Public Health

   DAN BRINKMAN, RN, CEO, Hilo Medical Center   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “As a state-funded, 274-bed hospital on the Island of Hawaii that serves a vast rural area of over 2,000-square miles, the ongoing delivery of exceptional, nationally recognized care is…

   CANDICE SAUNDERS, President and CEO, WellStar Health System (Marietta)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “In Georgia, as well as within our communities that we serve, the biggest health concern would be obesity and the chronic disease related to diabetes, hypertension, heart…

   DAVID BANKS, Chief Strategy Officer, Florida Hospital (Orlando)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “The most pressing health issue in our market and across the nation is the increasing demand for value from healthcare consumers. The market is requiring better quality and…

   KENNETH SILVERSTEIN, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Christiana Care Health System (Wilmington)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “There has been an increase in chronic disease in complex patients. We know that there’s a very small percent of patients that drive a large…

The American public is following a number of healthcare- and infection-related issues in the news closely, and they mostly have a good grasp on the facts, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey.

Since recreational marijuana became available over the counter in Colorado in 2014, out-of-state visitors who've chosen to indulge in the readily available drug have proven to have a harder time managing their buzz than natives, according to findings published in…

   JAMES CARDON, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Integration Officer, Hartford HealthCare      skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “Where we’re really challenged is the psychosocial and economic barriers that prohibit people from managing their conditions. My background is clinical cardiology…

PAM NICHOLSON, Senior Vice President for Strategy, Centura Health (Englewood)   skadjfoiasjeri;jaslkgjddlaksjdfoiasfsd “Healthcare urgently needs to embrace consumerism and provide greater convenience, choice and transparency. At Centura Health, we’re adopting a variety of disruptive technologies, techniques and attitudes to learn…

  SUNNY BHATIA, MD CMO, Prime Healthcare Services (Ontario)   skadjfoiasjeri;jaslkgjddlaksjdfoiasfsd “Quality emergency and inpatient care is critical to managing and improving population health, an issue at the forefront of the Affordable Care Act. And, as our population grows and…

FRITZ FRANCOIS, MD, CMO, Patient Safety Officer, Associate Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City)   “What we see right now as a major concern is the overuse of antibiotics. As a result, we have seen the…