HIMSS Oregon For the Love of Fax: Interoperability in Oregon 2022

To help patients gain better control of their health, organizations providing and supporting patient care are developing methods to access and share relevant data.

Many considerations need to be addressed to make this happen effectively; in this session, we will hear from a number of highly regarded leaders from Oregon healthcare organizations who will share their experiences.

Speakers

[moderator] Laura Jantos, LFHIMSS

CEO, LDJ Consulting, LLC

Laura Jantos's LinkedIn

Laura has more than 20 years of experience assisting healthcare organizations and technology companies in addressing strategic healthcare information technology considerations. A former principal and practice leader for healthcare IT at a national consulting firm, Laura experienced traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in 2012 and 2018 which strengthened her perspective on the challenges patients face interacting with technology in pursuing their own healthcare. Laura is a frequent speaker and noted author, has chaired several HIMSS national committees and is a past President of HIMSS Washington.

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Erick Maddox

Executive Director, Reliance eHeath Coop.

Erick Maddox's LinkedIn

Erick entered the Health IT field about 20 years ago by accident having started his career in behavioral health working as a play therapist and drug and alcohol abuse counselor for children in foster care. Shortly after starting off his clinical career, Erick found his way beyond clinical care and into operations to include information technology and financial management. After working on the Office of the National Coordinators Regional Extension Center for Health Information efforts and helping to establish the Nevada Health Information Exchange, Erick relocated to Oregon to join Reliance eHealth Collaborative.

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Chad Cagnolatti, RN

Executive Director, St Charles Health Epic Connect Program

Chad Cagnolatti's LinkedIn

Chad has over 20 years of healthcare and information technology experience as a Registered Nurse, IT implementation executive and industry advisor. Chad has expert knowledge in critical success channels, his experience includes: IT solutions strategy and selection, current and future state workflow analysis, operational process improvement and work systems re: engineering, program management methodologies, integrated system design, clinical application build, testing, conversion support, system optimization, IT structure and governance, and coordination of enterprise scale implementations.

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Paul Matthews

CIO, OCHIN

Paul Matthews's LinkedIn

Paul has extensive experience implementing HIEs and EHRs for independent physician offices, and federally qualified health centers. He has broad exposure to health care IT with a focus on effective infrastructure, systems redesign and strategic planning. Paul is also interested in leveraging IT to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of businesses and especially not-for-profit organizations.

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Russell Kite

Manager, Clinical Quality Data, Cambria Health

Russell Kite's LinkedIn

All things HEDIS quality programs has been the focus for Russ for the last 10 years at Regence. Prior to that he worked in quality programs for another payor, completed research on state and federal programs and worked in provider offices and hospitals. His role has expanded over the years from primarily HEDIS and STAR’s work to include setting up provider groups to deliver clinical data feeds and working with cambia’s value based programs and internal interoperability program and efforts.

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