Kyle Chilton and Stephen Bitteker discuss the KLAS Emerging Technologies reports and some recent findings in the data. Data shows that providers are overwhlemed with the amount of new technology options while simultaneously worrying that they are going to miss out on new products. They also worry about how new solutions will work with their EMRs. In a world of burnout and staffing issues, they also worry that the learning curve of training will outweigh benefits the new solutions might provide down the road ..read more

Get ready to dive into the HIMSS23 discussion surrounding patient engagement with Adam Cherrington and Dan Czech. In this episode, they share five brief interviews with leading patient engagement experts they had the opportunity to speak with at the conference. These experts provide valuable insights into how to effectively include patients in the healthcare process, as well as the challenges and successes they see in their organizations and companies.Additionally, as seasoned healthcare professionals, Adam and Dan also bring their own unique perspectives to the table. They share their observa ..read more

Kyle Chilton is joined by Jackson Tate to discuss pharmacy solutions. Pharmacy is such a legacy space for hospitals - a cost center typically - but innovations are using software and hardware to try and figure out how to keep innovating and optimizing. The current economic situation means people are looking for ways to leverage technology to improve ROI. New solutions are saving money and improving the bottom line while also highlighting the lack of optimization before. Automization is also a focus in trying to reduce the amount of human error - leackage, lost revenue, lost savings etc ..read more

Dan Czech and Adam Cherrington are joined by Dana Oaks, Professor in Residence Healthcare Administration at Utah Valley University. Dana comes from a lineage of healthcare providers but decided he didn't want to go to school to be a healthcare provider. Instead, he found a meeting of business and healthcare that he was interested in. After earning his MBA and MHA, he has been chief in multiple organizations around the country. Dana discusses his experience with Telemedicine during the pandemic and working in a largely rural area that made getting care to patients incredibly hard. These healt ..read more

Adam Cherrington is joined by Carrie Kozlowski, COO and Co-Founder of Upfront. Carrie started her career on the clincial side as an occupational therapsist. As such, she got to see patient experience 1-to-1 as well as through transitions of care. She saw gaps in care and communcation, and wanted to make a difference in patient care to set them up for success. The discussion is on how to leverage technology to create transitions in care that simplify and improve workflows and scalability so care can become frictionless. Upfront's goal is to transition from patient engagement (reaching out to ..read more

Kyle Chilton is joined by Dan Nigrin, CIO of Main Health. Dan Nigrin got his start as a pediatric endocrinologist and quickly discovered his love of marrying clinician experience with technology. His love of personal computing and electronic music led him to marry two of his other loves - healthcare and IT. Dan and Kyle discuss Voice Enabled Documentation, Remote Patient Monitoring, and Patient Facing Communication and how all three will benefit healthcare moving forward. Discussion also includes how technology advanced during COVID and how healthcare can adopt technology better when not in ..read more

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Adam Cherrington and Dan Czech are joined by Sara Vaezy, Executive VP Cheif Strategy and Digital Officer at Providence Health. Sara has spent her entire career in or adjacent to healthcare. Working in everything from medical devices to pop health companies, she has now been at Providence Health for 7 years, most of those in the digital health area. The discussion focuses on how to provide an overarching digital health experience not only with clincial data, but behavioral, economic, and social behaviors that help get clinicians a well-rounded understanding of their patients. Providence Healt ..read more

Adam Cherrington and Dan Czech are joined by Laura Marquez, head of Digital Transformation at the University of Utah. Laura Marquez's passion is amplifying the patient voice by putting the patient and their families first. She has been in healthcare for over 20 years, and her goal is to make healthcare better. She believes in smoothing out journeys for patients and caregivers and easing through difficulties in getting care, and billing after care. Working with both the patient hat and the IT hat on, seeing patients through their circumstance is imperative. We increase empathy and understandi ..read more

Kyle Chilton is joined by Donna Roach, CIO for the University of Utah. Donna hails from the midwest and has always worked in healthcare. After creating her own health administration program at the University of Illinois, she continued on to get her Masters in Health Administration. Her focus has always been on administration paired with IT. Donna discusses people, processes, and IT. Technology is dependent on people and processes, and the IT part is usually the easiest part, it's the people and processes that are more difficult ot manage. People want to be heard and respected and feel like t ..read more