Staffing Issues
Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion. It can occur when you experience long-term stress in your job. For a company to succeed, employers need to recognize and address burnout, and to develop strategies of employee retention to retain their best employees. What are those strategies?

Staff Recruitment
“Now Hiring” notes the sign outside every hospital. What do hospitals need? What do potential hires want? We discuss salary, benefits, bonuses, workload, recruitment tools, employer culture and branding, working remotely, and other creative ideas.

COVID Demands and Financial Impacts
The financial impact of COVID has been severe. It is projected that U.S. hospitals will lose an estimated $54 billion in net income in 2021, even accounting for federal relief funding. How are hospitals managing?

Supply Chain Issues
COVID has highlighted capacity and resilience weaknesses in healthcare supply chains – and it continues. How can you better manage forecasting, procurement, and delayed deliveries?

Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity incidents are a growing threat to hospitals. The healthcare industry has lagged behind other industries in protection. What are the strategies and investments necessary to safeguard your organization?

MUSE – State of the Union
Now in its 39^th year, MUSE continues to offer pertinent networking and timely educational opportunities. Learn more about the vision of MUSE, and offer your suggestions to enhance the MUSE mission.

Patient Engagement and Empowerment
Engagement? Empowerment? Those are broad objectives. Let’s discuss the needs and practical solutions, including these topics: self-registering, self-scheduling, self-check-in, portals, health equity, and more.

Telemedicine
Is virtual on-demand care real or hype? How do you address the barriers for telemedicine? Technology, reimbursement, regulations, and adoption can all be barriers to a successful telemedicine initiative. We discuss the issues and solutions.

Community Integration and Referral Management
Referral management is managing the process by which patients are transitioned to the next step in their care. Learn the importance of community integration, relationships, accountability, and more to define a successful referral management strategy.

Bucket List
This panel discussion will focus on how organizations (both health care providers and vendors) plan, align and make decisions on what initiatives/investments make it on the fiscal year “bucket list” for approval and funding:

• Identifying and aligning the organizational strategy, expectations, and business plan to IT priorities
• Prioritizing initiatives and investments
• Finalizing and funding the 1-3 year “Bucket List” plan

Panelists:

• Mike Ward, Chief Information Officer, Anderson Health
• Jennifer Sheils, VP, CIO, Horizon Health Network, Saint john, New Brunswick
• Anne Marie Herrera, VP Solutions, Experis Health Solutions (ettain health)
• Audrey Brislin, Vice President, Product & Marketing, Forward Advantage

Summary