Mathew Dietz , Division Director , Digital and Virtual Care Strategy and Dr . Joel Ward , CMIO discuss why healthcare needs to go digital amidst the pandemic
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Mathew Dietz , Division Director , Digital and Virtual Care Strategy and Dr . Joel Ward , CMIO discuss why healthcare needs to go digital amidst the pandemic
If you ’ ve caught yourself watching one too many E . R . episodes , then this one ’ s for you . MercyOne – Iowa ’ s answer to Country General – is a relatively new health care system , founded in 1998 and currently operates out of 420 care locations across the state of Iowa and neighbouring communities . Mathew Dietz , MercyOne ’ s Division Director , Digital and Virtual Strategy , and MercyOne ’ s CMIO Dr . Joel Ward discuss everything from COVID- 19 to provider burnouts , and more .
Dr . Ward has been with MercyOne for a little over six years serving as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer for the health system ’ s Central Iowa region , along with Dietz who joined about a year ago , as the driver for all digital health strategic and regulatory implementations across MercyOne ' s seven centres .
Currently , the centres have been busy with vaccine implementation , and digital transformation is no longer on the back-burner . The executives talk about how COVID-19 created an urgency for telehealth and the birth of innovation in the light of adversity .
The longstanding need for transformation With more than 20,000 colleagues under its wing , MercyOne is no small organization . To be a healthcare provider in a time when all eyes are on you is a lot of pressure , even for the most seasoned players . So what do
Dr Joel Ward & Mathew Dietz
146 July 2021