THE PREMIER INVITATION-ONLY EVENT FOR CHIEF DATA OFFICERS IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
📅February 11-12, 2025
📍 Le Méridien Dania Beach, Fort Lauderdale
Agenda Day 2
8:00 am - 8:30 am
EVENT REGISTRATION & COFFEE
8:30 am - 8:40 am
OPENING ADDRESS FROM THE CHAIR
Kerri Webster -
Chief Analytics Officer,
Children's Hospital, Colorado
8:40 am - 8:45 am
LIVE POLLS
8:45 am - 9:30 am
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: BEYOND REGULATION: CRAFTING A UNIFIED DATA STRATEGY INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS MODELS TO ACHIEVE LAST MILE INTEROPERABILITY IN HEALTHCARE
Kerri Webster -
Chief Analytics Officer,
Children's Hospital, Colorado
Mayil Dharmarajan - VP of Data and Analytics, UCI Health
Stephen Espy - Chief Data Officer and Director Office of Informatics and Analytics, Tennessee Department of Health
What does it really take to make this happen? Data leaders in the sector are working with the same slide deck, join us to hear how the combination of regulatory compliance, technology, architecture, business model and change management, can come together to allow you to execute your vision. Beyond just compliance with TEFCA, FHIR and HL7 how do you ensure effective implementation and execution considering the deterrents for data sharing and movement in the sector? Data standards and APIs are thought to enable seamless data exchange across stakeholders (payers, providers, patient advocates). The issue comes out of the practical requirements of the sector to invest in purpose-built solutions to solve issues specific to their enterprise.
- Hear about the KPIs enterprises in the sector are monitoring to demonstrate strategic alignment of incentives for data sharing and adoption
- Discover why peers are first redefining enterprise-wide data governance to balance privacy, security, and data quality to enable interoperability
- Ascertain the effectiveness of various tech solutions to help overcome challenges like bifurcation of data sources, managing diverse partners, and regional HIEs
Stephen Espy
Chief Data Officer and Director Office of Informatics and AnalyticsTennessee Department of Health
9:30 am - 10:00 am
CASE STUDY PRESENTATION: THE JOURNEY TO ACHIEVING HIMSS AMAM STAGE 7 ACCREDITATION
Ryan Sousa -
Interim Chief Data and Analytics Officer,
Children's Minnesota
10:05 am - 10:35 am
ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS
10:40 am - 11:10 am
ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS
11:15 am - 11:45 am
ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS
10:05 am - 10:35 am
UNLOCKING HEALTHCARE DATA TO DRIVE REGULATORY AND INDUSTRY INITIATIVES – THE CASE FOR DATA MODERNIZATION
Rashmi Gupta -
Partner, Data & Technology Transformation, HCLS,
IBM
As healthcare data continues to grow at an exponential rate, the ability to access, connect, integrate, and analyze these datasets has become a critical priority for the industry. Whether addressing regulatory requirements like price transparency, interoperability, and data portability, supporting industry goals such as value-based care and improved outcomes, or responding to competitive pressures like customer acquisition and retention, the demand for secure, accessible, and interoperable data remains one of the sector's most pressing challenges. Join our experts from IBM Consulting to explore the technology and business solutions that are driving real change and tangible outcomes across the healthcare industry.
10:40 am - 11:10 am
COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
11:15 am - 11:45 am
IS AI CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING OR SUPERSEDING TRADITIONAL BI REPORTING?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to significantly empower traditional Business Intelligence (BI) reporting but replacing it entirely might not always be practical or desirable. In this session debate the issues with AI for BI reporting your organization needs to be cognizant of.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
11:50 am - 12:35 pm
TABLE 1 - CLEAN AND CENTRALIZED DATA: THE BACKBONE OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN MODERN HEALTHCARE
Kelly Parker -
Senior Director, Sales Engineering,
Fivetran
Join Fivetran at the CDO Healthcare Exchange for a dynamic roundtable discussion on the pivotal role of centralized patient data in powering predictive analytics to improve patient outcomes. Learn from other senior data leaders as we discuss how to leverage predictive analytics to enhance care delivery while navigating its critical challenges such as ensuring data quality, managing vast and diverse datasets, and delivering real-time insights.
In this discussion, you will discover:
- The key obstacles hindering healthcare organizations from centralizing their data
- Best practices for leveraging healthcare data and how a strong data integration platform can simplify and accelerate predictive analytics
- Real-world examples of how predictive analytics is being used to improve patient outcomes
11:50 am - 12:35 pm
TABLE 2 - EVALUATING AI’S IMPACT ON PATIENT & MEMBER LIVES: STRATEGIC PRIORITIZATION AND REAL-WORLD SUCCESSES
Chris Puuri . -
Global Head of Healthcare and LIfe Sciences,
Hakkōda
Meghan Schrotenboer - Director, Client Services Healthcare & Life Sciences, Hakkōda
Meghan Schrotenboer - Director, Client Services Healthcare & Life Sciences, Hakkōda
With real-world examples and contrasting viewpoints on AI, this roundtable will ignite a dynamic debate about the hard questions of strategic prioritization, weighing patient outcomes against financial imperatives, and short-term gains against long-term innovation.
- Are we automating the worst parts of the patient and member journey instead of focusing on the essence of care?
- Does AI open up new economic opportunities for health systems and insurers or is that fools gold?
11:50 am - 12:35 pm
TABLE 3 - CITIZEN DATA SCIENTISTS: ENABLING NON-TECHNICAL USERS, THE LOW CODE, NO CODE REVOLUTION IN AI
Tze C Chiam -
Senior Director, Health Systems Analytics and Modeling,
Connecticut Children’s
12:35 pm - 1:35 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:35 pm - 2:05 pm
ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS
1:35 pm - 2:05 pm
COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
THINK TANK: DATA LITERACY FIRST- TACTICAL STEPS TO OVERCOME THE SECTOR’S RELUCTANCE TO A MUCH-NEEDED CULTURE CHANGE
Amanda Edelston Grasso -
Chief Data Officer,
Cook County Health
CDOs in the sector are fighting an uphill battle to overcome enterprise-wide resistance to change and encourage stakeholders to embrace data driven transformation. Focusing on data literacy programs, data leaders are starting with small, high-impact projects to demonstrate tangible benefits whilst engaging leadership to champion the cultural shift towards data-driven practices. On this journey your peers are taking onboard the lessons learned from other industries and adapting them to fit the sector by understanding the fundamental stressors, emphasizing data-driven approaches that can improve patient outcomes and quality of care.
- Debate successful change management models, communication strategies, and ways to build consensus among diverse stakeholders
- Hear about the impact of initiatives like investing in user-friendly tools and visualizations on the accessibility of data to non-technical staff
- Learn more about the value data leaders are putting on creating cross-functional teams to break down silos and encourage collaboration around data initiatives
- Explore ways to empower data citizenship within your organization by striking a balance between centralization and self-sufficiency.
2:45 pm - 2:50 pm
LIVE POLS
Data leaders in the sector are taking a gradual approach to AI/ML innovation, starting with lower risk use cases while developing frameworks to address the unique requirements of healthcare. CDOs are exploring modalities to build internal automation models to enhance patient data analysis by incorporating behavioral data sets from multiple sources.
- Learn how exactly automating data processes can improve accuracy and drive better patient outcomes.
- Discuss ways to effectively balance your people and hardware budgets when building internal AI/ML models
- Share ideas about the potential value of an internal model for different enterprises
- Debate the cost effectiveness of building rather than buying
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm
PLENARY PRESENTATION: DEPLOYING AI AND ML TO INCREASE INSIGHTS AND VISIBILITY
Data leaders in the sector are taking a gradual approach to AI/ML innovation, starting with lower risk use cases while developing frameworks to address the unique requirements of healthcare. CDOs are exploring modalities to build internal automation models to enhance patient data analysis by incorporating behavioral data sets from multiple sources.
- Learn how exactly automating data processes can improve accuracy and drive better patient outcomes.
- Discuss ways to effectively balance your people and hardware budgets when building internal AI/ML models
- Share ideas about the potential value of an internal model for different enterprises
- Debate the cost effectiveness of building rather than buying
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
PLENARY PRESENTATION: THE HEALTHCARE CDO’S DATA STRATEGY PLAYBOOK- A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF DATA BY FULFILLING ENTERPRISE DATA NEEDS
Dana Rollison -
Vice President, Chief Data Officer (VP, CDO) and Associate Center Director (ACD) of Data Science,
Moffitt Cancer Center
In this session, we will explore the holistic data strategy implemented at Moffitt, addressing the diverse data needs across administration, research, and clinical domains. We will discuss the approach to surveying the landscape of data use cases, focusing on a North Star use case to guide improvements in various data domains. By strategically investing in data curation—whether through manual efforts, NLP-derived methods, or innovative workflow integrations—the aim is to enhance the quality and efficiency of downstream analytics. Gain insights into the development and execution of the data strategy, highlighting the role of AI as a tool for driving the use cases and the importance of a strategic approach to data investment.
- Learn about the process put in place by other data leaders to assess the maturity and robustness of their data and analytics strategy and share insights of strategic shifts tailored to an organization’s needs.
- Discover peer best practice for adapting to evolving technology and aligning capabilities with healthcare goals.
- Hear about the real or expected outcomes of strategic alignment and collaboration in the sector
Dana Rollison
Vice President, Chief Data Officer (VP, CDO) and Associate Center Director (ACD) of Data ScienceMoffitt Cancer Center
