October 2024

••• J2 Interactions Newsletter | October '24 •••

All treats, no tricks!

October is always one of the busiest months of the year in healthcare technology. There are trade shows, end-of-year budgeting, planning for the new year, and, of course, the beginning of the holiday season.

We’ve had a lot of treats this past month, starting with the Innovations in Value-Based Care conference in NYC hosted by Healthix, and a drinks and desserts reception at Civitas in Detroit. Then, there was the announcement of our partnership with InterSystems, Greater Houston HealthConnect, and the Texas Association of Charitable Clinics, as all four parties are working to bring interoperability and a longitudinal data record to underserved populations in Texas. And finally, we’ve celebrated our own Jen Carter, Executive Director of Alliances, being accepted into the C-Sweetener mentorship program, where she will be helping to elevate junior executives in healthcare.

We’re also marking the 1-year anniversary of our J2 Interactions newsletter. We hope you enjoy these monthly news blasts, recaps, and general industry insights.

Do you have a favorite part? We’d love to know!

Rachel Warnock 🐈‍⬛
Director of Marketing

••••• J2 Insights •••••

Have you heard the news?

Greater Houston Healthconnect, InterSystems, and J2 Interactive are teaming up to elevate the quality of healthcare in Texas. The three companies are working to connect 75 TXACC (Texas Association of Charitable Clinics) locations to Greater Houston Healthconnect HIE, creating a longitudinal health record for vulnerable populations seeking care across the state of Texas. The result? Clinicians will have the data they need to provide the best care possible.

Our own Jen Carter joined TXACC’s Executive Director Paula Walker, Greater Houston Healthconnect CEO Junaid Hussain, and Dr. Siraj Anwar of Harris Health at the TXACC annual conference for the announcement.

Read the full press release here.

••••• J2 Insider •••••

Innovations in Value-Based Care

The 2024 Innovations in Value-Based Care conference returned for its second year, bringing healthcare professionals together to discuss the rising adoption of value-based care models. Our CEO, Lou LaRocca, and Director of Professional Services, Becky Durant, had a wonderful time catching up and learning what others have been doing to advance innovations in this space. Thank you to our friends at Healthix for hosting the conference!

Civitas

J2 headed to the Civitas Conference in Detroit, where we caught up with many friendly faces and hosted Dessert and Drinks in the Sky! (No joke, it was on the 72 floor overlooking the Detroit River.)

We unveiled a new HIE Accelerator that is built on Salesforce and designed to specifically expedite time to value for HIEs in service, operations, and sales. Suni Guempel, our Salesforce Program Manager, led the demonstrations. Do you want to learn more about running your back office on the Salesforce platform? Do you have Salesforce already, and you want to make sure you’re getting the most out of your investment? Drop us a line at info@j2interactive.com!

HLTH

Jen Carter and Rachel Warnock then went west for the HLTH conference in Las Vegas. It was two days of networking and conversations around the future of healthcare. We also saw Angie Bass and Emily Mata from Velatura, as well as many of our friends from InterSystems.

And of course, J2 runs on Dunkin’.

••••• J2 Industry News •••••

InterSystems’ Kathleen Aller Delivers New Article - Five Lessons from a Medical Data Pioneer

In the latest piece from Kathleen Aller, Head of Global Healthcare Market Strategy at InterSystems, she seeks to answer the following question: How can healthcare organizations build a solid data foundation to leverage the potential of artificial intelligence? Her piece on Hospital Management Asia proposes five different ways.

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Healthix and HSG’s Second Annual Conference Calls for Focus on Health Equity

As mentioned above, the 2024 Innovations in Value-Based Care conference returned for its second year, bringing healthcare professionals together to discuss the rising adoption of value-based care models. Sponsored by Healthix and HSG, the event explored challenges and potential solutions for meeting patients’ clinical and social needs. City & State NY has a recap.

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Connecting the Great State of Texas with the Help of InterSystems

In an interview with InterSystems, Junaid Husain, Chief Executive Officer of Greater Houston Healthconnect, shares his experience partnering with the tech firm. As the leading health information exchange for the state of Texas, Greater Houston Healthconnect understands that fast, reliable data sharing is the key to effective care.

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Civitas Networks for Health Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary

Civitas was founded on October 1, 2021, following the formal affiliation between the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement and the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative. This month marks the organization’s third year, coinciding with the third annual conference in Detroit, as discussed above.

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Seema Verma Discusses What’s Next for Cerner and Oracle Health Merger

In an interview with Healthcare IT Today, Seema Verma, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Oracle Health, discusses her journey from HHS Secretary to her current role, the vision for Oracle Health going forward and its merging with Cerner, and what long time Cerner users should know about what’s happening at Oracle Health, plus what they can expect going forward.

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Department of Health and Human Services Finalizes 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategy

The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has published its final 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategy, which seeks to enhance care delivery and experiences for patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, public health professionals, and others in the healthcare continuum.

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••••• Celebrating Our J2 “In-ployees” •••••

Mentoring the Next Women Leaders in Healthcare

Executive Director of Alliances, Jen Carter, has recently joined the C-Sweetener program as a mentor, bringing her decades of experience and superpowers of connection and community building!

The C-Sweetner is a mentorship program funded and supported by the HLTH foundation that pairs junior executives with senior executives to elevate women and non-binary individuals into healthcare leadership.

There’s a massive team behind every successful patient outcome, and the same is true for every successful business outcome. Jen’s going to be mentoring junior healthcare leaders, helping them build teams around them and elevate their voices.

Pictured below at the C-Sweetener Reception at HLTH, Jen Carter and Rachel Warnock of J2, Claudia Williams of UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and Petunia, the HLTH unicorn mascot.

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