2012 Healthcare Advantage Conference
 
Thursday, May 10
8:30 AM -  10:00 AM
 
MarketDiscovery Planning, A Complete Walkthrough
Presenter: Jeff Barkoff, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Thomson Reuters
Related Tool: MarketDiscovery
Level: Basic/Intermediate/Advanced
 
This workshop is the first chance to see MarketDiscovery Planning, our new business development solution, in action!  We will run through much of the functionality of the tool and complete several different analyses answering specific business questions that are pertinent to today's healthcare marketplace.

Thursday, May 10
8:30 AM -  10:30 AM
 

Improving Your VBP Score Using CareDiscoveryTM Quality Measures Tools

Presenter: Robin Lewis, Training Consultant, Thomson Reuters
Related Tool: CareDiscoveryTM Quality Measures
Level: Intermediate

Thinking about ways to improve your facility’s Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) score? Please join us for a look at valuable tools in CareDiscoveryTM Quality Measures. We’ll run a VBP report to gauge performance and then look at ways to improve your performance scores. For those using or considering the Concurrent Abstraction module with or without Expedite, we’ll discuss how it can help you work toward performance improvement goals. You’ll also create custom exports you can utilize for internal communication and collaboration.
 
Five Factors to Help Your Delivery Teams Prepare for the Onset of Reform
Presenter: Linda MacCracken, Vice President, Product Management, Thomson Reuters
Presenter: Dennis Dunn, Senior Scientist, Thomson Reuters
Related Tool:  The Market Planner Plus®, Market Expert®, crmView™
Level: Intermediate

This session will help you get prepared to arm your delivery teams with more insight about the onset of reform. You’ll be able to help your teams plan to anticipate the health, utilization, and behaviors of 1) Medicaid new enrollees, 2) Exchange new enrollees, 3) the new kind of Senior  Hear factors driving timing and prevalence of 4) chronic diseases and 5) physician demand and productivity for your service lines. Head back with news you can use to plan tactics that optimize the care settings. 
 
Thursday, May 10
8:30 AM -  12:00 PM
 
Advantage SuiteÔ 5.0 High Intermediate Features
Presenter: Bruce Wilson, Advantage Coach, Thomson Reuters
Related Tool: Advantage Suite

This session provides the foundation for using some of the more powerful and challenging features of
Advantage Suite 5.0. We will cover the basics of Advanced Subsets – both study groups and summary measures. We’ll see how and when to use distribution reports, learn the one remaining safety rule for distribution reports - and when you can safely violate that rule. We’ll learn about the variety of report formats and how to use jobs to manage and speed up report delivery. Finally we will finish up with a few tips and tricks for being more productive with Advantage Suite. The session is geared for hands-on users of 5.0 who aspire to become power users.
 
CareDiscovery - Getting the Most Out of Your Data
Presenter: Robert Van Hook, Education Consultant, Thomson Reuters
Related Tool: CareDiscovery
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
 
This hands-on wrokshop will provide information on upcoming enhancements to the tool, instruction on advanced reporting functionality, and real-world use of the data from CareDiscovery.  Participation limited to 12 registrants.
 
Thursday, May 10
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

MarketDiscovery Planning, A Complete Walkthrough
Presenter: Jeff Barkoff, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Thomson Reuters
Related Tool: MarketDiscovery
Level: Basic/Intermediate/Advanced
 
This workshop is the first chance to see MarketDiscovery Planning, our new business development solution, in action!  We will run through much of the functionality of the tool and complete several different analyses answering specific business questions that are pertinent to today's healthcare marketplace.



Look for more workshops and hands-on sessions coming soon