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 […]

Transforming Patient Access to Care

David Jaspan, DO, FACOOG James Farley David Jaspan, DO, FACOOG, Chair, Access Governance Committee and Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Einstein Healthcare Network, and James Farley, National VP Value Creation, UnitedHealthcare.  Einstein Health Network (EHN), was struggling with recurring and growing financial losses, both in their medical group and at their hospital. Wait times in the […]

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery through EMR Integration

Stacey Johnston, MD Megan Argabright Stacey Johnston, MD, Associate CMIO for Hospitalist Informatics, and Megan Argabright, Clinical Informaticist, Baptist Health (Jacksonville FL).  Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is an evidence-based interdisciplinary care delivery model that focuses on quickly moving the evidence developed from surgical research to bedside patient care, making a more immediate positive impact […]

Population Health Strategy & Technology in the Shift to Value-Based Care

Shara Cohen, JD Vanessa Guzman, AVP, Quality Improvement, Montefiore Health System, and Shara L. Cohen, JD, VP, Customer Experience for Clinical Effectiveness, Wolters Kluwer Health.  Vanessa and Shara describe the strategy used by Montefiore Health System to implement value-based care model activities, understanding that patients' health extends well-beyond healthcare settings. The model promotes accountability for […]

Get SMART in the EHR Classroom

Paula Theriault, RN, MBA Jim Belanger, Jr., MBA Paula Theriault, MBA, RN, VP, Regional Nursing Informatics Officer, Jim Belanger, MBA, Director Clinical Informatics, Northern Light Health.  In today’s business world, time is at a premium which is especially true in a hospital setting. Efficient delivery of EHR education for a healthcare system that spans a […]

Making Primary Care Primary at Centura: CMMI’s Vision for Healthcare Innovation, Part III

Tamra Lavengood, RN, BSN, MSN Steve Lavengood, MD Tamra Lavengood, RN, BSN, MSN, Coordinator for Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Mercy Family Medicine  and Steve Lavengood, MD, CPC+ Medical Director, Mercy Family Medicine, Centura Health Physician Group.  With the advent of the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) that began in October 2012, CMMI has continued […]

New Visualization Techniques for Medication Adherence at Advocate Aurora

Darcy Davis, PhD Darcy Davis, PhD, Data Scientist, Advocate Aurora Health.  Medication adherence is a multi-faceted problem with varying intensity of health consequences but ultimately a high societal cost. In this complex space, tools that aid clinician judgement are more actionable when paired with meaningful conversations about patient needs and barriers to adherence. Learn how […]

Making the Right Choice: How to Rate Healthcare Apps

Adam Landman, MD David Levine, MD David W. Bates, MD Adam Landman, MD, CIO, David Levine, MD, Associate Physician, and David Bates, MD, Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  There are several hundred thousand healthcare apps in the marketplace, but it can be very difficult to determine which ones […]

Utilizing a Balanced Scorecard for Better BI at CHRISTUS

Dustin Drueckhammer, Manager Business Intelligence, and Cindy Neuenschwander, Senior Data Quality Specialist, CHRISTUS Health.  In today’s climate, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Governance (DG) are pivotal aspects of a successful heath system. The capability to produce actionable governed data enables an organization to ensure that high data quality and integrity exists throughout the complete lifecycle […]

Children’s Minnesota Community Connect: Linking Families, Resources and Care

Jessica Block Pam Ross, JD, MHA Jessica Block, Manager Community Health Programs, and Pam Ross, JD, MHA, Director Community Health Programs, Children’s Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota.  Increasingly, efforts to address the social determinants of health provide important opportunities to influence individual and population health. Responsive programming requires thoughtful clinical integration, skilled resource navigation, and […]

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 […]