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?

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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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Today on TownHall Sue Schade, Principal at StarBridge Advisors speaks with Ed Kopetsky before his recent retirement from his position as the Chief Information and Digital Officer at Stanford Children’s Health about the work his team has done over the years and implementing lean methodology. What has Ed and his team accomplished in his 14 year tenure at Stanford Children’s? How did he leverage lean methodologies when he introduced it to his organization? How has he been able to position his organization to develop innovative solutions? As he gets ready to retire, what pearls of wisdom would he share with up and coming leaders?

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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Laura O’Toole, CEO at SureTest joins Bill for the news. The age of AI is upon us, and it's no longer a question of if but how. How can we use AI to improve patient care and alleviate the burden on clinicians? How can we push forward trust in AI from a patient perspective? In terms of technology, Can application rationalization ultimately lead to the elimination of outdated equipment and cost reduction? What does strong leadership look like in 2023? Can we establish better work cultures to combat the rise of workplace dissatisfaction and ultimately the staffing shortage?

Key Points:
- Some of the healthcare equipment from 30 years ago still resides in systems today
- Legacy equipment in healthcare
- Press Ganey integrates Epic
- Contributing factors like raise, culture, and contribution grow workplace dissatisfaction
- SureTest - https://suretest.health/

News articles:
- How best to manage, or dump, legacy healthcare IT systems - Healthcare IT News:
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-best-manage-or-dump-legacy-healthcare-it-systems
- Healthcare workers still think about quitting often, even on well-staffed teams:
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare-workers-still-think-about-quitting-often-even-well-staffed-teams
- Press Ganey announces collaboration with Epic to advance integration of patient experience insight into electronic medical records:
https://www.pressganey.com/news/press-ganey-announces-collaboration-with-epic-to-advance-integration-of-patient-experience-insight-into-electronic-medical-records/

We understand that staying ahead of the curve regarding Security Priorities can be challenging. Join us, April 6, 1:00pm, for this webinar to learn how CISOs in healthcare address Security Priorities for 2023 – insights that can help keep your healthcare organization safe and secure. https://thisweekhealth.com/ciso-priorities-2023/

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