Gastroenterologist Dr. Austin Chiang has about a decade of experience as a physician influencer on social media. During a conference in Chicago, he encouraged more providers to share their expertise on social media. By having a presence on these platforms, healthcare professionals demonstrate their commitment to meeting patients where they are, he said.

Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

Ada Health recently announced that Jefferson Health is deploying its technology across its entire enterprise as part of a digital front door initiative. The Berlin-based company’s AI-powered symptom assessment and care navigation tools helps health systems achieve a robust digital front door, which means staff members don’t have to spend as much time triaging patients or helping them navigate the process of finding care.

Read about news from Seven Bridges, HealthMine, Redi.Health, Xealth, and more.

CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd Dean is retiring next summer, while Jefferson Health CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko will step down at the end of the year. The longtime leaders have led their respective systems through several highs and lows, including the turbulent first 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tendo Systems, a company that is co-developing a digital engagement platform with provider organizations like Jefferson Health, raised $50 million in a new funding round. The funds will be used to advance the development of the platform, which aims to be the “OpenTable” of healthcare.

The Federal Trade Commission is no longer opposing the proposed merger between Einstein Healthcare Network and Jefferson Health. Nearly three years after it was first announced, the deal can now move forward uncontested and will result in an 18-hospital system.

Providing care for chronic disease patients during a one-in-a-century pandemic is full of challenges, but health systems like Jefferson Health are finding ways — with help from technology — to make sure their patients are getting the care they need.

Telemedicine tools are now one of the sharpest arrows in our quiver as the nation prepares for a peak in Covid-19 cases but are doctors trained in performing the routine physical exam remotely?

As health systems prepare for Covid-19 outbreaks, many are turning to telehealth and triage tools as a first line of defense. How will hospitals with limited telehealth infrastructure prepare?

NeuroFlow has expanded its collaboration with Jefferson Health while Solve.Care inked a partnership with Uber Health and GNS Healthcare closed a new round of funding.

At MedCity INVEST in Chicago, Jefferson Health’s Dr. Stephen Klasko argued that we’re on the brink of a consumer revolution, while CareMore Health’s Dr. Sachin Jain believes we need to move to a system that proactively identifies patients’ needs.

The initiative, which aims to pinpoint, develop and scale solutions to assist underserved patient populations, now has a grand total of 24 health system participants.

Influential healthcare executives such as Esther Dyson, angel investor par excellence; Dr. Stephen Klasko, president and CEO of Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University; and Dr. Sachin Jain, president and CEO, CareMore Health will be speaking at INVEST 2019 and sharing their vision.

The goal of the five-year partnership between Jefferson, Mission and InTouch is to jointly create new telemedicine solutions for various service lines.

In a phone interview, Dr. Stephen Klasko, president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, shared his thoughts on the government’s role in healthcare, how Jefferson is addressing health disparities and more.

Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health are leveraging Qlik Sense to improve care for patients through aggregated data and analytics.

The Teladoc platform is now live at Jefferson Health.