Agenda: Becker's 10th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting: The Future of Business and Clinical Technologies

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration & Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:35 - 10:00 AM	Sessions
10:00 - 10:30 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 12:05 PM	Sessions
12:15 - 1:15 PM	Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

1:20 - 2:50 PM	Sessions
2:50 - 3:10 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
6:30 - 8:30 PM	Speaker's Dinner

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration & Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:35 - 10:00 AM	Sessions
10:00 - 10:30 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 12:05 PM	Sessions
12:15 - 1:15 PM	Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

1:20 - 2:50 PM	Sessions
2:50 - 3:10 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
11:00 AM		Networking Opportunities	Registration Opens
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. EHRs of the Future: Smart Investments for Forward-Thinking Systems	John Doulis, MD, MBBS, Grad.DIP, Vice President, Data Services and Technology Innovation, HCA Healthcare Tina Esposito, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Officer, Advocate Health Gurmeet Sran, MD, Chief Clinical Data Science Officer, CommonSpirit Health
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. AI Regulatory Roadmaps for 2026	Praveen Chopra, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Emplify Health Patti Cuartas, DMSc, PA-C, MBA, PMP, FACHE, ACHIP, Executive Director and Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Laura Prietula, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	01	Panel	1. The Next Evolution of 'Hospital at Home'	Eric Alper, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Clinical Informatics Officer, UMass Memorial Health Michael Nassif, MD, Medical Director, Saint Luke's Hospital In Your Home Heather O'Sullivan, APRN, President, Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home Stephen Parodi, MD, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Communications and Brand, Kaiser Permanente Federation
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	02	Panel	2. Embracing Venture Capital: Health Systems' Role in Startup Ecosystems	Bo Wilkes, President, Ballad Ventures
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	03	Panel	3. Optimize RCM: Mastering Denials, Charge Capture and Management Excellence	Shalondan Hollingshed, Corporate Director, Revenue Cycle, Emory Healthcare LaTika Nelson, MBA, Deputy Director, Operations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Michelle Tutem Greame, PA-C, MSHS, Assistant Vice President, Revenue Integrity, Inova Health System Sandy Pope, Senior Advisor, Epic Business Architecture, Indiana University Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	04	Panel	4. IT Spend Strategy to Hit 2026 Financial Targets	Kalan Blair, Senior IT Director, Revenue Cycle Applications, LCMC Health Aimmon Lago, MHA, MS, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle and Population Health Systems, Stanford Health Care
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	06	Panel	6. Balancing Budgets and Resources for Meaningful ROI on Tech	Steve Eckert, FACHE, CHCIO, MBA, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Cook Children’s Health Care System Bryan Graven, Chief Information Officer and Executive Director ITS, Waterbury Health and Eastern CT Health Network Nirmit Kothari, MD, MPH, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Baptist Memorial Hospital – Memphis Brenna Duncan, MBA, CDH-L, Senior Director, Information Services, Information Management, Revenue Cycle, Scripps Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	07	Panel	7. Harnessing Gamification to Transform Patient Engagement	Michael O'Neal, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Monroe Campus, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine Department, Ochsner LSU Health System Kris Seymour, Director, Transformation and Project Management Operations, WellStar Health System
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	08	Panel	8. Staying at the Forefront of Innovation Adoption	Gregory Bryant, Chief Information Officer, Gov Juan F Luis Hospital Ray Chung, Vice President, Clinical IT Solution Delivery, Providence Melissa Cohen, Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer, Cayuga Health System Isaiah Nathaniel, CPHIMS, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Delaware Valley Community Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	09	Panel	9. Digital Health and AI's Role in Improving Patient Care	Matthew Anderson, MD, Senior Medical Director, Primary Care, Virtual Health and Continuing Health, Advocate Health Madhusmita Behera, PhD, Chief Research Informatics Officer, Emory Healthcare; Chief Informatics and Data Officer, Winship Cancer Institute Calvin Gardner, BS, MBA, MSBA, Director, Operations, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	10	Panel	10. Ethical Boundaries in AI: Navigating Responsible Use in Healthcare	Joseph Izzo, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, San Joaquin General Hospital Bharat Magu, MD, MHA, FACP, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Onvida Health Juan C. Rojas, MD, MS, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer and Assistant Professor, Rush University System for Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	11	Panel	11. Accelerating Innovation Adoption: Transforming Healthcare with New Technologies	Afroz Hafeez, MD, MBA, Manager, Telemedicine, Rush University Medical Center Kim Malinowski, RN, Senior Director, Nursing Informatics, Orlando Health Joey Seliski, Director, Digital Health Strategy and Operations, Allegheny Health Network Christine Fredric, Senior Executive Officer, Strategy and Growth, West Florida Division, AdventHealth
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Cybersecurity Costs and Risk Assessment: What to Expect in the Next 12 Months	Jeff Gautney, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Rush University System for Health Charles Podesta, Chief Information Officer, Renown Health Craig Richardville, Chief Digital and Information Officer
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Where Sharp Data Analytics Moves the Needle in Value-based Care	Finly Zachariah, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer and Medical Director, Informatics and Value-based Supportive Care, City of Hope
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	01	Panel	1. Virtual Nursing: Fad or Future?	Nancy J. Beale, PhD, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA, Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Catholic Health Monique Diaz, MD, Region Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer - California, CommonSpirit Health Paul Testa, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, NYU Langone Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	02	Panel	2. What's Next for Ambient AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Systems	Penni Kyte, Digital Care Strategy Officer, Ballad Health Clara Lin, MD, Associate Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Seattle Children's Maritza Suarez, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, University of Miami Health System
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	03	Panel	3. Confronting Today's Revenue Cycle Challenges	Alena Hill, Senior Director, Pre-Service Revenue Cycle, Michigan Medicine Josh St. Juliana, Revenue Cycle Product Manager, Providence Ashley Toney, Enterprise Director, Correspondence, Advocate Health Joseph Zehler, Director, Specialty Physician Revenue Cycle, St. Joseph's/ Candler Health System
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	04	Panel	4. Health System M&A Unplugged: The Secrets to Streamlined IT Integration	Tim Heinrich, Chief Financial Officer, Thorek Memorial Hospital
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	05	Panel	5. Is EHR Industry Consolidation Good for Healthcare?	John Henderson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Digital Officer, Children's Hospital of Orange County TJ Malseed, Chief Information Officer, Keck Medicine of USC Bruce Rogen, MD, MPH, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Cleveland Clinic Employee Health Plan; Chair, Cleveland Clinic Quality Alliance John Wilcox, Chief Information Officer, Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	07	Panel	7. Transforming Patient Experience: The Role of Health IT Leaders	Patrice Callagy, RN, MPH, MSN, Vice President, Emergency Services, Stanford Health Care Cherodeep Goswami, Chief Information and Digital Officer, UW Health Christopher G. Maloney, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President, Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer, and Physician-in-Chief, Children's Nebraska; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center John Supra, Chief Digital Health and Analytics Officer, Cone Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	08	Panel	8. Where IT and Clinical AI Meet: Big Ideas to Spark Future Innovation	Isil Arican, Executive Director, Clinical Applications and Technology, Stanford Health Care Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief AI and Chief Information Officer, Seattle Children's Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, ABP-CI, FHIMSS, CHCQM, Chief Medical Officer, Staten Island Performing Provider System Josh Wilda, MPA, CHIO, CDH-E, Regional Chief Digital and Information Officer, University of Michigan Health-Regional Network
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	09	Panel	9. Beyond the Buzzword: Key Projects Expanding Access and Driving Results	Lacey Benford, MBA, Director, Strategy and Innovation, Lifepoint Health Jasmine Bishop, Managing Director, MedStar Telehealth Innovation Center, MedStar Health Mari Findley, RN, MPA, Director, Care Transition, Shriners Hospitals For Children Twin Cities Zsolt Kulcsar, DO, MPH, MBA, System Medical Director, Virtual Health, Lee Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	10	Panel	10. AI Anxieties: Strategies to Reduce and Educate	Howard Haronian, MD, FACC, Senior Vice President, System Physician Executive, Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute Darrell Keeling, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Parkview Health Barbara Thompson, Chief Medical Officer, Mary Bridge Health Network
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	11	Panel	11. Building a Foundation: Key Considerations for Scaling AI in Healthcare	Aditya Bhasin, Vice President, Software and Chief, Web Systems, Stanford Health Care and Stanford School of Medicine Tres Leonard, Chief Information Officer, Wabash General Hospital Sitt Paing, MD, Chief Information Officer, Pun Hlaing Hospitals Ginny L. Torno, MBA, PMP, Executive Director, Innovation and IT Clinical Systems, Houston Methodist
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - Troy Aikman	Troy Aikman, Pro Football Hall of Fame Quarterback, Emmy-nominated Broadcaster, and Voice of ESPN’s Monday Night Football
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Opening Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM		Fireside Chat	3. Fireside Chat - Joe Moscola, EVP of Enterprise Services at Northwell Health	Joe Moscola, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services, Northwell Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. 'Expand Access' is More Than a Buzzword: The Projects Driving Big Results	Eve Cunningham, MD, MBA, Group Vice President and Chief, Virtual Care and Digital Health, Providence Regina Foley, PhD, MBA, RN, Executive Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive and Chief Transformation and Integration Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health Jaime Mathews, MBA, Vice President, Patient Access and Experience, CommonSpirit Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Where Healthcare Interoperability is Headed Next	Andrew Cha, MD, Regional Chief Medical Information Officer - Great Lakes Region, AdventHealth
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	01	Panel	1. IT Solutions for Reducing 'Pajama Time'	Rebecca Mishuris, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Mass General Brigham
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	02	Panel	2. AI Myths and Misconceptions: How to Cultivate Buy-in for AI-Powered Solutions	Omkar Kulkarni, MPH, Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Digital Officer, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Scott Maclean, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, MedStar Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	04	Panel	4. Transforming the Revenue Cycle with a Human-Centric Approach to Collections	Kemberly Blackledge, FACHE, DSc., Chief Revenue Officer, Nashville General Hospital Tabia Jackson-Sellers, Director, Patient Financial Services, Pullman Regional Hospital Marvin Mickelson Jr., System Director, Shared Revenue Cycle, The University of Kansas Health System
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	05	Panel	5. Revolutionizing Diagnostics and Care: Harnessing Technology's Innovative Potential	Matthew Breeden, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, SSM Health Pallavi Yadav, MBBS MHA CQPA, Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toledo Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	07	Panel	7. Digital Marketing in 2026: The Most Interesting Ideas to Make a Difference	Ryan Angelo, Director, Integrated Marketing, Sanford Health Meredith Herzing, Digital Engagement Senior Communications Manager, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Hillery Shay, MBA, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer and Senior Vice President, Communications, Children's Minnesota
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	08	Panel	8. Hospital at Home: Why the Top Organizations Stand Out	Michael Maniaci, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Advanced Care at Home, Mayo Clinic Jatin Dave, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	09	Panel	9. Next-Gen EHRs: Navigating the Shift to Intelligent Documentation	Carmella Cassetta, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, HOAG Health System Adriana A. Guzman, MBA, MISM, MPA, Chief Information Officer, Loretto Hospital Darius J. Love, DNP, MHA, RN, CENP, Assistant Vice President, Workforce Optimization and Redesign, Orlando Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	10	Panel	10. Healthcare AI: Successes and Best Practices	Justin Coran, PHD, Chief Analytics Officer, Renown Health Divya Pathak, Chief Data Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals Nallan Sriraman, Chief Technology Officer, Mass General Brigham
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	11	Panel	11. Addressing AI Concerns in Healthcare: Strategies for Overcoming Fear	Steven Pearman, MD, Senior Advisor, Clinical Optimization, Sentara Health Joshua Tarkoff, MD, MBA, Physician, IT Director, Nicklaus Children's Health System Amy Zolotow, Director, Operations, Mercy Personal Physicians
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	01	Fireside Chat	1. Dynamic Duo: How CIOs and CFOs Collaborate Best	Robert Flannery, Chief Financial Officer, UW Health Cherodeep Goswami, Chief Information and Digital Officer, UW Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	03	Panel	3. Tackling Revenue Cycle Hurdles	Erin Hodson, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Inova Health System Heather Welch, RHIA, CHC, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle, Firelands Health Leyland Telford, Assistant Director, Pharmacy Revenue Cycle, Mount Sinai Health System
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	04	Panel	4. Outsourcing RCM — When and How to Find a Partner	Stacey Benson, Director, Revenue Cycle Operations, Houston Methodist Physician Organization Sarah Knodel, Senior Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Baylor Scott & White Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	06	Panel	6. Regulatory Changes in Healthcare: New Norms and Ensuring Financial Health	Candice Abbott, MBA, RHIT, Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Healthcare District of Palm Beach County Lindsey Thompson, RN, BSN, MAS, Director, Value-Based Programs, Ascension St John Health System
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	07	Panel	7. AI at the Bedside: How the Tech Actually Helps Patient Care	Ryan Cameron, Ed.D., Vice President, Technology and Innovation, Information Technology, Children’s Nebraska J. Scott Smitherman, MD, MBA, Associate Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Providence Clinical Network Sheri Strobel, MSHI, CPA, Chief Information Officer, Chapters Health System Klaus Thaler, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	08	Panel	8. Remote Patient Monitoring: Transformative Advantage for Health Systems?	Priya Kumar, MD, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Self Regional Healthcare Ed Moore, President, Harrington Hospital, UMass Memorial Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	09	Panel	9. The Third-Party Cyberattack Playbook: How to Prevent and Endure an Attack	Sue Macut, Chief Information Technology and Security Officer, Roseland Community Hospital Shefali Mookencherry, MPH, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, University of Illinois Chicago Aaron Waldie, BA, CHFP, Director, Revenue Cycle, Margaret Mary Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	10	Panel	10. AI and Machine Learning: Transformative Forces in Patient Care	Komal Bajaj, MD, MS-HPEd, Chief Quality Officer/Med Dir Sustainability, NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB James Matera, DO, FACOI, ACPE, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, CentraState Medical Center Neil Ray, MD, MBA, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Duke University Medical Center
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	11	Panel	11. Shaping Healthcare's Future: Platform and AI Strategies Unveiled	Mark Hayes, MHA, MBA, Manager, Strategy Consulting, Mayo Clinic
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	01	Panel	1. How Healthcare Marketing Leaders Use Generative AI	Andrew Chang, Chief Marketing Officer, UChicago Medicine Paul Matsen, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Cleveland Clinic
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	02	Panel	2. Advancing Home-Based Care: Leveraging Technology and Overcoming IS Challenges	Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab and Emergency Physician, Mass General Hospital Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, FACP, SFHM, Chief Medical Information Officer, UChicago Medicine Mandy McGowan, RN, BA, Director, Home-Based Care Programs, UWHealth Margaret Paulson, DO, FACP, NWWI Medical Director, Advaced Care at Home and Home Health, Mayo Clinic Chrisanne Timpe, MD, Medical Director, Home Based medicine and In-Home Complex Care, HealthPartners Park Nicollet
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	03	Panel	3. Strategies to Improve Payer Relations	Robert Poznanovich, Chief Growth Officer, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Shaundas Reason, MBA, Director, Enterprise Cash Posting, Retail Pharmacy and Client/Specialty Billing, MUSC Health Chris Thomas, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Texas Children's Hospital
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	04	Panel	4. Protecting the Revenue Cycle: Innovations for the Next 5 Years	Jennifer Lavoie, RN, CPC, Director, Revenue Cycle Integrity, Rush University Medical Center Tanvir Sahsi, MD, MHA, Senior Director, Business Operations and Senior Director, Revenue Cycle, Neurosurgery Department, The Mount Sinai Health System Chris Abate, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle Analytics, Boston Medical Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	06	Panel	6. Smart Investments: Using Technology to Boost Profit Margins in Healthcare	Nonku Kunene, MPH, CPHQ, Director, Population Health Data Analytics, ChristianaCare Health System Allyssa Stevens, MHA, CSBI, Strategy Manager, Mayo Clinic Novella W. Thompson, MBA, MA, ALM-C, FACHE, Hospital Administrator, Population Health, Post-Acute Care and Continuum Home Health, University of Virginia Medical Center, UVA Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	07	Panel	7. The Hospital and Health System Marketing Campaign and Budget Trends Defining the Next 12 Months	Brian Deffaa, Chief Marketing Officer, LifeBridge Health David Simpkins, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Rochester Regional Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	08	Panel	8. Nursing: The Next Frontier for Generative AI	Marc Perkins-Carrillo, MSN, RN, NI-BC, NE-BC, HACP, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Moffitt Cancer Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	09	Panel	9. Generative AI: Hype or Reality?	Amy S. Kidane, MHSA, Operations Administrator, Mayo Clinic J.D. Whitlock, Chief Information Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	10	Panel	10. Where the EHR and AI Meet	Yuan Luo, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, Chief AI Officer, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Diane Constantine, MBA, MSN, NI-BC, NEA-BC, Director, Clinical Informatics, University of Maryland Medical System
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	11	Panel	11. Generative AI Insights: Reshaping Clinical Practice and Research	Rahul Kashyap, MD, MBA, FCCM, Medical Director, Research, WellSpan Health; Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic Suken Shah, MD, Regional Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK-monmouth; Director, Digital Transformation, Innovation and Strategy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Keynote Panel – Innovative EHR Solutions to Build Smarter and More Efficient	Chris Carmody, Chief Technology Officer, UPMC Sha Edathumparampil, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Baptist Health South Florida Michelle Stansbury, Vice President, Innovation and IT Applications, Houston Methodist
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Semi-Keynote Panel - AI Bias and Ethics in Healthcare: The Latest	Matt Morton, Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, University of Chicago Charlette Stallworth, MBA, Vice President, Business Development and Innovation, Stanford Medicine Children's Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	01	Panel	1. Best Tech to Relieve Clinician Burnout
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	02	Panel	2. The Future of Ambient AI: Key Challenges and Opportunities	Megna Kuverji, MHA, Operations Manager, Mayo Clinic Toyosi Olutade, MD, CPE, FHM, Chief Medical Officer, UnityPoint Health-Quad Cities
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	03	Panel	3. Cybersecurity and the Revenue Cycle: What RCM Leaders Need to Know	Miguel Vigo IV, MBA, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, UC San Diego Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	04	Panel	4. Buy or Build: Understanding When to Do What	Anthony Anani, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper TX Nikki Blaze, DHI, MBA, CPHIMS, RHIT, CCS, Assistant Vice President, Information Systems Clinical Applications, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Patrick Guffey, Chief Medical Information Officer, Children's Hospital Colorado Paul Chausse Jr., Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Maine Medical Center
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	05	Panel	5. The CIO's Role in IT Team Transformation	Pam Austin, MBA, CPHIMS, PMP, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ballad Health Tom Barnett, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care Raymond Lowe, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, AltaMed
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	07	Panel	7. Digital Marketing Team Overhaul: What Health Systems and Hospitals Need Today	Kendra Calhoun, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Communications and Digital Experience, Avera Health Courtney Coates Larned, Director, Digital Marketing and Analytics, LifeBridge Health Jaideep Deshpande, MBA, Executive Director, Strategy and Marketing, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois Chicago Susan Fiorella, Chief Strategy and Communications Officer, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Kalee Hildreth, Executive Director, Marketing Operations, UChicago Medicine
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	09	Panel	9. Navigating Physician Services, RVUs and Policy Shifts: Insights from Healthcare Leaders	Therese Guida, MSN, Regional Director, Clinical Service Line, Ascension Medical Group Illinois Heart & Vascular Samantha L. Klebe, DO, MBA, FACP, SFHM, Chief Medical Officer, Marshfield Clinic Health System Anthony Quan, MBA, Vice President Operations, Dignity Health Carol Yarbrough, MBA, CPC, OCS, CHC, Telehealth Business Operations Manager, UCSF Health System
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	10	Panel	10. Debunking AI Myths: Strategies for Gaining Stakeholder Buy-in on AI Solutions	Reba McVay, MBA, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, CNS, Center for Nursing Excellence, Wellstar Health System Nabile M. Safdar, MD, MPH, FSIIM, Interim Chief AI Officer, Associate Chief Healthcare Information Officer, Endowed Professor and Vice Chair, Informatics, Radiology and Imaging Sciences Department, Emory University
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	11	Panel	11. How Digital Health and AI Can Improve Patient Care	Ammon Fillmore, Associate Chief Legal Officer: Information and Technology, AdventHealth Lewis W. Marshall Jr., MS, MBA, MD, JD, FACP, FACHE, CPHQ, Chief Medical Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital Patrice Weiss, MD, Chief Medical Officer Prisma Health Medical Group Midlands and Chief Academic Officer, Prisma Health T.Y. Alvin Liu, MD, Endowed Professor, AI Oversight Team and Inaugural Director, James P. Gills Jr. MD and Heather Gills Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Keynote Panel – Future-Ready EHRs: Strategic Investments for Leading Organizations	Robert Bart, Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC Edwina Bhaskaran, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Systems and Informatics Officer, Mayo Clinic Michael Cui, MD, MBA, MS, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Rush University Medical Center
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Semi-Keynote Panel – Digital Strategies to Win in Competitive Markets From Top Health Systems	Philynn Hepschmidt, MEd, Vice President, Patient Access, Penn Medicine Sarah Poncelet, MBA, Chair, Strategy Consulting, Mayo Clinic Bill Sheahan, Executive Director, MedStar Institute for Innovation; Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, MedStar Health
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - TBA!
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	01	Panel	1. Developing AI Literacy Among Clinicians: Strategies for Effective Implementation	James M. Blum, MD, FCCM, Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Health Care Brian Patterson, MD, MPH, Physician Administrative Director, Clinical AI, UW Health Bennett Cheramie, MSN, RN, CHCIO, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Baton Rouge General Medical Center
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Digital Playbooks to Succeed in Competitive Markets	Kristen Dubesky, Vice President, Data, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System Michael Hasselberg, PhD, Chief Digital Health Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	02	Panel	2. Lessons Learned: Addressing and Mitigating AI Fears	Ryan Blackwell, Vice President and Chief Digital Modernization and Cloud Officer, Tufts Medicine Josh Glandorf, Chief Information Officer, UC San Diego Health Cole Zanetti, DO, MPH, Chief Health Informatics Officer, Ralph H. Johnson VA Healthcare System
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	03	Panel	3. EHR Roll-Out Cost Projections vs. Reality - What to Expect	Daniel Kuntzi, Director, Information Systems, Chapters Health System Julie Sarinelli, MSN, RN, Executive Director Clinical Applications, Information Services and Support, Atlantic Health System
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	05	Panel	5. Transforming IT Teams: The Evolving Role of the CIO	Michael Archuleta, Chief Information Officer and HIPAA and Information Security Officer, Mt. San Rafael Hospital Scott Martin, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Diversus Health Michael Mistretta, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, VHC Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	07	Panel	7. Fresh Ideas to Ignite Patient and Employee Engagement	Kristy Haggett, DO, FAAP, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville and St. Charles Joe Hardman, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Hillsboro Medical Center Joseph Wikman, Senior Director, Digital Patient Experience, Rush University System for Health Jonna Jenkins, DNP, RN, Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	08	Panel	8. The Most Exciting Tech for the Next 12 Months	Rebecca Stametz, Vice President, Digital Transformation, Geisinger Ilir Zenku, PMP, CHCIO, FACHE, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Health System IT, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	09	Panel	9. Inspiring the Next Generation of Clinical Informaticists	Ally Schroepfer, MSN, RN, NI-BC, CPN, Nursing Informatics Practitioner Advanced, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Leo Bay, DO, FAAFP, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Essentia Health Ameena Husain, DO, Neonatologist and Assistant Professor, Neonatology Division, University of Utah School of Medicine
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	10	Panel	10. Hospital Workforce AI and Automation Done Right: What Top Leaders Know Now	Jason M. Raidbard, MPA, FACMPE, Executive Administrator, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	11	Panel	11. Enhancing Digital and Virtual Care for Major Impact and Success	Jon Darsee, Chief Innovation Officer and President, UI Research Park Corporation, University of Iowa Health Care Daniel E. Davis, MD, Senior Medical Director, Continuing Health and Hospital at Home Administrator, Atrium Health Kameron Ferdowsali, MD, Division Chief, Medical Specialties, PeaceHealth; Director, Tele-Critical Care, Utah Region, USACS Harshal Shah, MBA, MHA, Director, Virtual Care, Hackensack Meridian Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Future-Proofing AI Strategies and Governance	Michael Pfeffer, MD, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor, Stanford School of Medicine Liz Popwell, FACHE, PMP, System Vice President, Strategy and International, CommonSpirit Health Richard Zane, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, UCHealth Sandra Powell-Elliott, MBA, Vice President and Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	01	Panel	1. AI Off Limits: Navigating Ethical Boundaries of AI in Healthcare	Ann Cappellari, MD, System Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, SSM Health Umberto Tachinardi, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Digital Officer, UC Health Pooja Vyas, DO, MBA, CPE, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Christian Hospital, BJC Health System
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	02	Panel	2. Efficient Ideas to Elevate Patient Engagement	Gregg Nicandri, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center Reed Smith, MBA, Chief Consumer Officer, Ardent Health Musaddiq Waheed, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	03	Panel	3. AI in RCM: From Buzzword to Performance Catalyst	Lindsay Myers, Vice President, Revenue Cycle and HIM, Chapters Health System Jenn Mykland, MHA, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, MultiCare Health System Nicole L. Fountain, CRCE, CHAM, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, UChicago Medicine Elias Villaverde, Director, Revenue Cycle Analytics Automation, AdventHealth
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	05	Panel	5. Discovering the Next Necessary Tech	Kumar Aditya, MBA, MS, MTECH, Executive Director, Information Technology, Atlantic Health System Desmond D'Souza, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center John Dorak, Senior Solutions Architect, University of Rochester Medical Center Shea C. Gregg, MD, FACS, Chair, CT State Trauma Committee and Chair, Surgery Department, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Hartford HealthCare
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	07	Panel	7. Digital Engagement for Lasting Patient Connections	AJ Hobbs Quigley, MS, MBA, Director, Strategy, Mayo Clinic Preston Hodapp, BS, Director, Patient Access, Phelps Health Jake Moore, MBA, Director, Access Optimization, Penn Medicine
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	08	Panel	8. Turn Telehealth, Hospital at Home into a Revenue Generator	Amber Humphrey, Senior Director, Telehealth, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	09	Panel	9. Digital Health's Next Generation of Teams and Leaders	Christopher Hutchins, Senior Vice President, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Lifepoint Health Rajiv Lajmi, Director, Applied Health Informatics, Stony Brook University Lisa Stump, MS, FASHP, Chief Digital Information Officer and Dean, Information Technology, Mount Sinai Health System
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	10	Panel	10. AI Governance in an Era of Constant Change	Brian D'Anza, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; System Medical Director, Digital Health, University Hospitals
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	11	Panel	11. Expanding Access: Transformative Projects Delivering Tangible Results	Indrajit Choudhuri, MD, Chief Digital Officer, Cardiovascular Quality Co-Chair and Electrophysiology Chief, Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital Brett McMillan, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Operations, VCU Health Suzi Talarico, RN, MSN, FNP, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief APP Leader, Providence Clinical Network
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM		Panel	10. What Rural Healthcare Needs to Bridge the AI Divide	Benjamin Armfield, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Sonoma Valley Hospital Will Johnson, MBA, CHCIO, FHIMSS, Chief Information Officer, Tidelands Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	01	Panel	1. Digital Health Investments: Exploring ROI, Opportunities and Challenges	James Forrester, MS, Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center Matthew Harinstein, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer, UPMC International Kiran Mysore, Chief Data Analytics Officer, Sutter Health Nio Queiro, Chief Strategy Officer, Nashville General Hospital Mark D. Townsend, MD, MHCM, Chief Clinical Digital Ventures Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	02	Panel	2. Transforming Diagnosis & Care: Unleashing Tech's Innovative Power	James M. Blum, MD, FCCM, Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Health Care Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, Chief Medical Informatics, Ovatient; Director, Clinical Research Informatics, MetroHealth
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	03	Panel	3. Using Automation and AI to Ignite Revenue Cycle Teams	Stephen DelRossi, MSA, Chief Executive Officer, Northern Inyo Healthcare District Melissa Koehler, DHA, MBA, RHIA, CHDA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, CSBI, CRCR, CSPR, FAHIMA, Director, HB Coding Operations and Quality, Inova Health System Michael Laukaitis, MBA, Director, Revenue Cycle Analytics, Accounting and Quality Assurance, UT Southwestern Medical Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	04	Panel	4. Big Tech: Partner or Competitor for Health Systems?	Debi Lasswell, MHA, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle, Providence Clinical Network Fernando Small, PhD, CHCIO, Executive Director, Clinical and Business Solutions, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	05	Panel	5. Future-proofing Your EHR: Sustaining EHR Performance and Meeting Future Requirements	Anita Harris-Brown, DNP, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President IS Clinical Applications and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	08	Panel	8. Data-Driven Optimization: Leveraging Meaningful Insights for Processes	Randy Farmer, MS, MEd, Chief Operating Officer, Delaware Health Information Network Rosalind Newton, Interim Chief Data Officer, Emory University Prasana Ruxmohan, MHA, Ambulatory Operations Transformation Specialist, UCI Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	09	Panel	9. Best Ideas to Build a Data Science and Analytics Team	Richard Clarke, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer, Highmark Health Albert Duntugan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, UCLA Health Bill Saltmarsh, Vice President and Chief Data Officer, Children's Mercy Kansas City Bridget St. John, Director, EHR Transformation, Penn Medicine Kerri Webster, MS, RN, CPHIMS, Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer, Children's Hospital Colorado
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	11	Panel	11. Seamless Strategies: IT Ownership After a Deal	Jon Copley, MHA, Chief Innovation Technology Officer and Vice President, Digital Technology, Franciscan Health Alliance
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	01	Panel	1. Forecasting Tomorrow: CMIOs Navigate the Future	Chris DeFlitch, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, Penn State Health; Professor, Penn State College of Medicine, Emergency Physician, Milton S Hershey Medical Center Gregg Nicandri, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center Keith Woeltje, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Sashi Kodali, MD, CPHQ, FHM, Corporate Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, HCA
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	03	Panel	3. Cybersecurity Risk Management - What Hospitals Changed After a Big Vendor Breach	Karen Habercoss, Vice President, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, University of Chicago Medicine Jonathan Gal, MD, MBA, MS, FASA, System Medical Director Facility Revenue Integrity, Mount Sinai Medical Center Adrienne Chase, EJD, Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer - Area 1, Trinity Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	04	Panel	4. Outsourcing Revenue Cycle and IT Departments: The Pros and Cons	William Gress, RN MHA BSN CHFP CRCR, Director, Revenue Cycle Operations, Cottage Health Curtis Haley, Chief Revenue Officer, Cook County Health Angela Kobel, MBA, MAcc, Chief Financial Officer, Gunnison Valley Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	05	Panel	5. Smart Hospitals and Rooms: The Latest Advances	Duane Perry, MBA, BSN, CENP, Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, OhioHealth Bryan Sisk, DNP, RN, Senior Vice PResident and Chief Nurse Executive, Memorial Hermann Health System Amit Patel, MSN, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Tampa General Hospital Kara Tomlinson, DNP, RN, Executive Director, System Care Delivery and Innovation, Nebraska Medicine
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	06	Panel	6. Strategic Investments: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Profit Margins in Healthcare	Danyelle Binko, MHA, Vice President, Informatics and Information Services, Adult Academic Health Center, IU Health Khalid Turk, MBA, PMP, Chief Healthcare Information Officer, Santa Clara Valley Healthcare
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	07	Panel	7. Elevating Patient Engagement: Effective Digital Ideas	Byung Kang, Executive Director, Health IT, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Annette Kopp, System Director, Patient Access, Franciscan Alliance Samuel Pueringer, MHA, Senior Director, Retail Health Operations, Hartford HealthCare
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	08	Panel	8. From Dictation to Documentation: The Future of Ambient AI in Healthcare	Lisa Bazis, Chief Information Security Officer, Nebraska Medicine Sai Kand, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Holy Name Medical Center Biju Samkutty, Chief Operating Officer, International and Enterprise Automation, Mayo Clinic Gregg Miller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Vituity
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	09	Panel	9. Enhancing Health IT through Diversity: Strong Teams with Fresh Perspectives	Geoffrey Brown, FCHIME, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Piedmont Hospital John P. Donohue, Vice President, Entity Services, Penn Medicine
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	10	Panel	10. AI in Patient Care: Real-World Impacts at the Bedside	Haris Ackerman, Director, Integration and Strategic Operations, Virtua Health Rob Campbell, Director, Data Science and AI, Corewell Health Lien Le, MD, MBA, Vice President Hospital Medicine and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Tampa General Hospital Ken Nepple, MD, FACS, Associate Chief Health Information Officer, Physician Value Officer, Clinical Documentation Improvement Advisor, Clinical Professor, Urology, University of Iowa Health Care
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	11	Panel	11. Streamline Existing Workflows with Digital Solutions	Jason Misurac, MD, MS, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Associate Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Sam Shen, MD, MBA, CPPS, Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Emergency Medicine Department and Patient Safety Officer, Stanford Health Care James Solava, DO, FACP, Medical Director, Clinical Informatics, Allegheny Health Network
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Improving Patient Experience with New Technologies and Strategies	Andrew G. Coyne, Chief Information Security Officer, Mayo Clinic Greg Poulsen, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Next Gen EHRs: Smart Choices for Progressive Health Systems	Tim Calahan, MS, MBA, DBA, Chief Technology Officer, University of Michigan Health Jawad Khan, Chief Data Officer and Vice President, Enterprise Data and Analytics, Akron Children’s Hospital Hasan Shanawani, MD, MPH, FCCP, Chief Medical Information Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	01	Panel	1. From Idea to Implementation: How Health Systems Can Effectively Pilot New Technologies	Vish Anantraman, Chief Technology Officer, Mayo Clinic John Henderson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Digital Officer, Children's Hospital of Orange County
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	02	Panel	2. Bold Ideas to Bridge the Healthcare Innovation Gap (Without Overspending)	Ebrahim Barkoudah, MD, MPH, MBA, System Chief and Regional Chief Medical Officer, Baystate Health Vinay Bhooma, MD, President, Southern Illinois, SSM Health Medical Group; Region Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health Illinois Peter Chang, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Tampa General Hospital
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	04	Panel	4. Why Health Systems Buy vs. Build — And When That's a Mistake	Kunjan Divatia, MS, MBA, Vice President, Digital Technology Solutions, Yale New Haven Health System Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Health Innovation, Enterprises; Professor and Chairman, Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineDepartment, UPMC Health System Gulshan Mehta, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Blanchard Valley Health System Briana Rygg, Assistant Vice President, Information Solutions and Services, Rush University System for Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	05	Panel	5. Transforming Digital and Virtual Care to Succeed	Kolaleh Eskandanian, PhD, MBA, PMP, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Children's National Health System Garrett Olin, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Shasta Community Health Center Hemali Patel, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Virtual Health, UCHealth Dana Schinasi, MD, MSHI, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Medical Director, Digital Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	07	Panel	7. Digital Strategies to Engage Patients	Kenny J. Cole, MD, MS, System Vice President, Clinical Improvement, Medical Director, Digital Medicine, Ochsner Health Philip Quick, MPS, CHAM, Vice President, Access Operations, Rush University Medical Center Tracey Ryan, Vice President, Patient Access Service Line, UPMC Health Services Division
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	09	Panel	9. Why Health Systems Are Collaborating on Digital, AI	Nabil Chehade, MD, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation, Innovation and Strategy Officer, MetroHealth Richard Mulry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Holdings
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	10	Panel	10. AI Impact: Real Data & Unfiltered Perspectives	Ryan Ribeira, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Health Care
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	11	Panel	11. How to Stay Ahead of the Innovation Adoption Curve	Adil Alaoui, Director, Health Informatics, Georgetown University Medical Center Mark Helms, MBA, Executive Director, Strategy and Analytics, UChicago Medicine Eric Snyder, Executive Director, Technology and Innovation, University of Rochester Medical Center - Wilmot Cancer Institute
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - TBA!
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Closing Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in Grand Foyer
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Navigating Cybersecurity Costs and Risks for 2026	Sunil Dadlani, Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Chief Cyber Security Officer, Atlantic Health System James Forrester, MS, Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center Steven Ramirez, Chief Information Security Officer, Renown Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. The Most Valuable Data Analytics Projects in the Last 12 Months	Shakeeb Akhter, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Nolan Chang, MD, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development, and Finance, The Permanente Federation; Medical Director, Business Management, Southern California Permanente Medical Group Sameer Sethi, Senior Vice President and Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health Vinay Vaidya, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Phoenix Children's
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	01	Panel	1. To Build or To Buy?: Health Systems' Strategies on Partnering vs Building	Lynnette Clinton, Chief Information Officer, BayCare Health System Kim Gordon, Senior Vice President, DS Healthcare Services Applications, Corewell Health Frank Liao, PhD, Senior Director, Digital Health and Emerging Technologies, UW Health Sarah N. Pletcher, MD, Chief Digital Health Officer, Houston Methodist
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	02	Panel	2. Enhancing Patient Care with Digital Health and AI Innovations	Nasim Eftekhari, MS, Executive Director, Applied AI and Data Science, City of Hope Benjamin Kummer, MD, Director, Clinical Informatics in Neurology and Assistant Professor, Neurology, Mount Sinai Health System Ling Y. Kung, Senior Director, Continuum of Care and Care at Home Technologies, Kaiser Permanente Melinda Cooling, DNP, RN, Chief Clinician Executive, Digital Health, OSF HealthCare
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	03	Panel	3. Best Practices for AI in Denials Management	Marti Arvin, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, Erlanger Health Shannon Cameron, MBA, MHIIM, Chief Operating Officer, Revenue Cycle, AFS, LLC of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians Betsy Causley, Senior Manager, Revenue Integrity, Providence Medical Foundation Armando Silva, RHIA, Director, Revenue Integrity, Coding and Reimbursement, South Shore Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	04	Panel	4. Exceed Financial Goals Despite Headwinds: Bold Ideas for the Next 3 Years	Chris Bergman, CPA, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital Racheal Hernandez, MAS, MPH, Lead Director, Operations, Rush University Medical Center Patrick McDermott, Vice President, Revenue Cycle and Interim Revenue Cycle Leader, Lawrence General Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	05	Panel	5. Driving IT Team Innovation: How CIOs Are Leading the Change	Vikram Kumar, MD, MBA, Chief Health Information Officer, Riverside University Health System Jeanne de Vries Sands, Chief Information Officer, Summit Behavioral Healthcare Yoemy Waller, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Lake Health District Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	06	Panel	6. Evaluating the ROI of AI in Healthcare: The Most Meaningful KPIs	Paul Lukac, MD, MBA, MS, Director, Applied Artificial Intelligence; Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, UCLA Health Cyril Philip, Vice President, Digital Ventures, Bon Secours Mercy Health Rajiv Pramanik, Chief Information Officer and Chief Health Informatics Officer, Contra Costa Health Shekar Ramanathan, Executive Director, Digital Transformation, Atlantic Health System
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	07	Panel	7. Enhancing Patient Experience through Innovative Technologies and Approaches	Laura Dubay, Director, Digital Health, Parkview Health Michelle Moore, CRCS, Director, Patient Access, San Antonio Regional Hospital – CA Marteen Santerre, Director, Patient Engagement, MaineHealth
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	08	Panel	8. How Virtual Nursing Will Continue to Grow	Amy Hassell, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer, Virtual Health Center, UCHealth Rachelle Longo, MHA, BSN, RN, Assistant Vice President, Virtual Care, Ochsner Health Cynthia Salisbury, MSN, RN, System Executive Director, Nursing Operations, Providence
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	09	Panel	9. AI in Healthcare: Understanding and Respecting Ethical Limits	Kevin Bidtah, Chief Information and Inclusion Officer, Evergreen Health New York Ken Dunham, MD, FAPA, CPE, Executive Director Medical Operations, Behavioral Health, Sentara Health. Nigel Hartell, Chief Architect, Information Technology, Seattle Children's Melissa Sousa, MBA, Corporate Director, AI Strategy, Emory Healthcare
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in Grand Foyer
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	01	Panel	1. What's Next for Virtual Nursing	Jason Atkins, BSN, RN, Vice President and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Emory Healthcare Sherri Hess, MS-IS, BSN, RN-BC, Vice President and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, HCA Healthcare Kathy Sanford, DBA, RN, FAAN, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, CommonSpirit Health Syl Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, Providence Gay Landstrom, PhD, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Trinity Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	02	Panel	2. Enhancing Patient Care: Digital Health and the Impact of AI	Larry Elfman, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Wisconsin Division, SSM Health Jill Kalman, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Northwell Health Reid Stephan, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	03	Panel	3. Building Strong Revenue Cycle Teams in the Age of Automation	Angel Islas, MBA, FMC, CHFP, Finance Director, Surgery Department, Montefiore Health System Olin Mcclain, Assistant Vice President, Single Billing Office, Inova Health System Cindy Otero, Senior Director Revenue Cycle, NCH Healthcare System Balaji Raman, MS, MBA, Director, Financial IT Systems, Catholic Health Services of Long Island, Catholic Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	04	Panel	4. Paying the Price: Strategies for Managing Denials and Slow Payments	Nancy Khorramdel, Senior Manager, Patient Financial Services, Providence Medical Foundation Sheldon Pink, MBA, FHFMA, LSSBB, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Luminis Health Andrew Steele, MD, MS, FAAP, FCCP, Medical Director, Revenue Operations, Northwell Health Jill Verina, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Summit Behavioral Healthcare
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	05	Panel	5. How CMIOs Are Leading Healthcare's Next Frontier	Al Alsadi, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, UWHealth Lauren Bruckner, MD/PhD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Roswell Park Bradley Locke, DO, Chief Medical Information Officer, Prevea Health Albert Villarin, MD, MBA, FACEP, Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, Nuvance Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	06	Panel	6. Digital Health Investments: Evaluating ROI, Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls	Haris Ackerman, Director, Integration and Strategic Operations, Virtua Health Anjali Bhagra, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Automation, Mayo Clinic CJ Lilly, Director, Digital Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Khurram Mir, MS, CHCIO, Director, Innovation and UCI Health Ventures, UCI Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	07	Panel	7. Transforming Patient Care: The Role of Digital Health and AI	Michael R. Jones, DHA, MBA, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, PMP, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE, Regional Director, Clinic Informatics, CommonSpirit Health Laurie Sicaeros, MHA, Chief Strategy Officer, MemorialCare Shared Services - - Fountain Valley, CA Ben Wolfe, Director, Digital Transformation, Rush University System for Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	08	Panel	8. Innovative Strategies to Use Tech's Potential for Care and Diagnostics	Babatope Fatuyi, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UTHealth Houston Ruben Pillay, MD, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, UAB Health System Bindu Raju, MD, MBA, SFHM, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, AdventHealth East Orlando
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	09	Panel	9. How to Build an Elite Clinical Informatics Department	Lindsey Knake, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Neonatology Division and Associate Chief Health Information Officer, Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Cody Ore, PharmD, MPH, LSSBB, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Informatics, Inspira Health John Shanahan, Director, Cancer Informatics, Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Healthcare Consumerism and the Digital Patient Financial Experience: Big Ideas From Leaders Who Do it Best	Tom Andriola, Chief Digital Officer and Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data, UC Irvine
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. AI Strategies and Governance for Long-Term Success	Dennis Chornenky, Chief AI Advisor, UC Davis Health Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, FACP, SFHM, Chief Medical Information Officer, UChicago Medicine Shahidul Mannan, Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer, Orlando Health
11:50 AM		Networking Opportunities	Meeting Adjourns

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11:00 AM	Registration Opens in the Exhibit Hall
12:00 - 2:20 PM	Sessions
2:20 - 3:00 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:25 - 11:50 AM	Sessions
11:50 AM	Conference Adjourns