Course Overview:

News Flash: Nobody actually wants to go to the hospital. Thankfully, alternatives are starting to emerge. The pandemic gave rise to many innovations out of necessity. One such innovation was the shift of acute care previously reserved for hospital environments into the home setting through programs now commonly referred to as Hospital At Home. Never has the use case for IoT been greater. IoT has become an integral capability to keep these patients connected to their caregivers 24/7. Join this masterclass for an inside look into this care delivery model. School up on it’s history to appreciate how to better apply technology and what barriers still need to be tackled.

Presenter Bio:

Rich G Kenny, RN, MMCi is the SAS Health Care Industry Executive Advisor. A nurse first, his prior office used to be the back of a helicopter for Duke Life Flight where, as a nurse, he gained experience in just about every type of hospital and care setting. Seeing the blurring line between health care operations and technology, he pivoted his career into informatics to drive the development and adoption of analytics into care delivery and operations. Rich has led operations at Duke Health, one of the oldest flight programs in the U.S., and has consulted for the world’s largest health systems and cancer centers with PricewaterhouseCoopers. At the onset of the pandemic, Rich returned to Duke to create their hospital at home program and remote patient monitoring strategy before his non-linear career brought him to SAS in Cary, NC, where he now serves as an “Intrapraneur” to mature the use of advanced analytics in the health care provider industry.