Issue 42, July 14, 2023
America faces daunting and complex healthcare challenges that include and go beyond the current pandemic. In myriad ways, innovative healthcare companies are developing solutions to improve access to care, battle disease, strengthen population health, and meet the needs of underserved communities. This newsletter will offer examples of Healthcare Leadership Council members answering the call. |
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HLC Webinar
Multisectoral Approach to Patient-Centered Care
Learn about the steady progression of restructuring the healthcare delivery system towards patient-centered care and away from fee-for-service in a way that pays for improved health outcomes. Shared responsibility across healthcare sectors enables enhanced communication, actionable data, and care coordination. Experts will highlight how their organizations have implemented changes to improve the experience for both patients and providers. Speakers:
Justin Barclay Vice President, Consumer Insights & Analytics Tivity Health
Mark Montoney, MD Chief Medical Officer Wellvana Hirsh Sandesara, MD Lead Medical Director, Value-Based Provider Engagement BlueCross NC Adam Solomon, MD
Chief Medical Officer MemorialCare Medical Foundation
When: July 19, 2023 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET |
| Epic Achieves Milestone in Electronic Exchange of Structured Genomic Data
Epic, a Healthcare Leadership Council member, has achieved a significant milestone that is resulting in healthcare organizations exchanging patients' structured genomic data in hundreds of transactions on Epic's electronic health records systems, according to a story in LabPulse.com. The landmark moment occurred this spring when two health organizations exchanged clinical information for a patient for which they were both caring, using Epic's Care Everywhere health information exchange functionality, but what made the exchange different was that, in addition to the patient's problem list, notes, medications, and radiological tests, the dataset also contained the patient's structured genetic information.
According to Epic vice president of genomics and interoperability Peter DeVault, the company has taken "several years of effort to build and refine the appropriate data model and capabilities within Epic's software to make that information usable and useful." One of the key potential benefits of integrating genetic data into electronic health records is the ability to link clinical decision support. This can help clinicians choose appropriate medications and other treatments for their patients, or to diagnose patients with genetic diseases."
DeVault said, "Epic will continue the work of connecting additional genetic testing laboratories to healthcare organizations around the world, developing tools for normalizing and comparing genetic findings with knowledge bases, and rolling out our Genomics Sequence Server to all our customers so they can efficiently and securely store whole genomes and other large result sets." |
AdventHealth Takes Action to Address Nursing Shortage
One of the country's leading healthcare systems is taking substantive action to address the nation's worsening nursing shortage. AdventHealth, a Healthcare Leadership Council member, has made a major financial commitment to the University of Central Florida College of Nursing to help construct a new building at Lake Nona that will enable the college to graduate hundreds of additional nurses annually. The new building will also expand the college's capabity to educate future nursing faculty members.
In addition to contributing to the new building, AdventHealth's investment will support student success with the creation of a scholars program providing tuition assistance to several senior students annually and establish a paid summer internship program for a number of UCF nursing students.
Randy Haffner, CEO of AdventHealth Florida said, "Ensuring we have well-educated, highly trained and skilled nurses to meet Florida's growing healthcare needs is a pressing challenge for the entire healthcare sector. Partnering with leading educational institutions such as UCF is absolutely vital to ensuring these efforts are successful." |
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