This year, conference presentations will feature a topic-based approach. The broad categories noted below should encourage a larger and diverse audience to come together to discuss best practices and share solutions.

Web Ambulatory
Topics include:
•    Revenue Cycle Management
•    Medication Reconciliation
•    Integration
•    Build Strategy (Location vs. Facility)
•    Health Management

Patient Engagement
Topics include:
•    Portal Use
•    Remote Scheduling
•    Telehealth
•    Patients updating their medical records
•    Patient wearables / Devices Integration
•    Questionnaires
•    Application Programming Interface (API)

Population Health
Topics include:
•    New Payment Models
•    Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
•    MEDITECH Tools:  Surveillance, Registries, Health Maintenance
•    Clinical Documentation Information (CDI) / Concurrent Coding / Physician Query Form (PQF)
•    Data Exchange (Home Health; Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF))
•    Transitions of Care

Regulatory
Topics include:
•    MACRA (The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
•    MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System)
•    Promoting Interoperability
•    Public Health Reporting (Immunizations; Syndromic Surveillance; Lab Reporting)
•    Opioid Stewardship / Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
•    340B Drug Discount Program

Revenue Cycle
Topics include:
•    Admissions and patient access
•    RCG (Revenue Cycle Group) vs B/AR
•    DMSD Reporting (Data Management Status Desktop)
•    FSD (Financial Status Desktop)
•    Charging on Documentation (Updating / Maintaining)
•    Materials Management and Supply Chain

Reporting / Analytics / Business Intelligence
Topics include:
•    BCA – Business & Clinical Analytics
•    DR – Data Repository
•    RD – Report Designer
•    NPR – Non-procedural Representation (report writer)

Infrastructure and Digital Security
Topics include:
•    Server Backup
•    Redundancy
•    Cloud Computing
•    Help Desk / Incident Management
•    Testing Data Recovery Process
•    Downtime Systems / Redundancy
•    Use of Hardware (including Scanners and Barcodes)
•    CMS Management

Patient Care
Topics include:
•    TAR - Transfusion Administration Record
•    Queued Orders
•    Shared Queries
•    Problem Lists
•    Universal Discharge
•    Handling drug shortage
•    Drug dictionary
•    Reference Labs
•    Oncology

Workflows
Topics include:
•    Surgery Ordering
•    Medication Reconciliation
•    Manage Transfer
•    Bed Board / Environmental Services
•    Ambulatory Surgery Center vs. Hospital-based
•    24/7 Pharmacy
•    Use of Scribes
•    Anesthesia Integration

6.x / Expanse
Topics include:
•    Standard Content
•    Dictionary / Naming Convention
•    Pre- and Post-Implementation

Culture
Topics include:
•    Support Model of Multiple Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
•    Staff Experience
•    Training / Elbow Support
•    Human Resources
•    Change Management
•    Inspiration / Innovation

SUR – MEDITECH’s Surgery module

Critical Care – MEDITECH’s Critical Care module

PCM - MEDITECH’s Physician Care Manager module