Network Management: A Strategic Approach to Value-based Care

Matthew Penziner, Executive Director, NYUPN Clinically Integrated Network.  For NYUPN, keeping costs down and quality high meant keeping more of its attributed patients seeing NYUPN physicians. To influence patients to utilize “domestic” primary care physicians, specialists and facilities, NYUPN worked with patients’ greatest influencers: physicians. Attendees will gain insight into how NYUPN was able to […]

Innovative Technologies to Manage Social Determinants of Health at Advocate Physician Partners

Alvia Siddiqi, MD, FAAFP, VP Population Health, and Mike Barbati, Med Ec & Innovations, Enterprise Population Health, Advocate Aurora Health.  There are many factors that impact a person’s health beyond traditional medical care; these Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) can range from job security and education to having access to healthy food and transportation, and […]

Seeing is Relieving: Digital Reality in Healthcare

Eren Aksu Eren Aksu, Manager, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.  Virtual and augmented reality, once considered a novelty for entertainment, has become one of the most effective emerging technologies for healthcare practitioners to improve their training, care delivery, and patient outcomes. In this session, Eren - Deloitte’s AR/VR Innovation Hub leader for Digital Reality - provides an […]

ED Pilot Project to Address Opioid Abuse and Suicide Prevention at Bon Secours Mercy Health

Aliya Jones, MD Allan Austin Allen Tien, MD, MHS Aliya Jones, MD, Chair, Department of Behavioral Health, Bon Secours Baltimore Health System, Allan Austin, Senior Organizational Effectiveness Consultant and Allen Tien, MD, MHS, President and Chief Science Officer, mdlogix.  The ED Diversion program was designed to provide comprehensive screening and improved referral processes for high […]

Thinking Like a Brand: How to Build Loyalty in the Age of Digital Disruption

Thomas Selva, MD Amanda Hammel Dick Flanigan Thomas Selva, MD, CMIO, University of Missouri Health Care, Amanda Hammel, SVP & CIO, Memorial Hermann Health System, and Dick Flanigan, SVP, Cerner.  In an age of consumerism, new market entries and digital disruption, driving loyalty to your healthcare organization is more important than ever. Learn from three […]

The Untapped Potential of AI in Understanding Patient/Member Experiences

Tom Sullivan Tom Sullivan, Innovation Lead, Optum.  Call center voice data is a largely untapped resource among many healthcare organizations today.  In this session, Tom discusses how emerging AI technologies are being applied to voice and data at scale to truly transform customer experiences and their healthcare outcomes. Both health systems and health plans stand […]

How Henry Ford Health System is Changing to Succeed in Direct-to-Employer Contracting

Susan Hawkins, FACHE Chelsea Pollet Susan Hawkins, FACHE, Senior VP Population Health, and Chelsea Pollet, Director Direct-to-Employer Relationships, Henry Ford Health System.  In January 2019, Henry Ford launched a new, direct contracting relationship with General Motors for medical and surgical services.  This value-based contract applies to the salaried workforce members and dependents in the Detroit […]

Utilizing Social Determinants of Health at Centura

Tamra Lavengood, RN, BSN, MSN Katie Korte Rodney Gardner, RN Tamra Lavengood RN, BSN, MSN, CPC+/SIM Coordinator Mercy Primary Care, Katie Korte, Community Health Advocate, and Rodney Gardner, RN, Care Coordinator, Centura Health.  Looking at a patient’s "Social Determinants of Health" has been gaining traction as a focus for whole person healthcare.  Rightly so; in […]

Changing Role of the CIO: How Successful IT Leaders are Leveraging IT innovation as Imperative to Growth

Ken Lee Carol Chouinard Ken Lee, SVP & CIO, Centura Health, and Carol Chouinard, VP,  Optum Advisory Services.  Historically, CIOs were limited to operating back-office applications; these days, CIOs and IT leaders are being asked to operate 24/7, mission-critical solutions. This is because technology downtime risks the organization’s reputation, financial performance, and ability to effectively […]

Feeding the Precision Health Genetics Pipeline: Specimen Acquisition to Data Storage at UCLA

Christopher Denny, MD, UCLA Health.  The UCLA Institute of Precision Health is currently engaged in an effort to genotype 50,000 patients each year for the next three years.  To accrue sufficient patient specimens, a workflow consisting of electronic universal consent followed by retrieval of remnant blood specimens, has been created.  Genotype data are processed into […]

How AI is Transforming Care Delivery at Partners

Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH, Senior Director Innovation, Partners HealthCare Pivot Labs.  AI has transformed most aspects of how we live today. Healthcare systems are beginning to realize this potential and are trying to harness its power - but to what end? Should we leverage AI to increase efficiencies for mundane, repetitive […]

Opioid Abuse and Misuse: Pharmacy’s Role in Prevention, Monitoring and Management

Rebecca W. Chater, RPh, MPH, FAPhA Rebecca Chater, RPh, MPH, FAPhA, Director of Healthcare Strategy, Omnicell. In light of the scope of opioid abuse and misuse, this session explores the societal impact of opioid misuse, as well as system and patient-level solutions to improve management of opioids throughout the healthcare continuum. Rebecca reviews implementation of […]

Improving Depression Screening in Primary Care with Health IT at UCLA

Jessica Jeffrey, MD, MPH, Associate Director, Clara Lin, MD, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Specialist and Physician Informaticist, and Rachel Linonis, MS, Director Digital Solutions, UCLA Division of Population Behavioral Health at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.  The high prevalence of under-recognized and costly behavioral health conditions, coupled with the rise of accountable care organizations […]

CommonSpirit as Worldwide Partner to Address Root Causes of Illness

Ji Im, MPH, Senior Director, Community and Population Health, CommonSpirit Health. Social and environmental factors have a profound effect on long-term health and well-being, with 60 percent of preventable deaths rooted in modifiable behaviors and exposures in the community. However, one challenge is identifying and connecting individuals to their respective needs for housing, nutrition, employment […]

Artificial Intelligence in Obstetrics: New Models to Prevent Poor Outcomes

Matthew Hoffman, MD, Marie E. Pinizotto Endowed Chair in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Christiana Care Health System, and Andrew Roberts, PhD, Data Scientist, Cerner. Drs. Hoffman and Roberts review the opportunity and collaboration that has developed to improve obstetrical care at Christiana Care Health System. They’ll describe the roles and limitations of current predictive models for […]