HJAR Jul/Aug 2022

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS I  JUL / AUG 2022 63 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalAR.com through such a meaningful contribution to Arkan- sas Children’s to help children be better today and healthier tomorrow.” During the annual radiothon, patients and care- givers are interviewed throughout the day, put- ting into words the stories of children and families whose lives have been changed by Arkansas Chil- dren’s. Listeners are encouraged to call and make a donation to the hospital or become a “Miracle Maker” through ongoing monthly contributions. “We are so thankful, year after year, for EZ Span- ish Media leadership, their team and their listeners who continue to champion the mission of Arkan- sas Children’s by helping bring healthcare to every child in the state,” said Vanessa Delgadillo, exec- utive director of philanthropy for Arkansas Chil- dren’s Foundation. “EZ Spanish Media has been a long-time Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals partner. Their gift helps Arkansas Children’s reach all corners of the state.” The gift from EZ Spanish Media and the His- panic community is being designated to support both Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Arkansas Children’s Northwest. More than 40 Partners Raise $4.6M for Arkansas Children’s More than 40 Children’s Miracle Network Hos- pital (CMNH) partners from across the region cel- ebrated Miracle Day with Arkansas Children’s on Wednesday. Together, the CMNH partners raised $4,667,695.82 during 2021 for Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Arkansas Children’s Northwest. “We are grateful for each of our Children’s Mira- cle Network Hospital partners for their dedication to helping transform healthcare for the children of Arkansas and beyond,” said Taylor Speegle, exec- utive director of philanthropy for Arkansas Chil- dren’s Foundation. “It’s thanks to the hard work of hundreds of volunteers across the region that the funds raised will stay local and help make children better today and healthier tomorrow at Arkansas Children’s.” CHI St. Vincent Selects MobileSmith Health for Perioperative Improvement Initiative CHI St. Vincent Infirmary announced that it is partnering with MobileSmith Health (OTCBB: MOST), a leader in the digital health and mobile development sector who is changing traditional healthcare patient engagement and adherence management. The initiative will focus on improv- ing practice-to-center surgical patient manage- ment while increasing patient adherence to pre- and post-surgical instructions across multiple specialty groups within the health system. CHI St. Vincent’s implementation of MobileSmith’s PeriOp patient adherence management solution is also designed to relieve several levels of staff burden in pre-op patient assessment, information gathering, confirmations, and post-op patient management. “After the many months of canceled and post- poned surgical procedures that came with the onset of the pandemic, the wave of voluntary and elective surgical procedures is finally rising again,” said Jill Flaxman, MD, medical director of periop- erative services, CHI St. Vincent Infirmary. “Part- nering with MobileSmith Health and implement- ing PeriOp throughout Central Arkansas gives us a level of confidence in our ability to combat the financial and workflow challenges that come with staff intensive surgical patient preparation and hand-offs, patient compliance, cancellations, and readmissions — ultimately allowing our staff to focus on patient care.” MobileSmith Health is partnering with select health systems and ambulatory surgery cen- ters to support their perioperative improvement goals. As part of this innovation initiative, Mobile- Smith Health works extensively with the health system partner’s perioperative, clinical, technol- ogy, finance, and performance services teams to configure PeriOp to the health system’s specific needs. This initiative positions perioperative pro- grams to share their experiences in an evidence- based, data-driven manner to capture the per- formance improvements that PeriOp generates. Additionally, the program gathers insights from the nurses and physicians using the platform to manage their surgical patients. As an FHIR-based solution, PeriOp will be seamlessly integrated and accessible through CHI St. Vincent Infirma- ry’s Cerner EMR. PeriOp is a validation program partner with both Epic and Cerner and is interop- erable with any FHIR-based EMR. “As the post COVID-19 surge in surgical encounters increases, so does the need to safely and efficiently manage these patients. Our PeriOp solution aims to reduce the amount of time needed to prepare patients for upcoming surgical procedures, while reducing the amount of “hands on” time needed from the surgical staff,” said Jerry Lepore, CEO, MobileSmith Health. “We’re thrilled to partner with CommonSpirit Health on this initiative and look forward to the unmatched insights and feedback that we’ll receive.” MobileSmith Health’s recently enhanced PeriOp reduces cancellations and complications across episodes of care with an intuitive and patient- friendly mobile app. The EHR integrated solution allows hospitals, health systems, and ASCs to gain visibility and efficiency throughout pre- and post-procedural adherence. The PeriOp mobile app improves post discharge medical adherence through ERAS protocols support, provides educa- tion and procedural transparency, while streamlin- ing staff and clinician workflows to reduce compli- cations and preventable readmissions. Angie Longing Appointed as CHI St. Vincent Chief Nurse Executive CHI St. Vincent has appointed Angie Long- ing, MHSM, BSN, RN, NE-BC, as the nonprofit health system’s new chief nurse executive. Long- ing has served CHI St. Vincent ministry since 1994, beginning her career as a labor and delivery nurse at CHI St. Vincent Morrilton. She most recently served as chief nursing officer and vice presi- dent of patient care services through a partner- ship with Conway Regional Health System. She will now provide leadership and coordination of excellence in nursing practice across the CHI St. Vincent system. “Angie is a champion for nursing and we’re incredibly proud to have her leadership in such a vital role,” said CHI St. Vincent CEO Chad Adud- dell. “She has led the way in nursing excellence throughout her career and we know that our inspiring nurses and healthcare heroes will find themselves fortunate to have her at the helm.” Longing’s 28 years of healthcare experience also includes serving as executive director for hospi- tal-based physician practices at CHI St. Vincent. She has also served as executive director of nurs- ing for CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, CHI St. Vincent North and CHI St. Vincent Morrilton, as well as chief nursing officer at CHI St. Vincent Morrilton. In addition to her other accomplishments, Longing