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Technology In Healthcare: Challenges And Solutions

O.C. Healthcare IT Executives Address How to Affect Positive Changes to the System
Monday, October 17, 2005 – University Club, UC Irvine – 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

IRVINE, Calif. – October 12, 2005 – The role of IT in healthcare is rapidly evolving from an administrative and financial focus to clinically focused systems. One of the primary challenges healthcare organizations face includes how to deploy technology solutions that effectively manage the end-to-end flow of critical and confidential information at a pace rapid enough to keep up with technological innovations. This issue and others will be addressed at a conference hosted by the Orange County Technology Action Network (OCTANe) and the OCTANe@UCI initiative. The event will be held Monday, October 17, 2005 at the University Club at UC Irvine, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Executives from leading Orange County healthcare technology companies will address important issues faced by healthcare IT professionals who specialize in developing and implementing software and services to meet the needs of the changing healthcare environment.

“In the next few years we’ll see huge opportunities for IT vendors in the clinical systems arena,” said Gary Augusta, Executive Director of OCTANe. “This conference will address how new technology can improve outcomes while driving efficiencies in clinical practice.”

Panelists will include:

  • Jeff Margolis, CEO of TriZetto
    A visionary in the application of innovative technology to the complex and rapidly changing healthcare industry, Jeff Margolis founded the TriZetto Group, Inc. in 1997. He has more than 15 years of experience engineering and managing information technology.
  • Jay Houlihan, Managing Director, InnoCal Venture Capital
    An experienced investor and venture capital manager specializing in early stage technology companies in the areas of information technology, Internet applications, and health care information systems, Houlihan has served on the Board of Directors of twelve InnoCal portfolio companies and is currently a Director of Accruent, ITM Software, and Siderean Software.
  • Steve Shreeve, Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder of Dynamic Healthcare Systems
    A seasoned technologist with 20 years experience in a variety of system architectures, programming environments, and operating platforms, Shreeve has effectively leveraged open source technologies to create several award winning mission critical applications. He currently leads the technical engineering teams and is the driving force behind the Medsphere OpenVista platform.
  • Ken Stockman, CEO and President, Dynamic Healthcare Systems
    Prior to co-founding Dynamic Healthcare Systems, Ken founded software company Newport Works and led it in early 2005 to a positive return for investors through its sale to a Fortune 500 company. Ken has also experience redesigning the organization structure of a MSO, while acting as COO of a Web-based healthcare plan automation software company and creating a handheld product strategy for the home healthcare industry.

The event will be moderated by Dr. Vijay Gurbaxani, Ph.D, Professor of Information Systems and Management at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. Gurbaxani’s research, teaching and consulting interests focus on the application of economic principles in the information systems context. He is an expert on sourcing strategies for IT services and on the valuation of IT investment. He is a Professor of IS & Computer Science and serves as Associate Dean of the MBA Program at the Paul Merage School of Business.

To register for the event, please contact Cynthia Bemis at OCTANe at cynthia.bemis@octaneoc.org. The event is free for OCTANe members and $30 for entrepreneurs, VC-backed companies and university staff or students. For the general public, admission is $50 with advance registration or $60 at the door.

About OCTANe

OCTANe is a non-profit corporation comprised of information and biomedical technology business executives, venture capitalists, service providers, private investors and leaders from UC Irvine as well as other universities, all working together to drive innovation and accelerate the growth of technology business in Orange County and surrounding regions.

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