Migrating from MS Office to Google G-Suite at SCL Health

Steven Michaels, VP & CTO, SCL Health System.  The discussion centers around the advantages of selecting a strategic partner like Google and aligning organizational change culture with the benefits of the G-Suite platform. Steven also discusses embracing the agile benefits of the Google relationship and putting into action meaningful solutions that expand beyond G-Suite (i.e. Google Cloud, Pixels).

COVID-19 Medication Management at Hotspot Hospitals

Erin R. Fox, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, Senior Director Drug Information and Support Services, University of Utah Health, Benjamin Pennell, PharmD, MS, Manager Central Pharmacy Operations, Massachusetts General Hospital, Sharon Higgins, RPh, Clinical Informatics Pharmacist, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and David Berkowitz, PharmD, Performance Center Field Consultant, Omnicell. David Berkowitz PharmD Benjamin Pennell PharmD, MS Erin […]

Framing Social Determinants of Health … Differently

Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH, FACP, former SVP & Chief Medical Officer, American Hospital Association. Dr. Bhatt explores how to consider framing social needs, social determinants of health and health equity for hospitals and health systems. He also discusses the intersection between these social factors that affect overall health and the power of community partnerships in the wake of COVID-19. Link to the article […]

Protecting Revenue Cycle During COVID-19

Brian Junghans Jim Akimchuk Jim Akimchuk, VP, and Brian Junghans, VP, Impact Advisors.  As healthcare providers have shifted focus to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, normal business operations have been interrupted causing significant financial pressures. While the underlying variables at some institutions are relatively consistent (e.g., the impact to non-COVID patient volumes), others are dramatically […]

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Our Nation’s Hospitals: What’s Next?

Paul Keckley, PhD, Managing Editor, The Keckley Report; and Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), the University of Minnesota.  Hospitals across the country have responded courageously and admirably as the nation’s public health servants to address and manage the international COVID-19 pandemic. Michael T. Osterholm PhD, MPH […]

Medically Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedure Decision-Making at University of Chicago Medicine

Kiran Turaga, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Surgery & Director, Surgical GI Cancer Program and Regional Therapeutics Program, and Vivek Prachand, MD, Professor of Surgery & Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine. The recent pandemic of COVID-19 created an incredible strain on health systems worldwide, leading to postponements of elective surgeries. Kiran Turaga […]

Using Analytics to Improve Care Management

Robert Crossey, DO, President, and Francis R. Colangelo, MD, MS-HQS, FACP, VP and Chief Quality Officer, Premier Medical Associates.  Improving care coordination for patients with multiple co-morbidities and chronic conditions is essential to increasing quality and reducing the total cost of care. Robert Crossey DO Francis R. Colangelo MD, MS-HQS, FACP These patients face unique challenges navigating the […]

Professional Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability in the Era of COVID-19

Michael Tutty, PhD, Group VP, Professional Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability, American Medical Association (AMA).  In the last three months there have been tremendous changes and challenges to the physician profession arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.  From those clinicians working on the frontlines to those struggling with reduced clinical workloads, healthcare is in turmoil.  Michael presents […]

The ‘Combat Fatigue’ Impact of COVID-19

Nancy Howell Agee Cathy Jennings, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, FNAP Nancy Howell Agee, President & CEO, and Cathy Jennings, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, FNAP, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiac Surgery, Carilion Clinic. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare workers in a manner that can be likened to “combat fatigue” given the unique circumstances in which this has played […]

E-notifications at Atrium Health and Preparing for the New Condition of Participation

Matt Sullivan, MD, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, and Erica Hetrick, AVP, IAS, Atrium Health, and Jay Desai, CEO, PatientPing. The clock is ticking! Matt Sullivan, MD Jay Desai With the publication of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule published in the federal register on May 1, hospitals have 12 months to comply […]

COVID-19 Financial Recovery Strategies

Michael Allen, CFO, OSF HealthCare, Christian Pass, CFO, John Muir Health, and Dan Michelson, CEO, Strata.  The COVID-19 pandemic has turned hospital financials upside down, as hospitals put community needs first in the immediate response to the disease outbreaks across the country. Financial management strategies for this kind of nimble, constantly-shifting operational decision-making include tactics […]

Using Machine-Learning Algorithms to Prevent Drug Diversion at Mass General

Christopher R. Fortier, PharmD, FASHP, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare (Mass General Brigham).  Healthcare providers are vulnerable to serious legal, financial, operational and reputational risks - and regulatory fines - due to employee drug diversion and inadequate internal controls. COVID-19 has increased employee’s feelings of stress and burnout has spiked to new […]

Move Faster in Your Digital Journey: Best Practices for Avoiding Common Missteps in Linking Digital to Strategy

Michelle Conger, Chief Strategy Officer, OSF HealthCare, and Jeanette Flom, SVP Client Engagement - Central, AVIA.  Building a point of view for what digital health success should look like is easy. Michelle Conger Jeanette Flom Where many health systems stumble is in the next several steps - connecting a digital point-of-view to the organization’s overall […]