Banner Telehealth Operations: Acute, Ambulatory, and Home

Jim Roxburgh Michael Simons, MD Jim Roxburgh, CEO Banner Telehealth, and Michael Simons, MD, Medical Director of Banner Telehealth, Banner Health.  Banner’s telehealth program encompasses a comprehensive approach to patient care across the continuum of care. Services reach across 6 states and 28 hospitals. Banner Telehealth’s approach to care is designed to support easy access […]

Delivering Better Outcomes by Insourcing Complex Processes in Pharmacy Operations

Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD, VP Clinical Operations, Tidal Health, and Dennis Wright, Senior Director, Omnicell. The healthcare industry often turns to software as a service (SaaS) to increase software versatility and accessibility without having to install and run applications on multiple computers and data systems. Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD Dennis Wright Yet, when considering capital […]

My COVID Diary at Providence: Interactive Clinical Intelligence

Sara Vaezy, MHA, MPH, Chief Digital Strategy Officer; and Ari Robicsek, MD, Chief Medical Analytics Officer, Providence. MyCovidDiary is a clinical research project that uses technology to learn and document COVID-19 onset and disease progression. The goal is to collect and analyze first-person accounts of COVID-19 from thousands of individuals, with the hope of accelerating […]

Thriving Together: Community Health Partnerships for Equitable Recovery and Resilience

Monte Roulier Somava Saha, MD Bobby Milstein Bobby Milstein, Director, System Strategy, ReThink Health and Visiting Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management; Somava Saha, MD, Founder and Executive Lead, Well-being and Equity in the World; and Monte Roulier, President, Community Initiatives Network.  Communities across the country have an immense reservoir of energy, courage, and imagination […]

WEBINAR | UChicago Medicine’s COVID Innovation Challenge 2020

Sharon Markman, MHA Craig Umscheid, MD, MS Sharon Markman, MHA, Administrative Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation and Craig Umscheid, MD, MS, Chief Quality & Innovation Officer and VP for Healthcare Delivery Science, University of Chicago Medicine. The University of Chicago's Center for Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation's COVID19 Innovation Challenge was launched […]

Successful Legacy Data Management at University Hospitals

Robert Eardley, CIO; Bryan McDowell, CISO, University Hospitals; and Shaman Akhtar, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors.  University Hospitals (UH) in Cleveland grew substantially in 2014 with the addition of five hospitals and their associated ambulatory care practices. Shaman Akhtar Bryan McDowell Robert Eardley Transitioning these facilities to the standardized UH core platform was critical to achieve […]

Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Clinical Workflow

Ida Sim, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF.  Recording patient reported outcomes (PROs) in real time between visits, versus by patient recall during visits, allows patients to monitor and self-manage their health and capture a more comprehensive picture of their health status and overall health experience.  Despite the value of this clinical information, PRO use […]

Using Self-Insured Data as a Foundation for Value-based Payment Strategy at Adventist Health

John Beaman Allen Miller John Beaman, Chief Business Officer, Adventist Health, and Allen Miller, Principal, COPE Health Solutions.  As CMS and employers continue to push for more premium risk contracts and value-based payment, a key to success is accurate data on the total cost of care for attributed or assigned membership. There is a growing […]

Navigating Interoperability in Today’s Healthcare Landscape

Ken Gendrich, Manager of Interoperability, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare; Michael Seda, Senior Director Regional Operations, Tiger Institute, University of Missouri Health Care; and Hans Buitendijk, Director of Interoperability Strategy, Cerner. Hans Buitendijk Michael Seda Ken Gendrich In today's evolving interoperability landscape, organizations are looking to prioritize efforts. New sources of data and regulatory demands continue to […]

The Journey to Ambient Clinical Intelligence at Rush University Medical Center

Jordan Dale, MD Jared Pelo, MD Jordan Dale, MD, Acting CMIO, Rush University Medical Center and Jared Pelo, MD, CMIO, Nuance.  In 2018, Rush University Medical Center was one of the first medical centers to adopt AI-powered virtual assistant solutions as a stepping stone toward ambient clinical intelligence.  Today, amid the shift to new hybrid […]

WEBINAR | Implementation of Virtual Urgent Care Across an Entire Health System at Advocate Aurora Health

Michael Ries, MD, MBA, FCCM, FCCP, FACP, Medical Director System Critical Care, Tele-ICU, Patient Command Center, and Advocate Intensivist Partners; and Cindy Welsh, RN, MBA, FACHE, VP System Adult Critical Care, TeleICU, VPMS, Advocate Intensivist Partners, Central Telemetry-IL, Advocate Aurora Health. Michael Ries, MD, MBA, FCCM, FCCP, FACP Cindy Welsh, RN, MBA, FACHE The COVID […]

Top 10 Factors to Consider when Developing Your Growth Strategy: The role IT can play in 2021

Leslie Schatz, Director of Client Services; Danny Fell, Director of Client Services; Nick Fromell, Subject Matter Expert, Optum; and Carol Chouinard, Vice President, Optum Advisory Services.  As hospital leaders begin to prepare for 2021, it is important to balance long term growth plans, while also working to recover from revenue losses. Carol Chouinard Nick Fromell […]

Leverage a Digital Practice to Advance Consumer Engagement amid COVID-19 and Beyond 

Tom Pacek, CIO, Inspira Health, and David Harse, VP and GM, Consumer Engagement, Cerner.  As the healthcare industry undergoes a shift in consumer behavior patterns, providers are challenged with finding new opportunities to meet consumer expectations in delivering quality care.  Rising healthcare costs, a desire for more transparent health data, and the influence of digital […]

A Pharmacy Tech-Driven Telemedicine Medication History Service

Amy Pouillon, PharmD, Medication History Supervisor; Joel West, PharmD, Pharmacy Manager; and Becca Edema, Telemedicine Specialist, Spectrum Health. Becca Edema Joel West, PharmD Amy Pouillon, PharmD This teleconference shares the methodology used to create a highly reliable medication history process, consistent across a multi-hospital system.  Find out how the service uses telemedicine and a shared […]

Journey to Clinical Documentation Excellence at Centura Health

Shelley Clyne, MD, Enterprise Physician Advisor, Centura Health; Karen Simonenko, VP & GM, Clinical Quality and Revenue Integrity, Nuance; and Lisa Baris Schweppe, RHIT, CCS, CCDS, Director, Health Information Management, Nuance. Lisa Baris Schweppe, RHIT, CCS, CCDS Karen Simonenko Shelley Clyne, MD In 2018, Centura Health analyzed their Case Mix Index (CMI) data and found […]