Future of Healthcare

Healthcare Think Tank

July 12, 2022 - Virtual

Healthcare Visionaries

Michael Gross

Manager, Cybersecurity Intelligence / Healthcare Steering Committee

Cleveland Clinic

Think Tank Speaker

With over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, including more than two decades specializing in cybersecurity, I am a seasoned professional known for visionary leadership and comprehensive expertise in safeguarding organizations from evolving cyber threats. Key Highlights: * Cybersecurity Visionary: Throughout my career, I have consistently developed and executed robust cybersecurity strategies that align seamlessly with organizational objectives. I excel at protecting critical assets, data, and systems while proactively identifying and mitigating risks. My specialties encompass advanced threat analysis, cyber risk management, incident response, security architecture design, and regulatory compliance. As a cybersecurity visionary, I have pioneered solutions that fortify organizations against emerging threats. * Agility and Problem-Solving: My career has been marked by my ability to tackle complex challenges with agility and innovation. I leverage my expertise in cybersecurity methodologies, industry best practices, and compliance standards to provide effective solutions. * Mentorship and Leadership: I take pride in guiding and mentoring cybersecurity teams to excel in vulnerability assessment, threat detection, incident response, and recovery. I am deeply committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. * Communication and Work Ethic: My strong work ethic, exceptional interpersonal skills, and adept relationship-building capabilities are complemented by my proficiency in multitasking and effective communication. I thrive on embracing challenging tasks and delivering results. I am passionate about the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity and committed to contributing my expertise to secure and protect businesses in the digital age. Let's connect and explore opportunities to collaborate or share insights in this dynamic industry.

Vipan Nikore

Chief Medical Director

Homecare Hub

Think Tank Speaker

Physician, software engineer, health systems leader, educator, entrepreneur, and advocate for the underserved. I am currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Homecare Hub, where we help patients find high quality homecare and are creating new models of care to allow patients to age at home. I am also the Chief Medical Director of TD Bank Group where I am focused on improving the health and wellness of TD's 90,000 employees. My goal is to create significant positive change within our healthcare system - and am tackling this problem at all levels. My career interests include healthcare innovation, healthcare technology, healthcare quality and systems, leadership development, prevention/primary care, inner city and global health, adolescent medicine, seniors health, behavioral economics, and genomics. Key strengths include leadership, innovation, problem solving, perseverance, and integrity. I am always looking to connect with people who share a similar desire to innovate and similar vision to create positive change.

Gloria McNeal

Associate VP Community Affairs in Health

National University

Think Tank Speaker

Dr Gloria J. McNeal, after serving six years as Dean of the School of Health and Human Services at National University (NU) has taken on a new role and responsibilities as Associate Vice President for Community Affairs in Health. In this new role she is responsible for providing vision and dynamic leadership for NU's community and global outreach strategies. Dr McNeal continues to look for opportunities to innovate healthcare. She is piloting a new strategy that uses virtual reality to teach nurses using the on-the-job experiences and complex social and patient interaction that occurs daily in health care settings. Her research work focuses on the use of telecommunication technologies in care delivered in the community, and her mobile nurse-led clinics have been well recognized as an innovative approach to improving access to care for at-risk urban communities. Developing the protocols of care, she led in the transitioning of critical care nursing practice beyond the traditional walls of the ICU, and was among the first to publish work on the remote transmission of ECG data. Her academic career spans nearly 40 years in the field of higher education serving as a Program Director, Assistant Dean, Associate Dean and Founding Dean for nursing programs. She is a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Nursing (AAN), former Fellow of the AACN Academic Leadership Nursing Program, and former fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows Program. A prolific writer she has authored over 170 book and book chapters, articles, editorials and abstracts, and is Editor Emeritus for The ABNF Journal, the official publication of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty. She earned a BSN at the Villanova University College of Nursing, and a MSN at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Nursing. Her PhD in Higher Education Administration was awarded with meritorious distinction at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. She served as a Commissioned Navy Nurse Corps Officer earning two medals of commendation. At NU she established the Vets2BSN Project, a nurse-led clinic, and led the School in achieving the coveted Planetree Silver Recognition. She was named a 2018 Well-Being Champion awarded by AARP, a 2019 Planetree International Scholar, a 2020 Recipient of the AAN Edge Runners Model of Care Award, a 2021 Living Legend by the Association of Black Nursing Faculty, a featured speaker for the National Academy of Medicine podcast on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Episode 2: Health Equity, and a 2022 Pioneering Spirit Awardee by the American Assn of Critical Care Nurses.

Neil Kurtz MD

Chairman

Vineti Inc

Think Tank Speaker

Experienced President and CEO who, for many years led the nation’s largest provider of post acute car. A company with revenue of over 3B and greater than 45,000 employees across 43 states. Prior to that, a long and successful history in the pharmaceutical industry where he served in Senior Executive positions for large, multinational companies. Also a highly successful entrepreneur having started a successful CRO and was one of the original Board members for the highly successful eclinical company, Medidata l, where he served on the aboard for 20years until its sale in 2019. Has served on multiple Boards of both private and public companies. Currently is the Executive Chairman of Vineti, a healthcare IT company and a Senior Advisor to Guggenheim Securities. An accomplished executive with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceutical, as well as the post acute care & health care IT verticals. Has sat on the Boards of 12 different healthcare related companies Skilled in Healthcare Consulting, having consulted to over 50 different companies Experienced in Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Revenue Cycle, and Healthcare Management. Strong business development professional with a Doctor of Medicine - MD from Medical College of Wisconsin.

Neil Bahroos

Chief Research Informatics Officer

USC Keck Medicine

Think Tank Speaker

Neil is a visionary technologist, with over 20 years of leadership experience in the information technology and healthcare informatics field. He is known for translating complex technologies into meaningful opportunities and executing enterprise-wide governance and management systems. Neil as the Chief of Research Informatics for Keck Medicine and the Keck School of Medicine where his leadership roles led the strategic and practical evolution of data management and informatics. In these positions, he directs information technology policies, systems, programs and platforms to bolster research, translation of research, clinical quality and operational efficiency initiatives. Neil has also worked in both the public and private sector. He has worked on the Human Genome Project in his capacity as informatician, has worked for private R & D companies, and for large government initiatives. He graduated with Honors from the University of Toronto, completed his masters-level diploma in Informatics from University of British Columbia and has an MBA from Purdue University in Data Analytics. He has published over 20 high impact peer-reviewed papers in the fields of data science and informatics.

Matt Mattner

COO / Healthcare Steering Committee

Fisher Titus Health

Think Tank Speaker

A healthcare executive with progressive military and civilian leadership experience, 12 years at the C-suite level, including COO Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital and now as COO Fisher-Titus Health an integrated system with acute care, post acure care, employed physicians group and EMS ambulance company. Matt is able to adapt in ambiguous and shifting strategic environments, and achieve goals with constrained resources. Passionate about helping people and creating an environment where caregivers thrive to provide the highest quality care to patients. Quality and safety are the highest priorities. Understand, apply, and teach the business of healthcare, working to improve efficiency and effectiveness through a shared understanding of organization goals, objectives, and interconnectivity. A proven track record of resolving complex issues and achieving results that exceed expectations through effective physician relations, business acumen, training, teaching, and team building.

Rebecca Ohlinger

National Program Manager

Digital Medicine Society

Think Tank Speaker

26 years of experience in healthcare, higher education and most recently, digital health strategy. Led Children's Hospital and Medical Center through a 2000% growth in digital health during 2020-2022. Oversight of workflows in 32+ specialty areas, primary care, urgent care, specialty telemedicine outreach, inpatient telemedicine/rounding, RPM program development and eConsult workflows. Currently directing projects nationally to improve the utilization of digital medicine across the continuum of care.

Brian Skow MD

Emergency Medicine Physician, Past President/CMO Avel eCARE PC

Avera Health

Think Tank Speaker

I work with businesses who want to start TeleHealth and TeleHealth companies who want to grow their business. Demonstrated ability to build sustainable telehealth programs with 13 years of experience. Leading physicians to care for underserved patients in more than 600 facilities across 36 states impacting more than 2 million patients. A proven ability to engage a vision for much-needed healthcare access, augmenting the quality of care delivered, lowering the burden of healthcare costs, and supporting clinical staff across a national footprint. A stakeholder in the development and sustainability of 8 robust virtual service lines, including ICU, ER, Hospitalist, Senior Care, Psychiatry, Specialty Clinic, Pharmacy and School Health. History of encouraging innovation and discovering the unmet needs of our partners. Proven ability to work cross-functionally with administration and clinicians to develop and execute R&D processes designed to highlight the value proposition. Experienced and responsible for the formation and administration of system-level quality metrics utilized in congressional discussions. Coordinated initial JCAHO certification, and recertification, one of the first telemedicine programs in the nation to achieve this gold standard.

Simon Linwood

CIO

UCR Health & UCR School of Medicine

Think Tank Speaker

Dr. Lin is focused on improving patient care...currently as the CIO and CMIO at UCR and UCR School of Medicine. Previously Dr Lin served as Segment Chief Information Officer - Research & Innovation at Nationwide Childrens Hospital. A growth-oriented CIO. Named 2018 Innovator of the Year by CHIME. National thought leader on digital transformation. 20 years of experience. Acknowledged for providing vision and leadership in IT to drive business growth in large, complex and highly distributed environments. _______________________________________________ His Specialties include: Digital Transformation, Data-driven Innovation, Change Management, Process re-engineering, Data Science, Data Lake, Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Design Thinking, and User Experience.

Anthony Rajkumar

COO

St Clare Dovers - Prime Healthcare

Think Tank Speaker

Anthony has 20+ years of balancing strategic initiatives and financial discipline to drive change management and optimize performance of for profit and non profit public health systems in New York, Chicago and New Jersey. He is a Turnaround Specialist who restored three large teaching hospitals to regulatory compliance in record time through use of best practices and industry standards and has been repeatedly tapped to solve organizations’ most complex challenges. As a FEMA-trained Emergency Preparedness Expert he has successfully led hospitals through three weather-related events in three years. Operating the facilities with minimal staff and no adverse patient events.

Roz Watson

SVP Wellness

Bridge Senior Living

Think Tank Speaker

Sharing knowledge that will benefit the growth of colleagues, peers and work associates is part of my daily life. A sense of humor and the ability to not be afraid to laugh at myself and share the experience with a smile.

July 12, 2022

Agenda

All times Pacific Time

12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Panel

Talent Development & Retention

Hospitals and health agencies are facing the worst staffing shortage in nearly forty years. With burnout leading healthcare workers to quit and coronavirus infections and regulations continuing to sideline a significant share. We will be discussing how to attract and hire the right people, grow within, and build long-term loyalty.


2:00 PM-3:15 PM
Panel

Improving Healthcare Outcomes- Diagnosis, Data, Patient Centric Care

Accuracy of diagnosis, data quality and patient centric care are the buzzwords around improving healthcare outcomes. Leveraging artificial intelligence with medical procedures to diagnose disease early, when there is the highest potential for impact. Data quality lives by accuracy, consistency, and relevancy. How can we improve data quality by reducing redundancy and decreasing medical errors? Patient centric care thrives if the partnership among practitioners, patients, and their families align with patients' wants, needs, and preferences. In this session, we will discuss what’s working and what’s not working, as we look to improve diagnosis, data quality and patient centric care.

 


3:15 PM-3:30 PM

Closing Remarks