William (Tripp) Jennings
Dr. Jennings was born and raised in Columbia, South Caroline (and is still not tired of it). He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Charleston and his medical degree from the University of South Carolina.
He matriculated into our residency program in 2003 and was chief resident during his senior year. After graduation he joined our staff as faculty.He has served the South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians in many capacities and is currently president of this organization.
In 2008 Dr. Jennings became the director for medical student education.He also works with the office of Health Information Technology at Palmetto Health and is currently working on a master’s degree in health information technology from the University of Oregon. He is scheduled to complete this degree in 2012.
Thursday January 19th
Accountable Care and Health IT Strategies Summit
Session Synopsis:Data Sharing and Performance Improvement: Ensuring Stakeholder Investment in the Data
While much of the focus of Health It has been on the implementation of electronic medical records and supporting technical infrastructure, the ultimate gains of all of these initiatives will rest on the end-users belief and investment in the process. This session will discuss the often overlooked, yet critical pieces of physician engagement and psychological ownership in both the necessity of electronic medical records and the parallel initiatives of performance improvement through data, workflows, and metrics. Discussion will be founded on research in physician behavior and the speakers experience from implementation of EMRs in over 60 practices and the establishment of an Accountable Care Organization with over 450 physicians.
