Baptist Health And Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville Join Forces To Discuss Collaboration In Healthcare It Delivery

December 2, 2024

Baptist Health And Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville Join Forces To Discuss Collaboration In Healthcare It Delivery

Jacksonville, Fla. – Baptist Health and Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville teamed up recently to discuss the ways they are working together to better support the work they do for the benefit of the young patients they serve at Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Leaders from both organizations convened for Bridging IT Together, an event designed to strengthen their partnership by addressing operational opportunities for greater alignment. Hosted by iMethods, a premier healthcare IT solutions and staffing firm in Jacksonville, the event underscored the health systems’ shared commitment to enhancing patient outcomes, optimizing workflows and driving innovation.

“In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, collaboration across organizations is not just an opportunity—it’s a necessity,” said Aaron Miri, MBA, FCHIME, CHCIO, SVP and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Baptist Health. “By harnessing the power of technology and IT solutions, we can collectively address complex healthcare challenges, improve patient outcomes, and drive efficiency across our organizations.”

Bernie Rice, Chief Information Officer at Nemours Children’s Health, underscored the ongoing synergy between the two organizations, “The collaboration between our two IT teams showcases our commitment in leveraging technology to improve healthcare delivery, patient care and operations with innovative solutions.”

iMethods – a Jacksonville-based solutions and staffing – hosted the event as the organization recognizes the importance of an integrated approach to delivering exceptional care in the Jacksonville area, "It has truly been an honor to support both of these organizations over the years and serve as a bridge between them on mission critical projects for the patients in our communities,” said iMethods CEO Clint Drawdy.

As part of their commitment to fostering community engagement, Nemours Children’s and Baptist Health came together to participate in a community event with Rethreaded, a Jacksonville-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering survivors of human trafficking. The event brought staff, families and the community to support Rethreaded’s mission through hands-on activities and shared efforts to create lasting impact.

For more information about this event or iMethods’ role in supporting healthcare partnerships, please contact Silke Rible, Director of PR & Communications at iMethods, [email protected]

About Baptist Health

Baptist Health is a faith-based, mission-driven system in Northeast Florida comprised of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville; Baptist Medical Center Beaches; Baptist Medical Center Clay; Baptist Medical Center Nassau; Baptist Medical Center South and Wolfson Children’s Hospital – the region’s only children’s hospital. Baptist Health is part of Coastal Community Health, a highly integrated regional hospital network focused on significant initiatives designed to enhance the quality and value of care provided to our contiguous communities. Baptist Health has the area’s only dedicated heart hospital; orthopedic institute; women’s services; neurological institute, including comprehensive neurosurgical services, a comprehensive stroke center and two primary stroke centers; a Bariatric Center of Excellence; a full range of psychology and psychiatry services; urgent care services; primary and specialty care physicians’ offices throughout Northeast Florida; and Baptist Home Health Care by BAYADA. Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center is a regional destination for multidisciplinary cancer care, which is clinically integrated with MD Anderson Cancer Center, the internationally renowned cancer treatment and research institution in Houston. For more details, visit baptistjax.com.

About Nemours Children's Health

Nemours Children’s Health is one of the nation’s largest multistate pediatric health systems, which includes two freestanding children's hospitals and a network of more than 70 primary and specialty care practices. Nemours Children's seeks to transform the health of children by adopting a holistic health model that utilizes innovative, safe, and high-quality care, while also addressing children’s needs well beyond medicine. In producing the highly acclaimed, award-winning pediatric medicine podcast Well Beyond Medicine, Nemours underscores that commitment by featuring the people, programs and partnerships addressing whole child health. Nemours Children's also powers the world’s most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, Nemours KidsHealth.org.

The Nemours Foundation, established through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention programs to the children, families and communities it serves. For more information, visit Nemours.org.

About iMethods

iMethods is an industry leader among healthcare IT solutions and staffing firms in the US. For more than 20 years, iMethods has been dedicated to guiding health systems through the challenges associated with implementing healthcare technology and hiring great people. Our family of healthcare IT professionals works closely with provider organizations to deliver exceptional results to our client partners. Our employees live by iMethods’ six core values (ardent service, tireless efforts, positive results, telling the truth, constant learning and serving our community) in every interaction and – by following a proprietary quality model – differentiate the company in what is often otherwise considered a transactional business segment.