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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." Session Chair: Dr. Koru
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
Session Chair: Dr. Rosati
From Data Exchange to Care Execution: Building Workflow Interoperability for Care at Home
Laura P. McLafferty , MD.,
John B. McLeod , MBA,
and Lawrence J. Choi , AB
Proxwell LLC
Analyzing the Impact of Interactive Home Monitoring on Congestive Heart Failure Readmissions
Josh Riggs
and Catherine Harris
UVA Health
Incorporating Caregiver Assessment Data in the Home Health Electronic Health Record: An Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Julia G. Burgdorf,
Margaret V. McDonald,
and Kathryn H. Bowles
Center for Home Care Policy & Research, VNS Health,
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing,
and General Chair
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Evaluating Wearable Camera Systems for Multimodal AI in Home Healthcare: A Feasibility Study
Max Topaz,
Pallavi Gupta,
Zhihong Zhang,
Meijia Song,
Xiao Hu,
and Martin Michalowski
International Relations Chair
School of Nursing, Columbia University
and VNSNY
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." Session Chair: Beau Sorensen
Ben Richard
CIO
Healthcare technology executive
PRESENTATIONS SESSION II
Chair: Dr. Bowles
Teaching Tech for Home Care
Melinda L. Jenkins FNP
School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Hands Four Development Cooperative, Chapel Hill, NC
EMR Designers Can Help Home Healthcare Nurses Deliver Better Home Health Nursing Care
Mary Narayan,
Kathy Duckett,
and Susan Hinck
Duckett Consulting and International Home Care Nursing Organization
and APRN, GCNS-BC
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
PennAI Entrepreneurs Panel: From PennAI Innovation to Impact: Developing, Evaluating, and Scaling Technologies for Aging and Care at Home
The PennAI initiative at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), has fostered innovative applications of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to support aging and care at home. This panel brings together PennAI-supported innovators working in advance care planning, dementia caregiving, cognitive-motor assessment, and passive in-home monitoring. Panelists will share lessons from developing and evaluating these technologies, including
Güneş Koru,
Ab Brody,
Jane Chung,
Suzy Ellis,
and Trent M Guess
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
H3IT Organizing Chair,
PhD
Aliviado Health
University of New York,
Emory University,
Koda Health,
and University of Missouri
Panel: How can industry and academia work together to support home health and hospice careers?
Güneş Koru,
Robert J. Rosati,
Matt Becker,
and Jennifer Schiller
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
H3IT Organizing Chair,
Outcome Determinations, Inc.,
and Kno2
CLOSING REMARKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Güneş Koru
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
H3IT Organizing Chair
ADJOURNMENT (for the larger group)
Career Networking: Breakout groups
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.
Presenting
- 4 registrations to H3IT
- Exhibit space (if available)
- Prominent “presented by” placement on all marketing materials and advertising
- Attendee list
- Opportunity to provide welcome message to attendees at opening of program
- 1 page ad in conference program
- Marketing collateral of your choice (provided by the sponsor) distributed to all attendees at check in
- Logo and recognition as presenting sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Logo and recognition as presenting sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
Gold
- 3 registrations to H3IT
- Exhibit space (if available)
- Attendee list
- 1 page ad in conference program
- Logo and recognition as gold sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Flyer of your choice (provided by sponsor) distributed to all attendees at check in
- Logo and recognition as gold sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- two Thank-you messages to attendees
Silver
- 2 registrations to H3IT
- Exhibit space (if available)
- Attendee list
- 1/2 page ad in conference program
- Logo and recognition as silver sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Logo and recognition as silver sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
Bronze
- 1 registration to H3IT
- Exhibit space (if available)
- Attendee list
- 1/2 page ad in conference program
- Logo and recognition as bronze sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Logo and recognition as bronze sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
Program
- 1 registration to H3IT
- Logo and recognition as program sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Recognition in printed program as presenting sponsor
- Logo and recognition as program sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
Lunch
- 1 registration to H3IT
- Logo prominently displayed at lunch display
- Logo and recognition as lunch sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Recognition in printed program as lunch sponsor
- Logo and recognition as lunch sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
Breakfast
- Logo prominently displayed at breakfast display
- Logo and recognition as breakfast sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Recognition in printed program as breakfast sponsor
- Logo and recognition as breakfast sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
Coffee Break
- Logo prominently displayed at coffee break display
- Logo and recognition as coffee break sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Recognition in printed program as coffee break sponsor
- Logo and recognition as coffee break sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
Badge
- Badge lanyard will be branded with your company logo and message (you can provide all badge lanyards at your request)
- Recognition as badge sponsor on H3IT website with hot link for 6 months
- Recognition in printed program as badge sponsor
- Logo and recognition as badge sponsor on presenting slide during opening/closing of H3IT and during breaks
- Two Thank-you messages to attendees.
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.
Venue
VisitNearby hotels
Moxy Washington offers a discounted rate of $235 for the H3IT attendees. Please follow this link. Below, other lodging options are also listed under three categories.
