The Case Study of the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve: Building Resiliency and Saving Money with an Equipment Sharing Program

In celebration of Healthcare Supply Chain Week, SEPAC has a special gift for all who come to celebrate with us in the month of October

Thank a Supply Chain Professional - Supply Chain Week 23 - October 1-7

Join us for a conversation with Cohealo on the topic of capital equipment sharing and the development of the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve (DVR), a COVID19 rapid response effort to share ventilators between differently affected regions of the United States. An initiative of the White House, American Hospital Association, and Cohealo, the program enabled health systems experiencing critical shortages to access shared resources during a time when the cost to purchase ventilators had risen by more than 100%. Using the case study of the DVR, this session will discuss the fundamentals of exchanging assets between facilities, quantifying the savings from sharing, and how to select equipment types such as lasers, navigation systems, and beds to start your program.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the essential components of an equipment sharing program
• Learn how to share capital equipment safely and efficiently
• Discuss the financial opportunity of sharing capital equipment
• Summarize the lessons learned from other health systems sharing equipment and the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve

Speaker Information:

Todd Rothenhaus, M.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Cohealo

Dr. Rothenhaus is the chief executive officer at Cohealo, the first company to bring the sharing economy to healthcare. Prior to Cohealo, he was chief medical officer at athenahealth, where he led the company’s network knowledge division, population health management service, and the athenaClinicals EHR, the company’s second largest ($300MM) service. Prior to joining athenahealth, he was chief information officer of Steward Health Care, the largest community-based health system in New England. Prior to Steward, he was an attending physician in Boston’s busiest emergency department, and Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine.