Events

Thank you to everyone that attended the Fall into IT seminar today! If you missed it, please scroll down to see a recording of the speakers and presentation.

Where: Online Tech's Ann Arbor 2 Data Center

When: Friday, September 14th, 2012

Lunch will be provided at the seminar, as well as guided data center tours of our newest Ann Arbor data center.

We will also be livestreaming the presentations - if you can't attend in person, this is the perfect way to join us remotely.

Agenda:

Presentations

The Impact of Compliance

Presented by: Tatiana Melnik, Attorney, Dickinson Wright, PLLC

This presentation covers the legal and regulatory impact many companies are facing including the most common types of compliance. The increasing need for multi-compliance will be discussed. For example, hospitals processing patient payments online need to meet both HIPAA and PCI compliance; and banks that offer a health savings account need to be Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and HIPAA compliant.

BYOD: From Concept to Reality

Presented by: Kirk Larson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Children’s Hospital Central California

During this presentation Kirk Larson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Children’s Hospital Central California, will explain how the Children’s Hospital of Central California uses a virtual environment to securely manage a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) environment without jeopardizing sensitive data.

Pocket Healthcare: The Promise and Challenges of Mobile Health

Presented by: Predrag Klasnja, Assistant Professor, School of Information at the University of Michigan

Mobile phones are becoming an increasingly important platform for the delivery of health interventions. Phones are used to encourage physical activity and healthy diets, to monitor symptoms of asthma, heart disease, and chemotherapy side effects, and to send patients reminders to take medications and to attend appointments. In this talk, Predrag will discuss why mobile phones are particularly well suited for creation of innovative and effective health interventions, the types of interventions that have been tried so far and the outcomes such interventions are able to achieve, and some of the challenges involved in making mobile health an integral part of the way we deliver healthcare services.

Presenter Biographies

Kirk Larson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Children’s Hospital Central California

Kirk Larson is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Children’s Hospital Central California, one of the 10 largest pediatric hospitals in the country. Kirk has spent his entire career in healthcare and technology. He has consulting experience with the Big Five firm Arthur Andersen; vendor experience with the largest pure play HCIS company, Cerner Corporation; and provider experience as the CIO of two different hospitals in California. Academically, he holds a Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from North Central College.

Tatiana Melnik, Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC

Tatiana Melnik is an attorney with the Dickinson Wright law firm. Her practice focuses on information technology, healthcare information technology, intellectual property and privacy issues. Ms. Melnik sits on the Michigan Bar Information Technology Law Council, the Automation Alley Information Technology Committee, and is a Managing Editor of the Nanotechnology Law & Business Journal. Ms. Melnik holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, a B.S. in Information Systems and B.B.A. in International Business, both from the University of North Florida. Ms. Melnik regularly writes and speaks on issues surrounding healthcare information technology.

Predrag Klasnja, Assistant Professor, School of Information at University of Michigan

Predrag "Pedja" Klasnja is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He works at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Health Informatics, investigating how new technologies can help individuals to effectively manage their health in everyday life. Pedja holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Washington, where he was also a National Library of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical and Health Informatics.