MIT’s Engineering Systems Division, he teaches policy and systems innovation and is author of the on-line publication Disruptive Demographics. He is one of Fast Company Magazine’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of “12 pioneers inventing the future of retirement and how we will all live, work and play tomorrow.”

The Thought Leaders Lecture Series was made possible through the generous philanthropic support of both:

 Health Information Innovation Leadership Series

Creating Health Intelligence through Innovation 

With support from: 

Collaborative Workflows: Thriving in the Era of Healthcare Delivery Reform

Dr. Mark Blatt joined Intel in 2000 working in the New Business Group. He is currently Worldwide Medical Director, Enterprise Solution Sales, in the Sales and Marketing Group. In this role he concentrates on how health information technology (HIT) infrastructure can enable providers to deliver cost effective, quality care to all citizens. He has a particular interest in integrated care delivery, mobile point of care, secure computing and the emergence of cloud computing services. Previously Dr. Blatt was the Director for Healthcare Industry Solutions, in Intel’s Digital Health Group. In the area of care delivery reform, Dr. Blatt has worked with care delivery systems in many countries, including the UK, China, Mexico, Australia and the US to enable cost effective, sustainable systems that allow clinicians to provide virtual care to patients in settings as diverse as remote rural clinics or the patient’s home. Dr. Blatt currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Clinical Groupware Collaborative, Bryan University, and the Board of Advisors for Live Process. He is a member of the IEEE Medical Technology Policy Committee, the American Telemedicine Association, HIMSS, a Life-time member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and from 1982-2010, served as a diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice.

Connected Health – The Coming Wave in Search of a Beach

Dr. Travis Good is a highly educated (MD, MS, MBA), connected, health tech fanatic. Dr. Good writes, speaks, and builds products for the health and wellness industry, with a particular interest in mobile, innovative models of care, social media, and tools for health developers. He’s on a mission to Dr. Good is currently the editor of a widely read industry blog, HISTalkConnect, and speaks on health technology and innovation at national conferences. He’s also co-founder and CEO of CatalyzeIO, a hosted technology platform that provides services to app owners and developers building health and wellness apps

Board Welcomes and Recognitions

 Dare to Dream: A Conversation with Henry Winkler and Marlee Matlin

Henry Winkler 
Actor, Author, Producer, and Director

Winkler and Matlin delight audiences with an intimate dialogue revealing their profound connection and individual journeys. Through humorous anecdotes, inspirational life lessons and moving stories, Winkler and Matlin explore themes of overcoming adversity, disability and believing in oneself. And like most family members, they interrupt each other—but often to finish each other’s sentences. Their magical bond and engaging chemistry is enhanced by their shared belief that anything is possible if you follow your dreams.

Come Meet “The Doctors” at AHIMA

Dr. Jim Sears
Board-certified Pediatrician and co-host of the Emmy® award-winning talk show,The Doctors

 Dr. Travis Stork and Dr. James Sears are both hosts of ABC’s Emmy Award-winning informational talk show The Doctors. Join us as they speak to AHIMA convention attendees sharing insight and discussing top health topics from patient care to nutrition/work performance. Registered attendees will have an opportunity to win a chance to meet the MDs and pose their own questions on these important topics. Afterwards have a chance to meet these keynotes at a book signing open exclusively for AHIMA attendees.

 AHIMA Up Close

Meet closing keynotes for book signing and autographs