Presentations

Barbara C. Morton, Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer and Erin Siminerio, Acting Director, Insight & Design at VEO present an overview of the Veterans Experience Office and its mission. 

Joseph Troncale, Medical Director at the Retreat Premier Addiction Center, presents on caring for veterans with co-occuring disorders at the Retreat Premier Addiction Center. 

Dr. Alan Constantian, Deputy Chief Information Officer, IT Account Manager for Health, at the Office of Information and Technology presents on:

• Emphasizing care coordination
• Enhancing the sharing of patient information
• Digital coordination of separate implementation schedules 

Jim Trinka, Chief Learning Officer, for the Office of Information & Technology presents on: 

• Better training, mentorship programs 
• HR navigation training 
• Mentorship network
• Peg bonus structure to VA initiatives 

Victoria McFadden and Mark Hopson from the General Services Administration present on:

• Greater industry standards
• Process modelling 
• Maturity models/change management models

James Manker Jr., Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Veterans Benefits Association, at the Department of Veterans Affairs presents on: 

• Delivering on the VA’s modernization priorities
• Improving service delivery for veterans and their families
  

John Short, Acting Deputy Director, for the DoD/VA Interagency Program Office presents on: 

• The increased focus on process improvement
• Experimentation with information systems
• Establishing standards of information-sharing 

Ryan Vega MD, MSHA, Director at the Diffusion of Excellence presents on: 

• Identifying and spreading innovative practices
• Evolving and building a more robust innovation ecosystem
• Operationalizing innovation to create a "learning" culture

Past speaker Robin R. Hemphill, MD, MPH Acting, ADUSH for Quality, Safety, Value & VHA Chief Patient Safety & Risk Awareness Officer, discussed fostering high reliability in healthcare at our sister event.

Past speaker Ricky Lemmon - Acting VHA Chief Procurement and Logistics Officer broke down the expenditures and processes at his organizations in this presentation given at our sister event.

Past speaker Anthony Montagnolo, COO of the ECRI Institute, discusses the operations of his organization and the work they do with VA Healthcare in this past presentation given at our sister event.

A presentation given by Allison Kumar, Sr. Program Manager, at EMCM on supporting activities that will boost CDRH knowledge, build inter governmental partnerships, and expedite medical device innovation. She provides a view of FDAs organizational structure, medical Products of interest, benefit of collaborating with FDA, what Regulatory Science is and more!

LTC Derrick C. Glymph, Chief Anesthetist 4224th USAH, US Army Reserves and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Nurse Anesthetist Practice, speaks about problems with information sharing and handoffs, Implementation of the HUDDLE in military healthcare, Effective HUDDLE intervention on attitudes of providers toward interprofessional teams and the use of checklist and standard communication tools to improve patient safety

The policies and activities that most affect VA thinking is presented in this past presentation by David S. Muntz, SVP & CIO of the GetWellNetwork.