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“As we understand the things we want to do from a front-end perspective, the backend becomes mission critical,” said Anika Gardenhire of Ardent Health Services. In this interview, she talks about the importance of a solid infrastructure – especially with AI initiatives, her leadership philosophy, and the true goal of innovation.
The best way to alleviate the documentation burden is by developing “tools that can help support nurses and create efficiencies.” The problem is that “we don’t have time right now to provide input,” said Victoria Tiase. In this interview, she talks about how digital transformation has affected nursing; the question vendors need to be asked; and how Utah Health is bringing innovations to the bedside.
With the majority of care in the U.S. being delivered at the community level, organizations like Community Health Network provide the ideal “sandbox” to test out solutions that could potentially improve efficiency and enhance the consumer experience, according to Patrick McGill, MD, and Allison Lodhi.
In today’s complex healthcare environment, providing a platform for users to present ideas is essential. However, “if it’s open-ended and unbounded, we’re going to be building a whole bunch of very pretty bridges to nowhere,” said David Sylvan, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at University Hospitals. Instead, “we have to be prescriptive about what we’re going to solve for,” he said.
The only way to solve the many problems plaguing physicians is by involving those who “understand the work, understand the problems, and live them every day, and partnering them with technology experts.” In this interview, Eve Cunningham, MD, Chief of Virtual Care and Digital Health at Providence, talks about her team’s objectives, the clinical support decision tool that could change the game for clinicians, and why she’s a champion for telehealth.
With organizations heavily focused on EHR rollouts and optimizations, the “critically important” administrative systems took a back seat, said Craig Kwiatkowski. In this interview, he talks about the “major overhaul” Cedar-Sinai has undergone to centralize services, the keys to success with its Accelerator program, and his interesting career background.
One of the keys to meeting Penn Medicine’s core objectives – improving efficiency, reducing clinical burden, and delivering a better patient experience – is in establishing partnerships, said Anna Schoenbaum, VP of Applications and Digital Health. The other? Having “strong governance and engagement. That’s part of our DNA.”
As digital tools play an increasingly critical role in successfully engaging with consumers, perhaps it’s time for a new approach, said Sara Vaezy. In this piece, she discusses the new platform Providence is leveraging to “expand the lens through which we see individuals” by looking beyond clinical interactions.
Although the discovery of penicillin quickly proved “powerful” right from the start, several steps still had to be taken before its potential could be realized, according to Dan Barchi, CIO at CommonSpirit. In this piece, he examines the parallels between penicillin and another innovation.
For cybersecurity leaders, learning “how to foster innovation while ensuring robust defenses against ever-evolving threats” has become quite the dilemma, according to Dennis Leber. In this piece, he identifies the key threats and shares advice on how to mitigate them.
