Success Enabled by Experience: How We Used Past Obstacles to Move Forward: 02.22, 8:30-9:30am

Technology is no stranger to Kaiser Permanente. The organization has attempted to deploy an EHR a few times, the last being successful. This session will tell that story, which goes back decades.

Time:
Wednesday, February 22, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Speaker Information:
Philip R. Fasano, Senior VP and CIO at Kaiser Permanente (KP); and
Jack Cochran, MD, Executive Director at Kaiser Permanente.

Objectives:
  • Explain how to use past failures to create success in health IT;
  • Review how to leverage all stakeholder--frontline workers to executives--to most effectively roll out a program-wide system; and
  • Describe the role of physicians and clinicians in the success of KP HealthConnect.

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