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Vituity physician partners are regularly featured in national and local media, reflecting their thought leadership across many aspects of the healthcare experience. Below are highlights of recent articles and other content that amplify Vituity’s commitment to better patient care.
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Vituity Experts in the News
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NEW November 10, 2021-Executive Q&A: Transforming Data Management at a Healthcare Organization
Upside recently spoke with Vituity's director of enterprise data analytics, Jenny Hyun, to discuss how the company's rapid growth required them to rethink their enterprise data strategy and pursue a successful digital transformation -
NEW November 10, 2021-Are your nurses heading for the door?
Today’s Hospitalist features the insights of Gregg Miller, MD, on hospital staffing challenges and guidance for how hospitals can address shortages in both the near and long term. -
NEW November 10, 2021-Why the healthcare industry should experiment with VR in the Covid era
Vituity's Andrew Smith shares the benefits of one experimental solution to deliver patient-centric care that’s rarely tried, even though its efficacy for relieving stress and discomfort has been demonstrated time and again: virtual reality. -
NEW November 2, 2021-Transforming the Healthcare Construct
The Innovation Cookbook podcast welcomes Andrew Smith, the Chief Operations and Innovation Officer at Vituity, responsible for integrating cutting-edge innovations into core operations that will improve the lives of patients and providers. -
NEW October 29, 2021-COVID-19 Surge Preparedness for Fall/Winter 2021
Practicing ER doctor, Gregg Miller, MD, recently joined HASC's strategic communications team to discuss the upcoming COVID-19 outlook, hospital staffing issues, morale factors, and more. -
NEW October 27, 2021-Is It Safe To Host Thanksgiving This Year? 6 Precautions To Take
If you’re hosting Thanksgiving this year, there are some precautions you should take to keep everyone safe. In this HuffPost article, Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, shares a few tips when gathering with friends and family. -
October 9, 2021-Experts warn of a resurgent flu season and a ‘twindemic’ winter
Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, shares his insight on how effective this year’s flu vaccine may be considering the low circulation of influenza cases over the past year. -
October 8, 2021-Hospitals brace for an onslaught this winter, from flu as well as COVID
Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, discusses the struggles hospitals and emergency departments expect to face during the winter season, and how they can take action now to minimize disruptions. -
September 27, 2021-9 hospital innovation execs share the motto that guides their strategy
According to Vituity Futurist, Prentice Tom, MD, success for health tech companies depends on culture, people, and financial resources - a trifecta he refers to as fitness. -
September 27, 2021-COVID, staffing shortages and patients returning for care push hospitals to the brink
In a podcast conversation, Gregg Miller, MD, relays how the convergence of both COVID-19 patients and patients who have delayed care is leading to stress on emergency departments and health systems across the nation, compounded by clinical staffing shortages. -
September 24, 2021-We Might Have to Live With COVID Forever—Here's What That Will Look Like
Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, shares his perspective on the utility of masking to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the likelihood of achieving herd immunity, emerging variants, and the idea of what a better “normal” can look like in the future. -
September 22, 2021-Care for kidney disease plummeted in the pandemic
Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, shares his insights on how delayed medical care is manifesting for patients across the healthcare system. -
September 20, 2021-Everything You Need to Know About the 2021 Flu Shot, Including Where and When to Get It
Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, shares his insights on this season’s flu vaccine, including the best time to get it and if it's safe to get along with a COVID-19 vaccine. -
September 17, 2021-Digital health investment red flags to look out for, per 9 hospital innovation execs
Moving from idea to successful startup in health tech is a difficult proposition and requires significant additional enterprise competencies. Vituity's Futurist, Prentice Tom, MD, shares a number of red flags that investors should be wary of. -
September 17, 2021-‘I feel like we broke the system’: Inside the fight against COVID-19 at Saint Al’s in Boise
Vituity's Andrew Southard, MD, demonstrates how the flow of COVID-19 patients at Saint Alphonsus in Idado has had a cascading effect on acute care delivery. -
September 15, 2021-Virtual rounding beyond the pandemic
Vituity's Maria Marmol, MD, shares the many benefits of virtual bedside rounding experienced by her team at Adventist Health Hanford. -
September 10, 2021-‘Difficult to be compassionate’: Some front-line workers frustrated by unvaccinated patients
Vituity's David Seigler, MD, shares insight on how feelings of inefficacy can lead to physician burnout and how it is currently manifesting in residents at his hospital. -
September 3, 2021-How To Maximize The Telehealth Opportunity
Inflect Health CEO and Vituity Chief Transformation Officer Rick Newell, MD, continues his thoughts on how telehealth can meet patients where they are. -
September 1, 2021-ED Nurses Feel Unprepared for Mental Health Complaints
Vituity's Seth Thomas, MD, shares his insight on how EDs can better manage patients who experience behavioral health crises. -
August 26, 2021-Nurse shortages in California reaching crisis point
Vituity's Thomas Sugarman, MD, shares how the growing nursing shortage is manifesting in California hospitals, often leading to increased patient wait times. -
August 20, 2021-10 hospital innovation execs on how their role has evolved during the pandemic
Vituity's Prentice Tom, MD, and other leading health system futurists share how their role has evolved since the pandemic began and what makes them optimistic about the healthcare landscape of the future. -
August 13, 2021-Health care's burnout crisis
Health care workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID are suffering from unprecedented levels of burnout amid the latest surge. Vituity's Gregg Miller shares the pain and frustration he sees in the acute care setting. -
August 12, 2021-People Who’ve Had COVID-19 Should Still Get Vaccinated. Here’s Why
Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, shares the importance of getting vaccinated even for patients who've had COVID, and allays many fears about the vaccine. -
August 6, 2021-St. Cloud Hospital opens state's second EmPATH unit for mental health emergencies
The EmPATH unit at CentraCare's St. Cloud Hospital in Minnesota is promising to provide faster and more comfortable assessments of emergency patients experiencing mental health crises — an area sorely lacking across the state. -
August 1, 2021-Artificial Intelligence Could Affect ED Provider’s Malpractice Risk
Chief Transformation Officer Rick Newell discusses the implications of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare with the ED Legal Letter. -
July 30, 2021-‘It Gives Me Tremendous Anxiety’: California's Delta Surge Sparks Flashbacks for Many Health Care Workers
Vituity's Nicole Braxley, MD, shares her concerns amid the resurgence of COVID infections nationwide. -
July 27, 2021-19 hospital execs name the health IT terms that make them cringe
In this candid article featuring esteemed hospital executives, Vituity's Chief Futurust, Prentice Tom, MD, defines the often misused term of "partnership" as helping to create a solution based on need, rather than selling a product or service. -
July 27, 2021-Reentry Anxiety
Why does the prospect of getting back to normal after the pandemic disturb some patients? And what can be done to overcome these fears? In this article, Vituity's David Seigler, MD, explores this complex topic and offers tips for providers and patients to adjust to a gradual return to societal norms. -
July 26, 2021-Healing Burnout and Improving Patient Experience
In this podcast, Vituity's Swati Mehta, MD, shares techniques designed to make improving patient experience and healing burnout among healthcare workers real and achievable. -
July 23, 2021-Opinion: Virginia’s mental health hospitals must be restored
An op-ed in The Washington Post examining the behavioral health crisis in Virginia champions Vituity's EMPATH model as a stellar example of how to provide faster and more appropriate treatment for patients. -
July 20, 2021-Addressing Healthcare Inequities In Telehealth
Vituity's Rick Newell, MD, shares how the shift in patient-physician interaction from same-location to location-agnostic means patients could soon receive the vast majority of their care from anywhere, producing greater access to care, especially for historically underserved or otherwise marginalized communities. -
July 7, 2021-PERSPECTIVES ‘If only you knew’
Vituity's Swati Mehta lays out a touching narrative of treating patients in the hospital that underscores the personal impact a quality patient-physician relationship can have. -
June 30, 2021-Stroke at 3,000 Feet: 26-year-old Patient Rescued by Helicopter, Treated at Auburn Faith
Vituity's Judith Peck, MD, and Jeremy Graff, MD, are recognized for their life saving work, treating a young stroke patient at Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital after a dramatic search and rescue. -
June 29, 2021-Sparrow physician receives national award for her selfless care for the community
Vituity's Farashin Silevany, DO, has been recognized for her selfless acts of kindness in her local community and work to bring free care to those overseas. Dr. Silevany is the embodiment of what it means to deliver compassionate, patient-centric care. -
June 25, 2021-The Changing Face of Acute Care Delivery
In this podcast conversation, Vituity's Denise Brown, MD, uncovers how new approaches to patient-centric medicine lead to better-integrated care, improved provider and patient satisfaction, and are changing expectations of where and how care is delivered. -
June 24, 2021-Strengthening Team Culture With the 6H Model
Vituity's Swati Mehta, MD, shares a customized approach used by successful clinical teams to improve departmental culture, increase relatedness, and cultivate a thriving work environment. -
June 19, 2021-Vituity CEO Imamu Tomlinson, MD, Recognized by Modern Healthcare as One of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives in 2021
Vituity's Imamu “Mu” Tomlinson, MD, MBA, was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of this year’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives due to his trailblazing leadership in 2020. -
June 8, 2021-New Marian Regional behavioral health outpatient unit to offer local treatment, intervention
Marian Regional's soon-to-open EmPATH unit is featured in a local news story. Vituity's David Ketelaar, MD, shares how this solution solves for gaps in mental healthcare in the community. -
June 7, 2021-New Alzheimer's Drug Approved by FDA Gives Hope for Eventual Cure
Vituity's Rodney Borger, MD, comments on how a recent FDA approval of a new drug could help millions of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. -
June 4, 2021-Leveraging virtual care to meet patients where they are
Vituity President, Theo Koury, MD, gathered together a panel of executive healthcare leaders to discuss the rapid growth in virtual care and its lasting impact on creating a new care paradigm. -
May 30, 2021-Practice Makes Perfect: How Peer Coaching Improves Patient Experience
In this exclusive article, Vituity's Swati Mehta, MD, shares her "6S" approach to coaching clinical peers to have a successful and joyful life in medicine. -
May 24, 2021-As the pandemic winds down, another crisis may be looming
In this article, Vituity's Gregg Miller and Seth Thomas share actionable ways to integrate emergency and psychiatric care along with community resources, leading to more successful outcomes for our patients. -
May 23, 2021-Innovating during the pandemic: Can hospitalists keep up the pace?
Vituity's Gregg Miller shares his perspectives on how collaboration across care teams radically changes healthcare everywhere to meet patients where they are, which may not always mean the hospital. -
May 17, 2021-Mee Memorial Hospital launches virtual ER front door program
Vituity's Noah Hawthorne, MD, and his acute care team have implemented a Virtual Front Door to the emergency department at Mee Memorial Hospital in Northern California, creating a faster and more efficient process for patients seeking emergency care. -
May 12, 2021-Employees grapple with re-entry anxiety as jobs call them back
Vituity's Chief Medical Officer, Gregg Miller, MD, shares insights on workplace safety as more employers start to call vaccinated workers back into their offices. -
May 10, 2021-Three Golden Rules for Health Tech Entrepreneurs
Vituity's Director of Clinical Innovation, Bobbie Kumar, MD, shares three key principles to ensure the success of your product, service or innovation. -
May 7, 2021-Eureka: The Moment When Everything Changes
Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD, shares the outstanding clinical and patient experience benefits of the EmPATH model in treating acute behavioral crises. -
May 4, 2021-Reflecting on provider resilience and burnout, one year into the pandemic
As providers deal with the ongoing pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vituity's Chief Growth Officer Denise Brown, MD, shares her thoughts on addressing burnout challenges and building resilience. -
April 23, 2021-COVID-19 Rapid Tests Now Available at Pharmacies: What to Know
With rapid COVID-19 tests now available at pharmacies, Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, noted their potential for leading to increased safety in gatherings, though he notes that these rapid tests are not as accurate as the tests administered by healthcare providers. -
April 23, 2021-Healthcare without discrimination: A lesson in leadership
Vituity CEO Imamu Tomlinson, MD, shares his insights on the leadership imperative of fostering a culture of inclusivity to transform the delivery of healthcare. -
April 23, 2021-The secret sauce of health tech innovation
Inflect Health's VP of Innovation Joshua Tamayo-Sarver shares his insights for developing a winning approach to patient-centric care innovation. -
April 21, 2021-As healthcare consumerization gains steam, organizations must balance convenient service and quality care
Vituity's Gregg Miller, MD, shares the imperative to reach out to patients where they’re at and get them the care they need in their own four walls, not necessarily the four walls of a hospital. -
April 9, 2021-Addressing Our Patients’ Most Difficult COVID-19 Concerns
Authentic connections between hospitalists, patients, and families are more critical now than ever. Vituity's Swati Mehta, MD, shares her insights for how to win our patients’ trust and confidence, even while wearing impersonal PPE gowns and N-95 masks. -
April 8, 2021-Vituity’s Emergency Psychiatry Team Recognized for Innovation in Suicide Prevention
Vituity's clinical team who developed an integrated approach to acute psychiatric care, known as EPI, was awarded the Innovation in Acute Care Suicide Prevention Award during a webinar hosted by AFSP and ACEP. -
April 2, 2021-We Spent a Day Inside a Hospital: Here’s How Things Will Never Be the Same After COVID
Vituity's Nicole Braxley and Nathan Beckerman shared their perspectives from the front-line, and the challenges and opportunities the pandemic has brought to the practice of emergency medicine. -
March 31, 2021-The Pandemic May Be Ending But Young Doctors Are Still Grappling With Its Effects
In this article about workflow impacts to frontline physicians stemming from the pandemic, Vituity's Theo Koury, MD, shares how patient volumes in EDs have dropped and questions if this is the new normal. -
March 30, 2021-Celebrating Doctors’ Day - Challenges and Rewards: One Physician Reflects on the Past Year
Vituity's Tom Luisetti, MD, Chief of Staff Elect at Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, celebrates the effort physicians have put into providing care during the past year, having been on the front lines as an anesthesiologist. -
March 20, 2021-ER doctor battled virus from New York to Chula Vista
In this feature article, Vituity's Karrar Ali, DO, shares his experiences as a medical provider during the past year of the pandemic, and what has made him more resilient and vigilant than ever. -
March 18, 2021-M Health Fairview launching new outpatient clinic to address mental health crisis
This short video promotes the EmPATH model, newly incorporated at M Health Fairview in Minnesota, the first clinic of its kind taking walk-ins for emergency psychiatric assessment and treatment. -
March 18, 2021-M Health Fairview to Open Minnesota’s First EmPATH Unit
The EmPATH outpatient mental health care model – the first of its kind in Minnesota and originally developed by Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD – celebrates its opening at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Minneapolis. -
March 18, 2021-Redefining healthcare with collaboration-enabled care
Vituity's CIO Amith Nair shares how healthcare providers are leveraging next-generation cloud communications platforms to enhance team-based communications and collaboration, streamline workflow processes and improve care coordination. -
March 15, 2021-Psychiatric Emergency Service Programs in Emergency Departments
On page 115, Vituity's EmPATH model is featured in a National Council for Behavioral Health report, and recommended as an important component of an ideal crisis system for those individuals with severe behavioral health crises. -
March 15, 2021-Building an acute behavioral health care program: Interview with Dr. Herbert Harman from Vituity
Vituity's Herb Harman, MD, shares insights into transforming emergency behavioral health services with a more patient-centric model as the guiding point. -
March 15, 2021-Vituity and HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Name St. Clare School Winners In Innovation Grant Art Contest
Vituity and HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital recently joined forces to sponsor an arts event for local youth that brought the community together and encouraged the spreading of health and wellness through artistic expression. -
March 14, 2021-One Year of COVID: CMO Reflections
On the 1-year anniversary of the pandemic, Vituity CMO Gregg Miller, MD, shares his insight and positive experience on the impacts of COVID-19 vaccines in addition to his personal reflections on the past year. -
March 1, 2021-Soothe the Turmoil
The use of emergency departments for mental health issues has skyrocketed over the years in Canada and while hospitals have difficulty providing early care in a healing environment, an integrated approach developed by Vituity can do just that and is redesigning psychiatric emergency. -
February 18, 2021-Bridging the gap: 5 keys to healthcare equity
In a webinar with healthcare leaders, Vituity CEO Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA, led a conversation focused on both the opportunity and imperative to address the systemic impacts of discrimination on minority communities. -
February 16, 2021-The Journey - featuring frontline Workers Dr. Maureen Bell & Roy Dunlap
Howard University President Wayne Frederick, MD, is joined by Vituity's Maureen Bell, MD, to share their experience receiving and the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine. -
February 16, 2021-Emergency Medicine on the Frontlines of COVID-19
Vituity's Tom Sugarman, MD, discusses COVID-19 treatment, public perception, and how it has changed the future of Emergency Medicine. -
February 11, 2021-Care for the Caregiver webinar
Vituity's Matthew Sinnwell, MD, shares tips and best practices for inspiring and cultivating a culture of provider wellness and resilience. -
February 9, 2021-Industry Voices—Honor Black History Month with equitable vaccination practices
In this Fierce Healthcare op-ed, Vituity CEO Imamu Tomlinson, MD, stresses the importance for healthcare leadership to advocate for our most vulnerable patients, and shares his recommendations for restoring trust to protect our communities. -
February 8, 2021-Podcast appearance by Vituity CIO
Vituity's Chief Operations and Innovation Officer Andrew Smith shares how healthcare is changing in the technology era. -
February 5, 2021-Get To Know Series - Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA, Vituity CEO and Vituity Cares Foundation President
Vituity CEO, Imamu Tomlinson, MD, shares his perspectives on being a minority healthcare CEO, the importance of mentorship, and his passion as advocate for healthcare equality. -
February 4, 2021-'We Could Reach Herd Immunity a Whole Lot Quicker' If Covid-19 Vaccines Can Mix, Emergency Physician Says
In this exclusive video interview, Vituity's CMO Gregg Miller, MD, weighs in on new studies surrounding coronavirus vaccines and the potential for reaching herd immunity more quickly than anticipated. -
January 29, 2021-The Promise and Potential of Emergency Psychiatry
In this exclusive feature, Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD, celebrates the 40th anniversary of emergency psychiatry and offers actionable insights for the profession to meet the growing demands of today and the promise of an expanded future. -
January 29, 2021-Infographic: Never a Dull Moment in Emergency Psychiatry
Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD, published an infographic on the ten most common presentations for emergency psychiatry. -
January 26, 2021-Physician known as ‘E.R. Dad’ of Orange Coast Medical Center dies of COVID
Vituity's Shawki Zuabi, MD, who died earlier this year after contracting the COVID-19 virus, is remembered as the larger than life "ER dad of Orange Coast Medical Center" by family, co-workers and friends. -
January 25, 2021-Lifting coronavirus order brings relief, anxiety to Inland businesses, residents
Vituity's Troy Pennington, MD, ED physician in Southern California, reinforces the need for the community to remain cautious and vigilant as state stay-at-home orders are lifted, as 1,400 people remain in San Bernardino County hospitals because of COVID-19. -
January 24, 2021-The Journey: “Dr. Maureen Bell & Roy Dunlap – Howard University Hospital and the Covid-19 Vaccine”
On this episode of Howard University's “The Journey,” President Wayne Frederick, MD, speaks with Vituity's Maureen Bell, MD about the critical importance of communities nationwide to get the vaccine. -
January 21, 2021-Opinion: Vaccines Are Coming. What Can We Do Until Then?
In a California Health Report op-ed, Vituity's Adam Dougherty, MD, encourages Californians to adhere to public health guidelines until COVID-19 vaccines can be more widely distributed to the public. -
January 19, 2021-Los Angeles' Top Doctors: Kevin V. Hua
The Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) has named Vituity's Dr. Kevin V. Hua as one of the area’s top doctors, recognized for his leadership role as the emergency department operations director for Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital. -
January 15, 2021-A Broken System Killed My Young Patient - Podcast with Gregg Miller
Vituity's CMO Gregg Miller, MD, shares a key learning from early in his medical career and how it impacts his ongoing practice amid the pandemic. -
January 14, 2021-Redlands firefighter among the first to receive a COVID vaccine
Vituity clinical leaders at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center share details about COVID vaccinations by appointment available to eligible personnel. -
January 14, 2021-New COVID-19 treatment improves symptoms within 24-48 hours
A local news feature highlights the services/and improved outcomes of a new form of COVID-19 therapeutic medicine at SSM St. Charles. -
January 11, 2021-10 Most Common Presentations in Emergency Psychiatry
Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD, shares a visual snapshot of common acute behavioral health presentations to emergency departments in this slideshow. -
January 5, 2021-A safety precautions protocol reduces self-harm for at-risk patients in the emergency department
The January 2021 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety references Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD and Seth Thomas, MD and their editorial on the use of a multidisciplinary approach to improve ED behavioral health processes. -
January 4, 2021-IE hospital converts unused cafeteria into patient room as demand continues to grow
December has been the hardest for frontline workers with infections on the rise since Thanksgiving. Read more about the measures taken at Riverside Community Hospital to treat the dramatic influx of patients. -
January 1, 2021-‘We Really Are At A Breaking Point’: Doctors, Nurses Exhausted As Riverside Hospitals Flood With COVID Patients
With record-breaking hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients across Southern California during the holiday season, Vituity's Steven Kim, MD, shares the toll this is taking on area hospital care teams. -
December 23, 2020-Health Care Workers Worry About Ability to Handle Surge
Vituity Medical Director Allan Hansen, MD, encourages the community to seek care when needed and to follow public health guidance during the holidays. -
December 22, 2020-Frontline Workers Providing Care In More Ways Than One This Holiday Season
Vituity's Tolya Thompson, PA-C, led an effort with the team at Sutter Roseville that raised $10,000 for local food pantries. -
December 20, 2020-‘This crazy amount of guilt.’ Sacramento doctor addresses California’s COVID-19 surge
Vituity's Alex Schmalz, MD, makes a compelling plea to stay home for the holidays, as COVID cases in Sacramento double every two weeks and the local healthcare infrastructure nears a breaking point, mirroring much of the rest of California. -
December 18, 2020-'I've never seen so many code blues.' Doctor describes saving 10 COVID-19 patients in 1 shift
In this video clip, Vituity's Raman Dhillon, MD, shares his amazing story of saving 10 code-blue patients in one morning at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, one of the hardest-hit hospitals in the nation due to the pandemic. -
December 18, 2020-A Sacramento doctor speaks about the third wave of COVID infections his community is undergoing, and how individuals can make a difference to minimize worst-case scenarios.
In this episode of the California Nation podcast, Vituity's Dr. Alex Schmalz talks about his experience in New York and his warning to Sacramento residents as California endures a third wave of infections. -
December 10, 2020-Transforming Healthcare with Tech
Hear perspectives on how to bridge in-person and virtual care from Vituity's innovation leaders at a recent healthcare-tech session with Pear VC. -
December 10, 2020-Why intensive-care unit beds are focus of California’s coronavirus shutdowns
Vituity's Troy Pennington, MD, provides perspectives on San Bernardino County ICU capacity going into the holiday season. -
December 8, 2020-Residency and Fellowship - Podcast
Former Vituity fellow, Theresa Brodeur, PA-C, discusses Vituity’s PA Fellowship Program at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in a podcast with PA Startup. -
December 6, 2020-The pandemic was already testing me. Then a man covered in Nazi tattoos showed up in my ER.
In the midst of this relentless pandemic, where our compassion-fatigued physicians face seemingly impossible obstacles, Vituity's Taylor Nichols, MD shares his experience with The Washington Post. -
December 6, 2020-Scrambling to boost ICU capacity, Bay Area hospitals staff up and turn to technology
Vituity's Thomas Sugarman, MD, shares with the Mercury News how Bay Area hospitals are boosting capacity in anticipation of a December surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, and stresses the importance of seeking medical care. -
November 18, 2020-Board of Supervisors Appoints New County Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Sequeira
Congratulations to Vituity's Dr. Michael Sequeira, a leader in the county’s medical community and experienced local expert in emergency medicine, who was just appointed Public Health Officer for the County of San Bernardino. -
November 12, 2020-Psychiatric Emergency: Changing the culture in our ED's
Vituity’s Seth Thomas, MD presented at the NAMI California 2020 Annual Conference on an acute behavioral health pilot at nine Dignity Health emergency departments using Vituity’s Emergency Psychiatric Intervention (EPI) approach. -
November 9, 2020-COVID-19 Proves Especially Fatal to Aging African Americans
Vituity Medical Director, Maureen Bell, MD, provides feedback on the disproportionate burden that COVID-19 has had on older Black adults, including lack of access to care and increased likelihood of employment as a front line worker. -
October 25, 2020-Preparing for a COVID-19 Surge
Tom Sugarman, MD, Vituity Senior Director of Government Affairs and ED physician discusses how critical it is for hospitals and health systems to start preparing now prior to the onset of a potential COVID-19 surge. -
October 25, 2020-Becker's Healthcare Podcast: Leadership Lessons
Vituity's CEO Imamu Tomlinson, MD shares his advice for emerging leaders on the most important leadership qualities of today from his unique perspective as a physician executive. -
October 20, 2020-The role of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
Vituity Futurist Prentice Tom, MD, discusses ways artificial intelligence can augment clinical practice. -
October 17, 2020-Clinician Burnout: The Phoenix RISEs!
Swati Mehta, MD, shares with SHM The Hospitalist her impactful method for clinicians to R.I.S.E. up from burnout. -
October 16, 2020-Creating a Comprehensive Patient Safety System (EmPATH and EPI)
Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD and Seth Thomas, MD contributed an academic article to Science Direct on optimizing overall safety for behavioral health patients in medical emergency departments. -
October 16, 2020-'SOS Team' Fights COVID-19 at Skilled Nursing Facilities
A team of Vituity leaders quickly accepted the call to educate and support Skilled Nursing Facilities in order to protect some of the most vulnerable patient populations against COVID-19. -
October 14, 2020-Medical Groups Pool Resources to Promote Behavioral, Mental Health
To address the alarming increase in mental health challenges, Vituity's Scott Zeller, MD, and other leading medical associations discuss the imperative need to better integrate care and education between psychiatry and other specialties. -
October 13, 2020-EmPATH Units: Improving Psychiatric Emergency Care.
Vituity VP of Acute Psychiatry Scott Zeller, MD joins BWBR Live Talks to discuss how Vituity's innovative EmPATH models are enhancing the quality of emergency psychiatric care delivery. -
September 26, 2020-The Path to Leadership.
Swati Mehta, MD, shares her journey to becoming a team leader and champion in hospital medicine. -
September 24, 2020-Where There's Smoke, There's AI: Wildfires and COVID-19 Spark Interest in Trailblazing Imaging Technology
The AI-Powered technology developed by GE Healthcare is used by Vituity clinicians and Mee Memorial Healthcare System to diagnose, monitor, and treat a complex set of conditions becoming increasingly prevalent. -
September 15, 2020-Vituity’s Scott Zeller, MD, Receives Award from Healthcare Design.
Dr. Zeller is one of ten recipients of Healthcare Design Magazine ‘Most Influential People In Healthcare” award, for his many contributions to the field of emergency psychiatry. -
September 3, 2020-Transforming Healthcare: Enhancing the Human Experience with Technology.
Members of Vituity’s Transformation team join Pear VC to discuss how, by prioritizing innovation, organizations like Vituity are transforming healthcare and enhancing the human experience. -
August 27, 2020-ER Doctor Barred from Donating Plasma Because He is Gay.
Dillon Barron, MD shares his story with Vogue and why FDA guidelines for blood plasma donations are antiquated, driven by prejudice, and why scientific studies are proving them wrong. -
August 27, 2020-How This National Healthcare Organization Transitioned Easily to Remote Work During the Pandemic.
RingCentral spotlights how Vituity’s care navigator program keeps patients connected (and our teams connected to each other). -
August 24, 2020-Podcast video: Remembering Kobe Bryant and what the game of basketball can teach us in medicine.
In honor of Kobe Bryant, CEO Imamu Tomlinson shares his thoughts with KevinMD on the intersections between medicine and basketball and how one person, in 5 minutes a day, really can change the world. -
August 21, 2020-Coronavirus Update with Dr. Christine Doyle
Vituity's Assistant Medical Director, Dr. Christine Doyle, shares her experiences from the front lines of both the operating room and the ICU with Dr. Frank Sweeney on this episode of "Straight Talk" -
August 17, 2020-Should Kids Go Back to School?: An ER Doctor Weighs In.
Imamu Tomlinson, MD, writes an op-ed in Business Insider on why school is as essential as healthcare and what we must do as a society to make sure kids can get back to school safely during the pandemic. -
August 14, 2020-How To Truly Connect With Your Patients.
In The Hospitalist, Vituity’s Director of Quality & Performance, Swati Mehta, MD, reminds us of the importance of provider-patient connections during a pandemic, and introduces the “6H model.” -
August 5, 2020-Emergency Rooms Seeing Fewer Patients Due to COVID-19
Medical Director Nicole Braxley, MD, tells FOX40 about the risks of delaying care during the pandemic. -
July 27, 2020-COVID-19 Special Report: Healthcare lessons from a pandemic
Gregg Miller, MD, talks with FierceHealthcare about how the shifting of emergency delivery models during the pandemic will undoubtedly play a key role in the future of medicine. -
July 23, 2020-ER Doctor Saw COVID-19 Devastate New York. Now, He's Doing It Again In California
In an NPR exclusive, Louis Tran, MD, shares how his experience volunteering in NYC during the early months of the pandemic prepared him for the fight in his home state. -
July 23, 2020-Back on the Front Line: Some Doctors Face COVID-19 a Second Time
Stephanie Loe, MD, shares with Healthline what she learned from fighting COVID-19 in NYC in the early days of the pandemic. -
July 21, 2020-CA coronavirus spike reminiscent of NY outbreak.
On Yahoo! Finance news, Chi Perlroth, MD, draws parallels from her experience volunteering to fight COVID-19 in NYC, and the current spikes in California. -
July 17, 2020-Cases, Deaths, Hospitalizations: How to Make Sense of COVID-19 Stats.
Gregg Miller, MD, provides his expert assessment of how to use data to decrease the spread. -
July 17, 2020-Surviving COVID Brings Renewed Meaning to the Practice of a Hospitalist Leader.
Swati Mehta, MD, writes for SHM how one medical director’s experience surviving COVID-19 renewed his passion for being a hospitalist leader. -
July 14, 2020-Doctors in states with rising COVID-19 cases share their fears: "Is this the tipping point?"
Tom Sugarman, MD, who deployed to New York City in April, shares his experience preparing for the surge and treating COVID-19 patients with CBS News. -
July 11, 2020-These California doctors flew to New York to fight COVID-19. Here's what they learned.
Hartwell Lin, MD, and Stephanie Loe, MD, tell CNN about their experience deploying to NYC and managing surges back home in California. -
July 9, 2020-How has treatment of COVID-19 patients improved since the start of the pandemic?
Assistant Medical Director, Troy Pennington, DO, explains advances in the treatment of COVID-19 patients to ABC 7. -
July 1, 2020-Local ER doctor’s perfectly healthy wife battled COVID-19.
Assistant Medical Director, Troy Pennington, DO, tells his family’s story of COVID-19 to Fox 11 Los Angeles. -
June 30, 2020-We Can’t Forget Psychiatric Hospitals During the COVID-19 Outbreak.
VP of Acute Psychiatry, Scott Zeller, MD, tells Healthline about the increased interest in EmPATH units during the pandemic. -
June 27, 2020-Black Doctors Say Pandemic Reveals Enduring Racial Inequity Medicine Alone Cannot Fix
Vituity’s William Strudwick, MD, shares his perspective with NPR on how the pandemic has surfaced racial inequity in healthcare. -
June 26, 2020-Coronavirus hospitalizations spiking in San Bernadino County
Assistant Medical Director Troy Pennington, DO, provides an update on the pandemic during the San Bernardino County briefing. -
June 24, 2020-Doctor Who Survived COVID-19 Is Denied Opportunity To Donate Plasma Because He Is Gay
Dillon Barron, MD, speaks to CBS Chicago about his experience recovering from coronavirus and being denied from donating his antibody-rich plasma. -
June 24, 2020-Addressing Gaps in the Behavioral Health Care System
Scott Zeller, MD, joins The Collective Conscious podcast to discuss the impact of the pandemic on behavioral healthcare. -
June 16, 2020-There's a lot of misinformation about COVID-19 out there. Here are doctors' ideas on how to 'fight back'
Gregg Miller, MD, speaks with Fierce Healthcare about combating patients’ theories with evidence-based messages. -
June 9, 2020-Small victories on the night shift
Vituity’s Swati Mehta, MD, FACP, shares her personal story as a hospital medicine physician fighting for every patient during the pandemic. -
May 31, 2020-Bay Area doctor volunteers at New York hospital overwhelmed by coronavirus
Tom Sugarman, MD, speaks with Mercury News about his experience working in New York City hospitals. -
May 20, 2020-The Great Unmasking: How a Resilient Culture Drives Creative Innovation
Vituity Chief Growth Officer, Denise Brown, MD, shares how physician leadership and ownership has been imperative to Vituity’s ability to navigate the pandemic. -
May 19, 2020-What Doctors From California Are Learning By Going To New York City To Help
Tom Sugarman, MD, shares the Vituity team’s experience working in New York City hospitals with RadioMD. -
May 14, 2020-‘This is the Future of Medicine’
Vituity Hospitalist, Gurvinder Kaur, MD, speaks to KSEE 24 about launching a virtual hospital program in California’s Central Valley. -
May 6, 2020-Don't expect return to pre-COVID-19 business before vaccine, herd immunity
Gregg Miller, MD, shares insights on what’s to come for health systems during a Fierce Healthcare Webinar. -
April 27, 2020-What Black Doctors And Nurses Want You To Know About COVID-19
Vituity Vice President, Savoy Brummer, MD, is interviewed by Essence about his insights from the front lines, including the higher incidence of respiratory failure among Black patients. -
April 26, 2020-Riverside ER Doctor Assisting With Coronavirus Response In New York City
Sam Zidovetzk, MD, speaks with CBS Los Angeles about why he chose to join the Vituity delegation working in New York City hospitals. -
April 25, 2020-Vituity Physician Partners join NYC in their fight against COVID19
California Governor Newsom recognized a special group of dedicated physicians who are always willing to rise to the occasion and help those in need. -
April 24, 2020-Arrowhead Regional Medical Center physician heads to New York City
Louis Tran, MD, speaks to Inland Empire Community News about the Vituity delegation working in New York City. -
April 21, 2020-Sacramento emergency room doctor 'feeling good' about response to coronavirus pandemic
Vituity’s Nicole Braxley, MD, provides an update to ABC10 on preparedness and community support during COVID-19. -
April 21, 2020-COVID-19 may permanently alter the telehealth landscape, from reimbursement to utilization
Gregg Miller, MD, tells Healthcare Finance how telehealth is being implemented in acute care settings across the country. -
April 19, 2020-Inside the Terrifying World of Psychiatric Emergency Rooms During COVID-19
Vituity’s Scott Zeller, MD, is interviewed by The Mighty on the impact of COVID-19 on crisis mental healthcare, including his work with hospitals to add new capacity. -
April 18, 2020-A Message from Madera Community Hospital, its physicians, and staff
One hospital shares their preparations for COVID-19 with the Madera Tribune, including new support from Vituity in the emergency department. -
April 14, 2020-Coronavirus sparks dramatic decline in overall ER visits
Vituity Medical Directors across Orange County share insights on preparedness and impact of the pandemic on local hospitals. -
April 8, 2020-ERs have been quiet during COVID-19. What happens when the patients come back?
Gregg Miller, MD, shares insights with Fierce Healthcare on the decreased volume of patients in the emergency department. -
April 7, 2020-Anything can be COVID-19: As pandemic grinds on, doctors find early definitions of disease were too narrow
Gregg Miller, MD, recounts shifts in the way physicians have adapted their practices as COVID-19 becomes better understood to the National Post. -
April 7, 2020-Head of Palomar Health's ERs describes major changes amid virus
Allan Hansen, MD, Vituity Medical Director, shares preparations undertaken at his hospital. -
April 2, 2020-Staying Healthy: An interview from COVID-19 front lines with Dr. Tom Sugarman
Vituity’s Tom Sugarman, MD, answers questions about the pandemic during a live Q&A. -
April 2, 2020-Chicago ER doctor on COVID-19 outbreak
Vituity’s Scott Samlan, MD, talks about the experience of caring for patients on the front lines in Chicago. -
March 31, 2020-Chicago community members, businesses build intubation boxes
Medical Director, Masood Zaman, MD, speaks to ABC Chicago about intubation boxes. -
March 30, 2020-FierceHealthcare Webinar on physician/provider preparedness
Gregg Miller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, offered insights on preparing for a coronavirus outbreak within your facility. -
March 25, 2020-COVID-19 in Seattle-Early Lessons Learned
Peer reviewed article by Dr. Miller in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians. -
March 25, 2020-On The Frontlines of COVID-19 at Mount Sinai Hospital
Medical Director, Jaime Moreno, MD, speaks to NBC Chicago about the experience and preparations at his hospital. -
March 25, 2020-How hospitalists are preparing for—or fighting—coronavirus
Surinder Yadav, MD, MBA, speaks to Today's Hospitalist about staffing needs, PPE and telehealth options for hospitalist practices. -
March 19, 2020-Coronavirus: Counties seek help of retired doctors, Silicon Valley innovators
Vituity’s Denise Brown, MD, speaks to The Mercury News about the imperative for fellow acting physicians and other working medical professionals to help overwhelmed provider teams. -
March 18, 2020-A tale of two hospitals amid COVID-19
Dr. Miller and Vituity's Blake McKinney, MD, share experiences from Seattle and Sacramento area emergency departments with MedCity News. -
March 17, 2020-Idaho doctor says physicians learning from each other to battle COVID-19
Vituity's Heather Hammerstedt, MD, speaks with NBC News about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). -
March 14, 2020-Coronavirus Daily Briefing podcast
Dr. Miller is interviewed about the experience in Seattle, WA and the expected trajectory of the epidemic. -
March 2, 2020-Experts urge surge plan discussions as coronavirus begins spread in U.S.
Dr. Miller is interviewed by FierceHealthcare about hospital preparedness. -
February 2, 2020-With a plane of passengers inbound from Wuhan, a county health team springs into action
Mike Mesisca, DO, ED Medical Director, is interviewed by the Center for Health Journalism about caring for quarantined patients at March Air Reserve Base.
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