Hawaii State Procurement Office

Procurement of Health and Human Services (SPOH) Chapter 103F, HRS

 

The Fourth Conference and Expo on Purchases of Health and Human Services

The Business of Health and Human Services:

Evolving and Emerging Trends

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 ~ Hawaii Convention Center

Agenda

Keynote Speaker:  Governor Linda Lingle

Last updated: 13 September, 2005

Conference Goals
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Who Was the Conference for?

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Expo

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The Speakers

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 Workshops

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Contact Us

 

   

7:15  

Registration

 8:00  

Welcome

8:05  

Opening Remarks

 8:10  

Meeting the Challenges and Changes in Health and Human Services

Frank Chong, AlohaCare

Panel: Susan Au Doyle, Aloha United Way; Joanne Lundstrom, Mental Health Kokua; Mara Smith, State Procurement Office

9:20  

Workshops - Session 1

  1.

Translating Evidence-Based Research into Quality Services

Tina Donkervoet, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division, Department of Health

 

Handout (PDF - 192kb)

  2.

Overcoming Challenges to Diversifying Funding Sources

Sarah Tenney, Blackbird

 

Handout (PDF 593kb)

 

3.

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation:  A Hybrid of Public and Private

Thomas Driskill, Jr., and Alice Hall, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Department of Health

  4.

Anything is Possible

Gary Guller, Everest Summiteer

  5.

Identifying Best Practices and Establishing Unit Rates:  A Case Study

Linda Chock, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Services, Department of Health

 

 Handout (PDF - 194kb)

  6.

Medicaid Waiver and Developmental Disabilities: Creative, Collaborative Utilization of a Federal Program

Theresa Doyle and Marge Sheehan, Developmental Disabilities Division, Department of Health, Lois Lee, Adult Community Services, Department of Human Services, Lucy Richmond, Volunteer and Parent

 

Handout (PDF - 52kb)

  7.

Building an Alliance of Hawaii's Nonprofits

John Flanagan, President & CEO, Hawaii Community Services Council; Pamela Burns, Hawaiian Humane Society, Judith Clark, Hawaii Youth Services Network; Gregory Dunn, Hawaii Nature Center; Joanne Lundstrom, Mental Health Kokua

 

Handout (PDF - 100kb)

10:30  

Keynote:  The Business of Health and Human Services in Hawaii

The Honorable Linda Lingle, Governor, State of Hawaii

11:00  

Lunch & Visit the Expo!

11:30  

Panel:  Perspectives on Good Business in Health and Human Services

Michael Fitzgerald, Enterprise Honolulu

 Anthony Guerrero, First Hawaiian Bank

 Alan Tang, Olomana Marketing

Panel Facilitator:  Linda Coble, TV and Radio Journalist

1:00  

 Workshops - Session 2

  8.

 Evidence-Based Practices in Substance Abuse

Virginia Jackson and Margaret Tom,  Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, Department of Health

 

Handout (PDF - 115kb)

  9.

Contributing to the Workforce:  Job Placement Programs that Support Employees

Rolanse Crisafulli, WorkHawaii, Dept of Community Services, City and County of Honolulu; Patricia Fleck, County of Kauai, Office of Economic Development; Elaine Young, Workforce Development Division, State Dept of Labor and Industrial Relations; Guy Tagomori, Vocational Rehabilitation and Services to the Blind, Department of Human Services

 

Handout (PDF 100kb)

  10.

For-Profit and Nonprofit Businesses - What’s the Difference?

Allen Arakaki, Allen M. Arakaki, CPA, Inc.

Steven Ho, Torkildson, Katz, Fonseca, Moore & Hetherington

Lowell Kalapa, Tax Foundation of Hawaii

 

Handout (PDF  - 71kb)

  11.

Leading Change in the Real World of State and Local Government

Marv Weidner, Weidner Consulting, Inc.

  12.

Overcoming Challenges to Diversifying Funding Sources

Sarah Tenny, BlackBird

 

Handout (PDF 593kb)

  13.

Keeping Costs Down by Implementing Office Ergonomics:  Fitting the Job to the Worker and Not the Worker to the Job

Michael Redman, Claim and Loss Prevention Services, Hawaii Employers Mutual Insurance Company (HEMIC)

 

Handout (PDF 787kb)

  14.

“Broke Da Mout BBQ Ribs”: And It’s Implications for Best Practices in Mental Health Treatment

Eva Kishimoto,  Adult Mental Health Division, Department of Health

 

Handout (PDF 129 kb)

 2:15    Workshops - Session 3
  15.

Quality Improvement Playing the Quality Game to Win

John Ryan, Ryan Systems, Inc.

 

Handout (PDF 213kb)

  16.

Capacity-Building for Nonprofit, Grass Roots and Faith-Based Organizations

Pi'ikea Miller, Hawaii Community Foundation; Ivette Stern, Center on the Family, University of Hawaii

 

 

  17.

How to Drive Outcome-Focused, Strategy-Based Performance Measurements

Cheri Cannon, Office of Disaster Assistance (ODA) , Small Business Administration (SBA)

Jonathan Kesler, InterImage, Inc

  19.

Informal Resolution of Contract Disputes

Elizabeth Kent, Jen Graf, and Becky Sugawa, Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, The Judiciary

  20.

Quality Assurance/Continuous Quality Improvement: The Basics and Practical Application

Juanita Iwamoto, Consultant

3:30   Closing Remarks
3:45   Conference Ends

 

 

Questions or comments? Want to participate in future conferences?  Contact: 
Mara Smith at (808) 587-4704
mara.smith@hawaii.gov or 
Corinne Higa at (808) 587-4706 corinne.y.higa@hawaii.gov.  


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