Please see below for the following updates:

• Vice President of the World Stroke Organization: Gustavo Saposnik
• Ben Stiller vs. Dr. Kim Connelly?!
• Thrive training now available to Unity Health physicians

 Gustavo Saposnik has been elected as the Vice President of the World Stroke Organization, a prestigious global organization dedicated to stroke prevention, treatment, and research. In this leadership role, he will contribute to advancing stroke care, shaping international policies, and fostering collaborations to improve patient outcomes worldwide.

 Dr. Kim Connelly, Head of Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital, has thrown down the ultimate challenge—calling out Hollywood star Ben Stiller for a pickleball showdown at Paddle Royale, presented by Simplii Financial!

For more information please visit: Dr. Kim Connelly vs. Ben Stiller?! - UnityNet

Unity Health is pleased to be offering Thrive training for physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants. Thrive training is a great way to improve your proficiency in Epic, with a focus on updating user settings, learning how to perform workflows in fewer steps and discovering other tips and tricks to improve efficiency. Thrive training requires only a two-hour time commitment and will help you save time on daily Epic-related tasks.

Thrive classes will be offered from Feb. 6 to March 31, 2025. Classes are virtual, discipline-specific and led by Epic trainers. Classes are open to all Epic community members, providing a great opportunity to connect with clinicians from other organizations. Attendance is strongly recommended. 

Registration for Thrive training is available in Epic University (EpicU) – Epic’s learning management system. To register, please follow the instructions in this how-to document. Each of you has been mapped to a discipline-specific training track, which should make it easy to find the class(es) that you’re eligible to complete. If you think that you were mapped incorrectly, please email [email protected]. More information can be found in this FAQs document. 

Please note: 

• Space is limited, and classes will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Register early to avoid disappointment! Classes are led by Epic; Unity Health is unable to add additional sessions.
• You may see sessions available in EpicU through May 30. Please register for a class in February or March; Unity Health cannot guarantee that the program will be offered beyond March 31.
• Class times may be listed in CST. Please keep this in mind when you’re registering.

Thrive training is being offered in response to feedback that many of you want more opportunities to practice new workflows and ask questions about Epic. These classes are a great way to do that. Successful completion will help reduce frustration and lead to more comfortability with the new system. I strongly encourage you to attend.