ON DEMAND WEBINAR
Emergency departments (EDs) across the United States were under increasing pressure due to persistent challenges such as overcrowding, patient throughput inefficiencies, and mounting financial pressures. These issues led to delays in patient care and higher costs for health plans driven by disjointed transitions of care.
Who should have attended:
Attendees learned:
How strategic partnerships streamlined ED transitions
Proven best practices and new approaches for measurable improvements in patient care
This was an opportunity to discover how organizations could combat the most pressing issues in emergency care.
COO, Payer and Emerging Markets; GM, PAC Advance, WellSky
Bridgette McGrath is COO of WellSky Payer and Emerging Markets and PAC Advance General Manager. She is a results-driven executive with a strong background in healthcare management. Prior to WellSky, Bridgette oversaw the strategic management and operational execution experience and day-to-day operations at Carebridge; multi-site management and operations at Healogics, and prior to that, she managed the post-acute program at Evicore. Bridgette is an accomplished nurse who holds a Master of Science of Nursing degree, is a certified nurse mid-wife, a psychiatric clinical nurse, and a community health nurse.
Chief Medical Officer, WellSky
Dr. Jamie Chang is the chief medical officer at WellSky. A board-certified emergency medicine physician with extensive experience in clinical operations, Dr. Chang is passionate about connecting teams across the healthcare system to deliver intelligent, high-quality, and coordinated care. Before joining WellSky, Dr. Chang led clinical value innovation across Optum Health with a particular focus on the acute and post-acute settings of care. He has previously designed and implemented value-based care programs in hospital settings, consulted across the healthcare continuum while at McKinsey & Company, and spent time with the World Health Organization to improve healthcare delivery in low-resource settings. Dr. Chang completed his clinical training in emergency medicine at Stanford, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in economics and received his MD from Harvard Medical School and MBA from Harvard Business School.
WellSky is a technology company leading the movement for intelligent, coordinated care worldwide. Our next-level software, analytics, and services power better outcomes and lower costs for stakeholders across the health and community care continuum. In today’s value-based care environment, WellSky helps providers, payers, health systems, and community organizations solve tough challenges, improve collaboration for growth, harness the power of data analytics, and achieve better outcomes by further connecting clinical and social care.
