Summary
Connectivity is Vital to Coordinating Care Outside the Hospital
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Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Time: 01:00 PM, EDT
Duration: 1 hour
Overview:
As healthcare organizations extend care coordination and management outside the hospital through telehealth, a critical component to their success is connectivity. A virtual care program won’t last long if the care provider and patient can't reliably communicate. In many cases they're using 5G to make that connection, whether it be in an urban area where bandwidth is crowded or a remote region where distance and geography can be challenging.
In this hour-long panel, executives will explore how connectivity is established and maintained for telehealth programs and how this technology is improving clinical outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees of this panel will:
- Gain an understanding of 5G and how it's used in urban and rural settings
- Understand the value of reliable connectivity to telehealth programs
- Learn best practices for using 5G to establish a telehealth program and solve specific care coordination challenges
- Identify opportunities to use telehealth to enhance management and improve clinical outcomes.
Speakers
Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN
Head of Healthcare Product Marketing
T-Mobile for Business
Dr. Gall has been a healthcare leader for over 30 years, beginning as a Registered Nurse. She has practiced and held leadership roles in inpatient, outpatient and homecare settings, allowing her to develop unique insights into the continuum of care. Dr. Gall has designed and implemented multiple clinical programs aimed at addressing gaps in services and care for underserved patients. She is a dynamic leader with deep expertise in clinical operations, quality and benchmarking, research, patient experience, and public health. He has also lead the corporate patient experience for two health systems, working with 70+ hospitals and their leadership teams to improve overall patient, provider and staff experience.
Prior to joining T-Mobile, Dr. Gall consulted with local government officials to support their pandemic emergency response. In her role at T-Mobile, Dr. Gall leads the product marketing strategy for healthcare, collaborating with healthcare leaders and clinicians to create telehealth and mobility solutions that address the greatest access and care-delivery challenges of the day. She believes that T-Mobile’s powerful 5G network is a key lever to addressing health disparities and barriers to access to achieve optimal population health.
Dr. Gall’s academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), a Master of Science Degree in Healthcare Management for the Lubar School of Business Administration at UWM, and a Doctorate Degree in Public Health Leadership from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her dissertation, partially funded by the State of Ohio, focused on Triage during Mass Casualty Pandemics. Dr. Gall is a Six Sigma Green Belt and has a Certification in Business Analytics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
David McSwain
System Chief Medical Information Officer
UNC Health
Brad Reimer
CIO
Sanford Health
Brad Reimer serves as Sanford Health’s System Vice President – Chief Information Officer. He is responsible for acquiring, implementing, and operating the business’s information technology systems and services. This includes information security and all enterprise technology systems, including patient-critical applications like Epic, Cloverleaf and Sectra PACS.
Prior to joining Sanford Health in 2017, Reimer held leadership poistions at Wells Fargo and DocuTAP. He has a bachelor’s degree in business adminstration from the University of South Dakota.
Brad and his wife, Salena, have three children.
Eric Wicklund (Moderator)
Senior Innovation & Technology Editor
HealthLeaders
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