Becker's Hospital Review

7 January Issue: Becker's Hospital Review is pleased to present the first issue of 2021, which includes a list of 10 leadership strategies to main- tain aer COVID-19 subsides, five steps to address pay inequity in your hospital and how 12 CEOs revitalize themselves. In the issue, Cleveland Clinic's former CIO, Edward Marx, discusses digital changes hospitals must make to compete with retail disruptors, and University of Chicago Medical Center CFO Rich Silveria offers advice on managing finances amid the pandemic. e issue also contains a Corner Office interview with Kevin Mahoney, CEO of Philadelphia-based University of Pennsyl- vania Health System. I hope you enjoy reading. e January issue features several stories about how hospitals and health systems are responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandem- ic, as well as studies that may help providers better understand the virus. is widespread pandemic is unprecedented and moves quickly. As a result, Becker's Hospital Review sought to include pandemic news in this issue that is relevant when the print magazine hits readers' mailboxes. Becker's Health IT + Revenue Cycle Management Virtu- al Forum (Feb. 9-12) Health IT is taking center stage as health systems aim to transform care delivery, and health system execu- tives are keeping a close eye on the revenue cycle as margins tighten. Join us in February for critical discussions with CIOs, IT executives and revenue cycle leaders from leading health systems, including Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health. Becker's Physician Leadership Virtual Forum (March 29) Healthcare needs strong physician leadership at all levels. Physician practice owners face a new reality as they aim to remain independent and build their businesses over the next few years. Join us in March to hear from physician leaders and executives about how they're navigating difficult decisions and thinking about the future. Becker's 11th Annual Meeting (May 24-26) We're planning a hy- brid live and virtual experience for our annual meeting. Along with an in-person program in Chicago, we'll have a virtual component for those who would prefer to attend from the comfort of their office or home. e virtual program will include at least four streamed sessions from the live conference each day, and we will focus on the biggest keynote panels and presentations, along with other terrific provider sessions from top hospitals and health systems. To learn more and register for our upcoming events, please visit: https:// www.beckershospitalreview.com/virtual-conferences.html Should you have any questions or if I can be of help in any manner, please do not hesitate to contact me at sbecker@beckershealthcare.com. I can also be reached at (800) 417-2035. ank you, as always, for read- ing. Very truly yours, Scott Becker Zafar Chaudry, MD, Senior Vice President and CIO, Seattle Children's Chris DeFlitch, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Penn State Hershey Health System Cheri S. Kane, MSA, FHFMA, FACMPE, VP of Revenue Cycle, Community Health Systems Darren Dworkin, Chief Information Officer, Cedars- Sinai Medical Center Richard Zane, MD, UCHealth Chief Innovation Officer, and Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at the CU School of Medicine Sarah Lucas, Enterprise Revenue Cycle - Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs, UW Medicine Mitch Parker, MBA, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer, Indiana University Health Brett A. Oliver, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Baptist Health Cris Ross, Chief Information Officer, Mayo Clinic Geoff Brown, CIO, Piedmont Healthcare Steve Scharmann, System Vice President Revenue Cycle, CommonSpirit Health Phyllis Teater, Chief Information Officer, Associate Vice President, Health Services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center BECKER'S HEALTHCARE HIT + RCM VIRTUAL EVENT F e b r u a r y 9 - 1 2 , 2 0 2 1 1 0 : 0 0 A M - 1 : 0 0 P M C T Go to beckersvirtualevents.com to see the full agenda and RSVP. Publisher's Letter

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