THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
Georgianna Kelly and Tamera Sutton discussed how Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) stayed on schedule and brought 7 acute care hospitals live on Epic during the pandemic. They focused on training and go-live readiness initiatives, including pivoting from in-person programs to virtual platforms.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
In this final installment of our weekly Best Practices webinar series, Candace McGovern and Michele Bambauer of University Hospitals in Cleveland shared the health system’s COVID story - from surge preparation to recovery planning. Check it out here!
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
Steve Kropp, Director of Telehealth of University of Kansas, led today’s webinar to discuss the future of Telehealth and adjunct technologies that support virtual patient care (such as remote patient monitoring devices). We also discussed whether reimbursements for Telehealth visits will remain on par with in-person care post-COVID.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
Eric Ammonds if Baptist Health Systems in Jacksonville, FL, led Session 12 of our webinar series with a discussion of how his organization is bringing people back to work, both in office and from home, as the COVID-19 crisis changes the way we operate. We also discuss how Baptist Jax managed security challenges as they quickly launched telehealth and work from home strategies.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4
Neil Patel, President of Healthbox, provided industry insights into healthcare’s response to COVID-19, a review some of the structural weaknesses the pandemic has exposed in our healthcare system and a look ahead at new technologies and trends that will impact us all going forward.
THURSDAY, MAY 28
Kevin Pannell, PMP, Project Manager at VCU Health System, led this session to share insights related to building inpatient telemedicine and virtual family visit programs, as well as best practices in disaster preparedness and continuity of operations.
THURSDAY, MAY 21
Karie Ryan, Senior Director of Innovation at Tenet Healthcare, led a discussion about IT security and effective ways hospitals are bringing patients back into the system. Special guest Dr. Joel Diamond, Chief Medical Officer at 2bPrecise, discussed the relationship between COVID-19 and precision medicine.
THURSDAY, MAY 14
Moderated by Eric Ammonds of Baptist Health System in Jacksonville, FL, and Dr. Chris Garcia, Medical Director of Clinical Informatics at LabCorp, Session 8 covered a broad range of topics, including available COVID testing (diagnostic and antibody) and post-COVID strategies for resuming hospital operations.
THURSDAY, MAY 7
Session 7 - the halfway point in the COVID-19 Best Practices series - provided a look back at how far our health system partners have come since our first meeting in March, the lessons they’ve learned, and what new technologies and processes they are likely to keep post-COVID.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
Moderated by Karie Ryan of Tenet Healthcare, Session 6 offered a deep dive on how systems leveraged existing technology investments to combat COVID-19, discussion around continuity planning, a review of how AI can be used to support hospital operations and a hard look at our “new normal.”