Machine Learning Algorithms for Disease Detection: Implementing AI into Radiology Workflow

William Boonn, MD Warren B. Gefter, MD, Professor of Radiology, Penn Medicine, and William Boonn, MD, CMIO, Nuance.  With November being Lung Cancer Awareness month, Drs. Gefter and Boonn discuss Penn Medicine’s work with developers, radiologists, and scientists to incorporate deep learning algorithms that automate the detection, measurement, characterization and reporting of lung nodules on […]

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 […]

Clinical Transformation through Care Team Communication

Simmy King DNP, MS, MBA, RN-BC, NE-BC, Nursing Director: Clinical Information Systems & Professional Development, Matt MacVey, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, and Jeremy Davis, Senior Director & Application Leader, Children’s National, and Steve Harlow, Director Clinical Communications, Cerner.  Discover how Children's National Medical Center is using evidence-based processes and a unified clinical communication […]

Predictive Clinical Surveillance with AI

Jean-Claude Saghbini Jean-Claude Saghbini, Chief Technology Officer of Wolters Kluwer, Health. Real-time surveillance of rapidly deteriorating conditions is key to impacting quality and cost of care. In this session, Jean-Claude discusses how Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are coupled with clinical knowledge to enable predictive and prescriptive decision support at the point […]

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 […]

Behavioral Components of Shared Decision Making at Sentara

Jordan Asher MD Jordan Asher, MD, MS, SVP and Chief Physician Executive, Sentara Healthcare. Patient engagement through shared decision-making between providers and consumers of healthcare sounds so easy. However, there are a great number of behavioral characteristics that elevate the need to understand different dynamics that are in play. Dr. Asher discusses the behavioral components […]

IV Automation + Cloud Technology = Increased Patient Safety

Jeff Brittain PharmD, BCPS Mark Neuenschwander Jeff Brittain, PharmD, BCPS, Director Pharmacy Support Services, MUSC Health, and Mark Neuenschwander, Founding Director, THRIV.  Manual IV compounding is fraught with patient safety risks. Studies show one in ten IV preps have errors. Yet, just one in four health systems use IV workflow technology proven to significantly increase […]

Outlook 2020: The Top Three Challenges for Hospital Pharmacy Teams

Dean Parry, RPH Daniel Teich PharmD Jennifer Wheeler Davis, PharmD, MBA, MISM, BCPS, FASHP Dave Ehlert PharmD, MBA, FASHP Patrick Yoder, PharmD Dean Parry, RPH, Associate VP Clinical Informatics, Care Support Services, Geisinger Health System, Daniel Teich, Pharm.D., VP Purchasing and Contracting, Fairview Pharmacy Services, Jennifer Wheeler Davis, Pharm.D., MBA, MISM, BCPS, FASHP, System Director […]

CommonHealth: Collecting, Storing and Sharing Health Records on Android Devices

Ida Sim, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Natalie Pageler, MD, CMIO, Stanford Children’s Health, and JP Pollak, PhD, Chief Product Officer, The Commons Project.  In April 2018 Apple introduced Health Records functionality to Apple Health, providing iOS users the ability to use their EMR portal logins to download, store, view and share clinical data. […]

Deciphering Clinical IT at Baystate, Rush and Banner

Joel Vengco Brian Patty MD, CHCIO Eligible Sherri Hess, MS-IS, BSN, RN-BC, FHIMSS Joel Vengco, SVP & CIO, Baystate Health, Brian Patty, MD, CHCIO Eligible, VP & CMIO Clinical Information Systems, Rush University Medical Center, and Sherri Hess, MS-IS, BSN, RN-BC, FHIMSS, CNIO, Banner Health.  Discover how a CIO, CMIO and CNIO leverage their synergies […]

Cyber Student Staffing Boosts Productivity at Sentara, Part II

Dan Bowden Daniel Bowden, VP & CISO, Sentara Healthcare.  Dan discusses some of the very positive impact that the student staffing program has had. Sentara’s cybersecurity program has made major improvements to training, process documentation, and drastically improved on-boarding time for not only new students, but all new team members. Further, the security team’s capabilities […]