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?

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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/

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CIO and SVP of MultiCare Health System, Bradd Busick, shares how they have worked to breach the gap between the healthcare industry and other retail industries by maximizing the usage of technology and working to provide care to the broader and more rural community. How can we work towards providing care and access to those in rural areas with limited access to technology? How can we create a cohesive experience for patients? From Moxi to drones, is technology the primary lane to combatting the staffing shortage and maximizing access to care?

Key Points:
- Understanding the core of healthcare offers opportunities to optimize
- MultiCare’s Covered Lives Program
- Moxi delivered 3,500 things in 30 days, traveling 605 miles
- Using drones in healthcare to aid in telehealth and access
- MultiCare Health System - https://www.multicare.org/

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Today on TownHall Jake Lancaster, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care talks with Anwar Jebran, MD, Clinical Informatics Fellow at UI Health about hospital at home and informatics on the international scale. How is Anwar and UI Health setting up hospital at home for their organization? How is he planning to go about patient selection for it? What does the informatics landscape look like outside of the United States? What are the needs for informatics training or informatics trained physicians to get involved internationally?

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Today on TownHall, we are highlighting a previous episode featuring an insightful discussion between Brett Oliver, Family Physician and Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Health and John League, Managing Director, Digital Health Research at Advisory Board. Where is the current momentum in the digital space? Is there a disconnect between investment dollars and opportunity? What are the digital blind spots for healthcare organizations? For digital startups? A major concern with the rise of numerous digital health solutions is segmentation or siloing of care. How can we avoid this moving forward? KLAS reported that communicating with a provider before and after a visit is of the highest priority. Is there a lot of movement in this space?

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Bob Klein, CEO at Digital Scientists, joins Bill for the news. Healthcare is struggling financially . With some having 20% budgets, CIOs need to have greater access at a much lower cost per touch. How can we reevaluate our architecture and decide what is actually generating ROI? Can we save rural healthcare systems from the financial crisis? How can we combat the rise in labor and supply chain costs? How can hospitals continue to excel when we are running on low-power mode?

Key Points:
Twitter cuts the Salesforce bill by 75%, 20 million down to 5 million.
Providers are ready to build, buy, and to rationalize what's in their architecture and to come up with the solutions that differentiate themselves.
From 2010 to 2021, 136 rural hospitals closed, 19 of those in 2020 alone
Digital Scientists - https://digitalscientists.com/

News articles:
We're going to come out of this winning:' Northwell CEO on labor challenges and the system's biggest growth area.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/were-going-to-come-out-of-this-winning-ceo-michael-dowling-on-northwells-labor-challenges-growth-areas.html?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=0583D5153045B0T
The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2801097
Hemant Ramnani on LinkedIn: Twitter Cuts Salesforce Bill 75% as More Buyers Scrutinize Software Spending
https://www.linkedin.com/signup/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fupdate%2Furn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7032766496888029184%3Futm_source%3Dshare%26utm_medium%3Dmember_ios
Dartmouth Health CEO: Rural healthcare at a breaking point
https://www.dartmouth-health.org/news/rural-healthcare-breaking-point?utm_source=bambu&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=advocacy&blaid=4171529

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Diagnosed as an infant, Alex fought cancer for most of her life and at the age of four decided she wanted to hold lemonade stands in her front yard. In her lifetime, Alex raised more than $1 million for a cure and today, Alex's Lemonade Stand is one of the leading childhood cancer charities in the country having raised more than $250 million. Joining us today is their Co-Executive Director Liz Scott.

Key Points:
ALSF Vision: A Cure for All Children with Cancer
Providing Financial, Emotional Logistical Support to Childhood Cancer Families
Changing the Lives of Kids with Cancer and their Families
Research that Brings Better Treatments and Cures to Children with Cancer
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