Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Opening remarks will be provided by Steve Posnack, Deputy National Coordinator at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

Steve Posnack, Deputy National Coordinator, ONC

Symposium Overview and Audience Engagement

This session will engage in-person and virtual audience members and speakers via technology platforms to facilitate discussions throughout the day.

Brian Fung, Student Intern, ONC

Why Patient Matching for PDMPs?

TTAC and ONC will join forces in this session to provide a general overview of patient matching terms, definitions, and related metrics. TTAC will also present findings from the 2019 TTAC PDMP Administrator Patient Matching Survey.

• Carmen Smiley, IT Specialist, ONC
• Pat Knue, PDMP TTAC DIrector, TTAC
• Jim Giglio, Senior Coordinator, TTAC

Perspectives from Pharmacy

Pharmacy representatives from CVS Health, Kroger Health, and the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative will provide their perspectives on matching and interoperability.

• Jennifer Boehne, Senior Advisor, Retail Operations – Process Innovation – eRx Strategy and Advocacy, CVS Health
• Jaime McDermott, R.Ph., Manager, Pharmacy Controlled Substance Compliance, Kroger Health
• Shelly Spiro, Executive Director, Pharmacy HIT Collaborative

Technical Standards That Support the Interoperability of Prescription Data

Dr. Al Taylor, Medical Informatics Officer at ONC, will lead a panel discussion with standards experts and representatives from standards development organizations.  The focus of the panel will be how each standard supports effective patient matching and on opportunities to align and harmonize these standards to improve matching.

• John Klimek, Senior Vice President, Standards & Industry Information Technology (NCPDP)
• Bill Lockwood, Executive Director, American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP)
• Jean Hall, Integration Project Manager, KASPER
• Cait Ryan, Project Manager, FHA/IRIS Health Solutions (NIEM)
• Paula Braun, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, CDC (FHIR)
• Ryan Howells, Principal, Leavitt Partners / CARIN Alliance (FHI)

PDMP Patient Matching Challenges and Opportunities

The core session for the symposium, a diverse panel of representatives from state PDMPs and HIEs across the country will discuss challenges and opportunities to support effective patient matching.

• Carmen Smiley, IT Specialist, ONC, Moderator
• Naresh Sundar Rajan, Senior Health Informaticist, State of Utah
• Jean Hall, Integration Project Manager, KASPER
• Kevin Borcher, PDMP Program Director, Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII)
• Lindsey Ferris, Program Director, HIE Projects, CRISP
• Tina Farales, CURES Manager, California DOJ
• Susan Stewart, Professor of Biostatistics, University of California, Davis

Developer Perspectives

This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to hear from health IT developers working on a variety of approaches and technical solutions.

• Carmen Smiley, IT Specialist, ONC, Moderator
• Doug Reorda, Senior Solution Leader, Cerner
• Casey Fitzgerald, Software Developer, EPIC Care Everywhere
• Vishal Patel, Director, Data Science R&D, Appriss
• Gregg Church, President, 4Medica
• Matt McGrath, VP Pharmacy Strategy & Solutions, Experian

Perspectives from Key Stakeholders

Representatives from data sharing hubs and CMS will provide their own unique perspective on the importance of effective matching on the nationwide exchange of electronic prescribing data.

• Danna Droz, Prescription Monitoring Program Liaison, NABP
• Representatives from RxCheck
• Tom Novak, Interoperability Lead, CMS

Keynote and Closing Remarks

Aneesh Chopra, the first appointed Chief Technology Officer of the United States, President of Care Journey, and Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Hunch Analytics will share his perspective on the issue as the keynote for the symposium.

Aneesh Chopra, President of CareJourney