Managing Demand and Capacity During COVID-19 Pandemic

Angela Tiberio, MD Angela Tiberio, MD, Physician Executive, Katherine Rosengren, RN, Senior Clinical Advisor, and John Klare, Practice Leader & Board Member, Impact Advisors. As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues to evolve, healthcare organizations need to prepare to increase capacity and to manage demand. During this session, John briefly reviews the latest information and projections for […]

Immediate Guidance for Care Teams in Documenting and Coding COVID-19

Robin Friday RN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, AHIMA-Approved CDI Trainer Reid Conant MD, FACEP Jared Pelo MD, FACEP Reid Conant, MD, FACEP, CMIO, Jared Pelo, MD, FACEP, CMIO, and Robin Friday, RN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, AHIMA-Approved CDI Trainer & Director of Clinical Content, COE, Nuance. Physicians and nurses are caring for a rising number […]

Digital Health Response to COVID-19 at Providence

Sara Vaezy, MHA, MPH, Chief Digital Strategy & Business Development Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health, presents on Providence’s digital response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Coming at it from multiple angles, including leveraging the chatbot for assessment, triaging to virtual visits for further screening, identifying appropriate testing locations, and serving as a partner on the pathway […]

Anatomy of an Outbreak

Christopher Kerns, VP, Executive Insights, Advisory Board. The COVID-19 pandemic has roiled nearly every facet of life in every country to which it has spread. In this presentation, Christopher, who oversees all of Advisory Board’s research for healthcare executives, outlines not only the progression of the virus in the US, but also proven tactics for […]

The Cures Act Final Rule: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program

Larry Katzovitz Dan Golder DDS, MBA Dan Golder, DDS, MBA, Principal, and Larry Katzovitz, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors. This teleconference will examine the recent "21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule" (referred to now as simply the "Cures Act"), a follow up to CMS’ and ONC’s earlier proposed rules. Dan and […]

Innovative Platforms for COVID-19 Frontline Care Coordination and Interoperability In Underserved Communities

Jennifer Stoll, EVP, Government Relations & Public Affairs, OCHIN, and Jackie Gerhart, MD, Clinical Informatics, Epic.  Jennifer and Dr. Gerhart discuss new platform tools being used to ensure care coordination and interoperability during the COVID-19 crisis in underserved and rural communities across the country. Jackie Gerhart MD Jennifer Stoll As state and federal partners are […]

COVID-19 Telehealth Program Funding Opportunity

Dan Golder, DDS, MBA, Principal, and Larry Katzovitz, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors.  In this session Dan and Larry examine the recent “FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program Funding Opportunity,” and provide a high-level overview of the programs, and its potential implications and impact to hospitals and health systems.  Highlights include: Background of the funding, who qualifies, what’s […]

Managing Your Expanding Remote Workforce During COVID-19 and Thereafter

Shefali Mookencherry, Principal & VCISO, and Erik Gerard, Principal & VCTO, Impact Advisors.  Shefali and Erik discuss the tactical approaches many organizations have taken to quickly scale a large remote workforce. They provide observations and recommendations on how to stabilize and secure the existing deployments and move toward a new enterprise standard for remote workforce […]

COVID-19, CARES Act and Cash: What’s Next for America’s Hospitals?

Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, President & CEO, Healthcare Financial Management Association, and Paul Keckley, PhD, Managing Editor, The Keckley Report.  Noted futurist and healthcare politics insider Dr. Keckley, and national healthcare finance resource leader Joe Fifer, bring their combined expertise in assessing the near-term impact on the nation’s hospitals as the Stimulus Bill continues […]

Spectrum Health’s COVID-19 Response

Jason Joseph, MBA, SVP & CIO, Spectrum Health.  In this presentation, Jason outlines Spectrum Health’s stages of COVID-19 preparation and response, and how the organization has adapted and advanced since March.  He also discusses some of the IT-related activities, the shift to “digital” everything, and some of the methods Spectrum has been using to deal […]

Stanford’s Primary Care Rapid Response to COVID-19 and Beyond

Samuel C. Thomas, MD, MS, Fellow Population Health, Delivery Science, Primary Care, and Maja Artandi, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, and Christopher (Topher) Sharp, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford Medicine. Christopher Sharp MD Maja Artandi MD Samuel C. Thomas MD To address the rising number of cases of COVID-19, Stanford has been successful in […]