Personality traits that increase the likelihood of success in a startup sometimes differ from those that are useful in a larger, more established organization. This session will discuss these traits and other observations about human dynamics and culture in a startup environment.

Physicians have several career paths to pursue given the large number of hospital systems looking to expand their clinical programs. A frequently overlooked career path involves medical device innovation. Physicians can contribute to all aspects of device entrepreneurship from the idea stage to the clinical commercialization stage. This talk examines the broad spectrum of entrepreneurial activities that physicians can get involved in with the goal of ushering in next generation technologies.

The physician shortage in the United States continues to negatively impact care delivery. Physician board certification and licensure are structured in a way that reduce patient access to healthcare. In this lecture we will address how policy changes can improve patient access to healthcare, reduce the cost of healthcare delivery, and reduce physician burnout.

Historically, the CMO role oversaw quality, patient safety, and medical staff credentialing. As we entered the pandemic, the executive team needed immediate access to quality clinical information, something easily provided by the CMO. This turned the CMO into a strategic partner and this person will be further tapped to help develop strategies for the transition into a post-pandemic world. The pandemic also highlighted that the well-being of the medical staff falls squarely upon the CMO.

Employers face a major challenge. Getting the right people in the right place is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive due to developments such as digitization, aging and migration. In addition, we are now experiencing a crisis that endangers the (mental) health of employees (more in the work stress data report). Sustainable employability helps to avoid these issues. So how can your employees work healthier, more enjoyable, more productive and longer?

The Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine recently started a new Innovation Partnership pathway. We are interested in partnering with companies that can help us improve emergency care, and have an initial focus on AI applications, medical devices, and digital health. We are in the process of choosing the first partnerships and interested in partnering with companies on projects that are easy to fund, will result in research publications,

The CME Requirements and ongoing credentialing process are inefficient and flawed. Requirements are due on an asynchronous timeline with complex regulations, which creates a heavy administrative burden on the healthcare systems, clinicians and administrators. The CME process can be streamlined and simplified into two steps. We will present a solution that can help administrators and clinicians to automate the process of managing state licenses, board certifications, to other expiring credentials

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