Location: The Lakefront Anchorage, 4800 Spenard Rd, Anchorage, AK 99517 & Virtual
Date and time: Thursday, Aug 29, 2024 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Heidi Hedberg, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Health
Data continues to be the cornerstone of informed decision-making within the Department of Health. Join Commissioner Heidi Hedberg as she highlights key priorities/areas of focus for the upcoming year. Commissioner Hedberg will share how these arches of effort impact Alaska’s health care landscape and how the Department is working to support Alaskans through four key data-driven efforts.
Jason Ball, Chief Health Data Officer, State of Alaska
As Alaska’s Chief Health Data Officer, Jason Ball will share a unique perspective on bringing together diverse datasets to impact patient care. He’ll share how 20-years of patient data profiling shaped his perceptions about patient data flow, how these expectations changed when he became the patient, and what providers and payers should consider when using data to interact with high-utilizers.
Carrie Paykoc , CEO & Principal Consultant, Health Tech Moxie
Carrie Yasemin Paykoc, Principal Consultant, CEO Health Tech Moxie brings inspired insights and perspective on interoperability and innovation. Carrie is a mission driven collaborative leader with over 15 years experience in health care, public health, and health technology. She formerly served for the Alaska Department of Health as the Chief Health Informatics Officer and Colorado’s Director of the Office of eHealth Innovation. Carrie has led and advised start-ups, not-for-profits, and health care organizations focused on making an impact. Her keynote will highlight trends and policies in health technology, interoperability, innovation with an eye toward the future.
Evidence of the many ways non-medical factors affect health outcomes is mounting. With an ever-increasing emphasis on the need to address these non-medical factors through clinical appointments, it has become increasingly important for clinical systems to connect to and collaborate with community-based organizations to meet their patient’s whole person needs. Creating these Community Clinical Linkages (CCLs) is vital to meeting SDoH care needs. CCL connections are strengthened through the use of HIT interventions which standardize and automate connections and communications. This panel discussion will review two CCL HIT projects that were completed through collaboration between the HIE, the Mat-Su Health Foundation, State of Alaska DOH and two separate Federally Qualified Health Centers ( FQHCs) located in the Mat-Su Valley. These projects ran separately and acted as proof of concept for the use of technology solutions to connect clinical and social services systems together. Now, having run their pilot period, the projects are merging and bringing in even more clinical team members to the work. This panel discussion will review both projects individually and discuss plans for bringing the projects together for a more coordinated and sustainable approach. Audience members can expect an interactive conversation reviewing two specific projects intended to ignite collaboration and plans to replicate successes in other communities across the state. When connections among health care systems, public health and community partners are strengthened, patients have better access to services and resources in their community to prevent or manage diseases and improve their quality of life.
Quality Health Network has been providing HIE services in Western Colorado for over 20 years. What started initially as medical care providers wanting to better share information about health, has since incorporated sharing behavioral health information, and in the last five years sharing Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and social health information. QHN built and deployed the Community Resource Network, or CRN, to provide support for these social needs within the regional health care and information continuum. CRN boosts community-wide health and makes integration of SDoH data not only possible but simple, visual, and powerful. By having the HIE and CRN interoperable, QHN can provide powerful analytics to communities and stakeholders. We will discuss the history of QHN that led to CRN and present the success that CRN has had in western Colorado helping improve care across the spectrum with a focus on social information exchange.
Melanie Matthews, CEO, Physicians of Southwest Washington, President, MultiCare Connected Care
Dive into the transformative realm of value-based care (VBC), uncovering its inherent advantages and strategic considerations. This session will explore how leveraging data can decisively guide providers in their adoption of VBC models, emphasizing improved patient outcomes and operational efficiencies. Equip yourself with the essential knowledge to confidently navigate the shift towards value-based models. Whether you’re a provider or practice contemplating the move, this session will empower you to thrive in the changing landscape of healthcare.
Is data governance similar to plain and boring old toast? Or is data governance an essential framework to ensuring information is shared, used, visualized and managed in accordance with not only state and federal laws, but individual privacy desires? This later sounds more interesting than plain old toast. Data governance is nuanced, more like a beautifully crafted toast such as an avocado and smoked Alaskan salmon toast with pea flowers, and himalayan sea salt on artisan bread.
This panel will discuss both the basics and intricacies of data governance and data sovereignty. Speakers bring inspiring and true life stories that include state government, tribal health systems, and health technologists. This meaningful conversation is not to be missed!
Health TIE is an Alaskan-based healthcare innovation hub that identifies relevant innovations for Alaska’s healthcare systems, connecting innovators with Alaska providers interested in piloting creative solutions.
Healthcare technology surrounds healthcare providers and patients and includes everything from diagnostics, to digital therapeutics, wearable devices, and remote monitoring. It allows patients’ care to extend beyond the walls of clinicians’ offices and into their day-to-day lives. Now we need to go beyond simply collecting data to using it more effectively. Collecting new, insightful data or improved use of existing data is at the forefront of many new technical solutions.
Pilot projects de-risk experimentation and introduce new approaches for addressing difficult health and social problems. Three recent pilot projects will be used as examples to illustrate the exciting possibilities – and challenges – of using data to improve care for those with Opioid Use Disorder, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and those with Traumatic Brain Injuries.
Gene Quinn, Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute, HECAK Board President, Representative of Private Medical Care Providers
Summit attendees are invited to join the healthEconnect Alaska Board of Directors at our Annual Meeting following the Summit’s conclusion. This is a great opportunity to engage with our leadership, provide your valuable input, and learn more about our strategic initiatives for the upcoming year.