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Program
Update:
The Honorable James B. Peake,
M.D., Lieutenant General,
USA (Ret)
to Deliver Keynote Address
on "Who Defines the
'Service' in SOA?" |
OMG™, Health Level
Seven® (HL7), Open Health
Tools and the SOA Consortium™
today announced that The
Honorable James B. Peake,
M.D., Lieutenant General,
USA (Ret), will be the
keynote speaker at the
Second Annual “SOA in
Healthcare: Value in a Time
of Change,” conference.
Nominated by President
George W. Bush to be the
Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, Dr. Peake served in
that post from December 2007
through January 2009. The
conference will be held June
2-4, 2009 at the Hyatt
Regency O’Hare in Chicago,
IL.
Dr. Peake will give the
keynote address at the SOA
in Healthcare conference on
“Who Defines the ‘Service’
in SOA?”. A champion of
timely, accessible, and
high-quality medical care,
Peake advocated the vital
role of IT to directly and
effectively support the VA’s
medical care program.
Recognized for his support
of the use of the EHR to
support productivity,
healthcare quality, and
patient safety, he provided
the leadership and funding
within the VA and the
Federal Health community to
develop secure,
interoperable health IT
solutions.
“I
appreciate the opportunity
to participate in this
conference with its focus
on creating the means for
the open sharing of
information to streamline
the business of
healthcare. With the
attention the business
challenges facing the
healthcare industry are
now receiving, it is more
important than ever for
the IT community to find
and apply tools like SOA
to align with those
business needs,”
James B. Peake, M.D.,
Lieutenant General, USA
(Ret).
In his role as the
Secretary of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, Dr.
Peake oversaw the leadership
and operations of a USD$90B
federal agency containing a
national USD$40B healthcare
delivery organization. The
Veterans Health
Administration contains
approximately 150 hospitals,
operating over 1400 points
of care with a staff of
almost 250,000.
About
the Keynote Speaker
James Peake, M.D., was
nominated by President
George W. Bush to be
Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on October 30, 2007.
He was unanimously confirmed
by the Senate on December
14, 2007, and served from
December 2007 through
January 2009.
Dr. Peake was the
principal advocate for
veterans in the U.S.
government and directed the
nation’s second largest
cabinet department,
responsible for a nationwide
system of healthcare
services, benefits programs,
and national cemeteries for
America’s veterans and
dependents. During his
tenure, VA employed more
than 280,000 people at
hundreds of medical centers,
nursing homes, benefits
offices, and national
cemeteries throughout the
country. One of Dr. Peake’s
major responsibilities and
accomplishments was the
assembly of VA’s budget
for fiscal year 2009,
considered the most
representative budget to
support veterans’ needs
since the early 1950’s.
Dr. Peake is a Fellow of
the American College of
Surgeons, Society of
Thoracic Surgeons, and the
American College of
Cardiology. He has been
honored with the Order of
Military Merit; the “A”
Professional Designator; and
the Medallion, Surgeon
General of the United
States.
About
the Conference
Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) adoption
is viewed as a key enabler
for the 21st century
enterprise due to increased
opportunity for productivity
and integration, and
requires significant changes
for both business and IT
executives. The goal of the
conference, now in its
second year, is to raise the
dialogue about SOA and its
use in healthcare, with a
focus on its role as a
transformation agent to add
organizational value.
The focus of the SOA in
Healthcare conference is to
convey real-world
experiences, assembling a
community of peers to
exchange ideas and discuss
what has worked, what did
not work, and review best
practices for attendees to
benefit from lessons learned
faced in real
implementations. Not a
"tech industry"
event, this conference is
exclusively healthcare
focused, and will highlight
the challenges unique to
healthcare organizations and
emphasize cross-industry
solutions that are viable
within the healthcare
domain. It is targeted
primarily to a health-IT
savvy audience.
A wide cross-section of
the health industry will
participate, including
healthcare providers,
payers, public health
organizations and vendors
from both the public and
private sector. In addition,
a select number of
international invitees will
be presenting.
The conference will be
experientially focused, with
speakers bringing their
personal and organizational
experiences to what will be
a presentation and
discussion-oriented forum.
The event will host three
tracks:
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An "Executive
Summit" targeting key
decision-makers, CxO's, and
technical leads |
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A "Business Track"
focused on the business
rationale behind SOA, and
organizational change to
support it |
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A "Technical
Track" addressing how
to succeed with SOA in a
health setting |
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Anyone with an interest
in SOA in healthcare is
invited to attend.
Hosted by
NO RECORDING POLICY:
OMG, the SOA Consortium, BPM Consortium and GCIO
strictly forbid the use of video or audio recording
devices in all meetings including (but not limited to),
gatherings, receptions, workshops, Information Days,
co-located meetings and special sessions without the
express written permission of OMG. Permission must be
obtained in advance of the meeting and must indicate the
intended use of the audio or video recording. Recording
a meeting for public broadcast or financial gain is
prohibited. Any unauthorized recording is subject to
seizure without compensation.
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including IT Systems Modeling and Business Process Management. OMG's
middleware standards and profiles are based on the Common Object Request
Broker Architecture (CORBA®) and support a wide variety of industries.
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Last updated on
May 28, 2009
by Rachel
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