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Premier Healthcare Alliance Experts to Discuss Health Reform and Technology

Strategic Insights

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Leaders from the Premier healthcare alliance will engage in national discussions throughout April on health reform, healthcare information technology (HIT), accountable care organizations (ACOs), and supply chain improvement. The experts will share their insights and expertise at various events across the country, focusing on collaborative efforts to enhance healthcare quality and cost-effectiveness.

Key Takeaways:

  • Premier and IBM are developing a first-in-the-industry healthcare data sharing model and platform, enabling collaboration among hospitals, doctors, and outpatient clinics in support of accountable care and performance improvement.
  • The Premier Accountable Care Implementation Collaborative has developed an industry standard information management capability road map for coordinating accountable care, with 28 health systems, over 120 hospitals, and 5,000 physicians across 23 states participating.
  • Denise Hatzidakis, Premier's chief technology officer, discussed the collaboration with IBM at the IBM Impact Conference in Las Vegas on April 10, highlighting the combined expertise and technologies driving the healthcare data sharing model.
  • Jeff Petry, Premier's Vice President of Business Development, will discuss the HIT implications of ACOs and strategies organizations are taking at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's spring meeting in Wilmington, N.C., on April 15.
  • Danielle Lloyd, Premier's senior director of reimbursement policy, will share insights on payment and payor partnership models that work, as well as risk contracting, at the Catholic Health Initiatives meeting in Denver on April 13.
  • Daniel Dawes, Premier's manager of federal affairs, will give an update on health reform and discuss the impact of drug pricing, home care, and other healthcare issues at the Vitaline Symposium in Danville, Pa., on April 29.
  • Keith Ferguson, principal of Premier Consulting Solutions, will discuss the effect of the new healthcare law on the supply chain at the Kentucky Society for Healthcare Purchasing and Materials Management in Lexington, Ky., on April 14.
  • Jim Voigtlander, Premier's Senior Director of Product Management, will discuss ICD-10 coding at the Center for Biomedical Informatics in Philadelphia on April 29.

Statistics:

  • Over 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 73,000+ other healthcare sites are part of the Premier healthcare alliance.
  • The alliance maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial, and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network.
  • 28 health systems, over 120 hospitals, and 5,000 physicians across 23 states are participating in the Premier Accountable Care Implementation Collaborative.

Sources:

  • Premier healthcare alliance press release, available at [http://www.premierinc.com](http://www.premierinc.com).
  • IBM Impact Conference, Las Vegas, April 10.
  • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's spring meeting, Wilmington, N.C., April 15.
  • Catholic Health Initiatives meeting, Denver, April 13.
  • Vitaline Symposium, Danville, Pa., April 29.
  • Kentucky Society for Healthcare Purchasing and Materials Management, Lexington, Ky., April 14.
  • Center for Biomedical Informatics, Philadelphia, April 29.
  • Biotech Week editors, April 10.

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