Agenda & Speakers: 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. The Best Investments for a Smarter EHR	John Doulis, MD, MBBS, Grad.DIP, Distinguished Architect, Digital Transformation & Innovation, HCA Healthcare Tina Esposito, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Officer, Advocate Health Gurmeet Sran, MD, Chief Clinical Data Science Officer, CommonSpirit Health David L. Reich, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Mount Sinai Health System; President, The Mount Sinai Hospital
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Navigating the AI Compliance Maze: What Healthcare Needs to Know by 2026	Ben Kaplan, MPA, Senior Director, AI Governance and Products, Mount Sinai Health System Shri Peterzeil, Business Information Security Officer, Kaiser Permanente
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	03	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. From Hospital to Investor: How Health Systems Are Shaping the Next Wave of Innovation	Bo Wilkes, President, Ballad Ventures Rachel Feinman, VP, Innovation, TGH David Heenan, Managing Director, Cone Health Ventures Brant Heise, Managing Director, Innovation Fund, MemorialCare Health System
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	04	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. AI in Revenue Cycle: Boosting Efficiency and Profits in Healthcare Finance	Elizabeth Johnson, Senior Director, Clinical and Revenue Cycle IT, Michigan Medicine Mea Ford, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Renown Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	01	Panel	1. Hospital-at-Home's Next Chapter: Bringing Acute Care to Patients	Michael Nassif, MD, Medical Director, Saint Luke's Hospital In Your Home Heather O'Sullivan, APRN, President and Chief Operating Officer, Healthcare at Home, Mass General Brigham, Professor, Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions Stephen Parodi, MD, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Communications and Brand, Kaiser Permanente Federation Freddy Terrazas Escamilla, Senior Director, Strategy, Mayo Clinic
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 Michelle Tutem Greame, PA-C, MSHS, Assistant Vice President, Revenue Integrity, Inova Health System Kristine Simonsen-Monus, MBA, CRCR, Director, Revenue Cycle Management, Emory
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	04	Panel	4. IT Spend Strategy to Hit 2026 Financial Targets	Aimmon Lago, MHA, MS, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle and Population Health Systems, Stanford Health Care Kalan Blair, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle, Hartford Healthcare Christopher Schultheis, CPA, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital FKA Southampton Hospital
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 Childrens Bryan Graven, Chief Information Officer, Waterbury Health & Eastern CT Health Network Nirmit Kothari, MD, MPH, CPE, 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, MBA, Director, Transformation and Project Management Operations, WellStar Health System Mohamed Rami Nakeshbandi, MD, MHA, FACP, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, University Hospital at Downstate Stephanie Marszalek, MSBI, BSN, NI-BC, NEA-BC, Director, Nursing Informatics, UI Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	08	Panel	8. Ethical Boundaries in AI: Navigating Responsible Use in Healthcare	Joseph Izzo, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, San Joaquin General Hospital Juan C Rojas, MD, MS, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer and Assistant Professor, RUSH Jason Hill, MD, MMM, MS, Innovation Officer, Ochsner Health Praneetha R. Elugunti, MSHA, MBA, MSC, Operations Administrator, Center for Digital Health, Mayo Clinic
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	09	Panel	9. Digital Health and AI's Role in Improving Patient Care	Madhusmita Behera, PhD, Chief Research Informatics Officer, Emory Healthcare; Chief Informatics and Data Officer, Winship Cancer Institute Calvin Gardner, MBA, MSBAc, RPSGT, RST, Director, Operations, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Manish Sapra, MD, Executive Director, Northwell Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	10	Panel	10. Staying at the Forefront of Innovation Adoption	Gregory Bryant, Chief Information Officer, Gov Juan F Luis Hospital Medical Center Melissa Cohen, Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer, Cayuga Health System Isaiah Nathaniel, CPHIMS, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Delaware Valley Community Health Wendy Ross, MD, Director, Center for Autism and Neurodiversity, Jefferson Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	11	Panel	11. Accelerating Innovation Adoption: Transforming Healthcare with New Technologies	Afroz Hafeez, MD, MBA, Program Manager, Telemedicine, Rush University Medical Center Joey Seliski, Director, Digital Health Operations, Allegheny Health Network Christine Fredric, Senior Executive Officer, Strategy and Growth, West Florida Division, AdventHealth Judd Hollander, MD, FACEP, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Delivery Innovation and Chief Virtual Care Officer; Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Edward Thomas, Director, Enterprise Revenue Cycle Training Deployment, Trinity Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	12	Panel	12. Designing User-Centric Technology: Involving Nurses in IT Decision-Making	Christine Young, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Akron Children's Ryan Smith, MSN, RN, Vice President and Chief Clinical and Nursing Officer, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Lois Greene, DHA, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, SVP Wellness & DEI, University Hospital Patrick Healy, MBA, PMP, CPXP, Director, Innovation, Technology and Transformation, Rush University System for Health Martha Hyacinthe, PhD, MBA, MSN, FNP, CPHRM, CPPS, SSBB, Director, Patient Safety, HCA Healthcare
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Future-Proofing Cybersecurity: How Leaders Are Planning Ahead	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. AI Agents in Healthcare: What Will They Do?	Rachael-Linn Spooner, MBA, FACHE, Vice President Strategy, Center for Virtual Health, Northwell Health Tim Skeen, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Sentara Health Bethany Percha, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, New YorkPresbyterian Mark Townsend, MD, MHCM, Chief Clinical Digital Ventures Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Joel Vengco, MS, MA, CHCIO, CPHIMS, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Hartford HealthCare
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	04	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. Revenue Cycle Digital Transformation: Building a Future-Ready Tech Stack	Pamela Carlisle, MHA, FHAM, CHAM, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle Management, Genesis Healthcare System
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	05	Semi-Keynote Panel	5. The Real Effects of EHR Consolidation: Thoughts and Questions for System Leaders	John Henderson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Digital Officer, CHOC TJ Malseed, Chief Information Officer, Keck Medicine of USC Bruce Rogen, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Cleveland Clinic Employee Health Plan; Chair, Cleveland Clinic Quality Alliance John Wilcox, Chief Information Officer, Morris Hospital Healthcare Centers
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: Successes, Setbacks and Surprises	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 Paul Testa, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, NYU Langone Health Ari Asif, MD, MBA, MHCM, MAS, CPE, Chief Medical Officer, Winter Haven Hospital, BayCare Health System
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	02	Panel	2. What's Next for Ambient AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Systems	Penni Kyte, MBA, PMP, Digital Care Strategy Officer, Ballad Health Clara Lin, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Seattle Children's Hospital Tomilola Kolade, MD, MS, MCSO, Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, UTHealth
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 Ashley Toney, Enterprise Director, Correspondence, Advocate Health Joseph Zehler, Director Physician Revenue Cycle, St. Joseph's, Candler Health System Rachel Dallmann, Chief Ancillary Officer, Phelps Memorial Health Center
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 Tom Bruynell, CHCIO, Vice President, Chief Application Officer and Associate Chief Information Officer, Lehigh Valley Health Network Arif Asif, MD, MHCM, MBA, MAS, CPE, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Winter Haven Hospital
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 John Supra, Chief Digital Health and Analytics Officer, Cone Health James McElligott, MD, Executive Medical Director, Center of Telehealth, MUSC Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	08	Panel	8. AI Anxieties: Strategies to Reduce and Educate	Darrell Keeling, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Parkview Health Barbara Thompson, Chief Medical Officer, Mary Bridge Health Network Anoop Vijayan, Director, Data, Analytics, Governance, AI and Data Science, Texas Children's Hospital Jeffrey Sattler, PharmD, DO FAMIA, System Medical Informatics Physician, CDI Physician Advisor, Hospital Medicine Division, Saint Luke's Health System
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	09	Panel	9. Shorten Wait Times and Improve Access: What Works, What Doesn't	Lacey Benford, MBA, AVP, Strategy and Innovation, Lifepoint Health Jasmine Bishop, Managing Director, MedStar Telehealth Innovation Center, MedStar Health Mari Findley, RN, MPA, Director, Transition Care, Hennepin County Medical Center zsolt kulcsar, DO, MPH, MBA, system medical director virtual health, Lee Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	10	Panel	10. 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 Information Officer, Seattle Childrens Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, ABP-CI, FHIMSS, CHCQM, Chief Medical Officer, Staten Island Performing Provider System Joshua Wilda, MPA, CHIO, CDH-E, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Umhwest
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, CIO, Wabash General Hospital District Sitt Paing, MD, Chief Information Officer, Pun Hlaing Hospitals Ginny L. Torno, MBA, PMP, Senior 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
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Access Wins: Health Systems' Before-and-After Stories	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 Physician Enterprises California Eve Cunningham, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Cadence Kristine Lee, MD, Associate Executive Director, Virtual Medicine and Technology, Kaiser Permanente
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 Roberta Schwartz, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Houston Methodist Patti Cuartas, DMSc, PA-C, MBA, PMP, FACHE, ACHIP, Executive Director and Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
8:35 AM - 6:00 PM	Forums / Summits	Networking Opportunities	Becker's Perioperative Summit (Separate Registration Required)
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, Boston Medical Center Balazs Zsenits, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Rochester Regional Health System Chris Wickersham, Assistant Vice President, Customer Support, CereCore Kevin Olson, Chief Information Officer, Jupiter Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	02	Panel	2. How to Bust AI Myths and Build Buy-In	Omkar Kulkarni, MPH, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Scott MacLean, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, MedStar Health Neil Bahroos, MBA, Chief Research Informatics Officer, University of Southern California
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	03	Panel	3. How Revenue Cycle Leaders Can Strengthen Cross-Department Collaboration	Miguel Vigo, MBA, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, UC San Diego Health Melanie Wilson, Senior Vice President, Revenue Services, Essentia Health Jamie Watson, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, Emory Healthcare Thomasina Wilkins, Chief Revenue Officer, Sinai Chicago
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	04	Panel	4. A Better Revenue Cycle: Where Human Touch Beats AI — and Vice Versa	Kemberly Blackledge, FACHE, DSc., Chief Revenue Officer, Nashville General Hospital Marvin Mickelson, System Director PFS Shared Revenue Cycle, The University of Kansas Health System Brian Graziano, Director, User Experience, Revenue Cycle, Providence St Joseph Health
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 Kesha Love, MSN, RN, Director, Information Technology, Cook County Health Babatope Fatuyi, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UTHealth Houston
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, Senior Vice President, Communications and Chief Marketing & Experience Officer, Children's Minnesota Rachel Felix, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Growth Officer, Boston Medical Center Health System
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	08	Panel	8. Healthcare AI: Successes and Best Practices	Divya Pathak, Chief Data and AI Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals Ben Beadle-Ryby, Co-Founder, AKASA Justin Coran, PHD, Former Chief Analytics Officer; Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine Peter Nguyen, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer and Director, Nephrology Division, Houston Methodist
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. 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 James Stroble, MBA, Executive Director Primary Care Behavioral Health, UChicago Medicine Mayank Shah, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Advocate Health Stephen Dorner, MD, MPH, MSc, Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	11	Panel	11. Addressing AI Concerns in Healthcare: Strategies for Overcoming Fear	Joshua Tarkoff, MD, MBA, Physician, IT Director, Nicklaus Children's Health System Amy Zolotow, Director, Operations, Mercy Personal Physicians Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, CHOC Children's
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	12	Panel	12. AI + Cybersecurity: The Big Issues & Policy Updates to Shifts to Know	Eric Jimenez, Chief Information Officer, Artesia General Hospital Anna Shalkham, MD, Chief Information Officer, Lexington Medical Center Rishi Tripathi, MBA, CISSP, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
9:20 AM - 3:55 PM	Forums / Summits	Networking Opportunities	Cybersecurity Forum
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	01	Fireside Chat	1. 8 Habits of High-Impact CIO-CFO Duos	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 Leyland Telford, Assistant Director, Pharmacy Revenue Cycle, Mount Sinai Health System Alla LaRoque, President and Founder, HaloMD Renee Coleman, MBA, Revenue Cycle Director, Miller County Hospital Drew Mahone, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle and Billing Operations, Johns Hopkins 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 Marie Knapp, Director, Patient Financial Services, Guam Regional Medical City
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, CMIO - Providence Clinical Network, Providence Health & Services Sheri Strobel, MSHI, CPA, Chief Information Officer, Chapters Health System Klaus Thaler, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CHI Health Creighton University System
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	08	Panel	8. AI and Machine Learning: Transformative Forces in Patient Care	Komal Bajaj, MD, Chief Quality Officer, 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, MMCi, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Duke University Medical Center
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	09	Panel	9. Regulatory Changes in Healthcare: New Norms and Ensuring Financial Health	Lindsey Thompson, MAS, Director, Value Based Care, Ascension St John Health System Diala Atassi, MBA, Chief Global and National Programs Officer, The University of Chicago Medicine Ghanshyam Shah, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	10	Panel	10. Remote Patient Monitoring: Tablestakes or Game-Changer?	Priya Kumar, MD, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Self Regional Healthcare Ed Moore, President, Harrington Hospital, UMass Memorial Health Debbie Trau, MSN, NEA-BC, Director, Clinical Registries, OSF HealthCare
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	11	Panel	11. AI and Platform Playbooks: Leaders' Wins, Pain Points and Lessons Learned	Mark Hayes, MHA, MBA, Manager, Strategy Consulting, Mayo Clinic Kaitlyn Torrence, Executive Director, MUSC Health Solutions Kali Arduini Ihde, Director, NM Ventures and Innovation, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	12	Panel	12. Third-Party Cyberattack Readiness: Prevention and Planning Best Practices	Sue Macut, Chief Information Technology and Security Officer, Roseland Community Hospital Shefali Mookencherry, MSMIS, MPH, RHIA, CHPS, CDH-E, HCISSP, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, University of Illinois Chicago Aaron Waldie, BA, CHFP, Director. Revenue Cycle, Margaret Mary Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	01	Panel	1. How Healthcare Marketing Leaders Use Generative AI	Andrew Chang, Chief Marketing Officer, UChicago Medicine William Hidlay, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	02	Panel	2. Home-Based Care Breakthroughs: Real-World Strategies and Lessons	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, The University of Chicago Medical Center Mandy McGowan, RN, BA, Director, Home-Based Care Programs, UWHealth Margaret Paulson, DO, FACP, 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, Revenue Cycle Director, Medical University of South Carolina Chris Thomas, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Texas Children's Hospital
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	06	Panel	6. Future-Proofing the Revenue Cycle: Innovations You Need to Know	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	07	Panel	7. 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 Thompson, MBA, MA, FACHE, Hospital Administrator, UVA Health University Medical Center Carmelita Riley, Esq. RN, FACHE, Sr Director, System Staffing, Houston Methodist
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	08	Panel	8. Nursing: The Next Frontier for Generative AI
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	08	Panel	8. Where the EHR and AI Meet	Yuan Luo, PhD, Chief AI Officer and Professor, Northwestern University Diane Constantine, MBA, MSN, NI-BC, NEA-BC, Director, Clinical Informatics, University of Maryland Medical System Deepti Pandita, MD, Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Chief Medical Information Officer, UCI health Jonathan Senkler, DO, Regional Chief Medical Information Officer UPH Des Moines, UnityPoint Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	09	Panel	9. Real Results with Generative AI: What Leaders Measure and Value	Amy S. Kidane, MHSA, Operations Administrator, Mayo Clinic J.D. Whitlock, Chief Information Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital Brian H. Imdieke, RN, CNP, Nurse Pratitioner, Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics Medical Director, Primary Care and Medical Specialties, Hennepin Healthcare
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	10	Panel	10. The Hospital and Health System Marketing Campaign and Budget Trends Defining the Next 12 Months	David Simpkins, Chief Marketing Officer, Rochester Regional Health System Hernando Ruiz-Jimenez, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Geisinger Brian Deffaa, Chief Marketing Officer, RWJBarnabas Health — West Orange
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, WellSpan Health Suken Shah, MD, Regional Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK-monmouth; Director, Digital Transformation, Innovation and Strategy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Andrew Young, MD, FACS, Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Surgery Trauma Medical Director, East Hospital Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn; Associate Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University Medical Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	12	Panel	12. The Next Wave of Cyberthreats in Healthcare	Mark D. Fred, RN, BSN, MCP, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer, Kirby Medical Center Trevor Martin, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer, UW Health Michael Schnabel, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Texas Health Science Center
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Innovative EHR Solutions to Build Smarter and More Efficiently	Chris Carmody, Chief Technology Officer, UPMC Sha Edathumparampil, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Baptist Health South Florida Michelle Stansbury, Associate Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, IT Applications, Houston Methodist
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. AI Bias and Ethics in Healthcare: The Latest	Matt Morton, Executive Director and Chief Information Security Officer, University of Chicago Charlette Stallworth, MBA, Vice President Business Development and Innovation, Stanford Childrens Health Eric Poon, MD, Chief Health Information Officer, Duke University Health System Emily C. Webber, MD, FAAP, FAMIA, Chief Medical Information Officer, Indiana University Health and Riley Children's Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	03	Presentation	3. Building a Systemwide Business Operations Committee: Integration and Standardization to drive Financial and Operational Outcomes	Michael Dawson, Vice President, Finance Hospital Operations, Brown University Health Robert M. Weiss, MBA, MHA, FACHE, Director, Business Operations and Optimization, Brown University Health Ryan Wicks, MBA, Director, Finance, Brown University Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	05	Semi-Keynote 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 Information and Digital Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care Raymond Lowe, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, AltaMed Ellen Wiegand, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, VCU Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	12	Panel	12. Big Ideas to Build Better Cybersecurity Teams	Anahi Santiago, Chief Information Security Officer, ChristianaCare
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	01	Panel	1. 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, Chief AI Officer, Emory University Sandeep Rustagi, Chief Data Analytics Officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center Giovanni Piedimonte, â€‹MD, FAAP, FCCP, Vice President, Research, Institutional Official, and Research Integrity Officer, Tulane University Erin Dietrich, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Senior Director Academic IT University of Michigan Medical Sc, University of Michigan
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 Timi Olutade, MD, Chief Medical Officer, UnityPoint Health Sachin Shah, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UChicago Medicine Angelica Cage, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, CRCR, CDI Director, Tufts Medicine
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	03	Panel	3. Cybersecurity and the Revenue Cycle: What RCM Leaders Need to Know	Miguel Vigo, MBA, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, UC San Diego Health Michael Knipple, CISO, Summit BHC Vince Crisler, Chief Information Security Officer, Celerium Julia Breaux, Business Information Security Officer and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Rush University Medical Center
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	04	Panel	4. Interoperability and Revenue Cycle Optimization: Breaking Down Silos for Efficiency	Erin McGarry, CPA, CFO, WBHH Patrick R. Curtin, FACHE, MHA, CAGS, CHFP, LSSBB, System Vice President, Revenue Cycle, North Country Healthcare Andre Neal, MBA, PMP, Director- Revenue Cycle Strategic Partner, Ochsner Health
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 Jaideep R. 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	08	Panel	8. Best Tech to Relieve Clinician Burnout	Bree Andrews, MD, MPH, Chief Wellness and Vitality Officer, University of Chicago Medicine Rachel K. McEntee, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer and Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Vermont Health Nadia E. Charguia, MD, Executive Medical Director, Integrated Well-Being Program, UNC Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	09	Panel	9. Rules and Realities of Physician Services and RVUs	Samantha L. Klebe, DO, MBA, FACP, SFHM, Chief Physician — Sanford, Marshfield Clinic Health System Anthony Quan, MBA, Vice President, Operations, Dignity Health Carol Yarbrough, MBA, CPC, OCS, CHC, Business Operations Manager, Telehealth Resource Center, UCSF Health System Dirk Steinert, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory Care, ThedaCare
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; Affiliate Dean; Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine at 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 Sachin K. Gupta, MD, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, UNC Physicians Network
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	12	Panel	12. Buy or Build? How Health Leaders Make the Call	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 Childrens Hospital Medical Center Patrick Guffey, Chief Medical Information Officer, ChildrenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Hospital Colorado Paul Chausse Jr., Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Maine Medical Center
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. 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. 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, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, MedStar Health Robbie Freeman, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	04	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. Predictive Analytics and AI-Driven Decision Making in Revenue Cycle	michael laukaitis, MBA, Director of Revenue Cycle Analytics, UTSW Tami McMasters Gomez, Executive Director, Mid- Revenue Cycle, UC Davis Medical Center cindy otero, Sr Director Revenue Cycle, NCH Roxana Lupu, MD, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical Information Officer, Sanford Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	05	Fireside Chat	5. Fireside Chat - Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer, Michigan Medicine	Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer, Michigan Medicine
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	12	Semi-Keynote Panel	12. Cybersecurity Risk Management - What Hospitals Changed After a Big Vendor Breach	Karen Habercoss, Vice President and Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, The University of Chicago Medical Center Adrienne Chase, EJD, Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer - Area 1, Trinity Health Patrick McDermott, Vice President, Revenue Cycle and Interim Revenue Cycle Leader, Lawrence General Hospital Lisa Bazis, Chief Information Security Officer, Nebraska Medicine
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - Alex Rodriguez	Alex Rodriguez, Former MLB Player; Chair and Chief Executive Officer, A-Rod Corp

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	01	Panel	1. AI Literacy for Clinicians: Training and Upskilling That Works	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 Medicine Tesha Montgomery, RN, MHA, FACHE, Senior Vice President, System Patient Access, Houston Methodist Anuj Mehta, MD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, South Region, Hackensack Meridian Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	02	Panel	2. Lessons Learned: Addressing and Mitigating AI Fears	Ryan Blackwell, Senior Vice President, IT Operations, Cloud and Cybersecurity Services, GAVS Technologies Minal Shah, MD, Medical Director, Virtual Care, Hospital Medicine and System Physician Informaticist, CommonSpirit Health Erik Zempel, Director, Service Management and Interim Senior Director, Business IT, Michigan Medicine Howard L. Haronian, MD, FACC, Senior Vice President, Physician in Chief, Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	03	Panel	3. EHR Rollout 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 Oliver Galicki, MPH, PMP, CHCIO, Vice President, Clinical Applications, Memorial Hermann Health System Rich Bailey, MS, MCiM, Manager of Health Information Management and Technology/ Stanford School of Medicine Master's in Clinical Informatics Student, San Mateo County Health/ Stanford School of Medicine
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	04	Panel	4. Reducing Noise in Revenue Cycle: Best Practices for Eliminating Unnecessary Tasks	Shana Tate, MBA, Chief Revenue Officer, Ballad Health Michele Napier, MBA, FACHE, FHFMA, SVP & Chief Revenue Officer, Orlando Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	04	Presentation	12. Outmaneuvering Insurers with AI: Reinventing Prior Authorization for Speed of Service and Payment	Ismet Sharich, Director, Patient Access, Riverside Medical Center
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 Sanjeev Sah, MHA, Senior Vice President Enterprise Technology Services and Chief Information Security Officer, Novant 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 Joseph Wikman, Senior Director, Digital Patient Experience, Rush Jonna Jenkins, DNP, RN, Founder, Principal, and Chief Nurse Executive, Sano Leadership Scott James, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health Gerard Pierre Jenkins, MD, MA, Chief Medical Executive, Eden Medical Hospital, Sutter Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	08	Panel	8. Hospital Workforce AI and Automation Done Right: What Top Leaders Know Now	John Novak, Vice President, Information Services and Chief Information Officer, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Hiral Patel, System Director, Innovation Action and Enablement, Endeavor Health Crystal Broj, CPDHTS, Enterprise Chief Digital Transformation Officer, MUSC Danielle Wilson, MS, Assistant Vice President, Digital Transformation, Virtua Health
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 Thomas Spiege, MD, MBA, MS, FACEP, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, University of Chicago Medicine Charles Emerman, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	10	Panel	10. The Most Exciting Tech for the Next 12 Months	Rebecca Stametz, Vice President, Digital Transformation, Geisinger Ilir Zenku, PMP, CHCIO, FACHE, AVC, HealthSystem IT, UI Health Fernanda Cg Polubriaginof, MD, PhD, Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	11	Panel	11. Digital and Virtual Care: Strategies With Results	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
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	13	Panel	13. Blueprint for AI Policies and Risk Management	Brian Patterson, MD, MPH, Physician Administrative Director, Clinical AI, UW Health Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, Chief Medical Informatics, Ovatient; Chief Health AI Officer, MetroHealth System
8:35 AM - 3:55 PM	Forums / Summits	Networking Opportunities	AI Summit
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 Health Care and School of Medicine Liz Popwell, FACHE, PMP, System Vice President, Strategy and International, CommonSpirit Health Richard Zane, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, UCHealth Sandra Elliott, MBA, Vice President, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	03	Presentation	3. Reducing No Auth Claim Denials: A Provider's Perspective	Regina Taylor, Access Program Director, Northwestern Medicine Noam Davidoff, Director, Access, Northwestern Medicine
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	04	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. Optimizing Revenue Cycle with Blockchain and Smart Contracts	Carla Graves, Vice President, Chief Ambulatory Revenue Officer, Advent Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	05	Fireside Chat	5. Fireside Chat - Jason Szczuka, Chief Digital Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health	Jason Szczuka, Chief Digital Officer, Bon Secours Mercy 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, System Vice President, Care Coordination and Physician Advisement, SSM Health Jaya Phookan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Aurora Medical Center, Mount Pleasant, Advocate Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	02	Panel	2. 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 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	03	Presentation	3. The Innovation Design Unit: How Nebraska Medicine Approached the Evolution of Healthcare	Ron Carson, Executive Director, Enterprise Applications, Nebraska Medicine Bethany Lowndes, PhD, Scientific Director Innovation, Nebraska Medicine Kara Tomlinson, DNP, RN, Executive Director, System Care Delivery and Innovation, Nebraska Medicine
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	05	Panel	5. The Next Tech Must-Haves for Health Systems	Kumar Aditya, MBA, MS, MTECH, Executive Director, Information Technology, Atlantic Health System Desmond D'Souza, MD, FACS, Clinical Professor, Thoracic Surgery Division and Associate Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Surgery Department, James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Shea C. Gregg, MD, FACS, Chair, CT State Trauma Committee and Chair, Surgery Department, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Hartford HealthCare John W. Gachago, BSBA, MS, CHTS-IM, DHA, Executive Director, Institute of Telehealth and Digital Innovation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	06	Panel	6. 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 Shahidul Mannan, MBA, MPH, CPDHTS, Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer, Orlando Health
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, Manager, Management Consulting, Accenture
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	08	Panel	8. 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 Shelly Nash, DO, FACOOG, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Medical Information Officer, Fresenius Medical Care Ashok Kurian, Assistant Vice President, Information Services, Data and Artificial Intelligence, Texas Children's Hospital Girish N. Nadkarni, MD, Chair, Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health; Director, Hasso Plattner Insitute for Digital Health; Chief AI Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	09	Panel	9. Digital Health's Next Generation of Teams and Leaders	Lisa Stump, BSPharm, MS, FASHP, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Teresa Ash, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, System Director, UC Health Jessica Zhang, MPH, Director Digital Health and Strategy, Harvard University Beena S. Peters, DNP, RN, FACHE, FABC, FAAN, System Chief Nursing Executive, Cook County Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	10	Panel	10. How to Make Telehealth and Hospital at Home Pay Off	Amber Humphrey, Senior Director, Telehealth, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cindy Welsh, RN, FACHE, MBA, Former Vice President, TeleAcute and Respiratory Care, Midwest, Advocate Health Joe Esneault, MBA, Chief Clinical Data Officer, Tulane University Medical Group Russell Fiorella, MD, MBA, FACHE, System Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs, Sinai Chicago
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	11	Panel	11. What Works: Projects Making a Real Difference for Access	Indrajit Choudhuri, MD, Chief Digital Officer, Cardiovascular Quality Co-Chair and Electrophysiology Chief, Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital Suzi Talarico, RN, MSN, FNP, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief APP Leader, Providence Clinical Network Sophia Saleem, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, NHPP at Northwell Health Catriona Harrop, MD, FACP, SFHM, Senior Vice President, Jefferson Medical Group; Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	13	Panel	13. Scaling Pilots That Work Enterprisewide: Best People and Technology Strategies	Biju Samkutty, Chief Operating Officer, International and Enterprise Automation, Mayo Clinic Jeffrey S. Sturman, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer, Memorial Healthcare System Ken Nepple, MD, FACS, Associate Chief Health Information Officer, Physician Value Officer, Clinical Documentation Improvement Advisor, Clinical Professor, Urology, University of Iowa Health Care
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM		Panel	8. 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 and Digital Officer, Tidelands Health Scott Vaughan, CISSP, CISM, CHISL, Director of Information Services, Sauk Prairie Healthcare Kristy K. Ward, MD, MAS, Associate Professor and Director, Gynecologic Oncology Division, WVU Medicine
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 Townsend, MD, MHCM, Chief Clinical Digital Ventures Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	02	Panel	2. The Tech Tools That Are Revolutionizing Diagnosis and Care	James M. Blum, MD, FCCM, Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Health Care Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA, Chief Information Officer, UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, Chief Medical Informatics, Ovatient; Chief Health AI Officer, MetroHealth System Daniel J. Brat, MD, PhD, Magerstadt Professor and Chair, Pathology Department, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Pathologist-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	03	Panel	3. Using Automation and AI to Ignite Revenue Cycle Teams	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 of Revenue Cycle Analytics, UTSW Tami Wacker, MA LNHA CGM, Director of Marketing, Outreach and Communications, Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center of New Mexico LLC Jennifer Liggins, Revenue Cycle Manager, Mount Sinai Health System
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	04	Panel	4. Driving Revenue Cycle Innovation: Lessons from High-Performing Health Systems	Darlene Vendittelli, MSM, Director, Digital Revenue Management, Southcoast Health System Sagar Parikh, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Operations, Exellence and Innovation, Ensemble Health Partners Ismet Sharich, Director, Patient Access, Riverside Medical Center Antone Eek, BS, MScHA, Chief Financial Officer, Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	05	Panel	5. Future-Proofing EHRs: What Leaders are Planning and Doing	Karen E. Hunter, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CENP, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Aventist Health Roseville Jason Cherry, MBA, Director IS Technology Services, Lexington Medical Center Muhammad Siddiqui, Chief Information Officer, Reid Health Jennifer Parks, President, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Physician Partners
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	07	Panel	7. How Healthcare Leaders Prioritize Digital Spending	Jason Szczuka, Chief Digital Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Dan Shields, Chief Executive Officer, Ochsner Digital Medicine Joy Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer, Boston Medical Center Health System Lisa Rosenberg, Chief Operating Officer, UNC Physicians Network
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, Childrens Mercy Kansas City Bridget St John, Director EHR Transformation, Penn Medicine Kerri Webster, MS, RN, CPHIMS, Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer, Childrens Hospital Colorado
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	10	Panel	10. 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	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 Rusty Yeager, Chief Information Officer, Encompass Health Corporation
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	12	Panel	12. Big Tech: Partner or Competitor for Health Systems?	Debi Lasswell, MHA, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle, Providence Clinical Network Fernando Small, PhD, CHCIO, Executive Director, Clinical and Business Solutions, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Monica Peze, Vice President, Information Systems, Population Health and Value-Based Care, Ochsner Health Anna Flattau, MD, MSc, MS, Alumni Professor and Chair, Family and Community Medicine; Enterprise Chief, Primary Care Services, Jefferson Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	13	Presentation	13. What Health System Leaders Must Ask Before Signing an AI Vendor Contract	John Doulis, MD, MBBS, Grad.DIP, Distinguished Architect, Digital Transformation & Innovation, HCA Healthcare
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	14	Presentation	14. AI for Small Health Systems: What Is Achievable vs. Not Affordable	J.D. Whitlock, Chief Information Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital
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 Informatics 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	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, Clay County Medical Center Lynn Ansley, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Moffitt Cancer Center Darlynn Tate, MBA, Director, Revenue Cycle and Coding, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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 Amit Patel, MSN, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Tampa General Hospital Eric Carey, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Valley Health System Chris Denman, Vice President, Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, Sugar Land, Memorial Hermann Health System
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 John Revis, Director, Clinical Operations, Endeavor Health Douglas Kreis, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Thunder Bay Community Health Service Emily Paula, DHA, MBA/MHA, CPHQ, Director, Quality Informatics, Cone Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	07	Panel	7. Patient Engagement Strategies: Digital Winners and Losers	Byung Kang, Executive Director, Health IT, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Annette Kopp, System Director, Patient Access, Franciscan Alliance Samuel Pueringer, MHA, Director, Strategy, Planning, Communications and Business Development, Hartford HealthCare
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	08	Panel	8. 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	09	Panel	9. Beyond Checkboxes: How Diversity Drives Better Tech	John P. Donohue, Vice President, Entity Services, Penn Medicine Jason M. Raidbard, MPA, Executive Administrator, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Marcus Speaker, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Carilion Clinic
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	10	Panel	10. 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 AKA Holy Name Health Biju Samkutty, Chief Operating Officer, International and Enterprise Automation, Mayo Clinic Gregg Miller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Vituity
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	11	Panel	11. Streamlining Workflows: Proven Digital Solutions and Pitfalls to Avoid	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
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	12	Presentation	12. Optimizing Cancer Registry Extraction with AI	Corey Arnold, PhD, Director, Biomedical Artificial Intelligence Research Lab, Professor and Vice Chair, Research, Radiological Sciences, UCLA Health Albert Duntugan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, UCLA Health Meng Wei, MBA, Chief, Clinical Analytics and Chair, Health Integrated Analytics Group, UCLA Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Improving Patient Experience with New Technologies and Strategies	Andrew Coyne, Chief Information Security Officer, Mayo Clinic Hospital Franciscan La Crosse Hospital Greg Poulsen, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare Doug King, Chief Information Officer, Northwestern Medicine AKA Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Amy Trainor, RN, Chief Information Officer, Ochsner Health
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, Vice President, Enterprise Analytics, Akron Children’s Hospital Hasan Shanawani, MD, MPH, FCCP, Physician, National TeleICU Program and Physician, V10 Clinical Resource Hub and Tele-Emergency Care, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	03	Fireside Chat	3. Fireside Chat - Michael Pfeffer, MD, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor, Stanford School of Medicine	Michael Pfeffer, MD, Chief Information and Digital Officer Stanford Health Care Associate Dean and Clinical Professor, Stanford Health Care and School of Medicine
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	04	Presentation	4. Leveraging Virtual Care Teams to Expand Access in Value-Based Care	Monique Diaz, MD, Region Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer - California, CommonSpirit Imad Jobah, Manager, Patient Access, CommonSpirit Jennifer Pennon, MSN, FNP-C, Clinical Operations Coordinator, CommonSpirit J. Bianca Roberts, Virtualist Program Medical Director, CommonSpirit
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	13	Panel	13. ROI in Healthcare AI: Stop Guessing and Start Achieving Meaningful Results	Melissa Sousa, MBA, Corporate Director, AI Strategy, Emory Healthcare Crystal Broj, CPDHTS, Enterprise Chief Digital Transformation Officer, MUSC
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	14	Presentation	14. Code to Care: Driving AI Adoption, Collaboration and ROI in Healthcare	Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Nuvance Health Salim Afshar, MD, DMD, FACS, AI Transition Lead, Health Systems Innovation Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator, Boston Children's Hospital
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, Centauri Health Solutions John Henderson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Digital Officer, CHOC Kelley Hamby, MSN, MBA, RN, System Chief Nursing Executive, Baptist Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	02	Panel	2. Bold Ideas to Bridge the Healthcare Innovation Gap (Without Overspending)	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 Ebrahim Barkoudah, MD, MPH, MBA, System Chief and Regional Chief Medical Officer, Baystate Health Gian Varbaro, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	03	Panel	3. Building a Better Patient Financial Experience	Robert Boos, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Centra Health Billie Jean Mounts, MBA, FHFMA, EHRC, CRCR, CSMC, Chief Revenue Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Kevin Sharp, Vice President Revenue Cycle, ProMedica Health System Roxanne Lopez, Director, Patient Financial Services, Children's Hospital Colorado
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, Childrens National Health System Garrett Olin, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Shasta Community Health Center Hemali Patel, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Virtual Health, UCHealth Erica Carney, MBA, Director, Virtual Care Transformation, Virtua Health
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 System Philip Quick, MPS, CHAM, Vice President, Access Operations, Rush University Medical Center Jen Jackson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President, Operations and Chief Nursing Officer, UC Health Malik Bahar, Assistant Vice President, Access Center & Loyalty, Virtua Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	08	Presentation	8. Transforming Emergency Care: The Power of Technology and Collaboration	Patrice Callagy, RN, MPH, MSN, Vice President, Emergency Services, Stanford Health Care Jennifer Fralick, Vice President, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, Stanford Health Care Ann-Marie Yap, CHCIO, CDH-E, Executive Director Technology and Digital Solutions, Stanford Health Care, Standford School of Medicine
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	09	Panel	9. Why Health Systems Are Teaming Up on Digital, AI	Nabil Chehade, MD, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation, Innovation and Strategy Officer, MetroHealth System Richard Mulry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Holdings Ryan Ribeira, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Health Care Justin Brueck, MHA, MA, System Vice President, Innovation and Research, Endeavor Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	11	Panel	11. The Innovation Gap: Why Some Lead and Others Follow	Adil Alaoui, Director, Health Informatics, Georgetown University Medical Center Mark Helms, MBA, Executive Director, Strategy and Analytics, UChicago Medicine Eric Snyder, Executive Director Technology Innovation, University of Rochester Medical Center Lisa Carter, NE-BC, FABC, Southern Regional President, Ballad Health Ije Akunyili, MD, MBA, MPA, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer, Jersey City Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, New Jersey Medical School
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	12	Panel	12. 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 Pe, UPMC Perioperative and Surgical Services Gulshan Mehta, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Blanchard Valley Health System Briana Rygg, Assistant Vice President, Information Solutions & Services and Chief Applications Officer, RUSH University System for Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	14	Presentation	14. Use of Ambient Speech Technology to Reduce Administrative Burden	Samantha Coleman, Product Owner, Ambient Speech Technology, HCA Healthcare Vikesh Tahiliani, MD, MBA, Vice President and Domain Leader, Clinical Documentation Transformation, Digital Transformation and Innovation, HCA Healthcare
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - Simone Biles	Simone Biles, Athlete and Advocate
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 & Digital Officer and 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 of Strategy, Corporate Development and Finance for 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
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	03	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. How Virtual Nursing Will Continue to Grow	Amy Hassell, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer, Virtual Health Center, UCHealth Lisa Stephenson, MSN, RN, CNIO, Cedars-Sinai LynnMarie Verzino, DNP, MHA, BSN, RN, CENP, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, MedStar Health Jill McKinney, BSN, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Novant Health
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 Pletcher, MD, System Vice President and Executive Medical Director for Strategic Innovation, Houston Methodist Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	02	Presentation	2. Mayo Clinic Nurse Virtual Assistant: A Generative AI Solution for the End-User, by the End-User	Cheristi Cognetta-Rieke, DNP, MBOE, RN, Vice Chair Nursing, Enterprise Transformation, Mayo Clinic Megan Ploog, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Nurse Administrator, Enterprise Transformation, Mayo Clinic
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, AFS of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians Armando Silva, RHIA, Director, Revenue Integrity, South Shore Hospital Robin Allen, Director, Revenue Cycle, Dosher Memorial Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	04	Panel	4. Financial Wins and Headwinds: Leaders' Strategies and Hard Truths	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 Robert Morgan, Assistant Director, Strategy & Analytics, UChicago Medicine Denise Boykin, CPA, MBA, CHFP, Vice President System & Strategic Finance, Ascension Byron Glasgow, MBA, Vice President, Finance, Temple University Health System
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	05	Panel	5. Driving IT Team Innovation: How CIOs Are Leading the Change	Jeanne de Vries Sands, Chief Information Officer, Summit Behavioral Healthcare Yoemy Waller, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Lake Health District Hospital Susan Ibanez, DHO, FACHE, CHCIO, CDH-E, Chief Information Officer, Southeast Georgia Health System Nayan D. Patel, CHCIO, CDH-E, FHIMSS, Senior Vice President, Transformation and Technology, FinThrive
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	06	Panel	6. Evaluating the ROI of AI in Healthcare: The Most Meaningful KPIs	Paul Lukac, MD, MS, MBA, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer; Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, UCLA Health Cyril Philip, Vice President, Digital Ventures, Bon Secours Mercy Health Rajiv Pramanik, MD, Chief Information Officer and Chief Health Informatics Officer, Contra Costa Health Services Shekar Ramanathan, Executive Director, Digital Transformation, Atlantic Health System
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	07	Panel	7. Patient Experience Wins: Real Tech and Tactics That Deliver	Laura Dubay, Director, Digital Health, Parkview Health Michelle Moore, CRCS, Director, Patient Access, San Antonio Regional Hospital – CA Marteen Santerre, Director, Patient Engagement, MaineHealth Scott Blanchard, Director Digital Patient Experience, Rush
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	08	Panel	8. Enhancing Patient Care with Digital Health and AI Innovations	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, MBA, FAANP, Chief Nurse and Advanced Practice Provider Executive, OSF HealthCare
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 Charles Ken Dunham, MD, FAPA, CPE, Executive Director Medical Operations, Behavioral Health, Sentara Health. Melissa Sousa, MBA, Corporate Director, AI Strategy, Emory Healthcare Robb Wetmore, MHR, Director, Digital Healthcare, Variety Care Nicole Benitez, BSN, RN, MBA, MHA, Director, Transplant Quality, Compliance and Data Analytics, 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 Kathy Sanford, DBA, RN, FAAN, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, CommonSpirit Health Gay Landstrom, PhD, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Trinity Health Pidge Lohr, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Integris Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	02	Panel	2. Digital Health + AI: What's Really Moving the Needle on Patient Care	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 Scott Simeone, Vice President, Experience and Digital Transformation, Ochsner Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	03	Panel	3. Building Strong Revenue Cycle Teams in the Age of Automation	Angel Islas, MBA, FMC, CHFP, Director of Finance - Surgery, Montefiore Health System Olin Mcclain, Assistant Vice President Single Billing Office, Inova cindy otero, Sr Director Revenue Cycle, NCH Balaji Raman, MS/MBA, Director Patient Financial Systems, Catholic Health Services of Long Island
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	04	Panel	4. Paying the Price: Strategies for Managing Denials and Slow Payments	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 Tatyana Sushkina, Director, Revenue Cycle, Prosser Memorial Hospital Ali Madha, Corporate Chief Operating Officer, Insight Health System
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	05	Panel	5. How CMIOs Are Leading Healthcare's Next Frontier	Alaa Alsadi, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Wisconsin Health (AKA UW Health) Lauren Bruckner, MD/PhD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Roswell Park Bradley Locke, DO, Chief Medical Information Officer, Prevea Health Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics 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. What's Next: How Leaders Anticipate Digital Health and AI Reshaping Care Delivery	Michael R. Jones, DHA, MBA, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, PMP, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE, Regional Director, Clinic Informatics, Dignity Health Ben Wolfe, Sr. Director, Digital Transformation, Rush University System for Health Eric Leroux, MD, Chief Quality Officer, Eisenhower Health Susan Lee, DO, MBA, Physician Executive, Hospital Based Medicine, Banner Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	08	Panel	8. Tech in Care and Diagnostics: Proven Strategies and Pitfalls to Avoid	Ruben Pillay, MD, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, UAB Health System Sarah Greichen, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, Sedgwick County Health Center Andrew Smith, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Radiology, Endowed Chair of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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, AVP, Clinical Informatics, Inspira Health John Shanahan, Director Cancer Informatics, University Orthopaedic Associates Shayna Long, MSN, RN, Director, Clinical Informatics, University of California Irvine Health
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Patient Financial Experience: Digital Moves That Make a Difference	Tom Andriola, MS, MBA, 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	Cheng Kai Kao, MD, FACP, SFHM, Chief Medical Information Officer, The University of Chicago Medical Center Shahidul Mannan, MBA, MPH, CPDHTS, Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer, Orlando Health Sal Sam, MD, FAMIA, Vice President Chief Medical Information Officer Diplomate Clinical Informatics, UPMC Central
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM	03	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. How to Boost the Digital Patient Experience	Susan Milford, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, OSF HealthCare Eric Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System Bina Desai, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Rush University System for Health Michael Han, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, MultiCare Health System
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