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A message from our President

EVENTS
APRIL 5
Interoperability, Education & Innovation
Roundtable
(Participant Only Event)
the Journey Is Challenging 45 minute exclusive presentation
time with 15 minute question and
The ability to share time- creating a “framework fourths of the market basket—FY 2019, answer for each organization
ly clinical data between and infrastructure” to that equated to a payment penalty of SFHHA’s mission is to improve the
hospitals was thought criti- improve interoperability 2.175 percent.” efficient delivery of quality healthcare
cal to the success of the nationwide. In the proposed rule just released by services to our communities. SFHHA
Affordable Care Act. In the considerable the Office of the National Coordinator, a is able to bring together from across
Interoperability was origi- discussion around infor- set of guidelines has been proposed to be the healthcare continuum the stake-
nally thought of as a means mation blocking, policy- able to specifically identify information holders that impact, influence, and
to control unnecessary makers suggested that blocking and they also suggest seven affect the delivery of healthcare to
costs, and the innovations they believed that the exceptions to information blocking. shape direction, solve problems, and
around the sharing of this organizations that were In a recent issue of Healthcare offer sound advice. For this, we are
clinical data has yielded a hesitant to make patient Executive, Volume 33, Number 5, offering our associate member organ-
lot more than just financial information more readi- September/October 2018, the author izations a limited opportunity to gain
savings. ly available were putting talks about interoperability and points access to key decision makers within
One of the features asso- Jaime Caldwell business and strategic out several health care systems that are our healthcare continuum in South
ciated with interoperability interests above the inter- leading the way. One of those systems Florida.
was the ability for healthcare providers ests of greater data availability. Hospitals was the Grady Health System in Atlanta. Submit notice of participation
to be able to access clinical information were also discussed as impediments to Grady exchanged almost “1.36 million intent to Lourdes Barroso, lbar-
on patients. In terms of appropriate change in that limited clinical data avail- records with nearly 1,500 hospitals and roso@sfhha.com, (954) 964-1660.
resource utilization, it was thought that ability was thought to “control referrals 35,000 clinics across the country in
this access would significantly reduce the and enhance their market dominance.” 2017.” Grady shares information using a APRIL 10
costs associated with redundant medical Fledgling efforts at interoperability continuity of care document and they 8: 30 - 10: 00 am
tests and medications. While there has have received a boost in that the have found great value in both treating New Member Breakfast
been some movement in making interop- Promoting Interoperability Program (for- unresponsive trauma victims and inte-
erability a reality, that movement has merly Meaningful Use) prohibits infor- grating some of their other clinical sys- MAY 8
been slow and painful. mation blocking, which it defines as tems with their EHR. 4:00 - 6:30 pm
The 21st Century Cures Act was enact- “interfering with, preventing, or materi- Big data is coming of age and the ben- Provider Spotlight
ed in late 2016, and there are several pro- ally discouraging access, exchange, or efits of sharing clinical patient informa-
MAY 22
visions that were intended to improve use of electronic health information.” To tion across health care providers is going 12:00 - 2:00 pm
interoperability. One of the features encourage the movement toward a more to provide benefits both financial and in Academic Talks
included in this bill was the prohibition open architecture, civil monetary penal- terms of patient safety. Keep tuned to the
against “information blocking” that was ties of up to $1 million per violation were discussion of the information blocking JUNE 7
occurring from healthcare providers, established. For hospitals that engage in rule and let’s see if the pace of interoper- Educational Roundtable
vendors, and even health information information blocking and that are paid ability adoption improves. (Participant Only Event)
exchanges. In that bill, the Office of the under the Medicare inpatient prospective
National Coordinator for Health payment system “would experience a JUNE 12 & 13
Information Technology was tasked with reduction in payments equal to three-
Annual Healthcare Summit
NEW
JULY 9
2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS New Member Breakfast

CHAIRMAN: David Wagner, Kindred South Florida Market CEO
VICE CHAIR: Mark Doyle, Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hospital Pembroke MARCH JULY 10
SECRETARY: William "Bill" Duquette, Chief Executive Officer, Homestead Hospital, Baptist Health South Florida 4:00 - 6:30 pm
TREASURER: Charles Felix, Publisher, South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report Provider Spotlight
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR: Lincoln Mendez, Chief Executive Officer, South Miami Hospital
AT-LARGE: Ben Riestra, Chief Administrative Officer, UHealth’s Lennar Foundation Medical Center CSI Caregivers JULY 24
AT-LARGE: Joel Wherley, Chief Operating Officer, VITAS
AT-LARGE: Maria Currier, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP Services Inc. 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Doug Bartel, MBA Patricia Greenberg Jared Smith Academic Talks
Sr. Director of Business Development, Media President Chief Executive Officer
and External Relations National Healthcare Associates Broward Health Coral Springs
Florida Blue
Ralph A. Marrinson, NHA, FACHA Patrick Taylor, MD
Wael Barsoum, M.D. President Chief Executive Officer SFHHA COMMITTEES
Chief Executive Officer Marrinson Group Holy Cross Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Don McKenna, FACHE Steven Ullmann
Kevin Conn President & CEO Director Education Committee
Regional Vice President of Operations Jupiter Medical Center University of Miami Health Policy
HEALTHSOUTH Corporation Management Healthcare Finance and Management Committee
Charles Michelson
Darcy Davis Partner Ana M. Viamonte Ros, M.D. Health Information Technology Committee
Chief Executive Officer Saltz Michelson Architects Medical Director for Palliative Care
Health Care District of Palm Beach County and Bioethics Marketing and Public Relations Committee
Aristides (Ardy) Pallin Baptist Health South Florida
Michael Gittelman Chief Operating Officer Membership Committee
Chief Executive Officer Catholic Health Services Jonathan Watkins
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics Chief Executive Officer Quality and Patient Safety Committee
Michael Roffelson Broward Health Imperial Point
Chief Executive Officer, HEALTHSOUTH Safety and Security Committee
Rehabilitation Hospital – Sunrise

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