September 14, 2021
Healthcare Scene's Colin Hung shares his outlook for the future of healthcare [Podcast]
Recently I had the pleasure of talking with one of healthcare IT’s “true believers” as well as a prolific industry thought leader. Colin Hung, CMO and Editor of Healthcare Scene as well as co-host (with John Lynn) of the Healthcare IT Today podcast joins me for the latest episode of MEDITECH ...
August 17, 2021
5 reasons to listen to MEDITECH podcasts
Podcasts continue to grow in popularity across many industries — and healthcare is no exception. MEDITECH recently launched our own podcast series, focused on the intersection of technology and medicine and featuring unique perspectives from today’s thought leaders in healthcare. Here are five ...
June 10, 2021
Addressing mental health in Ontario during the pandemic [Podcast]
For the newest MEDITECH podcast, I recently spoke with Sanaz Riahi, RN, PhD, Vice President, Practice, Academics and Chief Nursing Executive at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario, about how her organization responded to the region’s mental health crisis amid ...
June 2, 2021
How The Valley Hospital used surveillance technology to move nurses from the computer to the bedside [Podcast]
On our most recent episode of the MEDITECH podcast, I was joined by two IT leaders from The Valley Hospital (Ridgewood, NJ), Alicia Brubaker, RN, Director of Clinical Informatics and Chris Neumann, Clinical Analyst for Surveillance, to discuss how they used surveillance tools to cut documentation ...
May 18, 2021
CHIME Opioid Action Center podcast: Addressing opioid addiction stigma
In CHIME’s recent Opioid Action Center podcast, I speak with Dr. Sarah Porter, who is the senior medical director of family practice at Southern Ohio Medical Center (Portsmouth, OH). We discuss the stigma associated with opioid addiction — cited in Combating the Stigma of Addiction: The Need for a ...
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May 12, 2021
How data brought ‘new life and new hope’ amid COVID-19 [Podcast]
As healthcare organizations assess their response to COVID-19, two key indicators seem to determine the success of their efforts: How well their staff was prepared, and how effectively they leveraged data to adjust to changing conditions.
May 5, 2021
How St Luke’s doubled patient portal enrollment during the pandemic [Podcast]
While patients are often satisfied with using their patient portal, it can often be difficult for organizations to get patients to take the initial step of signing up. But for many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of enrollment, as patients look to the portal for everything ...
April 14, 2021
How to plan for and successfully launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign [Podcast]
In part 2 of our podcast with Phoebe Putney Health System (Albany, GA), we’ll look at how they planned out a vaccine strategy, months before doses were even shipped. If you missed part 1, you can listen here to find out how they addressed the initial COVID-19 surge in the spring of 2020.
April 8, 2021
Different than a tornado: How Phoebe Putney Health System navigated the disaster response challenges of COVID-19 [Podcast]
Recently, I was able to sit down with CMIO Dr. William Sewell, and VP and CIO Jesse Diaz, from Phoebe Putney Health System (Albany, GA), a not for profit healthcare network in southwest Georgia. In 2020, Albany became a COVID-19 hotspot, and Phoebe was at the center of the crisis. One year later, ...
June 30, 2020
Thought Leader Podcast: Virtual Care in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond
For our latest Thought Leader podcast, I spoke with Dr. Andy Burchett, CMIO of Avera Health, about his organization’s rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.