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Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Taylor Davis, Research Manager at KLAS Research. The topic of discussion was A Look Back at the Arch Collaborative's Early Surveys of EHR Optimization. Epic understands that change management is critical. KLAS asks two different health systems about their experience using Epic. The survey results were polar opposite. What was the reason for this and how can this information be used to improve the clinician’s EHR experience?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Marc Probst the CIO at Intermountain Health. The topic of discussion was Easing the Burden on Physicians and the Benefits of Partnering with Medicaid. How can technology help with easing the burden? And how can health systems become more focused on value-based care?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Todd Johnson, CEO of HealthLoop. The topic of discussion was Empathy in the Design of Digital Tools. How do we create healthcare software that has soul? That really speaks to not just the minds of patients but the hearts.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Dr. Anthony Chang, Founder of AIMed. The topic of discussion was Using AI to Turn Data into Action. And Anthony points to a future where we will have AI machine learning and deep intelligence deciphering datasets to come up with all sorts of new thought processes in terms of how to attack certain disease states.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Ryan Smith, CIO at Intermountain. The topic of discussion was Understanding the Journey and Challenges of Being a Healthcare CIO. What does the path to becoming a CIO look like and what does it take to be a raging success?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Dr. David Bensema. The topic of discussion was Physician Burnout. And Bill asks David, where are we at with physician burnout today and is there a risk with speaking up?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Mike McSherry the CEO at Xealth. The topic of discussion was What Will the Consumer Experience in Healthcare Look Like in 2025? And Bill and Mike discuss what digital health means for patient education, decision making and the quality of the care experience.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Brian the CIO and CISO at Faith Regional. The topic of discussion was The Many Hats of a Small Health System CIO with Brian Sterud. And Bill asks Brian what DOESN’T he do in the constraints of a small healthcare system?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation host Bill Russell had with Mona Baset, Vice President, Digital Services at SCL Health. The topic of discussion was The Evolving Disciple of Marketing in Healthcare. And Bill asks Mona to walk us through what marketing means today in a digital world.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Craig Connors the VP & CTO, SD-WAN at VMware. The topic of discussion was The Importance of SD-WAN. And Bill asks Craig why are we even talking about it? And how does it work?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Craig Richardville, SVP and Chief Information & Digital Officer at SCL Health. The topic of discussion was The Shift in Culture with Long-Term Work from Home. Bill asks Craig, how has hiring changed? And how do you determine and maintain the right kind of culture changed in this time of remote / hybrid work?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with David Dirks, VP of Strategy at Intermountain Castell. The topic of discussion was How Data Can Disrupt Healthcare to Create an Industry of Staying Well. We focus so much on treating illness rather than understanding how to keep people well and out of the hospital. Data plays an integral role in keeping people healthy. How can we utilize this data going forward to create “health” care instead of “sick” care?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Matthew Sullivan, Chief Medical Information Officer at Atrium Health, Sean Kelly, Chief Medical Officer at Imprivata and Scott Weiner, Emergency Physician at Brigham. The topic of discussion was The Role of Health IT in Combating the Opioid Crisis. And Bill asks what accomplishments the Opioid Task Force has seen so far, in combatting this every growing issue in society?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Dr. Jamie Reedy, Chief of Population Health for Summit Health. The topic of discussion was Foundational Data Capabilities Needed In The Infrastructure of Healthcare. It’s important to move beyond the limited clinical data in EHRs. And to develop enhanced and predictive analytics. How do you even begin to lay a foundation that will allow staff to use data to drive powerful efficient workflows?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation host Bill Russell had with Chani Cordero the CIO at Brooke Army Medical Center. The topic of discussion was Leading a Military Medical Center. Military healthcare leaders must be acutely aware of the concepts of moral, ethical, and legal leadership. They must also be able to distinguish the differences between strategic, operational, and tactical leadership, and understand that tactical-level decisions can have strategic-level implications.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Nassar Nizami, Executive VP and CIO at Jefferson Health. The topic of discussion was A Look Back at Cyber Attacks in 2016-2017. How Far Have We Come? Bill gives us some dreaded stats and Nassar offers solutions.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Tressa Springmann, the SVP and CIO at LifeBridge Health. The topic of discussion was Principles for Digital Platform Design. And Bill asks Tressa, what kind of conversations do you have with your vendor partners?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Craig Richardville, SVP and Chief Information & Digital Officer at SCL Health.. The topic of discussion was Fast Forward Five Years in the Healthcare Evolution of Physical and Digital. And Bill asks Craig what visionary use cases SCL is looking at to improve patient and provider experiences.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Michael Meucci, COO at Arcadia and David Dirks, VP of Strategy at Intermountain Castell. The topic of discussion was A COVID Health Data Supply Chain Case Study. Collecting and analyzing data during the pandemic has been difficult to say the least. The health data supply chain seems to be a better way of not spending as much time normalizing the data and spending more time actually generating benefits for the organization. But how exactly does it do that?
oday on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Dr. Anthony Chang, Founder of AIMed. The topic of discussion was The Future of AI. The human brain is unbelievable. But man and computer together can be unstoppable.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Charles Boicey the Chief Innovation Officer at Clearsense. The topic of discussion was Rearchitecture and Hyperconverged Infrastructure. And Bill asks Charles to give us the nitty gritty.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Paul Jones, Global Director of Product Management for Network and Security Solutions at GE Healthcare and Anand Srinivas, Office of the CTO, Service Provider Edge Business Unit at VMware. The topic of discussion was A Use Case on GE Mural and VMware Virtual Care Solutions. How advanced is remote patient monitoring becoming? The advanced technologies are now mission critical in helping us to understand the patient snapshot.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with John Halamka, President of the Mayo Clinic Platform. The topic of discussion was Where is the Cloud Great? And Where is it Not? All the big tech companies are moving their software to the cloud. And it's really changing the architectural landscape. Have we finally moved beyond the fad stage of the cloud? And how does data sharing fit into this new world?
We are going to go to two days a week for the Insights show. We will see you here on Mondays and Wednesdays. If you're looking for something to augment that just go over to the Newsroom channel. We've done so many interviews at the HIMSS and the ViVE show. We did 30 at the ViVE show and 20 at the HIMSS show. So there's 50 leaders that you can listen to to see what they're doing.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Nassar Nizami, Executive VP and CIO at Jefferson Health. The topic of discussion was The Liberation of Data in Healthcare. And Nassar deep dives into how predictive analytics will change the patient care landscape in a huge and meaningful way.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Darren Dworkin The topic of discussion was The Impact of COVID on Academic Medical Centers. And Bill asks Darren, how do academic medical centers collaborate and accelerate during a pandemic.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Patrick Anderson who is now CIO at City of Hope. The topic of discussion was The CIO Playbook: Collaboration, Curiosity and Generosity by Patrick Anderson. And Bill asks Patrick what are the principles that he goes by? How does he run IT effectively?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Aneesh Chopra who was the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States, appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama. The topic of discussion was 21st Century Cures. And Bill asks Aneesh to run us through it.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Mike McSherry the CEO at Xealth. The topic of discussion was How Digital Engagement with Patients Leads to Better Quality Care Experiences and Outcomes. And Bill and Mike discuss what digital health means for patient education, decision making and the quality of the care experience.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Chani Cordero the CIO of Brooke Army Medical Center. The topic of discussion was Determining the NICE to Have and NEED to Have Technologies. There are so many new players with incredible technology entering healthcare every single week. Bill asks Chani, how can CIOs decipher exactly what their system needs?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Robert Rice. The topic of discussion was Cloud Infrastructure Deep Dive. And Bill and Rob take a look back at 2021 and dissecting the benefits of moving your data centers to the public cloud.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Dr. Anthony Chang, Founder of AIMed. The topic of discussion was Crash Course in AI. In Dr. Chang’s 30, 40 year career as a Pediatric Cardiologist, there were a lot of data science controversies that had not been resolved. He wanted to start thinking about them in another dimension.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Judy Kirby, CEO of the recruitment company Kirby Partners. The topic of discussion was Interview Pro Tips to Land Your Dream CIO Role with Judy Kirby. And Bill asks Judy what do executives need to do to prepare and how can they calm their nerves?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Lee Milligan, CIO for Asante Health. The topic of discussion was What it Takes to be a Great CIO. And Bill asks Lee, what does it take to step in as a CIO?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Dr. David Bensema in 2018. The topic of discussion was Hospital-based Reimbursement Systems versus New Models of Care. And Bill asks David, how much of health systems budgets are being spent on changing the way we experience healthcare?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Drex DeFord the Executive Healthcare Strategist at CrowdStrike. The topic of discussion was What Would You Suggest To Epic To Instill Innovation And Benefit The Entire Healthcare Community? The answer is complicated.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Paula Edwards of Himformatics. The topic of discussion was Understanding Human-Centered Design and the Workflow of an EHR. And Bill asks Paula, what is human centered design and where does it come into play in healthcare?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Lucienne Ide, Founder & Chief Health Innovator at Rimidi. The topic of discussion was From Scientist to Entrepreneur. And Lucy tells Bill what it’s like being a physician and then becoming an entrepreneur.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Craig Richardville, SVP and Chief Information & Digital Officer at SCL Health. The topic of discussion was How Marketing, Digital and IT Services Come Together to Create the Best Patient Experience Possible. Craig walks Bill through SCL Health’s digital strategy and set up.
Today on Insights. We go back to when Host Bill Russell was in the interview seat and Dr. Mark Weisman was asking the questions. The topic of discussion was What Should the First 90 Days in a New CIO Role Look Like. And Mark asks Bill what does your boss and your new team want to see from you in the first 3 months?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Kevin Malloy, MD at the MedStar Institute for Innovation. The topic of discussion was Exploring the Potential of FHIR. And Bill asks Kevin for some examples of applications he’s written.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Sarah Richardson the CIO at Tivity Health. The topic of discussion was Creating High Risk Care in the Home with Apple. And Bill asks Sarah how she sees the future of home monitoring playing out.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Kristin Myers, CIO at Mount Sinai. The topic of discussion was Advice for Professional Women in Health IT. And Bill asks Kristin, why do you think diversity of staff is so important to promote?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Royal Tuthill the CoFounder & President of Docent Health. The topic of discussion was Reaching Vulnerable Underserved Communities. And Bill asks Royal to explain the sophistication yet simplicity of text messaging technology.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Eli Tarlow the Director of Healthcare at Sirius. The topic of discussion was The Customer Experience. And Bill asks Eli how do we create tools that really think through how patients want to receive care?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Karen Horgan the CEO of VAL Health. The topic of discussion was The Role of Behavioral Economics in Helping People Forming Healthy Habits. And Bill asks Karen what behavioral economics is really all about.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Sherri Douville, CEO, Board Member and Author. The topic of discussion was Mentoring Female CEOs. And Bill asks Sherri how can women prepare themselves for the top role in a company?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Amy Maneker the Physician Executive Advisor - Arch Collaborative at KLAS. The topic of discussion was The Arch Collaborative, User Satisfaction and Optimizing the EHR. And Bill asks Amy what have we learned about working together to revolutionize and improve the EHR experience?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Aneesh Chopra, who was the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States, appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama. The topic of discussion was Why is Healthcare So Far Behind Banking? And Bill asks Aneesh, why is it that the banking and energy industries are digitized but healthcare seems to only be at the starting gate?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with James Stallcup, the CMIO for Cherokee Nation. The topic of discussion was MacGyvering Telehealth. And Bill asks James, what did it take to scale up so quickly around telehealth?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Darren Dworkin the previous CIO for Cedars-Sinai. The topic of discussion was How did Cedars Sinai Create New Avenues for Care During the Pandemic. And Bill asks Darren how are they reducing touch points, minimizing unnecessary contact and creating new avenues for care to be received.
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Tressa Springmann, the SVP and CIO at LifeBridge Health. The topic of discussion was Maintaining Culture in a Virtual World. And Bill asks Tressa, how do you maintain culture and productivity in a remote work environment?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Charles Boicey, the Chief Innovation Officer at Clearsense. The topic of discussion was Overseas Resources & Cloud Strategy. And Bill asks Charles, what are some of the considerations for outsourcing overseas? And what exactly is a cloud strategy?
Today on insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Andrew Cooper the Executive Director of IT at NCH Healthcare. The topic of discussion was Making the EHR Transition. And Bill asks Andrew, what was the deciding factor to go to Epic?
Today on Insights. We go back to a conversation Host Bill Russell had with Niko Skievaski the Co-Founder and President of Redox. The topic of discussion was Putting Data to Work in the 21st Century. And Bill sets this up by asking Niko what it takes to create a successful healthcare platform startup.
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