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Healthcare Services Platform Consortium (HSPC): Progress toward True Semantic Interoperability, Part II

Stan Huff, MD, CMIO, Intermountain Healthcare, and Oscar Diaz, CEO, Healthcare Services Platform Consortium (HSPC).  Dr. Huff and Oscar provide an update on HSPC activities, successes, and challenges.  HSPC is a provider led, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder, membership organization that is fostering an industry-wide collaborative for the development of an open ecosystem of interoperable applications, content, and […]

How Clinical Documentation Helped Baptist Health South Florida Realize Improved Financial Performance

Lorena Chicoye, MD, Corporate Medical Director Managed Care, Baptist Health, and Melinda Tully, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, VP Clinical Services and Education, Nuance Communications, Inc.  While quality improvement programs are underway at healthcare organizations across the country, the CDI initiative at Baptist Health South Florida is notable for the measurable financial and clinical results achieved. Since […]

Diversion Analytics, Software, Value of Big Data Solutions at Hackensack UMC

Nilesh Desai, B.S, RPh., MBA, Administrator, Pharmacy and Clinical Operations, Hackensack UMC, and Kimberly New, JD, BSN, RN, Diversion Consultant, Omnicell.  Nilesh and Kimberly discuss the impact of controlled substance diversion on hospitals, including: identifying primary diversion methods in the pharmacy and on nursing units; reviewing advancements in technology and experience from a Hackensack UMC […]

Achieving the Triple Aim in Critical Care Using Advanced IT and Business Strategy at Emory

Dr. Timothy Buchman, PhD, MD, MCCM, Director Emory Critical Care Center, and Cheryl Hiddleson, MSN, RN, CCRN-E, Director Emory eICU Center. There is a shortage of critical care providers in the United States. Finding new ways of utilizing existing resources to provide high quality care to larger populations is essential for filling the gap found […]

Leveraging the EHR with CDS to Prepare for Value-based Care at Cedars-Sinai

Scott Weingarten, MD, SVP, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System. Dr. Weingarten describes Cedars-Sinai's four-year journey to "hard wire" CDS into the EHR related to value-based payments in the inpatient and ambulatory settings, and to evaluate the resulting impact on quality and cost of care.  He also discusses the performance of commercial accountable care […]

Utilizing Technology to Support Sepsis Initiatives

Kody Hansen, Research Manager of Clinical Decision Support, KLAS. Utilizing technology to support sepsis initiatives in the inpatient healthcare environment is not a new concept, but widespread adoption of these solutions is relatively nascent across the country. Kody outlines key findings on vendor sepsis technologies in use today, gleaned from interviews with over 150 healthcare […]

Journey to NextGen ACO at KentuckyOne

Don Lovasz, President, KentuckyOne Health Partners. While forming the health system 4 years ago, CHI's KentuckyOne also created its Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Currently the KentuckyOne Health Partners (KHP) ACO is ranked in the top decile nationally among over 400 ACOs across the country in terms of quality, total medical spend savings, and covered lives. […]

Behavioral Health Integration and the EMR at Partners HealthCare

John Roseman, MD, Behavioral Health Clinical Content Lead, Jennifer Gray, RN, Application Manager, Andrew Murphy, Application Coordinator, and Liann Devereux, Application Coordinator, Partners HealthCare System. After three years of enterprise discussion and consensus on workflows and content, Partners began a new EMR implementation process in 2015. This has resulted in the successful implementation of the […]

The State of MACRA, Value Based Care, and Population Health: Where Are We Now

Gary Wainer, DO, Medical Director Northwestern Medicine Physician Partners, Eric Finocchiaro, Managing Director, and Tony Jurek, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.  With the current MACRA reporting year underway, organizations continue to focus on 2017 metrics while simultaneously turning attention to the 2018 reporting requirements and beyond. As the MACRA requirements change, so must each participating […]

Cybersecurity Challenges of Connected Medical Devices

Robert Maliff, Director Applied Solutions, ECRI Institute. Medical devices are no longer just standalone systems at the bedside, but are now connected to other devices and the electronic medical record system to aid in documentation and real-time patient care decisions. While hospitals often have policies and practices related to information technologies security, the diverse world […]

SI 2017 CNIO Summit

"The Evolving Role of the CNIO" The Scottsdale Institute 2017 Chief Nursing Information Officers Summit was an opportunity for Scottsdale Institute member CNIOs to meet and share common issues and best practices. CONFERENCE DESIGN & OBJECTIVES: Discuss CNIO Roles and Reporting Relationships Identify CNIO Key Priorities for SI Members Identify Key Technology Enablers of Today's […]

Being Cyber Resilient in the World Today at Ascension

Duane Hopkins, National Security Operations Director, Ascension Health. In today's world, cyber-attacks are on the rise, attackers are increasing the level of sophistication causing the landscape to shift at a very rapid pace.  Organizations need the ability to anticipate, withstand, and recover from attacks on critical resources and evolve their supporting infrastructures to improve those […]

Legacy Data Management

Janice Wurz, Principal, Shaman Akhtar, Senior Advisor, and Christine Personius, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors.  Most cost predictors for EHR/Merger & Acquisition transitions assume legacy application expenses are eradicated after go-live. Regulatory requirements, however, preclude the "box & storage" of old records offsite. With the ongoing need to access historical data, organizations must address and fund […]

Nursing Optimization at Eastern Maine

April Giard, NP-BC, NEA-BC, VP & Chief Nursing Information Officer, Eastern Maine Health System. Hospitals and clinicians have been trying to move beyond the implementation and adoption of technology to the stage of how technology can be meaningful in improving patient care, and to use the system in place to its fullest potential. Nursing is […]

NYP Launches On-Demand Digital Health Services

Peter Fleischut, MD, Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Medical Operating Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian.  NYP On Demand Is a comprehensive suite of digital services to get the right doctor to the right patient, nationally, regionally and locally. The On Demand program consists of second opinions in 80+ specialties, urgent care in four states, pediatric and adult ED […]

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