The Collective Voice of Health IT, A WEDI Podcast

Episode 97: Exploring Ways to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Health Care

A WEDI Spotlight from December 2022 featured a panel of health care cybersecurity SMEs discussing how to strengthen cybersecurity in the industry. The panelists: Denise Anderson, President and CEO, H-ISAC, Chris Lodico, Sr Director, Information Safety, HCSC, Dr. Stephen Leffler, President and COO, and Dr. Douglas Gentile, Sr VP Information Technology, both with the University of Vermont Medical Health Network

Episode 96: Telehealth Reflections Part 2 with Elevance’s Jill Dominic and WEDI’s Samantha Holvey& Robert Tennant

WEDI's continues to discuss the real world experiences regarding telehealth this week. We welcome Jill Dominic, Public Policy Director with Elevance Health and the co-chair for WEDI's Telehealth Workgroup. Joining Jill is Samantha Holvey, WEDI's Director of Workgroups & Communication and Robert Tennant, WEDI's Vice President of Federal Affairs. 

Episode 95: Telehealth Reflections 1 with AMA’s Nancy Spector and Change Healthcare’s Ed Hafner

Millions of patients nationwide embraced the benefits of virtual health over the past 4 years. Telehealth is poised top play a large role in the coming years. In conjunction with WEDI's Telehealth Workgroup, we welcome WEDI leadership to share their unique experiences with telehealth.

This week, Ed Hafner, WEDI's board chair and Nancy Spector, WEDI's most recent former board chair visit the podcast. Ed is the Associate VP, Payer Strategy with Change Healthcare and Nancy is the Coding and HIT Advocacy Director with the American Medical Association. 

Episode 94: Data Exchange Success Stories from the State Perspective. A Conversation with Minnesota’s David Haugen and Massachusetts’ Denny Brennan

In a season of "Raining Regulations" our attention turns to data exchange initiatives from the state level that sometimes occur in spite of or in absence of federal initiatives. 

Matthew speaks with David Haugen, Administrative Simplification Program Director with Minnesota's Department of Health (https://www.health.state.mn.us/facilities/ehealth/auc/index.html) and Denny Brennan, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (www.mahealthdata.org).

The 3 discuss the significance of state data exchange operations, the importance of states learning from each other, the huge topic of prior authorization and how focusing on the patient can help "stabilize the stool" that is healthcare data interoperability. 

Episode 93: Lucy Up! Improving Patient Access, Affordability and Outcomes with Arrive Health CEO Kyle Kiser

Matthew welcomes back Arrive Health CEO Kyle Kiser to the podcast to discuss the latest at Arrive Health, an industry leader in delivering real-time cost and coverage data to decision-making workflows. Kyle discusses how working with multiple stakeholders help drive quality, make the best, cost efficient decision and increase patient satisfaction and engagement. 

Episode 92: Guiding Healthcare Through Dangerous Waters. A Chat with OCR’s Tim Noonan

Michael sits down and chats with Tim Noonan, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity at HHS' Office for Civil Rights (OCR). 

What are some common trends and deficiencies that OCR confronts in their investigations? Why the increase in cyber attacks on business associates and what resources and guidance (spoiler alert: there are plenty) does OCR have available to aid in keeping healthcare entities safe and secure?

Episode 91: Engaging the Patient with the Hospital Room of the Future. A Conversation with pCare CEO Dave Bennett

Michael sits in for Matthew and welcomes Dave Bennett, CEO of pCare, a leading provider of patient engagement solutions for health systems across the country. The two discuss the changing tone and climate of patient experiences and how Dave and pCare has leveraged technology and innovation to develop a truly remarkable hospital room of the future. 

Episode 90: Playing with FHIR! A Conversation with HL7’s Dr. Charles Jaffe and Diego Kaminker

Matthew welcomes HL7 CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe and Deputy Standards Chief Implementation Officer Diego Kaminker. With FHIR seemingly on the lips of every health IT professional, Matthew asks the two about FHIR's history, its multiple accelerators and how the standard is looking to be the key to unlocking data exchange for healthcare throughout the world. 

Episode 89: The Boom (or Zoom) of Telehealth. A Conversation with Ron Emerson Zoom Global Healthcare Lead

Michael speaks with Ron Emerson, Global Healthcare Lead at Zoom. Recognized as a thought leader in Telehealth, Ron has more than 20 years' experience in the healthcare industry having worked on a number of Telemedicine programs in nearly 50 countries. 

The two discuss Zoom being in the healthcare arena and the future of telehealth. 

Episode 88: Optimizing the Healthcare Experience with Advanced Data Analytics. A Conversation with Advata CEO Julie Rezek

This week, Michael welcomes Julie Rezek, CEO of Advata. Advata provides advanced data analytics software to improve decision-making and optimize administrative efficiencies in healthcare. The company's revenue cycle management solutions are powered by predictive analytics, actionable artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation. 

What is the present and future of data analytics in healthcare and how can it remain responsible while also changing the way the industry manages inefficiencies and increases productivity