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Partnering with any healthcare organization takes a lot of effort. But when that organization is the largest medical center within the DoD, it’s an even bigger task – one that requires “a deep understanding of the technology landscape and regulatory environment,” according to Chani Cordero.
The key to impressing Kent Sona, VP and CIO at Methodist Health System? Take ownership of a problem, even if it doesn’t fall under your purview. “Own and run with it,” he said during a recent interview. Sona also talked about forming strong vendor partnerships, addressing social determinants, and understanding the why.
“What did we learn? How can we make the next one better?” During a ViVE23 panel, Michelle Stansbury, B.J. Moore, and Karen Murphy shared best practices on how vendors can successfully partner with them and leverage the “knowledge and experience gold mine” to improve their products.
Forget the vendor relationships of the past. Today, it’s about finding a partner who is “really trying to understand our current problems and opportunities, and help us solve those problems,” said our panelists during a recent discussion.
Large vendors aren’t the only ones shaping the future of healthcare – so why do they have the biggest platforms? It doesn’t have to be that way, says Dan Nigrin, MD, who talks about what made ViVE a success during its inaugural run, and how CHIME and HLTH have incorporated feedback to make the event as valuable as possible for healthcare leaders.
