
2023 Healthcare Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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The United States healthcare system has undergone transformational changes catalyzed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. In recent years, healthcare providers have had to evolve and adapt to emerging threats, cutting-edge technologies and shifting patient needs, and today, the healthcare market is undergoing a revolution.
Join the Potomac Officers Club's 2023 Healthcare Summit to hear from the country’s top healthcare professionals, leaders and decision makers from the public and private sectors and find out what’s on the horizon for healthcare innovation as the landscape continues to change.
Decision makers from CMS, DHA, NIH and other federal healthcare agencies will gather to share their insights on topics like AI in healthcare, the importance of data sharing, improving the user experience, prioritizing human-centered design, achieving digital transformation and more.
Speakers

Lauren Alexanderson
Deputy Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Health Delivery, Office of Information and Technology,
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

John Beresny
Director, Health Solutions Division
Noblis

Karen Brazell
Vice President for the Department of Veterans Affairs Account
SAIC

Dr. Christopher Chute
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics
Johns Hopkins University and Medicine

RDML Tracy Farrill
Principal Deputy, Assistant Director
Health Care Administration (ADHCA)

Thomas "Pat" Flanders
Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Medical Systems / Chief Information Officer (J-6)
Defense Health Agency (DHA)

Andrea Fletcher
Executive Director of the Digital Service
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Lisa Gardner
VP, Federal Civilian Solutions
Noblis

Dr. Ranya Habash
Digital Health Network of Experts
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Ken Hofgesang
VP HHS Account
SAIC

Dr. Alexander Holston
Chief Medical Informatics Officer; Fellow Bioinformatics
LMI

Darrell LaRoche
Deputy Director for Management Operations
Indian Health Service [IHS]

Dr. Kimberly Marschhauser
Associate Director
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Tonya Reeder
Chief Information Officer
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Zaki Saleh
Senior Vice President Health & Civilian market
LMI

Xavier Soosai
Chief Information Officer & Director of the Office of IT Services Management Center for Information Technology (CIT)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Agenda
7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
8:05am | 8:50am | Opening Keynote: RDML Tracy Farrill |
8:50am | 9:30am | Morning Keynote: Andrea Fletcher Keynote Introducer: Zaki Saleh |
9:30am | 10:00am | Break |
10:00am | 11:00am | Applying Human Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping Concepts in Healthcare Applications Panel: Lauren Alexanderson, Dr. Ranya Habash, Dr. Alexander Holston (Moderator) and Xavier Soosai |
11:00am | 12:00pm | Preserving Patient Privacy while Maintaining Innovation and Expanding the User Experience Panel: Karen Brazell (Moderator), Thomas "Pat" Flanders and Tonya Reeder |
12:00pm | 12:40pm | Lunch Break |
12:40pm | 1:40pm | Challenges and Opportunities in Building a Data Sharing Ecosystem for Health Research & Surveillance Panel: John Beresny (Moderator), Dr. Christopher Chute & Kimberly Marschhauser. |
1:40pm | 2:20pm | Closing Keynote: Darrell LaRoche |
2:20pm | 2:30pm | Closing Comments |