SUNDAY, AUGUST 22
9:00am - 12:00pm	Clinical Products Overview for Physicians This is a general session intended to orient physicians unfamiliar with some or all of the McKessonHBOC clinical products, which cover both inpatient and outpatient care, and for physicians who would like an update on the larger, clinical picture at McKessonHBOC. Selected core products will be demonstrated for 15-20 minutes, and we will discuss the future plans for integrating these products. Acronyms will be explained. This is a good session to sample many of the clinical products at once. Each following session in the Physician Track targets an in-depth presentation and discussion of selected products by customer physicians. Speakers: Dick Gibson, MD, PhD, Providence Health System Dan Russler, MD, McKessonHBOC
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Opening Session Speaker: Albert J. Bergonzi, McKessonHBOC Information Technology Business
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Pathways Care Manager Review and Direction
4:15pm - 5:30pm	Medications in Pathways SMR: How to Save Time and Look Good Pathways Smart Medical Record® (Pathways SMR®) is a physician-oriented, point-of-care applica-tion that creates the electronic medical record for the office setting. One of the most impor-tant and most frequently performed activities in the ambulatory setting is prescribing medications. A panel of Pathways SMR physician-users will describe how they have incorporated the Medical Module into their daily workflow. The panel will specifically discuss phone-refills and the advantages of maintaining a current patient medication list. Speaker: Arnold (Ned) Wagner, MD, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
MONDAY, AUGUST 23
8:30am - 9:30am	Keynote Address - Mark Pulido
10:00am - 11:30am	Patient Access and Patient Education: Physician Review of Content In this session you will hear a physician describe the experience of involving local physicians in the implementation of a call center for the provision of nursing telephone triage. The organizational structure and process for review of call center guidelines by local physicians will be the focus of the discussion. In the second half, user's experience with Clinical Reference Systems patient education materials will be described. Physician reactions to the availability of a standardized library of patient education will be emphasized. Speaker: Greg Schroedl, MD
1:30pm - 2:30pm	WebMDSM WebMD is a new Internet service to physicians offered by McKessonHBOC in partnership with WebMD, Inc. WebMD is a "portal" into the World Wide Web that connects physicians, hospitals, third-party payors and consumers to a virtual world of medical information, tools and services. This portal provides a single point of access to insurance verification and referrals via an electronic data interchange service, enhanced communications services, branded healthcare content and other Web-based offerings. Dr. Svetly will discuss Scottsdale Healthcare's experience with WebMD. Speaker: Andy Svetly, MD, Scottsdale Memorial Health System
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Strategies for Influencing Physician Practice This will be a healthcare executive's online demonstration of operational and ad hoc reporting tools used to analyze and assess physician strategies. Using Pathways Decision Support, Outcomes Advisor and ds.Pathfinder, Dr. Narduzzi will discuss which endeavors were and were not successful. Speaker: JoAnn Narduzzi, MD, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System
4:15pm - 5:30pm	STAR Clinical Browser STAR Clinical Browser is the web-based front-end to the STAR clinical database, providing laboratory results, X-ray interpretation results, dictation and medication orders to physicians as the replacement strategy for STAR Physician View. The implementation and use of Clinical Browser in the medical center will be discussed. Speakers: John Farley, MD, St. Vincent's Hospital Charles Porter, MD, St. Lukešs Hospital/Mid America Heart Institute
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24
8:30am - 9:30am	McKessonHBOC Executive Forum Several top executives for McKessonHBOC's clinical products will answer submitted questions and discuss the company's plans for future clinical software. This was a popular session at the 1998 conference because physicians were able to ask tough questions and the executives answered in a straightforward manner. Here is your chance to challenge the people responsible for the soft ware you will use in the next several years. Speaker: McKessonHBOC Executives
10:00am - 11:30am	Pathways Coordinated Care for Physicians Pathways Coordinated Care includes a results viewer that acts as a "window" into the clinical repository and an alerts engine that monitors the repository database for critical events and alerts the physician when they occur. The Results Viewer module of Pathways Coordinated Care allows physi-cians to review laboratory results, transcriptions, vitals, I&Os; and alerts from the inpatient, office and home-based settings of care. Dr. Farley will discuss the successful implementation and use of Results Viewer among physicians at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. During this session the InSight enhancement process and its implementation for the Results Viewer module will also be reviewed. Speaker: John Farley, MD, St. Vincent's Hospital
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Pathways Care Manager for Physicians Pathways Care Manager is an acute-care, point-of-care, clinical information system. Designed to integrally link results, orders, charting and clinical paths in the acute-care setting, Pathways Care Manager functions as a primary data acquisition vehicle for populating the organization's clinical data repository. Dr. Kambe, Director of Critical Care at New Britain General Hospital in New Britain, Connecticut will discuss how physicians find value in Pathways Care Manager in the Surgical ICU. Speaker: Joe Kambe, MD, New Britain General Hospital
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Pathways Image Manager for Physicians Pathways Image Manager serves physicians with its image archive of previous hospitalizations and emergency room records. In addition, physicians complete their medical record deficiencies electronically from locations within the hospital, office or clinic, making the entire chart completion process easier and more convenient. Two physicians will discuss their implementation, deployment and use of Pathways Image Manager. Dr. Richard Pantera, Neurologist and Medical Record Committee Chairman at Kaweah Delta Health Care District, will discuss how 100% of the hospital's medical staff use the system to complete their records while accessing historical patient information regardless of their location. Dr. John Merillat, Cardiologist, Doctor's Medical Center, will share how Pathways Image Manager has eliminated paper medical records and facilitated multiple user access to records, case reviews and studies. Speakers: Richard Pantera, MD, Kaweah Delta Health Care District John Merillat, MD, Doctors Medical Center