{"id":14400,"date":"2021-11-23T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/?p=14400"},"modified":"2022-02-10T21:35:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T03:35:36","slug":"were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the peaks and valleys of COVID-19. The efforts to get people vaccinated. Upticks in hospitalizations. And another transition of full and hybrid work locations \u2013 our OSF Innovation<\/a> teams continued to combine their strengths and talents to solve difficult problems and routine challenges.<\/p>\n

And we couldn\u2019t be more thankful. We\u2019re thankful that we have a great team. That we\u2019ve remained cohesive and productive. That we\u2019ve learned and adopted the necessary skills for how to work in this new environment. And that innovation never stopped.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of the things we\u2019re thankful for this year.<\/p>\n

Embracing new approaches<\/h2>\n

We are thankful for a talented group of individuals who are dedicated to the Mission of serving people with the greatest care and love. As a result, they continually work to advance their knowledge and experience to solve complex problems in health care.<\/p>\n

Over the past years, this has included gaining the agility skills set, finding creative ways to brainstorm and honing listening skills. Recently the team collaborated with OSF HealthCare Illinois Neurological Institute<\/a> to build a plan for the future.<\/p>\n

This included listening to stakeholders and patients. They then applied what they heard to mindfully set in motion the path to achieving the future experiences our patients and care teams desire.<\/p>\n

Adapting to change<\/h2>\n

We are thankful for our Mission Partners\u2019 ability to pivot in order to serve individuals and communities through these challenging times. To meet the dynamics of the environment COVID-19 created, our Mission Partners created Community Connect (OCC)<\/a>, a platform developed to reduce exposures and support and monitor those recovering from COVID-19 at home.<\/p>\n

With the number of cases coming down, we\u2019ve transitioned the tool to improve access to health care, education and chronic disease prevention in under-resourced neighborhoods around OSF HealthCare Little Company of Mary Medical Center<\/a> in Evergreen Park. It will also be used as part of\u00a0the Medicaid Innovation Collaborative\u00a0to create solutions that improve access and quality of care for those insured by Medicaid throughout the state.<\/p>\n

These are just a couple of the projects our Mission Partners are working on. We have dozens of teams collaborating on many more concepts that will positively impact the patients we serve. We celebrate the many accomplishments they have achieved over the past year.<\/p>\n

Thankful for our team<\/h2>\n

If we think about the transformation of health care and what is required for that, it’s agility, flexibility and creativity. There is also a strong focus on listening to the problems we’re trying to solve and then recognizing the need to build the skills necessary to realize new solutions.<\/p>\n

We are thankful our Mission Partners embraced and developed these abilities and more to serve our patients and communities in these challenging times. Whether we are working in a hybrid fashion or completely working from home, our Mission Partners have quickly learned how to innovate in a virtual environment and are finding unique ways to connect. We are excited for the day when we can convene again in person to communicate and make decisions faster.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, we are thankful for a passionate and dedicated team. We still have the same Mission. And we still have the same vision for a future of health care where we making a difference for the people we serve in new and exciting ways.<\/p>\n

Have a very blessed Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OSF HealthCare, we are thankful for a talented group of individuals who are dedicated to the Mission of serving people with the greatest care and love. As a result, they continually work to advance their knowledge and experience to solve complex problems in health care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":14417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[355],"tags":[634,639,869],"coauthors":[715,1052],"class_list":["post-14400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation","tag-access-to-care","tag-mission-partners","tag-retrospective"],"yoast_head":"\nWe\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OSF HealthCare Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-23T16:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-11T03:35:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving_Blog-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Becky Buchen, John Vozenilek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving_Blog-2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@osfhealthcare\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Becky Buchen, John Vozenilek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/\",\"name\":\"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-23T16:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-11T03:35:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a8d0a8f06b4e5c7fa7385ed6267c57ee\"},\"description\":\"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"People conversing\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"OSF HealthCare Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a8d0a8f06b4e5c7fa7385ed6267c57ee\",\"name\":\"Becky Buchen\",\"description\":\"Becky Buchen has served as the Senior Vice President of Innovation Operations for OSF HealthCare since 2018. In this role, Becky oversees the OSF Innovation Studio and Performance Improvement. This includes oversight of Intellectual Property Policy management, the Performance Improvement portfolio across the Ministry and the innovation process that supports idea generation, solution discovery and pilot testing. She is also responsible for the development of the operational infrastructure needed to support innovation and assures innovation results are measured and achieved. Becky works collaboratively with executive leadership to drive the OSF Innovation agenda, including engaging Mission Partners in the process, educating them on innovation and creating an innovation competency at OSF HealthCare.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/author\/bbuchen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times","description":"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times","og_description":"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.","og_url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/","og_site_name":"OSF HealthCare Blog","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osfhealthcare","article_published_time":"2021-11-23T16:00:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-11T03:35:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving_Blog-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Becky Buchen, John Vozenilek","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times","twitter_description":"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thanksgiving_Blog-2.jpg","twitter_creator":"@osfhealthcare","twitter_site":"@osfhealthcare","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Becky Buchen, John Vozenilek","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/","name":"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-23T16:00:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-11T03:35:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a8d0a8f06b4e5c7fa7385ed6267c57ee"},"description":"Learning to work in this new environment has been a challenge for us all, but with a great team behind us, we've never stopped innovating.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"People conversing"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/were-thankful-for-the-ability-to-innovate-in-difficult-times\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"We\u2019re thankful for the ability to innovate in difficult times"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/","name":"OSF HealthCare Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a8d0a8f06b4e5c7fa7385ed6267c57ee","name":"Becky Buchen","description":"Becky Buchen has served as the Senior Vice President of Innovation Operations for OSF HealthCare since 2018. In this role, Becky oversees the OSF Innovation Studio and Performance Improvement. This includes oversight of Intellectual Property Policy management, the Performance Improvement portfolio across the Ministry and the innovation process that supports idea generation, solution discovery and pilot testing. She is also responsible for the development of the operational infrastructure needed to support innovation and assures innovation results are measured and achieved. Becky works collaboratively with executive leadership to drive the OSF Innovation agenda, including engaging Mission Partners in the process, educating them on innovation and creating an innovation competency at OSF HealthCare.","url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/author\/bbuchen\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Michael Vujovich","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14407,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400\/revisions\/14407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14400"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}