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Home Healthcare, Hospice, and Information Technology Conference

A forum towards achieving evidence-based diffusion and implementation of innovations

Program for H3IT 2014

Washington - D.C., USA
Friday, November 15, 2014
Washington Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008
TIME ACTIVITY
7:30 – 8:30 Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome: Introductions and Information by Chairs
9:00 – 10:00 Keynote: Striving for the Triple Aim in Homecare and Hospice: How can HIT help? by Kathryn Bowles, PhD
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break and Posters
10:15 – 12:15 Paper Session I: Supporting decision making
  Session Chair: George Demiris
  Development and Implementation of a Predictive Model of Hospitalization Risk among Pediatric Home Care Patients
  Daniel Kurowski, David Russell, Tasha Hamilton, Rocco Napoli and Robert Rosati (HTML | PDF)
  Developing a Tool to Support Decisions on Patient Prioritization at Admission to Home Health Care
  Maxim Topaz and Kathryn Bowles (HTML | PDF)
  The right level of post-acute care matters when reducing readmissions
  Eric Heil, Matthew Tanzer and Michael Milo (no abstract)
  Development of an eHealth Measures Compendium
  Bonnie Wakefield, Timothy Hogan, Carolyn Turvey, Stephanie Shimada and Kim Nazi (HTML | PDF)
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch and Posters
13:00 – 15:00 Paper Session II: Enhancing Efficiency and Communication in Home Care
  Session Chair: Kathryn Bowles
  Personal health information management in older adults: Use of patient portals
  Anne Turner, Katie Osterhage, Andrea Hartzler and George Demiris (HTML | PDF)
  Toward Effective and Efficient Health IT Adoption in Home Healthcare: a Qualitative Investigation of Maryland Home Health Agencies
  Güneş Koru, Dari Alhuwail, Maxim Topaz, Mary Etta Mills and Anthony Norcio (HTML | PDF)
  Sharing the journey: Technology-enhanced transitional palliative care for rural patients/families
  Diane Holland, Catherine Vanderboom, Cory Ingram, Ann Marie Dose, Ellen Wild and Kathryn Bowles (HTML | PDF)
  Sustainability of home telehealth programs: A systematic review
  Kavita Radhakrishnan, Bo Xie and Amy Ellis (HTML | PDF)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break and Posters
15:15 – 16:45 Paper Session III: Use of IT for home health monitoring
  Session Chair: Maxim Topaz
  Use and satisfaction with wearable activity trackers among community dwelling older people
  Elizabeth Madigan, Chia-Hua Lin and Mehran Mehregany (HTML | PDF)
  The Electronic Collection and Presentation of Nocturnal Heart Failure Information
  Cubby Gardner and Harry B. Burke (HTML | PDF)
  Information practices and information systems in home health care: a field-study
  Ragnhild Helles¸ and Merete Lyngstad (HTML | PDF)
16:45 – 17:15 Planning for the Future: Working Groups
  Session Chair: Güneş Koru
17:15 – 17:45 Planning for the Future: Town Hall Meeting
  Session Chair: Güneş Koru
17:45 – 18:00 Closing Remarks