Creating and Running Innovation Centers: TechSpring at Baystate

Christian Lagier, Managing Director and Co-Founder, TechSpring – the Baystate Health Technology Innovation Center.  As regulatory and competitive pressures are dramatically increasing the pace of change in our industry, Christian speaks about the role of "innovation centers" in healthcare. At the founding of TechSpring five years ago, there were less than 20. Today, the list […]

Clinical Guideline Recommendations you can Trust

Janice Kaczmarek Janice Kaczmarek, EPC Program Manager & Director, ECRI Guidelines Trust, ECRI Institute. When the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) decided to stop funding the National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC), ECRI Institute heard from numerous users of the site who were dismayed. ECRI had been the prime contractor for NGC for 20 years, […]

An Introduction to Emerging Healthcare Technologies

Geoff Lougheed Raj Mehta Chris Shudes Geoff Lougheed, Principal, Raj Mehta, Partner, and Chris Shudes, Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.  Emerging technology trends can seem both elusive and ephemeral, but some become integral to business and IT strategies - and form the backbone of tomorrow’s technology innovation. Deloitte has identified eight technology trends for 2019 to […]

SMART on FHIR: Integrating HIE Data into EMR Workflow, Part III

Titus K. Schleyer, DMD, PhD Jason T Schaffer, MD Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD, Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, and Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Indiana University, and Jason Schaffer, MD, IU Health. How do you integrate data from a community health information exchange effectively and efficiently into an EMR?  Our FHIR-based app, called CareView, for connecting the […]

Insights for Unlocking the Potential of AI in Healthcare

Tushar Mehrotra Marc Paradis Tushar Mehrotra, SVP Analytics, and Marc Paradis, VP and Dean of Data Science University, Optum.  Recent survey findings suggest increasing optimism that AI will transform healthcare while also yielding a return on investment. But success can only be achieved when organizations focus on solving a particular business problem and applying the […]

Continuing Care: It’s not just Post-acute Care

Seth Nore, MBA, MHA Seth Nore, MBA, MHA, Clinical Applications Director, and John Jurchak, MSPT, Director of Performance Enhancement, Atrium Health. Atrium Health operates as a fully integrated system that is connecting and transforming care delivery. Seth and Bennett discuss the growing importance of continuing care organizations and how Atrium's approach to clinical system integration […]

Recruitment Marketing in a Digital Age at Ascension

Anne Pankonien Lauren King Anne Pankonien, Senior Director Talent Acquisition, Promotions and Sourcing Strategy, and Lauren King, Regional Recruitment Director, Ascension.  People are talking … and texting, and tweeting and blogging. How do you ensure your recruitment message is being heard above the noise? In this session we will discuss the digital recruitment toolbox, and […]

KLAS Interoperability and EHR Data Sharing Trends

Colin Buckley Paul Warbuton Colin Buckley, Senior Analyst, Paul Warburton, EHR Analyst, and Tyson Blauer, Interoperability Analyst, KLAS.  Interoperability and EHR market share are still top of mind for HIT leaders across the country. KLAS' latest interoperability update validates the CommonWell-Carequality connection, which makes data sharing possible for almost any provider organization. The next hurdle […]

An EHR-Based Real-Time Analytics Program for Patient Safety Surveillance and Improvement

David Classen, MD, CMIO, Pascal Metrics, and Professor of Medicine, University of Utah.  Dr. Classen reviews the use of artificial intelligence at the bedside to improve the safety of care for patients. He also discusses an article recently published in a special issue of Health Affairs in November 2018 that is totally devoted to patient […]

Insourcing Ready-to-Administer Syringes with IV Robotics

Kevin N. Hansen, PharmD, MS, BCPS Kevin N. Hansen, PharmD, MS, BCPS, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital.  The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) indicate that whenever possible, medications are to be dispensed in the most ready-to-administer (RTA) forms available from the […]

Value Based Care & Payment Transformation through Interoperability

Tony Jurek Anne Phelps Mark Bethke Tony Jurek, Managing Director, Anne Phelps, Principal, and Mark Bethke, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.  Despite the political rhetoric and public doubt surrounding the viability of the value-based care model, the industry continues to mature and evolve this model of healthcare delivery.  The next wave of meaningful use funding, […]

Improved Nursing Workflow through EHR Documentation Optimization

Rebecca Kohler, RN, MPH Jennifer Aning, BSN, RN Nikki Helle, BSN, RN Brita Hansen, MD Rebecca Kohler, RN, MPH, Director Clinical Informatics, Hennepin Healthcare, Jennifer Aning, BSN, RN, Senior RN Clinical Informatics Analyst, Nikki Helle, BSN, RN, Senior RN Epic Application Analyst, UnityPoint Health, and Brita Hansen, MD, CMO, LogicStream Health. While a primary responsibility […]

GDPR: So You Think it Doesn’t Apply?

Scott D. Dresen, MBA, FACHE, FHIMSS, CISSP, CISM Scott Dresen, FACHE, FHIMSS, CISSP, CISM, Senior VP & CTO/CISO, Leah Voigt, JD, MPH, Chief Privacy & Research Integrity Officer, Spectrum Health System, Christy Wheaton, Chief Information Privacy & Security Officer, and Liz Callahan-Morris, Deputy General Counsel, Henry Ford Health System. The European Union’s General Data Protection […]

Evolving your IT Strategy in the Digital Health Age

Elizabeth Pearlman Liam Bouchier Elizabeth Pearlman, VP Software Applications and Operations, Hospital for Specialty Surgery (HSS), and Liam Bouchier, Principal, Impact Advisors, discuss how organizations can prepare for and ensure a traditional IT strategy is aligned with and enabling the Digital future in a highly competitive urban marketplace. They share their views of what it […]

The Innovation Process at John Muir

Jon Russell Jon Russell, SVP and CIO, John Muir Health.  Jon provides an overview of John Muir Health’s journey from innovation to transformation, including a description of their internal processes and examples of how John Muir is engaging in the Bay area’s health tech startup and operational innovation environment to drive organization strategy, develop creative […]