COVID

Jackie Gerhart, MD, Clinical Informatics, Epic.  In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations and clinicians are ramping up care on two fronts. As part of expansion and surge efforts, they are adding beds to existing facilities and setting up temporary hospitals and pop-up screening sites to deal with the influx of new infections. Under social distancing guidelines,...

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 with planning, PPE, incident...

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 preparing and responding to...

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 with home monitoring, Providence...

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 of patients in response to COVID-19. To help healthcare systems address the increased intensity and operational stress that COVID-19 is placing on...

Cheryl Hertel, MBA, RN-BC, FACHE, CHCIO, VP & CIO, CoxHealth, John W. McLendon, CPHIMS, MBA, VP & CIO, Circle Health, and Dick Flanigan, MBA, FACHE, SVP Cerner. Cheryl, John and Dick summarize how health systems are responding to COVID-19, the financial impacts of the pandemic, and how checklists must continually change to adapt to the rapidly changing environment. They also...

Scott Rissmiller, MD, EVP & Chief Physician Executive, Atrium Health.  Atrium Health announced a new and innovative program to help appropriate patients who have been diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to receive safe and convenient treatment while they recover, in the comfort of their home. Atrium Health’s COVID-19 Virtual Hospital is designed to protect the patient’s health, the health...

Albert Marinez, Chief Analytics Officer, Amy Christensen, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE, VP & CNO Specialty Based Care, Seraphine Kapsandoy, PhD, RN, Chief Clinical Information Officer, and Diego Ize-Ludlow, MD, CHIO, Intermountain Healthcare. COVID-19 has put a renewed focus on actionable and real-time intelligence. Hospital administrators and operational leaders required the support of real-time situational awareness related to capacity, supplies,...

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 COVID with an eye toward the implications...

Amy Compton-Phillips, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Providence, shares lessons learned to date from ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providence is embracing technology and lowering regulatory barriers to flatten the curve and ultimately transform healthcare. Dr. Compton-Phillips will explain how Chat-Bot triage, virtual visits and centralized, remote monitoring are reducing PPE use and keeping patients safe at home until...