The Collective Voice of Health IT, A WEDI Podcast

Episode 57: COVID‘s Effect on Interoperability; Vaccine Passport talk with CLX Health‘s Co-Founder Joseph Gonzalez

Matthew talks about how COVID has helped consumers drive the future of healthcare with Joseph Gonzalez, Co-Founder of CLX Health. CLX Health’s TrustAssure platform allows consumers to upload the paper vaccine cards and convert them into digital credentials. The currently process 25,000+ vaccine cards daily for their clients and their specific use case applications. 

Episode 56: The Economic Importance of Health Equity with Priya Bathija from the American Hospital Association

From our 2021 Quest for Health Equity event, we hear from Priya Bathija, Vice President of Strategic Infinitives with the American Hospital Association. Priya makes the case for Health Equity, not only from the moral perspective, but for the benefits of hospitals, the ECONOMIC perspective. 

Episode 55: Mother‘s Need Best; The Maternal Health Crisis in America

We welcome Caryn Marks, Policy Advisor, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of HHS and Rachel Abbey, Public Health Analyst with HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Caryn and Rachel discuss the societal, health-based and data-based challenges of pregnancy-related mortality and maternal morbidity in the US.

Episode 54: Experiencing a Ransomware Incident, NCPDP‘s John Klimek and X12‘s Andrew Fitzpatrick

From our December 2020 virtual event on Ransomware, we have John Klimek from NCPDP and Andrew Fitzpatrick from X12 discussing their respective cyber attacks from earlier that year. This is moderated by WEDI's Privacy and Security Workgroup Co-Chairs, Marilyn Zigmund Luke from AHIP and Tina Grande from the Healthcare Leadership Council

Episode 53: TEFCA Table Talk Part 2- Stakeholder Perspective Panel

Moderated by Edifecs' John Kelly, we present part 2 of our TEFCA stakeholder panel, featuring Hans Buitendijk (Cerner), Tim Pletcher (MiHIN) and Danielle Lloyd (AHIP). The panel was originally broadcasted live on September 1 on Zoom as part of WEDI's Spotlight on TEFCA.  

Episode 52: TEFCA Table Talk Part 1: Stakeholder Panel with Hans Buitendijk (Cerner), Tim Pletcher (MiHIN) and Danielle Lloyd (AHIP)

Part 1 of a great roundtable discussion on TEFCA and how it will affect the industry from numerous perspectives. Moderated by WEDI board member John Kelly, we welcome:

Hans Buitendijk, Director, Interoperability Strategy, Cerner

Tim Pletcher, Executive Director, Michigan Heath Information Network, MiHIN

Danielle Lloyd, Senior VP, Private Market Innovations & Quality Initiatives, AHIP

Episode 51: The "Gravity" of Integrating Medical and Social Care with HL7 Gravity Project's Evelyn Gallego

Matthew welcomes Evelyn Gallego, CEO and Founder of EMI Advisors and Program Manager for HL7 Gravity Project, a multi stakeholder public collaborative that develops consensus based data standards for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). Evelyn discusses the history of the project, it's successes and challenges they face as it helps the industry marry social services and clinical services. 

Episode 50: Aspire and Achieve- ONC's Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030 project with ONC's Steven Posnack

From WEDI's July Summer Forum, we present our keynote from ONC's deputy national coordinator, Steven Posnack. Over the summer, ONC launched a new initiative to plot out interoperability goals to drive the industry forward this decade. Through its Health Interoperability Outcomes 2030 project, ONC plans to publish a prioritized set of "aspirational and achievable" interoperability goals that align with the 2020 to 2025 version of ONC's federal health IT strategic plan. We welcomed Steven to the forum to discuss the project, his initial findings and how the industry's feedback will help ONC coordinate and focus collective actions toward interoperability outcomes.

Episode 49: No Surprises Act; Interim Final Rule Discussion with Stanley Nachimson of Nachimson Advisors

Recorded from WEDI's Summer Forum in July, Matthew talks about the first interim final rule issued by CMS to implement the provisions of the No Surprises Act with Stanley Nachimson of Nachimson Advisors. 

 

Upcoming WEDI Educational Events:

• TEFCA Presentation with ONC's Micky Tripathi PHD and Sequoia Project's Mariann Yeager- FREE to the industry, August 26 on Zoom
• WEDI National Conference, October 18-21, 2021 on Zoom. Use the code PODCAST for 15% off your registration fee

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Episode 48: Da Vinci Discusses Payer to Payer Data Exchange

From July's Summer Forum, a session focusing on the work the HL7 FHIR Da Vinci Project is conducting on Payer to Payer Data Exchange. We welcomed Jocelyn Keegan, Program Manager of HL7's Da Vinci Project and Payer Practice Lead for Point-of-Care Partners and Michael Gould, Business Lead-Interoperability with BlueCross BlueShield Association