Health Care Forum

The 2011 seminar will focus on national impact of the healthcare reform on healthcare and Nevadans, quality and care management, IT systems, medicare, and more.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the #NVHC2011 in person and online!

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"The recession has created huge uncertainties in healthcare and in businesses across the board." Larry Matheis at #nvhc2011 #nevada #health

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Bill Welch: "There has been medical home for a long time. It's our ER-that's where most people get their healthcare." #nvhc2011#nevada

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"Healthcare reform is about 3 things: time, money, and the unknown. And we have a whole lot of the unknown." Mike Willden #NVHC2011

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Russell Suzuki of Certified Healthcare Systems welcomes the 275 attendees of the #NVHC2011 http://t.co/K3gfzSZg [video]

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"We need infrastructure in our hospitals that support the frailties of human beings." Stephen Swensen of @mayoclinic #nvhc2011 #nevada

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Stephen Swenson of @mayoclinic: "Reckless behavior is not something we can tolerate." #nvhc2011 #nevada

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@mayoclinic "Share decision-making...patient satisfaction goes up, cost goes down, better quality, better satisfaction." #nvhc2011 #nevada

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Interuptions hinder performance. "There's a direct correlation between number of interactions and medical errors" @mayoclinic #nvhc2011 #nv

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At the @mayoclinic, nurses do "bedside handoffs" at the end of each shift to introduce the patient to the next nurse on duty. #nvhc2011#nv

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Stephen Swenson of @mayoclinic is discussing how we can make our work better. #nvhc2011#nevada

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A few lucky participants are receiving raffle items..so far a bluetooth, spice kit, giftcards, and a hard drive clock

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Should health records be linked to finger prints, or does that system present major privacy issues? #nvhc2011

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On HIE "If patients don't see the benefit, I don't think we'll reach critical mass.. How are we going to educate them&save lives?" M Willden

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Bob Schaich on EDGE servers "Theres a lot of concern that would be raised if the community thought we were building a repository in the sky"

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Mark Bennett, HealthInsight: the new model of HIE optimizes patient privacy in accordance with HIPAA http://t.co/xssHK970 #NVHC2011 [video]

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"There's a lot of data that supports that better flow of info from hospitals back to PCPs can prevent rehospitalization." M Bennet #nvhc2011

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"If you don't have enough patients opting in, it's not going to pencil out...we must fully inform patients." Mike Willden #nvhc2011

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Mark Bennet of HealthInsight on opt-in says HI created 3 levels of choice for patients: opt-in, opt-out & opt-in on limited basis #nvhc2011

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Mark Bennet on HIE and HIPAA says the new model more about patient privacy "We're going to get permission before exchanging data" #nvhc2011