The pandemic has only accelerated what was already a fastmoving train toward more of healthcare becoming digital. Whether it is the increasing need for telehealth services, the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence, or advances toward more personalized medicine, the intersection of healthcare and digital technology is here to stay. In addition, digital health has become a healthcare access imperative. Its innovative benefits are of vital interest amid the implementation of most healthcare regulations. This program surveys some of the current uses and organizational deployment of digital health strategies. The discussion includes adoption and innovation across the clinical and patient perspectives. The technical, operational, regulatory, and financial/reimbursem*nt aspects of the development of these programs will also be investigated. The expanding role that digital health holds in daily life and its direction into the future of the healthcare delivery system will be explored.
Agenda
12:00-1:00 - Speaker Introduction / Presentation
1:00 - 1:30 - Q&A
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Richard Thomas, PhD (Moderator)
Richard K. Thomas, Ph.D., is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He has over 50 years’ experience in health services research, planning and evaluation. He was trained as a medical sociologist and has been instrumental in the development of the field of health demography. He serves as a consultant to hospitals, clinics, health plans and other healthcare organizations, providing consultation related to market research, business development, strategic planning, and project evaluation. He has developed a variety of methodologies for application to health-related problems and pioneered the development of predictive modeling in healthcare. His current emphasis is on the emerging field of population health and initiatives aimed at community health improvement. Dr. Thomas has authored more than 20 books on health/healthcare and demography and numerous articles for professional journals, newsletters and magazines. He holds a bachelor’s degree (economics, Rhodes College), two master’s degrees (sociology and geography, University of Memphis), and a Ph.D. (medical sociology, Vanderbilt University). Dr. Thomas also serves as vice-president for Health and Performance Resources, a healthcare consulting firm.
Dipul Patadia, MD, MBA
Dr. Patadia is a transformational physician executive with over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, brings a wealth of experience as a practicing clinician and healthcare executive He is currently the Global Lead for Health System Strategy and Innovation at Salesforce where he aids in contextualizing health systems’ needs with new and existing technology capabilities. Prior to joining Salesforce, Patadia came from Ascension and Advocate Health where he served as a Chief Medical Officer, leading clinical initiatives and operations for two of their high-acuity hospitals. He has been instrumental in developing and operationalizing specialty service lines, optimizing quality management systems, and designing innovative value-based care strategies. He has also served as the President of an emergency medicine group, and he has been a trusted advisor to over a dozen venture-capital portfolio companies and healthcare startups. His niche areas of expertise include digital innovation, new care-model delivery systems, virtual care, remote patient monitoring, and provider-focused AI solutions. In addition, Dr. Patadia has had national and local leadership roles. He was the Illinois Representative for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and he held an elected seat on the DuPage County Medical Society’s Board of Directors. Dr. Patadia received his bachelor’s in Finance from the University of Illinois and his medical doctorate from the UIC College of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Advocate Christ Medical Center, and he received his master’s in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management. His accolades include a full scholarship to the University of Illinois, the Gold Humanism in Medicine Award, and several awards for leadership in Safety and Quality. Dr. Patadia lives in the western suburbs, has been married for 15 years, has 2 amazing kids and a lazy dog. He enjoys exercise, travel, golf, philosophy, and all jokes delivered to him.
Jonathan Witenko, MS DIS, CHCIO, PMP, MCSE, CCSP
Jonathan has been working in IT for 30 years, half of that in Healthcare IT. As a leader in IT, Jon has been serving as a catalyst for Digital Transformation and Innovation throughout the healthcare system. After a personal experience with his child, Jonathan became an evangelist and change agent spurring telehealth before it was covid-cool. Of late, he has been geeking over the latest Gen AI product and GPT to hit the market and how to safely and responsible extract value.
Alan Weiss, MD, MBA, FACP
Dr. Alan M. Weiss joined the BayCare Health System as their CMIO in August, 2018. He primary responsibilities over all clinical systems, their associated governance as well as over providing executive leadership over data and analytics. Prior to BayCare, Dr. Weiss spent 5 years in the Memorial Herman System in Houston, Texas, as their first Ambulatory CMIO. In that role, he had responsibilities over GE Centricity, Cerner and eClinic Works EHRs. Central to that role was EHR optimization efforts as well as the conversion of GE Centricity to Cerner. Before Memorial Hermann, Dr. Weiss was the Assoc. Medical Director of Inpatient Systems at Cedar-Sinai in Los Angeles where he helped develop and implement their EHR, Epic. A general internist by training, Dr. Weiss spent 10 years practicing at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He also reported directly to their CIO to assist on EHR implementation and optimization efforts, was the head of their business informatics group in primary care, head of main campus internal medicine operations and also was an internal medicine section head. Furthermore, Dr. Weiss spent time teaching medical student and residents while providing both ambulatory and inpatient care. Before medical school, Dr. Weiss worked for Eli Lilly as a clinical information analyst, helping to develop data entry systems for clinical trials as well as analyzing that data for FDA reporting and for medical journals. Dr. Weiss earned a B.S. from the University of Michigan with a double major in computer science and philosophy. He also has both an M.B.A. and an M.D. from Case Western Reserve University. His M.B.A involves a double focus on health care management as well as the management of information systems. Dr. Weiss is passionate about patient care and advocates for the proper use of data and analytics to refine EHR development towards the inclusion of evidence-based medicine.
