Healthcare IT Today Interviews

After learning about the business agreement to combine UpHealth with Cloudbreak Health, I wanted to sit down with Jamey Edwards, CEO & Co-Founder at Cloudbreak Health, to understand more about the combined companies and how it fits into Cloudbreak Health's vision of Humanizing Healthcare.  Plus, we couldn't resist the urge to talk about the telehealth explosion, what it meant for Jamey's...

One area of healthcare that's exploding is the use of AI and chatbots.  It makes sense that healthcare is having to do more with less and there are a lot of opportunities in healthcare to automate many processes.  We sat down with Greg Johnsen, CEO of LifeLink, to talk about how healthcare chatbots are being implemented in healthcare.  He breaks down the different types of healthcar...

50% of respondents to a recent survey said EMAIL was the most effective form of hospital-wide communications during the pandemic. This easily beat out secure messaging which was chosen by only 20% of respondents. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Donna Scott, SVP of Marketing at Spok to discuss this result and other interesting findings from their survey.    Learn more about Spok: https:...

COVID vaccinations are not happening at the pace we need. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can simplify the planning and logistics of administering the vaccine by: identifying optimal vaccination sites, prioritizing populations, matching sites to populations, inventory management and targeted info campaigns. Este Geraghty CMO of Esri speaks with Healthcare IT Today about the power of GIS for v...

Larry Kaiser, winner of the 2020 HITMC Award for Health IT Marketer of the Year, started his career in healthcare marketing writing RFP responses for a company that sold two different EMRs. From there he rose through the ranks until he was leading the marketing team. Learn more about Larry's story, his thoughts on the current state of healthcare marketing and what we can expect in 2021.  &nbs...

PointClickCare, the market leader in the long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) space, makes its first meaningful foray into the acute care market with the acquisition of Collective Medical, a platform that helps care teams collaborate to support vulnerable patients. We sat down with Dave Wessinger, President of PointClickCare and Chris Klomp CEO at Collective Medical to learn why this acquisition happ...

We've all seen the explosion of telehealth thanks to COVID-19.  What most people don't realize is that there are a lot of different types of "telehealth."  One that largely led the telehealth industry prior to COVID-19 was specialty specific telehealth.  There's a lot of value for a healthcare organization to have timely access to a specialist during a crisis.  However, doing s...

COVID-19 has put an enormous financial strain on physician practices.  Many had to shut down or severely restrict the number of patient visits. Although telehealth did help, it also introduced new billing and claims processing complexities. Having good revenue cycle management (RCM) processes will be key as healthcare recovers from the pandemic. We sit down with David Cohen from Greenway to t...

Many healthcare organizations have set their sights on Amazon as the exemplar to strive towards. They are held as the best practice when it comes to consumer experience, convenience and operations. While there are many things that healthcare can learn from Amazon, emulating their website isn't one of them according to Brian Q Davis, Executive Vice President at Scorpion Healthcare. In fact, Davis b...

As the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out across the world, it raises a lot of interesting questions about health IT's role in all of it.  To better understand what we might see as hundreds of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine are administered, we sat down with this expert panel on interoperability, health data sharing, and patient identification:  * Drew Ivan, Chief Product and Strategy...

In this interview, we sit down with Tim Suther, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Data Solutions at Change Healthcare to discuss their newly announce SDoH solution.  We talk about the data sets available, the problems it looks to solve, and where they plan to take the solution next.  If you're looking at how SDoH impact your patients, you'll enjoy this interview.   Learn...

Zebra Technologies recently announced that their TC52-HC handheld touch computer was approved for use with Rover, Epic’s mobile app and in so doing pushed Computers on Wheels (COWs), Workstations on Wheels (WOWs) and iPhones further from clinical floors of hospitals. We sat down with Rikki Jennings, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Zebra to learn more about why a purpose-built healthcare mobil...

While many people have come to know EKG technology thanks to Apple incorporating it into their watch, AliveCor has been doing it for much longer.  Plus, there’s a big difference between a single lead EKG and a 6 lead EKG.  Not to mention, AliveCor offers a direct to consumer KardiaCare product that allows a patient to access a board-certified cardiologist to review a patient’s EKG readin...

Despite the pandemic, Providence St. Joseph Health did not rip up their 2020 strategic plan. Instead they remained focused and used it to guide their short term decisions. By doing so, they continue to make progress towards their long term goals while dealing with a wholly unexpected situation. Learn how Crockett baked flexibility into their strategic plan and how she has kept the team focused. &n...

It is not often that an innovation leaps from the world of fashion to healthcare, yet that is exactly what happened with Idion’s skin-applied technology. The company is working to turn patient ID wristbands into antiques and that’s just the beginning. Dr. Peter Costantino, founder of Idion, sat down with Healthcare IT Today to tell us about recent feedback on their technology, how it is being used...

I know that many doctor like to complain about clicks, but something they hate even more than clicks is prior auths (prior authorizations).  I’ve heard so many doctors complain about how much time they spend on the phone dealing with prior authorizations.  While it’s bad for doctors, many times it’s just as bad for patients.   I recently had a chance to talk with Tonia C, mother and...

Healthcare IT Today recently sat down with Sue Chamberlain, MSCTE, RHIA, CCS-P, CDIP, VP, Compliance and Education at RRS Medical, to talk about these nuances and differences.  We also talk a bit about how COVID-19 and the coming Cures Act has impacted and will impact release of information.     As more patients are getting access to their health data, we also discussed th...

We’ve all known that data and AI was going to come together to make healthcare better.  We’ve seen it in fits and starts for a long time.  We were just waiting for people to really connect all the dots and make this a reality.  In my most recent interview, I saw the best example of all those dots coming together in a really exciting way.   In this interview, I sat down with the...

We sit down to learn more about the amazing work that Barby Ingle is doing for patients and healthcare in general. She was the winner of the 2020 Medigy HITMC Award for Patient Advocate of the Year and we wanted to find out more about her background and what her thoughts were on the current state of healthcare.    Learn more about Barby Ingle: https://twitter.com/BarbyIngle  Find th...

To learn more about Speke and Soundlines approach to clinical documentation and ambient clinical voice technology, check out my interterview with Fridrik Larusson, President for Product at Soundlines.  He shares what Speke is and we talk about the quality of the clinical documentation using ambient clinical voice.  Larusson also shares how they approach integrating the documentation with...

Cyber attacks in healthcare are on the rise and as more organizations adopt new connected devices and systems, the points of vulnerability are multiplying. On top of that, clinicians and staff are busier than ever. The last thing they want to do is jump through extra security hoops to access the information they need. So how can healthcare be more secure when this is the reality? Healthcare IT Tod...

There's no topic in healthcare that's more discussed right now than the shift to virtual care.  Trying to understand what a healthcare organization needs to do to thrive in this quickly shifting environment is challenging.  To help you get a better understanding of what the future of virtual care in healthcare will look like and what infrastructure will be needed to make it a reality, we...

In our ongoing series of interviews with EHR vendors about how they're approaching telehealth, we dive in to the telehealth product, features, and functions.  Plus, we talk with them about how they look at third party telehealth vendors.  In this interview we sit down with Juan Molina, Division President at CareCloud, an operating division of MTBC.   Learn more about CareCloud: http...

Graves Gilbert Clinic, a 200 provider group located in Bowling Green KY, was one of only 54 Best Performers identified by MGMA in their 2020 Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups Report. Healthcare IT Today sits down with their CFO, Steven Sinclair, to find out what it takes to be a Best Performer and the impact their smooth operations has on their clinicians and patients.  &...

MGMA released their 2020 Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups Report and it revealed that better performing medical practices spend almost 9% more on their operations than their peers yet generate 18% more revenue. Healthcare IT Today sits down with Andy Swanson from MGMA to dive deeper into the report results to uncover more secrets to practice success.   Learn more at: htt...