HIT Like a Girl Pod: Empowering Women in Health IT

We’ll be driving through 25 states, hiking in some beautiful places across the country and meeting up with the women in our communities . We intend to record some podcasts for our next season - and really take the time to get out in nature, reconnect with each other, connect with ourselves and the great outdoors, and eventually end up at HIMSS in Vegas.  Our hope is to get inspired and be the chan...

On this special in-between-season episode of HIT Like a Girl pod, we host a conversation between to bonafide health IT pros: Kat McDavitt and Miriam Paramore. Connect with Kat & Miriam: Kat McDavitt: Twitter, LinkedIn Miriam Paramore: Twitter, LinkedIn HIT Like a Girl podcast is supported in part by listeners like you. Become a member of our private Slack community to get bonus content and take th...

This week, on the final episode of Season 5, we talk with Anne Arnold, Director of Education Programs at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). She also recently earned a Doctorate of Education from University of Pennsylvania.

This week, we highlight Danielle Russella, President of Strategic Partnerships at Amwell. She’s worked closely with several organizations to implementing telemedicine and bringing telehealth to market at scale. Through her work, she’s been able to use technology to connect patients with trusted providers.

Patricia Pinckcombe, a firefighter, paramedic, and aspiring med student out of Philadelphia is such a badass, we get exhausted just listing her accomplishments. This week we talk with her about the way the health of black women is misunderstood and often mismanaged due to implicit bias. She also discusses how we can change the narrative.

Join us this week as we talk with Lee Udall Bennion - well-known artist and founder of small business Mom’s Stuff. Lee talks to us about how - and why - she ended up turning a hobby of making homemade, locally-sourced salves to help her husband who is a potter and a boatman care for his beaten up hands, into a skincare product business. When she was diagnosed with Cushing’s Disease, it became clea...

This week, we talk with Gwen Holloway, Founder of Healthcare IT Central, a leading health IT industry workforce and career development center, offering tools and resources to help candidates and employers connect, learn, and gain a competitive edge. After 20+ years of success as a digital marketer, content creator, and online community developer, Gwen has turned her focus exclusively to marketing...

This week we talk with Karen Horgan, Co-Founder and CEO of VAL Health. Using behavioral economics as the cornerstone of their practice, Karen and her team work on solving issues throughout the whole healthcare ecosystem - payers, digital health, pharma, and more. Join us as Karen shares how the implementation of VAL Health’s behavioral-economics science works to provide their clients with a long-l...

This week we talk with Amy Schmid, Director of Strategic Accounts, at Inform Diagnostics - an anatomical pathology company based out of Irving, Texas. Amy is one of the most positive people we’ve met in the healthcare industry and - no joke - if there was ever a zombie apocalypse, we would want to be on her team. Amy’s a true gem of a person and we think you should know her.

This week we talk with Tjasa Zajc - Communication Specialist at Better. Tjasa shares with us her extensive background in journalism and how it became a pillar to her journey into healthcare. Join us as she talks about her role in designing solutions within her workplace, Better, and her podcast, Faces of Digital Health.

This week we talk with Lisa Steven Anderson - President of Q Point Health, the MSO Division for Equality Health. Join is as Lisa talks about her and Equality Health’s efforts to integrate cultural care into healthcare.

This week, we’re talking to Julie Mann - Chief Commercial Officer at Carium. Join us as Julie talks about her 20 years in Healthcare IT and  her current journey in supporting patients remotely in the comfort of their home. 

This week, we’re talking with Amie Mondragon - Dean of Residential Life at Wasatch Academy. Amie gives listeners insights on how COVID has affected the culture of the private boarding school in rural Utah. Join us as Amie talks about despite drastic adjustments from the school and faculty , they are able to continue to build student communities and foster relationships, while remaining safe.

In this episode, we talk with Maura Little, Executive Director at Cambia Grove - a Seattle-based healthcare innovation hub. Her work revolves around bringing together communities of change makers to transform the healthcare system.

In this episode we talk with Rachel Ford-Hutman, Founder of Ford Hutman Media. Rachel shares with us her background in journalism and public relations which eventually cultivates her love for story-telling. Now, working as the CEO of her own company focusing on media relations, executive visibility, and thought leadership, Rachel is able to communicate and translate the complexities she learns abo...

This week, we are talking with Rhonda Mech, IT Director for Client Support at Cere Core. Rhonda spent 25 years as a nurse and saw first-hand how technology changed the healthcare setting. She shares how she has grown alongside such advancements throughout her career.

Jaelynn Williams, CEO of Air Methods, which is a national supplier of medical airlifts - or air ambulances.

Erin Gadhavi, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Initiatives for CareCredit, by Synchrony dives into the need for upfront cost transparency for better care.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Mary Ellen Beliveau, Founder and CEO of Knowledge 2 Practice. She shares how her daughter’s battle with congenital heart disease drove her to improving the delivery of value-based care. Join us as Mary Ellen talks about starting Knowledge to Practice (K2P) - a subscription-based educational platform that empowers frontline teams to deliver the best quality care to...

Links And Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Dr. Jordana Haber: @JordanaHaber HITlikeaGirl: @HITlikeaGirlpod Joy Rios: @askjoyrios Robin Roberts: @RRobertseHealth Thanks For Listening Thank you to Chirpy Bird Health IT for sponsoring this episode. You can find out more about Chirpy Bird at www.chirpybirdinc.com. If you have something you’d like to share with us please send an email, tweet at @HI...

Links And Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Mary Wrenn HITlikeaGirl: @HITlikeaGirlpod Joy Rios: @askjoyrios Robin Roberts: @RRobertseHealth Thanks For Listening Thank you to Chirpy Bird Health IT for sponsoring this episode. You can find out more about Chirpy Bird at www.chirpybirdinc.com. If you have something you’d like to share with us please send an email, tweet at @HITLikeaGirlpod, or leav...

Links And Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Dr. Adaira Landry: @AdairaLandryMD HITlikeaGirl: @HITlikeaGirlpod Joy Rios: @askjoyrios Robin Roberts: @RRobertseHealth Thanks For Listening Thank you to Chirpy Bird Health IT for sponsoring this episode. You can find out more about Chirpy Bird at www.chirpybirdinc.com. If you have something you’d like to share with us please send an email, tweet at @...

Links And Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Michael Blumental HITlikeaGirl: @HITlikeaGirlpod Joy Rios: @askjoyrios Robin Roberts: @RRobertseHealth Thanks For Listening Thank you to Chirpy Bird Health IT for sponsoring this episode. You can find out more about Chirpy Bird at www.chirpybirdinc.com. If you have something you’d like to share with us please send an email, tweet at @HITLikeaGirlpod,...

Links And Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Corinne Stroum HITlikeaGirl: @HITlikeaGirlpod Joy Rios: @askjoyrios Robin Roberts: @RRobertseHealth Thanks For Listening Thank you to Chirpy Bird Health IT for sponsoring this episode. You can find out more about Chirpy Bird at www.chirpybirdinc.com. If you have something you’d like to share with us please send an email, tweet at @HITLikeaGirlpod, or...

Links And Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Linda Finkel: @Linda_Finkel HITlikeaGirl: @HITlikeaGirlpod Joy Rios: @askjoyrios Robin Roberts: @RRobertseHealth Thanks For Listening Thank you to Chirpy Bird Health IT for sponsoring this episode. You can find out more about Chirpy Bird at www.chirpybirdinc.com. If you have something you’d like to share with us please send an email, tweet at @HITLike...