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2024 EVENT AGENDA

2024 EVENT SESSION LIST

Monday, March 25, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:00 AMBreakfast
8:00 AM - 4:30 PMRegistration Desk Open
8:00 AM - 6:30 PMSponsor Exhibits Open
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMEnhancing Occupational Medicine Efficiency: Streamlining Data Input and Documentation Processes
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMIntegrating EMR Workflows into Urgent Care Triage Standard Work
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMRevealing Lab Result Values in SlicerDicer: A Closer Look at Epic vs. Custom Slicer Dicer Data Models
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM"There is no place like home": Dorothy and Comfort Implementation at Duke HomeCare and Hospice
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMPatient Portal Utilization Among Rural Eastern North Carolina Patients
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMQuality Tracking for Radiologist and Tech QA
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMFastTrack BPA Success: Triple Your Action Taken in 3 Months or Less!
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMTraining Dashboards: Go-Live Metrics Simplified
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMExperiences & Lessons Learned: Nuance DAX Ambient Dictation
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMUsing SmartForms for Improved Provider Documentation and Patient Outcomes
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMSDOH: More than a Measure - Improving Overall Health Outcomes
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMSmartUser Day 1, Session 1: SmartUser Introduction (MD201)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMOptimizing Internal Medicine Residency Documentation: Aligning Note Templates with CMS Guidelines for Enhanced Efficiency and Resident Satisfaction
9:00 AM - 11:50 AMPayer Platform
9:00 AM - 11:50 AMCIO/CMIO Round Table
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMScheduling Patient Appointments within Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) and Long-Term Care (LTC) as a Clinician within EPIC
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMIncorporating an EHR Efficiency Elective into a Family Resident Program
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMMolding Dorothy & Rover to Meet EVV
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMHello World
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMCT Coronary with FFRct, a Noninvasive Tool Helping Patients Get Diagnosis of CAD
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMSuccessful Implementation of Pregnancy Care Companion
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMBest Practice Alerts for Pre Diabetes and Diabetes
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMMountains to Sea - System Transparency in the Analytics Portfolio
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMImplementing High-Value Care with Ambulatory Costs Transparency (ACT): Improving Provider Awareness of Orders Expenses
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMEHR Education in a Post-COVID World
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMWorking with Generative AI in Epic
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMOptimizing Hypertension Control: A Data-Driven Approach in Primary Care and Cardiology Clinics
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMSmartUser Day 1, Session 2: SmartUser Orders (MD206)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMHEDIS Implementation/Validation Troubleshooting
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMSmartUser Day 1, Session 3: Introduction to Smart Tools (MD220)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMOptimizing Patient Care: The Strategic Conversion of Inpatient Departments to an ASAP platform
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMNutrition: It’s Only Good If You Get It. How Atrium Health Addressed a 22% Nutrition Documentation Compliance Rate and the Issues Inaccuracies Create.
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMSocial Determinants of Health: One Year Later and Planning Ahead
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMBeyond the 5 Rights
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMHarmonization of Two Epic Systems: What It Takes for Training To Be in Accord
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMRisky Business: Communicating Risk in Patient Care
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMFertility Protocol SmartForm
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMTime to Hit Refresh on Ambulatory SmartTexts!
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMEnhancing Real-Time Data Collection and Clinical Reporting in Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Labs Through EPIC Procedure Log and Interface Optimization
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMErrorless Registrations: Building your Checklist To Promote Correct Registrations and Reduce Backend Burden
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMEpic User Efficiency Integrated with Power BI
11:45 AM - 1:00 PMLunch - Sponsored by Nuance + Microsoft
1:00 PM - 2:45 PMGeneral Session: Cool Stuff Ahead - Presented by Epic
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMThe Benefits of Using NC Notify+ for Case Management Post Discharge Outreach
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMSmartUser Day 1, Session 4: Reviewing the Chart (MD203)
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMNew Ways To Use Old Tools: Expanding the Use of CER Rules to Simplify Clinical Documentation
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMImproving Efficiency and Clinician Satisfaction with the EHR: Informatics Solutions at a Micro and Macro Level That Maximize the Value of Your EHR (Advice From Physicians Who Don’t Hate Their EHR)
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMIn Basket: Sowing the Seed for Improvement
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMHow Clinical Informatics Led an Epic Go-Live Backload
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMImplementing HEDIS Measures for NC Managed Medicaid Populations
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMDo You Think You Can Be a Magician? Developing a Credentialed Trainer Program
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMCreating Efficiencies in Utilization Management Using Patient Lists and Clinical Scoring
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMImplementation, Outcomes, and Evolution of a Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff Program
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMDAX Copilot - Real World Experience
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMDriving Rev Cycle Automation via Epic Pulse
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMCIO Overview and CNIO Overview Dashboards: Epic Metrics on a Browser
3:00 PM - 4:50 PMHIM Round Table
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMProviders/Provider Builders
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMClinDoc, Stork, Dorothy/Comfort, BH, LTC
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMSecurity, Care Everywhere, Bridges, EpicCareLink
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM EpicCare Ambulatory 
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMOrders, Beaker
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMWillow, Beacon, Research
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMMy Chart, My Chart Bedside, Care Companion, TeleConsult, Video Visits
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMASAP – Emergency Services
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMGrand Central/Cadence
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMPeriOp/OpTime/Anesthesia
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMRadiology - Radiant/Cupid/Lumens
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMReporting/Analytics/Project Management
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMRev Cycle – Resolute HB/PB
4:45 PM - 6:30 PMNetworking Reception with Sponsors
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
7:15 AM - 8:00 AMBreakfast
7:15 AM - 2:00 PMSponsor Exhibits Open
7:15 AM - 2:00 PMRegistration Desk Open
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMUse of BPA Acknowledgement Data to Refine Clinical Decision Support Tools for Pediatric Obesity Management
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMEnhancing eLearning Production Efficiency: Integrating AI Speech with Adobe Captivate by creating a tool that converts e-learning scripts to MP3 Audio Output via Google Text-to-Speech
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMImplementation of Involuntary Commitment and Chain of Custody Documentation Workflows
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMDon’t Forget About Your Clinical Team Members – Creating an Advanced In Basket Course
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMClosing the Loop: Critical Lab Result Communication using Automated Epic Notifications
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMDeveloping a Collaborative Approach to Change Management Governance
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMDo You Speak Data? Do You Speak AI?
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMAll Things Chart Correction, or Maybe Just the Big Things
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMVirtually Yours: Primary Care eVisits via MyAtriumHealth’s Symptom Checker
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMSmartUser Day 2, Session 1: Ambulatory Quick Wins (AMBMD202)
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMGoing Face-To-Face: A Multidisciplinary Solution to Restraint Compliance
8:00 AM - 8:50 AMCalculated Change: Simplifying Clinical Decision-Making for the Heparin Calculator
8:00 AM - 9:50 AMSDOH Round Table
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMEarly Experience with Generative AI for Patient Communication
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMUse of Data to Influence Provider Behavior
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMPost-Foley Removal Care Path: Gamifying a Dynamic Algorithm To Facilitate Acceptance and Compliance To Improve Patient Outcomes
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMSmartUser Day 2, Session 2: In Basket (MD207)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMIncorporating Document Template Functionality for Release of Information in the Revenue Cycle
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMRevolutionizing Geriatric Care: Implementation of Geriatric Assessments with Actionable Tasks into ED Workflows
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMTransitional Case Management Workflow Optimization
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMWeighing in on Gravimetrics (and Picture Taking)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMCreating a SlicerDicer Community: Engaging Users and Reducing Development Cycle Time through Reporting Office Hours
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMExcessive Diagnostic Testing: Navigating the Challenges of Overutilization and Finding a Way to Improve Patient Care
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMEpic Tips & Usability with a Neurodivergent Perspective
9:00 AM - 9:50 AMThe Common Prioritization Framework - A Value-based Scoring Mechanism
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMEpic Care Paths for Inpatient Quality & Process Improvement
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMNovant Health’s Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Model for E-consults and Consultations
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMImplementing the Updated Health Maintenance Activity
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMSmartUser Day 2, Session 3: SmartTools Part 1 – SmartLinks (MD224)
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMThe Butterfly Effect on Nursing: Downsizing Nursing Documentation
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMUnderstanding and Implementing SDOH Assessments
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMWillow Inpatient Epic To Epic Harmonization – Writing The Song
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMDischarge Complexity Score
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMHIM - Lypo Your Scanning
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMImplementing and Managing Connectivity to the MPOG Anesthesia Registry
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMTo Sepsis Screening and Beyond
10:00 AM - 10:50 AMLeveraging Registry Data with SlicerDicer
10:00 AM - 11:50 AMNC RUG - Interoperability
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMDashing through Data: Implementation of an Inpatient Decentralized Pharmacy Workload Dashboard
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMRollin' with Rover
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMAn Epic Journey: Implementing Epic at 5 SNFs in 2 Months - Challenges and Successes
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMBuild and Implementation of a Behavioral Health Acuity Index
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMStreamlining Transitional Patient Care through EpicCare Link
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMMaking the Most of your External Data
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMED and Floor Handoff to Pre-Op
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMUsing Successful Connection Rate in Evaluating Value for Social Health Access Referral Platforms (SHARP)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMUNC Regional Preference Lists
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMUsing Predictive Analytics to Power Secondary Hypertension Clinical Decision Support
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMTraining Beyond Access Requirements
11:00 AM - 11:50 AMSmartUser Day 2, Session 4: SlicerDicer (MD212)
11:45 AM - 1:00 PMLunch
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMSDOH Requirements - A Collaborative Approach
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMLearn a TON with F1
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMImplementing Cancel Rx Wins and Lessons Learned
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMImplementation of Obstetric Emergency Department, MFTI, & FCC
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMConcierge Provider Onboarding
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMRule Your Patient Lists
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMCapturing Referral Prescriptions with Willow Inventory 340B Accumulators
1:00 PM - 1:50 PMCosmos Roundtable