The Collective Voice of Health IT, A WEDI Podcast

From WEDI's Feb 2024 Health Equity Forum, Dr. Marc Rabner, Chief Medical Officer with CRISP Shared Services moderates a panel of CBO leaders on how they leverage data in their day to day work.  The Panel: Leigh Ann Eagle, Director of Health & Wellness Program, MAC, Chief Operating Officer of the Living Well Center of Excellence Stephanie Archer-Smith, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland June Simmons, President and CEO, Partners in Care Foundation Monique Powell-Davis, MD. Executive Vice President of Medical Services, Mary’s Center

This week, Matthew welcome Nick Adriance, Director, Global Software Product Management at CenTrak. The two discuss the evolution of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and how it can aid in streamlining cost, decrease lost equipment, increase security, and enhance patient experience. 

At WEDI's recent Health Equity Forum and Workshop, Sagran Moodley, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer with Ontada spoke with Dr. Vindell Washington, former National Coordinator for Health IT and the Chief Clinical Officer and Director of the Health Equity Center of Excellence for Verily Health Platforms. 

Michael welcomes Richard Wagner, a former WEDI Privacy and Security Workgorup Co-Chair who is the CEO of Raven Health (www.ravenhealth.com) a leader in data collection and analysis for behavioral health. Coming from a healthcare family, Richard learned early on about the frustrations of healthcare software from his clinician father, and worked to increase the time a clinician spends with their patients and decrease the time they spend doing "everything else."

Michael chats with Lisa Blue, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer with Providertech on how technology and policy is quickly shaping the future for patient engagement. 

Matthew chats with Patty Hayward, General Manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Talkdesk. The two discuss healthcare's current problem areas, how patient empowerment can help turn the tide and how AI can address call center challenges. 

Matthew welcomes a panel of healthcare professionals to discuss the power of SDOH data in changing communities.  Brian Wikle, Principal Sales Executive, SS&C Health Amy Sall, Sr Director Strategic Business Consulting Executive Advisory (and self professed "Data Goddess") SS&C Health John Novak, CIO & VP of Information Services, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center The group discusses the data-centric challenges of collecting and analyzing SDOH data and the need for the healthcare industry to continue to collaborate with community based organizations. 

"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members" Michael welcomes Shweta Maniar, Global Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences with Google. Shweta shares how early experiences of volunteer service shaped her vision of how technology, along with trust and sense of community, can improve the healthcare ecosystem. Shweta also shares advice for women leaders and others in healthcare, and unveils the secret of how almond milk is made (it's probably not a secret, Michael just didn't know). 

WEDI's Director of Events and Education Michael McNutt chats with Kim Perry, Chief Growth Officer at emtelligent, about the adoption of clinical AI and its potential to transform business processes in the healthcare market. The benefits of AI are discussed as well as the challenges that come with the technology.    Read Kim's article on how NLP can aid payers and providers when exchanging patient information through continuity-of-care documents. https://www.ajmc.com/view/contributor-unlocking-the-value-of-unstructured-data-from-continuity-of-care-documents-using-medical-grade-nlp

Matthew chats with Artisight Inc. President Stephanie Lahr. Inspired by her experience with an EHR system during a hurricane in Texas, Stephanie discusses the urgent need to transition from paper records, embrace technology, and how AI can support hospitals by identifying and automating high friction environments, improving the quality of care, and reducing healthcare burnout.