Through a Glass Darkly: A Year in Review and Thoughts for the Future in the Context of COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the U.S. in early 2020, our healthcare system found itself tested in ways that it had never been before. Frontline workers battled to keep their patients and themselves safe, while normal processes and operations were significantly disrupted. Join us on December 9, 2020, for a “year in review” as healthcare futurist Jamie Orlikoff discusses the causes and implications of the U.S. healthcare system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the resultant liabilities for physicians. Mr. Orlikoff will review the lessons learned so far – and where we can go from here to better navigate the evolving crisis and persevere through these challenging times.

Who can attend

Registration is limited to ISMIE and SEMPIC policyholders and their employed staff.

Learning objectives

1. Summarize the causes and implications of the fractured healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandemic
2. Identify the unique liability issues created during the pandemic by the disruption of normal processes or operations - a situation that could be referred to as "upset conditions"
3. Recognize strategies to implement the lessons learned from COVID-19 and respond to future "upset conditions"

About the presenter

Jamie Orlikoff is President of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in healthcare governance and leadership, strategy, quality, patient safety, and organizational development. He is the National Advisor on Governance and Leadership to the American Hospital Association and Health Forum, and was named one of the 100 most powerful people in healthcare in the inaugural list by Modern Healthcare magazine.

Mr. Orlikoff has been involved in leadership, quality, and strategy issues for over 40 years. He has consulted with hospitals and systems in 12 countries, and since 1985 has worked with hospital and system governing boards to strengthen their overall effectiveness and their oversight of strategy and quality, as well as working on improving the relationships between boards, medical staffs, and management. The author of 15 books and over 100 articles, he has served on hospital, college and civic boards and is currently the board chair for the St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon. Mr. Orlikoff holds an MA in social and organizational psychology from the University of Chicago and a BA from Pitzer College in Claremont, California.

Disclosure

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined commercial interests for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.

CME information

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Illinois State Medical Society and ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company. The Illinois State Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Illinois State Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Illinois Nurse Practice Act rules deem CME credit provided by approved sponsors as acceptable to fulfill nursing continuing education requirements for licensure. Nurses may claim one contact hour per unit of CME in the state of Illinois.