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Event Details:
June 16-17, 2008
BCBS Headquarters
3350 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
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Mikael Ohman
Senior Vice President,
Strategy & Business Development
Mckesson Technology Solutions
Mikael Ohman is senior vice president of Strategy & Business Development for McKesson Technology Solutions (MTS). In this role, Ohman directs strategic growth initiatives and business development activities for McKesson’s technology companies, which include McKesson Provider Technologies, McKesson Health Solutions and RelayHealth. His responsibilities include the evaluation and development of new business opportunities, mergers and acquisitions, strategic affiliations, joint ventures, and business partnerships, as well as evaluation of investment opportunities.
With extensive experience in healthcare information technology, Ohman joined McKesson in 2004 as senior vice president for strategic planning after working at Cerner Corporation, where he was responsible for global business operations. Prior to Cerner, he spent six years as a consultant with McKinsey and Company in Stockholm, Sweden and Atlanta. While at McKinsey, Mikael worked with a large number of companies on a variety of strategic and operational issues. Ohman’s career also included tenure at EDS and at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow Ohman received a Master of Science in systems, control and industrial engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Master of Science in Engineering Physics from Uppsala Universitet in Uppsala, Sweden.
Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Deloitte Center for
Health Solutions
Washington, D.C.
Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D., is Executive Director for the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (“the Center”), a part of
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. In this role, Dr. Keckley provides strategic guidance on the development of Center
research and thought leadership. Dr. Keckley brings to the Center 30 years of experience in academic medicine and
the private sector. He is regarded as a primary expert in health care economics, health policy and trend analysis.
Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Keckley served in several key roles at Vanderbilt University. He was the
Executive Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Evidence-based Medicine (VCEBM), Associate Professor at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and an Associate Professor of Health Management at the Owen
Graduate School of Business.
While at VCEBM, he conducted research evaluating how to increase consumer adherence to evidence-based
treatment directives and how health insurers incorporate evidence into their coverage policies. Dr. Keckley was
responsible for overseeing many clinical outsourcing ventures involving care team training, clinical information
technology, data management and evidence-based pathway construction and integration. He also was engaged
in joint ventures involving outsourcing of care management services including specialty hospitals in the United
Kingdom, development of primary care delivery systems in Botswana, partnerships with two Fortune 100 companies
pursuing innovative approaches to chronic care management, and others that are in early-stage development.
Dr. Keckley supported efforts by the Vanderbilt Medical Group to develop, integrate and measure adherence to
evidence-based pathways and order sets. He also was instrumental in spearheading Vnaderbilt’s entry into integrative
health, with the anticipated opening of the Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health scheduled for November 2006.
Before joining Vanderbilt, Dr. Keckley served as Chairman of the Board of Interdent, a California dental
practice management company; Chief Executive Officer of EBM Solutions, a developer of evidence-based
guideline software; Chief Executive Officer of Aveta (formerly the IPA Management subsidiary of PhyCor Inc.),
and Principal of The Keckley Group, a strategic planning consulting practice that served 1,200 U.S. provider
organizations and health plans.
Dr. Keckley is an active member of several societies and editorial boards, and has authored numerous articles and
three books. He has been profiled by ABC’s 20/20, CBS’s 60 Minutes, Fox News, CNN, The Wall Street Journal,
and has been featured as a keynote speaker at several national industry meetings. Dr. Keckley has also testified for
state Medicaid Review Committees in Utah and Tennessee about the potential impact of evidence-based standards
on benefits for enrollees.
Dr. Keckley received a B.A. from Lipscomb University, his MA and Ph.D. from Ohio State University,
and completed a fellowship in economic policy at Oxford University.
Paula Guy
CEO
Georgia Partnership for Telehealth
Paula is a Registered Professional Nurse and graduate of Georgia Southwestern University. Before coming to Wellpoint and the Georgia Telemedicine Program, she served 18 years at the Southeast Health Unit, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health in the capacity’s of Telehealth Director, Coordinator for the Georgia State Cancer Registry, and Director of the Community Care Services Program.
Paula Guy has 9 years of leadership experience in building telemedicine networks in the state of Georgia. She has served on the advisory board for Georgia Technology, review boards for grants and has been a frequent telemedicine expert speaker. Her experience in grant writing resulted in over $4 million in federal grants and funding from RUS, Office of Advancement ofTelehealth and Universal Service Funding.
The Georgia Partnership for Telehealth, Inc is a result of a spin off from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Telemedicine Program that began in 2005 through a generous grant from WellPoint, Inc. The goal is to provide all rural Georgians with access to specialty care within 30 miles. The program has grown to include 45 rural presentation sites, 15 specialty sites and 17 teleradiology sites. There are 45 specialties and 83 specialist represented in the program. Prior to the establishment of the Georgia Telemedicine Program, access to specialist in rural Georgia was extremely limited. Much of populated rural Georgia is too distant, too poor and too sparsely populated to attract specialist.
Telemedicine is the predominant use of system however, distance learning is available for grand rounds and continuing education for physicians and staff at rural sites. While the application of telemedicine varies based on the specialty consult needed, the sites will be equipped to offer two methods:
• Live Video (Simultaneous) Consult: Connects the patient, primary care provider and specialist at the same time via video conferencing equipment to discuss the patient’s condition.
• Store and Forward (Asynchronous) Consult: Uses software to store and encrypt the pertinent medical data and images. The secured data is then transmitted electronically to the specialist for review and consult.
The network provide an open web of access points established throughout the state, connecting rural areas, where barriers to specialty care typically exist, with advanced tertiary care centers in the larger cities. The open access network offers unprecedented access to specialty care.
Dr. Max E. Stachura
Director
Telemedicine Center
Medical College of Georgia
Dr. Stachura is the Director of the Medical College of Georgia Telemedicine Center. He joined the Center in 1995 after 14 years at the MCG Hospital and Clinics and at the Augusta VA Medical Center as Chief of the Section of Metabolic and Endocrine Disease in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Stachura came to MCG in 1981 after eight years on the faculty of the University of Chicago. He obtained his MD in 1965 from Harvard Medical School.
His background includes 15 years of NIH and or VA Merit Review funded basic research, directorship of endocine disease-related outreach programs for patient care and education as well as health professional development. Dr. Stachura is the author or co-author of numerous research publications, abstracts, book chapters and texts. His clinical practice involves general endocrinology with special interests in pituitary disease and diabetes mellitus. His current academic focus is health services delivery and barriers to access.
Dr. Stachura obtained his MD in 1965 from the Harvard Medical School and his clinical training at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was the recipient of an NIH Research Career Development Award. After eight years on the faculty of the University of Chicago, he came to the Medical College of Georgia in 1981.
John Harris, MEd FAWHP
Chief Wellness Officer
Healthways, Inc.
John Harris, M.Ed., FAWHP, is Chief Wellness Officer at Healthways, a company specializing in health management in the corporate and health insurance sectors. He was formerly an Executive Vice President of Axia Health Management, which was acquired by Healthways in late 2006.
Mr. Harris was the co-founder of Harris HealthTrends, Inc., an entrepreneurial corporation specializing in the prevention of disease and the reduction of health care costs, and served as its Chief Executive Officer for over 18 years. Under his leadership Harris HealthTrends, Inc. grew from several employees to over 300, grossing nearly $13,000,000 in 2005, and performing work in all 50 U.S. states and six countries. Through the development of multiple sales channels, Harris HealthTrends, Inc. developed a base of over 100 clients and helped shape the prevention industry into what it is today.
Mr. Harris received a Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Valley State University in 1977, and a Masters in Education degree from The University of Toledo, in 1982. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the health management field, employed in both the corporate and private sectors, and was nominated for Toledo, Ohio Entrepreneur of the Year in 1990.
Mr. Harris is a Fellow in the Association for WorkSite Health Promotion, and served on its Board of Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Mercy Health Partners, an 11 hospital health system, and on the Board on Trustees of Lourdes College, the fastest growing college in the United States. Other boards on which Mr. Harris serves include the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), Health Promotion Advocates, the Advisory Board of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management, and Volunteers of America, Northwest Ohio.
Mr. Harris has served as a section editor for the journal WorkSite Health, and is a columnist in the Health Promotion Practitioner. He also chaired the Ohio Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and is a scholar in residence with several major universities. Employee health programs developed by Harris HealthTrends, Inc. have been nationally recognized by the past Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and several have won the prestigious C. Everett Koop and Wellness Councils of America awards.
Mr. Harris speaks internationally, and has been the author of numerous publications on employee health, including Making a Difference - The Business Community Takes On Diabetes, commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the book Why and How People Change Health Behaviors, co-authored with Dr. Joseph Leutzinger. Mr. Harris has served as a consultant to such organizations as Union Pacific Railroad, General Motors Corporation, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., PepsiCo, Kellogg USA, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and Aetna.
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