Sara Heath | HealthITInteroperability | April 27, 2016 The healthcare industry is slowly but surely moving toward health data interoperability, and much of that progress stems from projects based in Nashville. If technology works so seamlessly and comprehensively in most walks of life, why isn’t health data interoperability stronger? That is one of the main questions…
The Nashville Health Care Council is pleased to announce the addition of two new staff members. Kelly West will serve as director of talent development for the Council. In this role, she will lead the Council’s initiatives to attract, develop and retain highly informed talent to serve the local health care industry. These initiatives include…
LHC invites applications for service on the Education and Events Committee and Marketing and Membership Committee. These two committees provide opportunity for active engagement in LHC. Additional details: All individuals who have been an LHC member for at least one year may apply. LHC members may submit one application with their preferred committee indicated. Current…
Nashville Medical News | Cindy Sanders Benson Sloan, board chairman for Leadership Health Care and director of Corporate Development for MEDHOST, shared his thoughts on the 2016 LHC Delegation to D.C., answering three questions from Nashville Medical News. Q. Was there a specific speaker or panel discussion that particularly stood out to you? A. One…
Nashville Medical News In the midst of a contentious presidential primary season, a delegation of more than 100 Nashville emerging healthcare leaders visited our nation’s capital to get an inside look at the state of healthcare policy. On March 14 and 15, the Nashville Health Care Council’s Leadership Health Care (LHC) initiative made its 14th…
Dave Barkholz | Modern Healthcare Cerner Corp. President Zane Burke said Friday that connectivity between clinicians remains an issue despite about $30 billion spent by the federal government over the past five years to improve electronic health records technology at hospitals and physician offices. Ascension Health Senior VP Mike Schatzlein, who joined Burke for the…
Holly Fletcher | The Tennessean Medical interoperability is health care’s Achilles heel that, unless solved, will put the industry in a backseat position in figuring out solutions to a variety of tech problems, experts said. The health care industry needs to ramp up efforts to sync tech systems if it wants to have a voice…
Today, a crowd of more than 300 Nashville Health Care Council member executives gathered to hear from national thought leaders on a topic that is top-of-mind for most players and pundits in health care: interoperability. Zane Burke, president of Cerner, joined Mike Schatzlein, M.D., senior vice president and group ministry operating executive, Ascension Health, in…
