The Collective Voice of Health IT, A WEDI Podcast

Episode 147: Education, Empowerment and Engagement: How Digital Tools are Improving the Patient Experience. Amanda Bury, Infermedica

Michael chats with Amanda Bury, Chief Commercial Officer with Infermedica about how tools like the digital self-triage are supporting the patient while also feeding physicians valuable information to create a more productive and accurate healthcare experience. 

Episode 146: "Clean up on (AI)sle 10!" Confronting the Messy World of Healthcare Data with Lyric's Akshay Sharma

Michael chats with Akshay Sharma, Chief AI Officer with Lyric, a leading AI healthcare technology company looking to leverage AI to improve payment accuracy and efficiency. 

Akshay discusses the power and potential of AI, how Lyric is improving the healthcare payment process for all stakeholders and the importance of responsible AI and privacy when implementing this emerging technology. 

Episode 145: Healthcare is better...with "Musick." MedicareSchool.com's Co-Founder Marvin Musick

Michael welcomes MedicareSchool.com co-founder Marvin Musick to discuss offering valuable education to Medicare-eligible patients and the affect of technology and policy on Medicare and healthcare in general.  

Episode 144: (Part 1) How Community Based Organizations (CBOs) Leverage Data to Support Health Equity

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

Episode 143, Dude, Where's My Wheelchair!? Understanding Real-Time Location Systems with Cen Trak's Nick Adriance

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. 

Episode 142: Health Equity Sit Down with Dr. Vindell Washington of Verily Health Platforms

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. 

Episode 141: Making an Impact in Behavioral Health Data Collection and Analysis. A Chat with Raven Health CEO Richard Wagner

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."

Episode 140: Understanding the Language of Patient Engagement with Providertech's Lisa Blue

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

Episode 139: Making Healthcare Synchronized, Personalized and Radically Convenient with Patty Hayward, Talkdesk

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. 

Episode 138: Taking Social Determinants of Health Data from Analysis to Action. SS&C and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

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.