Today on TownHall Sue Schade, Principal at StarBridge Advisors speaks with Jack King, Chief Information Officer at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons(AAOS). What is his team focusing on currently at AAOS? What new innovations did he discover at his organization’s annual meeting? What are the differences in supporting IT for a physician-member organization like AAOS versus a more typical provider organization? What is it like to have physicians from many different health systems as his primary customer? What is he most excited about working on in the coming year?

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With the rise of staffing challenges, CEO of SureTest, Laura O’Toole shares their fully managed solution that completely alleviates the burden for their clients. With their library of 2,500 EHR workflows, SureTest was built to help manage the 20-40,000 hours a year health systems were spending on EHR testing and the surrounding and integrated third party applications. Saving you time with their quick implementations, money with their speedy ROI delivery, and FtE positions, their solution is a phenomenal way to maintain testing and minimize risk. Check out their booth, number 812, to see a full demo of the solution as well as hear from active clients on how they’ve utilized this solution.

Key Points:
- Many SureTest employees golf Epic certifications
- Built EHR library on Eggplant that can implement new workflows 4-5 times faster, delivering ROI within the year
- SureTest is branching into enterprise solutions, saving the equivalent of 8-12 FtE positions with their solution
- 80-85% of testing becomes automated
- SureTest - https://suretest.health/

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Today on TownHall Karla Arzola, Former Director of Information Technology - Swedish Medical Center at HealthONE speaks with MariJo Rugh, Vice President, CIO, UCHealth Affiliates at UCHealth about work-life balance and the past, present, and future of UCHealth’s Affiliate Community Connect Program. What was her career journey to Health IT? What advice does she have for taking that next career step while balancing work and home life? How does her current role fulfill her personal mission? How is her organization measuring success? What is the future of her organization’s program?

As the healthcare industry undergoes a rapid digital transformation, IT security must stay ahead of the curve. CISOs need to think ahead and proactively develop security policies and processes to ensure that healthcare organizations are secure and compliant with rapidly evolving regulations. Join us on our April 6 webinar, “Leader Series: CISO Priorities for 2023” to explore healthcare companies' challenges today and the strategies CISOs can use to stay on top of the security priorities for 2023.
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Drex DeFord, Healthcare Executive Strategist at CrowdStrike joins Bill for the news. 2023 is the year of significant cost reductions. From layoffs to budget cuts, how can we maintain morale and continue to advance our systems? Can we utilize technology to become more efficient? How do we actually make meaningful cuts in order to maintain ROI and maintain company morale? Can we, through cost-reduction storytelling and data, keep our employees in the loop while providing meaningful solutions and maintaining trusting relationships? How has the improvement of data impacted investment decisions in the long run?

Key Points:
- Breakout time has gone from 98 minutes to 84
- Transparency as a leader can provide opportunities for even more solutions and stronger relationships with employees
- Toyota’s model of Kaizen, continuous performance improvement
- ViVE’s hosted buyer model
- CrowdStrike - https://www.crowdstrike.com/

News articles:
- WSJ News Exclusive | Hackers Extort Less Money, Are Laid Off as New Tactics Thwart More Ransomware Attacks - https://www.wsj.com/articles/ransomware-attacks-decline-as-new-defenses-countermeasures-thwart-hackers-23b918a3
- CrowdStrike’s Global Threat Report - https://go.crowdstrike.com/2023-global-threat-report?utm_campaign=globalthreatreport&utm_content=crwd-laqu-en-x-tct-us-psp-x-wht-gtre-x_x_x_x-x&utm_medium=sem&utm_source=goog&utm_term=global%20threat%20report&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk7ugBhDIARIsAGuvgPb3ft7mGEmIQTvxwva_LGGHags0oaERPw1ipIMiMXY9x0ofEbp4wEIaAlQGEALw_wcB

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Between financial pressures and the worker shortage, healthcare is under siege. There are many options for prioritizing in 2023. CIOs Brad Reimer (Sanford Health), Aaron Miri (Baptist Health), and Craig Richardville (Intermountain Healthcare) share their perspective in the realm of tech debt, how to get in front of CIOs, and interoperability. What does digital front door mean? How can vendors get in front of CIOs? What are the top clinical initiatives that are driving healthcare forward? How can you prioritize the patient experience while making sound business and financial decisions?

Key Points:
- Investing in consolidation and automation to combat employees moving to companies like Amazon
- Single Imaging Platform and Enterprise Imaging Centralization
- Acceptable and unacceptable tech debt
- Remote work versus relationally driven healthcare environments

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Today on TownHall Jake Lancaster, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care talks with Dr. Naveed Rabbani, Physician and Clinical Informatics Researcher at Stanford University School of Medicine about notes and how they are changing with the recent template revisions from CMS and AMA. What extra precautions and challenges arise in note sharing for Pediatricians? How is he structuring the change management process to help new template adoption be more successful with each department? What is he doing to test the effectiveness of alerts?

As the healthcare industry undergoes a rapid digital transformation, IT security must stay ahead of the curve. CISOs need to think ahead and proactively develop security policies and processes to ensure that healthcare organizations are secure and compliant with rapidly evolving regulations. Join us on our April 6 webinar, “Leader Series: CISO Priorities for 2023” to explore healthcare companies' challenges today and the strategies CISOs can use to stay on top of the security priorities for 2023.
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