CHICAGO—Healthcare is among the most information intensive fields and most physicians acknowledge that some decision support would be useful to them, said Edward Shortliffe, MD, PhD, professor of biomedical informatics and senior advisor to the executive vice provost for health solutions at Arizona State University, speaking at the Healthcare Leadership Forum on Nov. 14.

CHICAGO—As a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston created registries and repositories to help with its quality measurements, said John D. Halamka, MD, CIO, speaking during the Healthcare Leadership Forum on Nov. 15.

CHICAGO—Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s dramatic landing of U.S. Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January 2009 was the result of lifelong preparation, he said, speaking at the Healthcare Leadership Forum on Nov. 14. His family instilled a love of learning and he realized one should “not stop investing in yourself personally or professionally. That has become a necessity now as the pace of change only accelerates. People can’t get through their entire professional life with one skillset. You must know how to innovate.”

CHICAGO—“You could shoot holes in what we’re doing” related to evidence-based medicine and quality assessment, said Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, former director of the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, speaking at the Healthcare Leadership Forum on Nov. 14.