EHR migrations have become one of the defining capital projects of the year for hospitals and health systems, with price tags ranging from a few million dollars for a single critical access hospital to well over a billion for the…
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A stroke alert sounds and the neurologist is in clinic across town. Someone starts making calls. Someone else describes the patient over the phone. The clock that costs an estimated 1.9 million brain cells a minute keeps running. There is…
Oct 14, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Joanne Lapetina, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Eagle Telemedicine
- Meagan Rhames, BSN, RN, Stroke Program Manager, Piedmont Columbus Regional
- Robin Baker, BSN, RN, SCRN, Clinical Director – Neurology & Stroke Programs, Eagle Telemedicine
- Malik Ghannam, MD, Medical Director, Neurology, Eagle Telemedicine
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