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To learn more about valuable resources for entrepreneurs and business owners, please visit https://www.sbprou.com/. Leverage Alliances: Boost Revenue Through Strategic Partnerships is covered in this podio, along with the following subjects: - Tapping into new markets - Accessing additional resources - Benefitting from shared expertise ************************************************************************************** Strategic partnerships and alliances are more than just collaborations; they are powerful tools that can help businesses boost revenue and expand their reach. By forming alliances with other businesses or organizations, you can tap into new markets, access additional resources, and benefit from shared expertise. I'll be talking with Victor M. Nichols about Leverage Alliances to Boost Revenue Through Strategic Partnerships. Victor M. Nichols is CEO/Publisher of NewarkBound Magazine and the Pleos Agency. He is an energetic, driven professional with over 30 years of proven success in strategic planning, marketing analysis, new business development, alliance partnership programs, relationship management, negotiation, consulting, and more. Vic a true visionary with a history of creating and executing innovative programs to meet new market challenges and yield high returns. Among Vic's many achievements include the successful launches of both NewarkBound magazine and PTSD Journal; an appointment to the New Jersey Governor's Advisory Council on Tourism; orchestrating the Wine for Books collaborative program between Rutgers University and 57 Main Street Wine Company; the product launch of Imoya Brandy into the U.S. commercial market; and the design and sale of the Calicrostics custom gift line on the cable outlet Home Shopping Network. Throughout his career, he has fostered exceptional relationships with leading companies and notable organizations across a wide spectrum of industries. Representative clients included ABC Sports; Time Warner; HBO; DOL, U.S. Army, Levi Strauss; American Express, NY Jets; AT&T; New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission/Office of Travel & Tourism; Rutgers University; Duke University; Barnabas Health; and The Newark Museum. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-m-nichols/ - http://www.dmcpublishingllc.com/ Every Tuesday evening on Leadership LIVE @ 8:05! - Talking Small Business, your host Andrew Frazier is joined by experienced entrepreneurs and business owners who share their secrets to success via Livestream. You will learn about developing your business leadership skills from our roster of high-performing guest experts. Leadership LIVE is one of the many valuable resources provided through the Small Business Pro University empowering business owners to learn, profit, and grow. ************************************************************************************** Explore our other video content here on YouTube along with relevant website and social media links where you'll find more insights into how to Make 2024 Your Best Year Ever! • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SmallBusinessProUniversity • Website: https://www.sbprou.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewfrazier/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrew.frazier.jr

In this episode of Targeted Talks, M. Michele Blackwood, MD, FACS, director of breast surgery, Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ), Barnabas Health, director of women's oncologic health, RWJ Barnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute, and head of breast surgery, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, discusses the current landscape of breast cancer treatment and how personalized medicine with genomic testing is changing the field.

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​Check out our 100th episode featuring the John Gallucci Jr., MS, ATC, PT, DPT, the dynamic CEO of JAG-ONE Physical Therapy. Learn MORE about how to be successful in business, the future of physical therapy, and why we need to apply grit to everything that we do in life. John Gallucci Jr., is in demand for his expertise in sports medicine, rehabilitation, and injury prevention. Recognized by ROI-NJ as one of the top 20 influencers in healthcare, Gallucci's forward-thinking, entrepreneurial spirit is the driving force behind JAG-ONE Physical Therapy's success. Most recently, John was honored by the American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey as the Distinguished Professional of the Year for his work and advocacy in the field of physical therapy. His alma mater also honored him as Dominican College's 2018 Person of the Year and in 2017, John was selected as the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Award Winner. A noted author, Gallucci released his first book titled Soccer Injury Prevention and Treatment in May 2014. His second book, titled Play Ball: Don't Let Injuries Sideline You This Season was released on May 1, 2018. Aside from his work at JAG-ONE Physical Therapy, John sits on the governor-appointed New Jersey Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and is the Medical Coordinator for Major League Soccer (MLS), consulting on the medical care of more than 800 professional soccer players. John is also a member of the President's Advisory Group for Seton Hall University assisting in the university's strategic planning process. Prior to opening JAG Physical Therapy in 2005, Gallucci served as the Program Director of Barnabas Health's Sports Medicine Institute. He is the former Head Athletic Trainer of the New York Red Bulls MLS team and is a Sports Medicine consultant for professional athletes in the NHL, NFL, NBA, and MLB. In the local community, John's philanthropic efforts have included a leading role in the fundraisers for The Valerie Fund, RWJBarnabas Health, The Arthritis Foundation, The American Cancer Society and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. He supports more than 200 high schools, college programs and athletic clubs throughout the Tri-State Area. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bemoretoday/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bemoretoday/support

In Episode 50 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience Jim Cagliostro is joined by Joe Cagliostro, Informatics Site Manager at Robert Wood Johnson, Barnabas Health, to discuss the impact of informatics on healthcare.    Episode Introduction  Healthcare as a sector has been slow to adopt technology. Healthcare informatics can help to bridge that gap. In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE's Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Joe Cagliostro to discuss the benefits technology offers healthcare. These benefits include patient safety, Joe's role in bridging the gap between IT and nursing, virtual resources for novice nurses, and how to encourage staff buy-in.       Show Topics  The shift to healthcare informatics  How the ‘'RN tag'' builds trust between IT and clinical teams  Lab specimen barcode scanning   How healthcare informatics enhances EMR processes  An on-call virtual resource for smaller community hospitals  The challenge of keeping patient information secure  Encouraging staff buy-in to technology      02:33 The shift to healthcare informatics   Joe outlined his career history and the need to learn a whole new language in nursing informatics.     ‘'And as I took on more of those responsibilities, it really developed my interest in the IT side of healthcare in the informatic side of nursing. And an opportunity came up, a job opening within the RWJBarnabas system. And I applied for it after finding out a little bit more. And I started working in that role about a year and a half ago. Now it was eye opening to me because when I was in nursing education, I knew everything about IT because I knew how to double click a mouse, or I knew what an icon was, but then coming into the true IT department, it was like I had to learn a whole new language. Now keep in mind. My MSN was in nursing education. Now it is incredible to see the number of programs out there for an MSN in nursing informatics. It was a whole new language. It was a whole new world that I had to learn working in this clinical informatics role.''    07:00 How the ‘'RN tag'' builds trust between IT and clinical teams  Joe explained how his experience of the challenges nurses face helps to establish relationships more quickly.     ‘'I know when I first came into the role, a lot of my coworkers that I was training with, they said, you know what, Joe, in addition to your ID badge, make sure you hold on to your RN tag that hangs underneath your badge. You want people to know as you're rounding that you are indeed a nurse because the nurses, although they'll respect anyone they interact with, they have just a higher degree of appreciation for someone who knows the struggle. Someone who knows the challenges, the time constraints, the barriers, especially since my role is working specifically with the electronic medical record. When they know that I know the struggles that they have with the EMR, they're more likely to give an open ear. They're more likely to say, Hey, you know what? He knows what it's like. I'm going to listen to what he has to say, because I know a little bit of their struggles. The challenges that come up during any given shift for the nurse, for the physician, the provider, and part of that experience helps me in translating things from the clinician to the analyst and vice versa, right? The clinician has a problem. I have to relay that to the analyst in a way that they'll understand, or the analyst wants to present a solution, or they have a problem. I need to explain that to the clinician in a way that they can understand.''    11:22 Lab specimen barcode scanning    Joe gave an example of how his role helped analysts to understand workflow on the frontline of healthcare.     ‘'A little while ago, one of our last hospitals in our system to go live with lab specimen barcode scanning. So really it's been in the system for a while now, but there was one hospital that we're really trying to catch up to speed. And the analyst, they had the ability to troubleshoot the mapping and the networking of the printers. And if we wanted the lab specimen labels to print to the lab between certain hours, but then to the floor at other hours, I mean, this is above and beyond my knowledge, as far as how they configure all those settings between, well, what's the IP address and naming that printer so that it can be communicated with once the order is put in by the physician. That's above and beyond me, at least at this point. But once I went through the process, I had a little bit better understanding. Whereas those analysts trying to get this system up and running for the nurses didn't understand the workflow that the nurses had to follow. Right. They had to go to their supply room, get their specimen tubes, their alcohol preps, their tourniquets. Then they had to go to the nurse's station and were moving towards printers installed on our portable works stations, our portable WOWs, but not quite there yet. So they have to go to the nurse's station, get the label printed, but the analyst didn't understand this back and forth, then this WOW being brought to the room. But the nurse, and infection prevention is another factor, going in one time with everything that you need. And I had to explain that workflow to the analyst.''    14:38 How healthcare informatics enhances EMR processes  Joe highlighted the benefits healthcare informatics can bring to patient care and safety.   ‘'And so one of these organizations that ensures we're providing safe care was looking at our process for medication entry into our EMR. And what we did was we had to have myself as well as a provider, someone from the lab, someone from pharmacy, someone from quality and to test our EMR to make sure the appropriate safety alerts pop up. Right. And as we talk about moving into the future, it's almost like every day, every month, every year, more and more of these safety nets are built. For example, we were testing out if I order certain medication for a patient over the age of let's say 79, do I get an age related alert saying this patient might be at risk? If the provider's ordering one beta blocker, but the patient already is on another beta blocker, do I get an alert saying duplicate orders, contraindication, this is not safe for the patient? Along with auto crosschecking meds, Hey, this med might be harmful to the kidneys. What's the renal function, right? So all these alerts that are popping up and the great thing about EMRs and there's a lot of homemade ones, but there are some larger ones that really many healthcare systems are taking part of, they're very customizable. And we say, look, we're noticing this patient's getting a med order they shouldn't have gotten. Our analysts can build that.''    18:00 An on-call virtual resource for smaller community hospitals  Joe said that virtual support for the inpatient setting is vital to the future of healthcare in smaller communities.     ‘'One more thing I will share quickly, smaller community hospitals that have a higher turnover rate, many brand new novice nurses. It's a network of experience. Even some nurses that we're planning on retiring have joined this network. And we're trying out this almost on call experienced nurse system where our new nurses at our smaller hospitals can almost have this on call nurse, this virtual resource nurse that they have a patient that is not as stable as they once were. They're concerned. They can tap into these nurses and have them provide their recommendations, their guidance, their support, when we don't physically have the ability to support nurses at a physical location for whatever reason. So that's one way I see that can become a very big thing in the next 10 to 20 years.''    19:53 The challenge of keeping patient information secure   Joe said that maintaining the privacy of patient information in the face of rapid growth is a challenge for healthcare.     ‘'For example, you have a provider, you have a director, a manager, somebody wants to bring in a new application. What we have to do is we have to make sure that it is secure enough to handle our patient information. Back in the day, much of patient information, secure patient information was held on older systems that used physical hardware servers, right? And that's very quickly moving to cloud-based servers. And when you move it to the cloud, obviously it's a whole other method of security. And so even before something's brought into our local hospital, our healthcare system, it has to go through so many checks, so many verifications that it indeed can secure our patient information. So that's a huge thing. Just being able to provide the highest level of protection when dealing with personal and sensitive healthcare information. Cost is always a factor.''    20:47 Encouraging staff buy-in to technology  Joe shared an example of how he overcame resistance to change    ‘'One specific example, I was at a IV infusion pump training class, as we're moving to a new EMR throughout our system and we were teaching them the process of integrating our pumps into that new EMR.  Some of the staff were saying, well, man, to associate the pump, now I got to bring my scanner over here to the patient's wristband and then to the pump. And it is, I told them, it's going to slow you down at first because it's new. But to imagine when you associate that pump and scan that patient, that drug, that pump now, instead of having to manually input the name of the drug, the dose, the concentration, the rate, the volume, you scan that bag, that patient, that pump, it pulls it right in. So before you know it, and it becomes muscle memory now, not to the point where we're not thinking about it, but there are safety measures built into these pumps as well. This will in fact, speed up your time. It's ultimately going to make your job easier, quicker, but at the same time, safer and more efficient for the patient. So that's just one specific example in regards to staff buy-in.''    Show Links  Connect with Jim Cagliostro on LinkedIn  Check out VIE Healthcare Consulting    You'll Also Hear:  How nursing informatics bridges the gap between IT and the clinical world of healthcare, nursing and medicine.     When it comes to IT and nursing, communication and teamwork is equally as important as the caregiver/care provider relationship is for patient care.     A practical example of nursing informatics assisting in patient care. ‘'When you're trying to print out a label for blood work and it's not going to the printer, then you have a problem. And then it's people like you that are making that work behind the scenes….I know at the bedside, we're not even thinking about these issues.''    Why healthcare informatics is essential to improving patient safety and outcomes by providing better resources and accessibility. ‘'What good is the resource if you can't get it into the hands of the clinicians, into the hands of the patients, right?''    How the pandemic has moved the healthcare IT sector forward by at least ten years.     The one quote about change that helps to understand staff resistance to advances in healthcare technology – and why the more rapid the change, the harder it becomes to encourage staff buy-in.     Why ‘'turning it off and turn it back on again'' really can correct malfunctioning tech equipment. ‘'Maybe 65, 70% of the time, if you're dealing with malfunction equipment, that is what you should try to do. And that has solved the problem 70% of the time. So when in doubt, turn it off and turn it back on again.''      What To Do Next:    Subscribe to The Cost Advantage for Healthcare Leaders and receive a special report on 15 Effective Cost Savings Strategies.  Learn more about the simple 3 step process to work with us.  If you are interested in learning more, the quickest way to get your questions answered is to speak with one of our margin improvement experts. Schedule a call with our team here.   

There aren’t many people who have the breadth of perspective and the depth of accomplishment that this week’s guest brings to the table. Dr. Tony Slonim doesn’t just wear multiple hats. He has lived in multiple healthcare worlds - having earned a nursing degree, a medical degree, a subspecialty board certification, a doctorate in public health; and having served in the public health service as well as in senior executive roles. It is this unique multi-system orientation that enables him to draw distinctions between medical care, public health, community health and population health - distinctions that many of us may not fully appreciate..  In this interview, Dr. Slonim points out that our hospital-based medical healthcare system is not interchangeable with a public health care system. The fallacy that they are interchangeable - and that a public health service is not needed - is a mis-guided national error which has contributed to an American health system which delivers subpar outcomes when compared to other economically developed nations. By way of formal introduction, Dr. Anthony Slonim is president and chief executive officer of Renown Health in Reno, NV. Modern Healthcare has named Dr. Slonim one of the “50 Most Influential Clinical Executives” in 2019. Before joining Renown Health, he served in executive leadership roles at Barnabas Health in NJ, Carillion Clinic in VA and Children’s National Medical Center in DC.  Dr. Slonim holds a diploma in professional nursing. He is a board-certified pediatric intensivist, who also earned a masters and doctorate in public health from George Washington University; and then served four years in the United States Public Health Service in Rockville, MD with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In this episode, we’ll cover:The difference between the ‘medical mindset’ and the ‘public health mindset’.The reframing of our public health system as an “insurance policy” that our country has not invested in over the past few decades.Some thoughts on how the defunding of our public health system has contributed to the disparities and inequities in healthcare.The “precedent of unkindness” in our society - exacerbated by the stressors of the pandemic and perhaps enabled through social media - that is adding to our psychologic and physiologic strain, and harming the public health.Dr. Slonim is a kind and humanistic leader, but he is also a demanding leader. He is demanding that we reinvest in a diverse healthcare system that works to keep our communities and the American public healthy. What this interview reveals is that the vast majority of us - who have not been trained in public health - don’t understand its significance and its critical role. We don’t understand the differences between public health, population health and medical care. We don’t understand the unique approaches and tools of the public health system. We are not aware that our public health system has been defunded over the past few decades. Nor do we fully appreciate the implications of that defunding, especially in inner cities and rural counties.  Many of the healthcare problems we’re experiencing today - including some of the devastating fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic - are due to this lack of a robust public health system. These problems include: unsafe drinking water (think Flint Michigan); unsafe air; climate change; the racial disparities in healthcare in which life expectancy between neighboring zip codes can vary by as much as 15 - 20 years; the worsening opioid epidemic; and the epidemic of mental health and suicide in our country. All of these have one thing in common. They could be greatly mitigated by the presence of a strong local public health system in our communities, our towns, our cities, our counties and our states.The pandemic has taught us many things, not least among them is that we need to rebuild our public health system. One wonders if our political and healthcare leaders have the discernment, conviction and courage to translate this obvious societal need into action by investing not only in the medical system, but also in a public health system. The federal government that the framers created is intentionally organized around checks and balances, informed by multiple perspectives. Our healthcare system needs that same sort of multi-system, multi-perspective reorganization.Until next time, be safe and be well.Zeev Neuwirth, MD

The pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the business of healthcare.  With states canceling elective procedures and people deferring care for fear of being exposed to the virus, hospital and medical practice revenue is down. On the flip side, many health plans are sitting on a mountain of premiums that aren't being spent because of this deferred care, possibly leading to rebates in some cases and a ton of uncertainty in pretty much all cases. One less obvious outcome of all of this may fall on Medicare Advantage plans in 2021, and it threatens to lower payments by 4-6% in 2021. Medicare Advantage, of course, is the rapidly growing model that'll cover more than 24 million Americans this year. According to a recent Avalere report, these plans may be looking at both a sicker population and reduced payments in 2021 because of this deferred utilization. Here to help us understand why, and to share some advice for how Medicare Advantage plans can weather the storm is Dr. Matt Lambert, a practicing ER clinician, and Chief Medical Officer at Curation Health. A few actions Dr. Lambert suggests are:   Focus on the long game and be patient. For example, don't pay out more to shareholders and, instead, place revenue in short-term investments that they can access without penalty. Prioritize virtual care/telemedicine enablement/reimbursement now and moving forward. This will enable more members to access care while avoiding in-person treatment risks. Lead with interventions and the type of claim vs. volume of claims. MA plans will be best served to focus on capturing the key conditions that map specifically to chronic conditions as they drive the most improved outcomes, utilization and costs.   There's a lot of nuance to this story and the way Medicare Advantage payments are calculated. Dr. Lambert breaks it all down for us. Enjoy!   Dr. Matt Lambert Dr. Matt Lambert brings more than 20 years of experience as a clinician, CMIO, and change leader in value-based care, ensuring that patients receive more comprehensive care and that payers and providers better capture the value of their services. He is a practicing, board-certified emergency medicine provider who previously founded his own physician staffing company. Dr. Lambert was one of the founding members of Clinovations. During his time there he served as part of the leadership team for several electronic health record implementations at the nation's largest public health system in New York City, the University of Washington in Seattle, Johns Hopkins, Barnabas Health, Medstar, and Broward Health. He is also the author of two healthcare books: Unrest Insured and Close to Change: Perspectives on Change and Healthcare for a Doctor, a Town, and a Country. mlambert@curationhealth.com   Curation Health Curation Health was founded by a team of healthcare veterans and clinicians to help providers and health plans effectively navigate the transition from fee-for-service to value-based care. Their advanced clinical decision support platform for value-based care drives more accurate risk adjustment and improved quality program performance by curating relevant insights from disparate sources and delivering them in real time to clinicians and care teams. With Curation Health, clinicians enjoy a streamlined, comprehensive clinical documentation process that enables better clinical and financial outcomes while simultaneously reducing clinical administrative burdens on providers. Curation Health takes pride in combining the flexibility and speed of a startup with decades of leadership experience and know-how from roles in leading companies including Clinovations, Evolent Health, and The Advisory Board Company.   Web: curationhealthcare.com. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/curationhealth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/curationhealth Case Study: https://curationhealthcare.com/a-case-study-on-curation-health-and-a-physician-group-in-the-midwest/   Links and Resources   Report: COVID-19 Pandemic May Reduce MA Risk Scores and Payments (Avalere) Unrest Insured by Dr. Matt Lambert Close to Change: Perspectives on Change and Healthcare for a Doctor, a Town, and a Country by DR. Matt Lambert Episode #122: Headwinds Impacting the Shift to Value-Based Care with Kyle Swarts and Dr. Matt Lambert   The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar

This episode features Michellene Davis, the Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at RWJ Barnabas Health and a founding member of the Health Anchor Network. Here she discusses the core goals of the Health Anchor Network, how she became so passionate about improving the social determinants of health, and more. This podcast is brought to you by Becker's Healthcare in conjunction with Intuitive. Intuitive is a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and a pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery.

Dear Friends & Colleagues,On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introduction episode here.  In this series, I’ll be interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions: (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you’re delivering healthcare?   (2) How will COVID-19 reframe American healthcare for years to come? Our guest this week is Dr. Anthony Slonim, President and Chief Executive Officer of Renown Health in Reno, NV.  Over the last four years, he and his colleagues have created one of the most innovative and progressive health services organizations in the country. Dr. Slonim is a nationally recognized thought leader. Modern Healthcare has named him one of the “50 Most Influential Clinical Executives” of 2019. He has also been named a “Physician Leader to Know” every year, since 2014, on the Becker’s Hospital Review. A board-certified pediatric intensive care doctor by training, Dr. Slonim has authored more than 15 textbooks and published more than 60 academic journal articles. Before joining Renown Health, Dr. Slonim served in executive leadership roles at Barnabas Health in NJ, Carilion Clinic in VA and Children’s National Medical Center in DC. Dr. Slonim currently chairs the American Hospital Association’s Systems Council, representing more than 300 integrated health systems nationwide. In this interview, we’ll cover a number of topics including:How the public health mindset/model is augmenting and perhaps superseding the medical mindset/model in the COVID-19 eraHow the current pandemic is pushing many more Americans into an existence of extreme scarcity, and the economic effect on the social determinants of health and health outcomesHow Renown Health’s unique approach and operating structure - which is focused on prevention and health as well as healthcare - have prepared and positioned it to address the current situation.The escalation of behavioral and mental health conditions - a lesser talked about consequence of the pandemic, which can easily overwhelm our healthcare system, unless we find new ways to assist people.How we must use this opportunity to methodically, systematically and cautiously reframe our approach - to be prepared for not only the shock waves of this current crisis; but to be prepared for future such events by focusing on health and establishing a prepared public healthcare system.The importance of leadership at this point in time, especially at a time of widespread uncertainty and anxiety, which can cause individuals and organizations to recede into a vegetatitve mode of self-preservation.Dr. Slonim is an exceptional CEO.  In addition to being a seasoned HC executive, he is a seasoned physician and an expert in public health. In a previous interview we conducted I mentioned that we needed more CEO’s with these sorts of credentials. That was true then, but even more so now, in this COVID-19 era.  Our interview ended up going into a discourse on the type of intentional leadership that will be required in this time crisis and its aftermath. He has a perspective that I hope others leaders can be inspired by and benefit from.  These are unprecedented times, so I hope you find valuable information, guidance, and inspiration in listening to these experts and entrepreneurs share how they are adapting to this pandemic (in real time); and how they’re thinking about and planning for the future.Until next time, be safe and be well,Zeev Neuwirth MD 

Dear Friends & Colleagues,On Friday March 27th 2020, I launched a limited podcast series addressing how the COVID-19 pandemic is reframing American healthcare.  You can find the introduction episode here.  In this series, I’ll be interviewing future-facing, courageous healthcare leaders and entrepreneurs - asking two questions: (1) How is the COVID-19 pandemic immediately changing the way you’re delivering healthcare?   (2) How will COVID-19 reframe American healthcare for years to come? In this episode, we’ll be interviewing Michellene Davis, an Executive Vice President at RWJBarnabas Health - the largest healthcare system in New Jersey.  Michellene leads Social Impact and Community Investment across RWJBarnabas Healthcare.  She oversees the areas of Policy Development, Governmental and External Affairs, Community and Employee Wellness, and Global Health. Ms. Davis is the first woman and first person of color to serve as an Executive Vice President in Barnabas Health system’s history. She is a lawyer and trial litigator who also has extensive experience in senior levels of state government. Michellene is nationally recognized for her contributions to healthcare. In 2018, she received Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Most Influential Minorities in Healthcare award. This dialogue is filled with more expertise, wisdom, humanity and hope than I could ever begin to describe.  It’s also an eye-opening description and depiction of one of the current epi-centers of the COVID-19 pandemic.Michellene shared her incredible experience and expertise on a range of topics, including:The brave work that healthcare providers & staff are doing in our hospital systemsThe physical & psychological toll of the COVID-19 'battlefield' on healthcare providers & staffThe severely negative and disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the expanding segment of our population who are socio-economically vulnerable - and the impact that will have on everyone in our society A list of recommendations for the work we must immediately begin, in order to mitigate the ‘2nd wave’ of the pandemic tsunami.  This is not an infectious disease wave, but a tidal wave of repercussions from the social determinants of health - such as lack of income and food, and the lack of a strong national public health infrastructure.These are unprecedented times, so I hope you find valuable information, guidance, and inspiration in listening to these experts and entrepreneurs share how they are adapting to this pandemic (in real time); and how they’re thinking about and planning for the future.Until next time, be safe and be well,Zeev Neuwirth MD 

This episode features Dr. Andy Anderson, the CEO of RWJ Barnabas Health/Rutgers Medical Group. Here he discusses his career path, keys to being a leader in healthcare, what excites him about the future and more.

Colleagues & Friends,You may not have heard of Renown Health - a moderate-sized healthcare system in northern Nevada - but once you hear how they are reframing healthcare - literally redefining and reorganizing healthcare delivery, I suspect that you’ll not forget them.  Our guest this week is Dr. Anthony Slonim, President and Chief Executive Officer of Renown Health in Reno, NV.  Over the last four years, he and his colleagues have created one of the most innovative and progressive health services organizations in the country. Dr. Slonim is a nationally recognized thought leader. Modern Healthcare has named him one of the “50 Most Influential Clinical Executives” of 2019. He has also been named a “Physician Leader to Know” every year, since 2014, on the Becker’s Hospital Review. A board-certified pediatric intensive care doctor by training, Dr. Slonim has authored more than 15 textbooks and published more than 60 academic journal articles. Before joining Renown Health, Dr. Slonim served in executive leadership roles at Barnabas Health in NJ, Carilion Clinic in VA and Children’s National Medical Center in DC. Dr. Slonim currently chairs the American Hospital Association’s Systems Council, representing more than 300 integrated health systems nationwide. In this episode you’ll hear about:How Dr. Slonim caught the healthcare industry’s attention by launching the Healthy Nevada Project®, the first population health initiative that combines genetic, environmental, social and clinical data to address individual and community health needs.The reorganization of the Renown Health system into two major divisions - a ‘health’ division addressing preventive, population-based, public health needs; and a ‘healthcare’ division comprised of acute care facilities and chronic disease management providers and services. Why Dr. Slonim believes that the doctor’s prescription pad is a metaphor for the constraints of our system and what a better “prescription” for care looks like.. How Dr. Slonim’s background in public health, combined with his own long-term experience as a patient, shaped his perspective and his approach to healthcare delivery.  There are a number of things that stand out about this interview. First, Dr. Slonim brings a great depth of clinical AND public health expertise to the perspective of a healthcare CEO, which is a rarity. Second, his thinking and approach are scientifically based, consumer-oriented, brilliantly logical, and elegantly simple. Third, he is laser focused on the needs of his patients, consumers and community. Dr. Slonim and his leadership team recognize that there are two fundamental, vastly different, value propositions that are required to care for communities. So they set about to restructure their system and redeploy the appropriate resources to deliver on those two value propositions. Their goal is to improve health through proactive community-based prevention, while creating the best healthcare system for those with acute and chronic disease. Once I heard Renown’s strategy and approach, I was left wondering why other hospital systems in the country aren’t immediately following suit.From my perspective, Dr. Slonim and his colleagues are brilliantly executing the steps of the Reframe Roadmap - reorienting their approach; redefining the problems from the primary perspective of patients and community; rebranding their value proposition to meet those needs; redesigning their healthcare delivery for results that matter to people; reorganizing their healthcare system to optimally deliver on those results; and importantly, redirecting their strategies, tactics and resources to make it all happen. What resonates the most, however, from this interview is the profound sense of empathy Dr. Slonim has for the people he serves. He shares that the biggest lesson he learned from his own cancer diagnosis and treatment was about the inequities and disparities of healthcare in our country. The lesson he learned wasn’t about himself, but about others. That speaks volumes about how his mind and heart work.  His goal and the goal of Renown Health is clearly to humanize healthcare. To make it less complex and less reactive. To make it more convenient, customized and accessible. To make one of its prime purposes the prevention of illness and trauma. To make it what people want and need in order to stay healthy and return to health. Again, why aren’t more healthcare leadership teams learning from and emulating this approach?Until Next Time, Be Well.Zeev Neuwirth, MD 

This week on Beyond Clean we speak with Nancy Chobin, President and CEO of Sterile Processing University, LLC for Part 2 of our interview highlighting CBSPD Certification.  Nancy is Retired from her position as the Vice President of Sterile Processing Services at Barnabas Health in West Orange, New Jersey where she was employed from 1990 to July 2015.  She served as a liaison for Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid and the New Jersey State Department of Health surveys.  She also worked as an Independent Nurse Consultant providing services related to the design of SPD Departments, policies and procedures, compliance with regulatory standards, on-site training, and preparation for certification to over 260 hospitals, medical device manufacturers, legal firms and healthcare systems and surgery centers in the US.  Nancy is a renowned International and national speaker and is the founder and past Executive Director of the Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution, Inc.   Finally, she has received many awards in the field of sterile processing and was recently recognized as the 2018 recipient of the AAMI Standards Developer Award. Join us next week when we speak with Barbara Harmer, Director of Clinical Services at Innovative Sterilization Technologies, LLC.  #beyondclean Click To Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

This week on Beyond Clean we speak with Nancy Chobin, President and CEO of Sterile Processing University, LLC.  Nancy is Retired from her position as the Vice President of Sterile Processing Services at Barnabas Health in West Orange, New Jersey where she was employed from 1990 to July 2015.  She served as a liaison for Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid and the New Jersey State Department of Health surveys.  She also worked as an Independent Nurse Consultant providing services related to the design of SPD Departments, policies and procedures, compliance with regulatory standards, on-site training, and preparation for certification to over 260 hospitals, medical device manufacturers, legal firms and healthcare systems and surgery centers in the US.  Nancy is a renowned International and national speaker and is the founder and past Executive Director of the Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution, Inc.   Finally, she has received many awards in the field of sterile processing and was recently recognized as the 2018 recipient of the AAMI Standards Developer Award. CE Credits -> https://www.beyondclean.net/ce-credit-hub Join us next week for Part 2 with Peggy Spitzer, Clinical Education & Technical Support at Certol International.   #beyondclean Click To Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

Guest: Judy Barbiero Ph. D. Associate Clinical Professor Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences School of Nursing Division of Nursing Science   Topic: Most Americans wish to die at home. However only 25 percent actually do so. Most are referred to palliative care and hospice too late to affect quality of life and to better prepare for death, which leaves families confused and unprepared. Judy Barbiero is joined by a patient's wife,Grace Sorrell along with her hospice nurse, Flora Sklar. She gives families and caregivers practical advice on how palliative and hospice care can assist their dying loved ones. An “End-of-Life” conference is scheduled for May 22 and May 23, 2018 from 9-5 given by Rutgers School of Nursing and Barnabas Health. Information on the conference can be found at: http://nursing.rutgers.edu/ce/end-of-life-conference.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Barry Prystowsky presents the July 2015 Courageous Doctors report on Health Care and Safety Issues. First up is news about Obama Care and the Supreme Court, news about Barnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson Health, new Tick Disease, early detection of Pancreatic Cancer, food recalls and contamination, where New Jersey ranks in Asbestos related […] The post Courageous Doctors (July 2015) appeared first on Broadband Box Office.

Barry H. Ostrowsky is president and CEO of Barnabas Health, New Jersey's largest not-for-profit health care delivery system and the second-largest private employer in the state. Mr. Ostrowsky has helped shape the NJ health care delivery system.

Thought Leader: Anthony D. Slonim, MD, DrPH, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Barnabas Health. Sponsored: by CMR InstituteIn this episode, Dr. Slonim discusses ACOs, how they offer a new model for health care, how they create opportunities for biopharmaceutical companies, and how a shift to ACOs would affect all facets of the health care continuum.For more information about CMR Institute, visit www.cmrinstitute.org.Play Podcast.For more information on how you can be featured in a podcast, contact Dan Limbach at dlimbach@pharmavoice.com or call him at (847) 594-0157.