Summary In this episode, our guest is Renee Thompson, CEO and Founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute – a team dedicated to helping healthcare organizations cultivate a professional workforce by addressing workplace bullying and incivility. Thompson discusses creating a culture of giving and receiving feedback, disruptive behaviors and how they impact patient care, managing anxiety in stressful healthcare settings, how to build a strong clinical team, and why she has a passion for creating healthy workforces. This is an eye-opening conversation that sheds light on the prevalence of disrupti ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Dr. Sam Lynch, founder and CEO of Lynch Biologics (LBIO), an innovative biologics and tissue engineering company based in Nashville, TN. Lynch shares what led him to a career in regenerative medicine, his passion for translational medicine, advice for young entrepreneurs, the challenges of today’s healthcare regulatory environment, the importance of early education for underprivileged students, and more. This conversation is full of wisdom and insight that is valuable to listeners of any background.    Show Notes Career Journey & Translatio ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Dr. Arun Singh, M.D., prolific heart surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital and author of the memoir “Your Heart, My Hands.” Dr. Singh shares his experience as an Indian immigrant in the U.S. during the 1960s, the obstacles he overcame to pursue a career in surgery, the importance of emotion in the medical field, and how to develop a deeper understanding of the human heart. Dr. Singh has an inspiring and deeply meaningful story, and listeners will love his insight and unique perspective on humanity and healthcare.    Show Notes An Indian Immigrant in ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Oliver Moses, Managing Partner of WindRose Health Investors and Founder of Haven Care, a children’s health clinic in Monrovia, Liberia. Moses shares why he began a career in healthcare investment, the importance of listening as an investor, how he founded a children’s health clinic in Liberia, obstacles to providing care in an underdeveloped country, and lessons on entrepreneurship. Listeners will love Moses’ passion for helping companies solve healthcare problems and his heart for providing care to one of the world’s poorest countries.     ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Kendall Lockhart, Founder and CEO of MeU Care. Lockhart shares the importance of paying attention to your customer, his fascinating background with Disney and yoga, his passion for integrative health, the importance of community for behavior change, and the intersection of A.I. and human-enabled care. Listeners will love Lockhart’s interesting career journey and insight on how to achieve successful patient outcomes.     Show Notes Paying Attention to Your Customer Lockhart is the founder and CEO of MeU Care, a HIPPA secure virtual care pla ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Mary Beck, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at MU Health Care. Beck is an accomplished nursing leader who shares lessons and guidance on clinical leadership during a pandemic, cultivating a lifelong love of learning, managing stress in critical environments, and setting up an incident command response to COVID-19. Listeners will gain helpful leadership insight and inspiration that can be applied to any area of life.    Show Notes Clinical Leadership during a Pandemic A critical and often challenging aspect of effective leadership is being ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Dr. Morgan Wills, President and CEO of Siloam Health. Wills shares deeply meaningful stories and experiences around Siloam’s whole-person approach to healthcare, overcoming cultural and language barriers to provide care to Nashville’s most vulnerable populations, and the need for relationships in primary care. Listeners will love Wills’ thoughtful perspective on caring for humans and will be inspired by the work Siloam Health does.    Show Notes Whole-Person Approach to Healthcare The founders of Siloam Health had a vision to provide health car ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Dr. Susan Scott, a nurse scientist and patient safety expert from University of Missouri Health Care. Scott shares her research and personal experiences with the second victim phenomenon, the impact of trauma on a clinician’s work, strategies to support clinicians after traumatic events, and ways to combat burnout and low morale on a personal and institutional level. Listeners will immediately connect to Scott’s passion as she describes her life’s work and its impact. Those inside and outside of healthcare will learn healthy ways to discuss and process tra ..read more

Summary In this episode, our guest is Cherrill Farnsworth, an accomplished entrepreneur and influential expert on healthcare change. Over the course of her career, Farnsworth has started and sold 7 companies. Her first project was a bus company, and her most recent was HealthHelp, a utilization management company. Farnsworth shares how she had the idea to start a bus company in her early 20s, what she learned about becoming a successful entrepreneur, how she discovered the need for utilization management, and describes her hands-on approach to board membership. Listeners will be inspired by Fa ..read more

Summary In this brief episode, Humans in Healthcare host, Nathan King, reflects on the skill of Empathy in a difficult year. Using conversations from podcast guests, book references, and some humorous tweets, King provides thoughtful insight into why we must practice empathy.      Show Notes Leadership in 2020 The cliches and jokes about 2020, 11 months in, are endless. We are a shaken world, off balance, scared. We are not the selves we thought we were. And yet, we have to keep going to work. We have to continue feeding our families, educating our children. Some of us ke ..read more