Morning Keynote
Dr. Madeline R. Sterling
"From Data to Action: Understanding and Improving Information Transfer from Hospital to Home Health—and Back to Primary Care."
Dr. Sterling is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Director of the Initiative on Home Care Work at Cornell University. She is a nationally recognized leader in health services research focused on home healthcare, care delivery models, and the intersection of workforce, technology, and patient outcomes. Her work brings a critical, real‑world lens to how research can inform policy and practice across home health and hospice settings.
In her keynote, Dr. Sterling will share research-driven insights relevant to the full spectrum of H3IT stakeholders—researchers, providers, payers, technology partners, and policymakers—highlighting emerging challenges and opportunities in home-based care.
Industry Lunch Keynote
Ben Richard
"Confronting the Interoperability Crisis in Home Health and Hospice."
Ben Richard is a healthcare technology executive and CIO with deep experience leading IT, cybersecurity, analytics, and digital transformation across home health, hospice, and broader healthcare organizations. He has led large-scale modernization efforts including cloud transformation, enterprise security programs, EMR and ERP implementations, data platforms, and practical AI initiatives designed to improve operational performance while supporting clinicians in the field. Ben is passionate about making technology simpler, safer, and more useful for care teams, and focuses on aligning IT strategy with the real-world needs of patients, clinicians, operators, and executive leadership.
In his keynote, Ben will connect technical barriers to their downstream effects on patient care, operational efficiency, and industry growth, and will challenge academics, operators, and vendors to consider what a connected HH/H ecosystem would require and what continued inaction will cost.
Program
ON-SITE REGISTRATION - CHART ROOM FOYER
BREAKFAST
OPENING AND WELCOME
Güneş Koru
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
H3IT Organizing Chair
OPENING KEYNOTE
"From Data to Action: Understanding and Improving Information Transfer from Hospital to Home Health—and Back to Primary Care."
Madeline R. Sterling
Director of the Initiative on Home Care Work at Cornell University
Dr.
Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine
Coffee Break
Grab a coffee and come back - The program has to continue due to limited time
PRESENTATIONS SESSION I
LUNCH (Grab your lunch and come back - The industry keynote will be presented during lunch.)
INDUSTRY LUNCH KEYNOTE
"Confronting the Interoperability Crisis in Home Health and Hospice."
Ben Richard
CIO
Healthcare technology executive
PRESENTATIONS SESSION II
NameLangGraph-Orchestrated Agentic AI Scribes for Home Health Documentation: System Architecture and Fact-Level Evaluation
Pallavi Gupta,
Zhihong Zhang,
William Ho,
Yu Wen Chen,
Sasha Vergez,
Meijia Song,
Xiao Hu,
Martin Michalowski,
and Max Topaz
VNSNY
and International Relations Chair
School of Nursing, Columbia University
Beyond Data Publication: Benchmarking Validity, Rating Misinterpretation, and Measure Transparency in Home Health Public Data Use
Güneş Koru
and Ali Alsarhan
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
H3IT Organizing Chair
and University of Maryland Baltimore County
Coffee Break
CAREER MENTORING and DISCUSSION
Güneş Koru
and Robert J. Rosati
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
H3IT Organizing Chair
and Outcome Determinations, Inc.
CLOSING REMARKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Güneş Koru
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
H3IT Organizing Chair
ADJOURNMENT
SOCIAL ACTIVITY
PLACE TO BE DETERMINED. Everybody is free to attend and on their own.
Sponsorships
Sponsorships are available for the H3IT conference. The sponsorship information and benefits can be found on this page for different levels of sponsorship. An entity or individual can become a sponsor at multiple levels by using the links below. At any level, becoming an exclusive sponsor, i.e., the sole sponsor at that level, may be possible. Please contact us at sponsorships@h3it.org for inquiries.
Gold
- Gold sponsorship status for the H3IT conference for one year
- Exhibit space (if available) and registrations for two attendees
- A list of H3IT attendees
- Logo displayed on the front page of the conference and on the presentation slide during the opening and closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two "thank you" messages to all attendees during the H3IT meeting
- Listing in promotional messages and materials
- Listing as a sponsor with logo and hot link on H3IT home page for 6 months
Silver
- Silver sponsorship status for the H3IT conference
- Exhibit space (if available) and registrations for two attendees
- Logo displayed on the front page of the conference and on the presentation slide during the opening and closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two "thank you" messages to all attendees during the H3IT meeting
- Listing in promotional messages and materials
- Listing as a sponsor with logo and hot link on H3IT home page for 6 months
Bronze
- Bronze sponsorship status for the H3IT conference
- Exhibit space (if available) and registration for one attendee
- Logo displayed on the front page of the conference and on the presentation slide during the opening and closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two "thank you" messages to all attendees during the H3IT meeting
- Listing in promotional messages and materials
- Listing as a sponsor with logo and hot link on H3IT home page for 6 months
Program
- Program sponsor status for the H3IT conference
- Registration for one attendee
- Logo displayed on the front page of the conference and on the presentation slide during the opening and closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two "thank you" messages to all attendees during the H3IT meeting
- Listing in promotional messages and materials
- Listing as a sponsor with logo and hot link on H3IT home page for 6 months
Lunch
- Lunch sponsor status for the H3IT conference
- Registration for one attendee
- Logo displayed on the front page of the conference and on the presentation slide during the opening and closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two "thank you" messages to all attendees during the H3IT meeting
- Listing in promotional messages and materials
- Listing as a sponsor with logo and hot link on H3IT home page for 6 months
Breakfast
- Breakfast sponsor status for the H3IT conference
- Logo displayed on the front page of the conference and on the presentation slide during the opening and closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two "thank you" messages to all attendees during the H3IT meeting
- Listing in promotional messages and materials
- Listing as a sponsor with logo and hot link on H3IT home page for 6 months
Coffee Break
- Coffee-Break sponsor status for the conference
- Logo displayed on the front page of the conference and on the presentation slide during the opening and closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two "thank you" messages to all attendees during the H3IT meeting
- Listing in promotional messages and materials
- Listing as a sponsor on H3IT home page for 6 months
Research Steering Committee (RSC)
RSC monitors and identifies the existing and emerging research directions to ensure that the solicited and accepted submissions are aligned with the relevant, significant, and impactful themes and topics in home healthcare, hospice, and information technology.
Health IT Expert Panel
H3IT community formed an expert IT panel making recommendations on effective and efficient IT adoption.
