Name
Breakout Session 4: Digital Innovations: Building a New Foundation for Health IT
Date & Time
Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description
Many healthcare organizations find that their ability to adopt innovative solutions is limited by outdated systems and processes that are difficult to adapt in response to changing requirements. This session will discuss tools and tactics that can serve as the building blocks for a new generation of health IT services.
 
Potential topics include: 
  • Leveraging use-cases to drive the adoption of new technologies
  • Deciding the next steps in investment and proof of concepts
  • Understanding how the types of investments and resources required to support the adoption of innovative solutions
 
Panelists
  • Todd Couts, Director, Division Application Design & Development, CMMI, CMS
  • Steven Hubbard, Deputy Director, Innovation Lab, FDA
  • Dr. Helga Rippen, Deputy Director for the Interagency Program Office, VA
  • Ron Yeaw, Deputy Director, mHIC, US Army MRMC-TATRC
  • Moderator: Marcy Jacobs, Executive Director, Digital Service, VA
Speakers
Todd Couts, Director, Division Application Design & Development, CMMI, Department of Health and Human Services
Marcy Jacobs, Executive Director, Digital Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Helga Rippen, Deputy Director for the Interagency Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs
Ron Yeaw, Deputy Director mHIC, US Army MRMC-TATRC