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Podcasts Hosted by Bill Russell, Sarah Richardson, and Drex DeFord
In-depth interviews with healthcare CIOs, CISOs, and technology leaders. Bill Russell explores the decisions, strategies, and innovations shaping healthcare transformation.
Jun 29, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 29, 2020: Thermal imaging is one of those technologies that really finds itself at the right place at the right time. It's not a silver bullet, but it gets us a long way towards reopening our society and returning to normal. Guests today are Jill Klein and Jeff Kenkel. They discuss the IOT platform, machine learning, integration with AI, the analytics, privacy, security and legalities of this ever evolving technology. Key Points From This Episode: Thermal imaging and it’s significant
Jun 26, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 26, 2020: Welcome to another Field Report. Today Bill speaks with Jeffrey Sturman, CIO of Memorial Healthcare System, who provides context on how Florida has been dealing with COVID-19 and where the healthcare world is headed. Jeff discusses Memorial’s successes within their nursing homes and how this comes down to communications policy and their unique ability to perform their own tests. Bill then asks Jeff about Memorial’s response to the pandemic and how they’ve managed to scale up their
Jun 24, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 24, 2020: Welcome to this episode of the Field Report! Today’s guest is Tahir Ali, from Froedtert Health. Tahir serves as Froedtert Health’s chief technology officer of information technology, providing the leadership and vision to grow the Froedtert & MCW network further through technology acquisitions, leveraging existing technology investments and the use of technological resources. His primary areas of responsibility include the effective management of the daily operations of all te
Jun 23, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 23, 2020: What sort of staying power does telehealth have? Why does the Pentagon struggle to catch up with Silicon Valley? What is the number one problem in healthcare? Tune in to find out the answers plus the NHS announce a coronavirus tracking app, the misconception that patients own their data, the 21st Century Cures Act and what sort of staying power does telehealth really have? Key Points From This Episode: Why agile software is a double edged sword Why do we continue to build and purc
Jun 19, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 19, 2020: Jefferson Health was busy pre-COVID with various capital-intensive and operational improvement initiatives. While the pandemic has diverted from these projects, the organization has risen to the challenge, adapting to the changing times. Nassar Nizami, today’s guest, and CIO at Jefferson Health, joins us to share how they have dealt with the large-scale shifts COVID-19 has brought. In this episode, we gain insights into what their response has looked like from March until now. Whi
Jun 17, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 17, 2020: What is coming out of Washington DC these days during COVID? How are health systems receiving funding? Is there more on the way? What is the sentiment around distribution? We also discuss the Cares Act. Joining us is Mari Savickis, VP of Public Policy at CHIME and Andrew Tomlinson, Director of Federal Affairs also from CHIME. Key Points: The Cares Act COVID-19 telehealth program [00:03:05] How much money is available? [00:04:30] Will we get more funding? [00:06:00] The
Jun 16, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 15, 2020: We're back with another Tuesday News Day! This episode, host Bill Russell challenges himself by giving you ten news stories in 20 minutes. Along with detailing each story, Bill adds his insights to each article, ensuring that you are on top of the latest health IT news. A subject that’s on every healthcare professional’s mind — the future of telehealth is discussed in a few of today’s articles, with two articles focusing on how telehealth might be funded under Medicare. Another cr
Jun 12, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 12, 2020: The one silver-lining of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it’s accelerated our use of tech in healthcare — a process that many health IT specialists have been working towards since long before the pandemic. In this episode, Bill talks with Dr. Michael Pfeffer, Assistant Vice-Chancellor and CIO for UCLA Health who provides insights into how his organization has dealt with the pandemic. Michael discusses the efforts that UCLA underwent to prepare for the pandemic and how they scaled th
Jun 9, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 10, 2020: We’ve all heard of direct to consumer genetic testing kits, from the like of 23andMe or ancestry.com, but how useful can certified genetic testing be? And how can genetic counselors assist you through that process? Today’s guest is Ellen Matloff, Founder and CEO of My Gene Counsel. Ellen am a certified genetic counselor, and My Gene Counsel is a company that specializes in scalable, updated, digital genetic counseling. My Gene Counsel’s mission is to make genetic test results easy
June 9, 2020: Unlike our previous News Day episodes, where we cover several stories, today is a deep-dive into a single article titled ‘Telehealth: A quarter-trillion-dollar post-COVID-19 reality’. This McKinsey article looks into telehealth research to explore its future — a key theme that we’re looking at closely here at This Week in Health IT. Before diving into the article, Bill gives some context on telehealth missteps over the last decade and why COVID-19 has accelerated the integration of
Jun 5, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 5, 2020: Joining us today is Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, the CIO at Michigan Medicine. When the pandemic first hit the US, Dr. Rosenberg temporarily exchanged his CIO role for working on the frontlines and in the ICUs fighting the virus, but has since resumed him primary responsibility and has learned a great deal in the process. In terms of health IT, he discuses the sudden shift to remote work and how they are thinking about a sustainable solution, suggesting the possibly of a hybrid work model
Jun 4, 2020·The 229 Podcast
June 4, 2020: Our guest on this episode is Dr. Eric Bricker from AHealthcareZ and author of Healthcare Money Campfire Stories. After his medical training and co-founding Compass Professional Health Services, he became increasingly interested in healthcare finance and has since pivoted to healthcare finance training which he does through videos on AHealthcareZ. Today he talks to listeners about the triple aims of improved quality, lower cost, and better access, specifically as it pertains to the
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