Upcoming ZOOM Meeting
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (combined session with Oakland)
Opening Discussion Topic:
Overcoming Challenges: ‘The Making of a 5-Star Hospital’ & ‘Lessons from El Camino’s COVID-19 Pandemic Incident Command Center’
2020 began as a grueling year for Cheryl Reinking, Chief Nursing Officer for both El Camino Health campuses. The pressure was already on to retain CMS’s top award for Overall Hospital Quality – in spite of CMS re-proportioning its rankings of what was to be measured, done, and rewarded, to help consumers select the most highly rated hospitals.
Then, in late February, Patient X arrived in the ED with novel symptoms. She turned out to be the first COVID patient in Santa Clara County and one of the first in the nation. At that point, Cheryl began keeping her Journal, documenting the activities, stresses and strains surrounding El Camino’s “COVID-19 Pandemic Incident Command Center,” for which she is also responsible. She will share with us some of the key insights taken from the pages of her COVID Journal written in real time.
During our Members’ Discussion we’ll look to hear about the lessons you learned Overcoming Challenges in 2020, the year that was like no other.
As Chief Nursing Officer of El Camino Health, Cheryl Reinking oversees the nursing division and patient experience for everyone in the ECH hospitals. Having rising through the ranks, as a clinical nurse, case manager, nursing director and vice chief of clinical operations before becoming ECH’s CNO in 2013, Cheryl is also a Nurse Executive Advance-Board Certified, and earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice, graduating from the University of San Francisco in December 2020, capping off an unforgettable year.
Upcoming Meeting Dates
Jun 8 (combined session with Oakland) Jul 13 Aug 10 Sep 14 Oct 12 Nov 9 Dec 8
Our Silicon Valley Healthcare Round Table meets on the 2nd Tuessday of each month. We have been meeting via ZOOM since April, and look forward to meeting again in person – once we can do so safely, hopefully early in the New Year.
Past Topics Include:
- Lessons Learned in Building Together: Ravenswood Family Health Network
- The Art of the Healthcare Pivot
- Rethinking your Business in This Next Normal
- Getting Back to a New Normal
- Your WFH Best Practices & COVID-19 Experience with Employees, Clinicians, Patients, and Yourself
- Lessons Learned from Fighting Coronaviruses
- Following the Money in Healthcare
- Keeping PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly)with the Growing Number of Frail, Low-income Seniors in the Valley
- Best Practices for Re/Training Your Team
- How has 'Digital Transformation' Transformed Your Business?
- Moving to Value-Based Contracting
- The Latest Trends in Social Media: What's Working Now?
- Scaling Your Healthcare Business: What Works Best?
- A Healthcare CEO's Guide to Health Plan 101
- How IA's Changing Healthcare
- Everything You Need to Know about Santa Clara County's Healthcare Programs
- Lessons from Moving the "Hospital to the Home"
- Maneuvering With & Around Industry Giants
- Lessons Learned in Maximizing Customer Engagement
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