KAMGMA Fall Conference - REGISTERING NOW
This year's KAMGMA Fall Conference will be on October 6th at Rothchild's Catering & Conference Center. Click here for registration.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
7:30 Registration Continental Breakfast in Vendor Room
8:00 WELCOME! Announcements KAMGMA President Jennie Campbell
8:15-10:00 Lean Healthcare by Owen J. Dahl,
“Process Efficiency – more patients, less stress, and how to make patients happy”
10:00-10:30 Break in Grand Room with Vendors
10:30-11:15 Meeting: Owen Dahl, continued
11:15-12:15 Legislative update, Yarnell Beatty
12:15-1:15 Lunch in the Gardenia Room THK (Together Healthy Knox)
1:15-2:15 Break out sessions:
· Together Healthy Knox Health Issues (3 breakout groups)
o How can we create a sustainable network of partnerships that effectively contributes to improved community health?
Speaker: Stephanie Welch, MS-MPH, RD, LDN
o How can we achieve equitable health outcomes for all our community members?
Speaker: Martha Buchanan, MD After several years in private practice here in East Tennessee Dr. Buchanan joined Knox County Health Department in 2004 as the assistant public health officer and was promoted to public health officer in 2006. In April of 2010 she was appointed director of the health department. A Knox county native, she graduated from Carson Newman College and received her medical degree from East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine. She completed her residence in Family Practice at the University of North Dakota Family Practice Program, Minot North Dakota.Dr. Buchanan is board certified in family practice and is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice and the Tennessee Academy of Family Practice.
o How can we position health as a consideration in community policy and planning decisions?
o A Cloudy Future: The Impact of Cloud Computing on Medical Technology”Speaker: Dr. Warran Sayre
Speaker: Bill Piper, Claris Networks
A prolific writer and regular speaker on cloud computing and managed services, Bill has been recognized as one of the top 250 most influential people in the managed services/cloud computing industry by MSPMentor.net. Beyond Claris Networks’ corporate blog, Bill’s writing has been seen or cited on ZDNet.com, CTOEdge.com, and BusinessesGrow.com.
Bill's talk will discuss the obstacles healthcare organizations commonly face regarding IT from servers to cash flow, and how cloud computing impacts these issues.
2:15-3:15 Break in Grand Room with vendors
3:15-3:45 Door Prizes from Vendors
Closing Remarks-Adjourn
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