Sanford leaders to take stage at Becker’s Annual Meeting
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April 4, 2024
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| Contact: Paul Heinert Sanford Health Media Relations 605-366-2432 / Paul.Heinert@sanfordhealth.org
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The most pressing topics in health care, including the future of AI, combatting burnout, nursing workforce challenges, leveraging technology to enhance the patient experience, population health, and financial stability will be key themes Sanford Health leaders discuss during a series of panels and roundtable discussions at the upcoming 14th Becker’s Annual Meeting.
The four-day conference takes place April 8-11 in Chicago. Sanford Health’s Jeremy Cauwels, M.D., chief physician, Erica DeBoer, RN, MA, CCRN-K, CNL, chief nursing officer, Jared Antczak, chief digital officer, Brad Reimer, chief information officer, Heather Spies, M.D., MBA, physician director of clinician experience, Emily Griese, Ph.D., chief operating officer, Sanford Health Plan, and Martha Leclerc, vice president of corporate contracting, will join executives from the nation’s top health systems.
Cauwels is scheduled to participate in two panels centered around workforce and leveraging technology; Hospital Workforce Reimagined: Where Top Systems Are Headed and Expanding Patient Care Beyond Hospital Walls: Leveraging Emerging Technologies.
DeBoer will also take part in two panels with a focus on preparing for future nursing staff and health equity; The Nursing Workforce: Big Ideas for the Next Generation and Health Equity Spotlight: How to Move the Needle and Execute on Great Ideas.
Griese will join two panels to discuss population health and a blueprint for leaders to follow; Population Health in the Next 5 Years: Where Health Plans Are Headed and The CEO’s Guide to Navigating Disruption and Rethinking Business Models.
Reimer’s two panels focus on potential moves for technology and retail giants in the health care space; Amazon, Google and Walmart: What is their Next Healthcare Play? and The Data Economy: Who Does it Best and What’s Next for Healthcare.
Antczak will take part in a panel on the future of AI in health care; Digital Technology and AI Strategies to Win the Next 5 Years.
Spies will discuss clinician well-being in her panel; The C-Suite’s Role in Tackling Physician Burnout.
Leclerc’s panel discussion relates to the financial side of the industry; The Economics and Policies Shaping the Future of Healthcare.
This is the third consecutive year Sanford Health leaders have taken part in the Becker’s Annual Meeting following its return to an in-person setting after the pandemic.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves 1.4 million patients and nearly 200,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 45 hospitals, 211 clinic locations, more than 160 Good Samaritan Society senior living centers, 2,900 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 540 active clinical trials, and nine world clinic locations around the globe. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
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