HIT Like a Girl Pod: Empowering Women in Health IT

In this episode of the HIT Like A Girl podcast, host Joy Rios welcomes Dr. Nick Van Terheyden, a principal at ECG Management consulting and host of the podcast shows "The Incrementalist" and "Healthcare Upside Down." While Dr. Van Terheyden is not a woman, he joins the show as a special guest to discuss his experience with healthcare data, insurance, and the patient experience. He shares a persona...

In this podcast episode Joy welcomes Karley Yoder (GM and Chief Digital Officer for ultrasound business at GE HealthCare) and Vaishali Kamat (GM of New Ventures in the ultrasound digital organization at GE HealthCare) live from the GE HealthCare booth at HIMSS to discuss the concept of intrapreneurship and the challenges of driving new ideas within a large company. They emphasize the importance of...

In this podcast episode, Joy sits down with Katya Siddall-Cipolla, CEO and founder of Hopper Health to discuss the challenges that neurodivergent individuals face in a world that is not built for them. Siddall-Cipolla shares her own experience growing up isolated due to her neurodivergence and how she has found connection and support through TikTok. She also discusses the challenges of navigating...

In this episode of the HIT Like A Girl podcast, host Joy Rios speaks with Becky Payne, President and CEO of the Rippel Foundation. Rippel's mission is to create a world where all people can thrive in all places with no exceptions, and they focus on exploring action learning cycles and supporting communities and hospital systems in addressing social determinants of health. Becky discusses Rippel's...

In this episode Joy features Natalie Davis, CEO and co-founder of United States of Care. The organization focuses on understanding people's healthcare needs by listening to them. They have identified four things people want: affordable healthcare, dependable coverage, personalized care, and easy navigation. Natalie emphasizes the importance of implementation and shares how their work is built on l...

In this episode, Joy is joined by Mio Akasako, Head of Brand and Design and David Stein Founder at Ash Wellness, to discuss their company's mission of providing at-home diagnostic testing to make healthcare more inclusive and accessible. The episode addresses the recent anti-LGBTQ laws passed in Tennessee, including the drag ban and gender-affirming care ban, and how it affects the healthcare indu...

In this episode of the HIT Like A Girl podcast, Joy sits down with Roopan Gill, co-founder and executive director of Vitala Global, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that co-creates digital platforms for women and girls living in challenging countries with highly stigmatized issues around sexual and reproductive health. Gill, who is also an obstetrician gynecologist based out of Toronto, talk...

On this episode of HITea With Grace, we are pleased to have Rebecca Gwilt and Carrie Nixon join us to speak on the intersection of healthcare technology policy and law. Rebecca and Carrie are very interested in industry innovations happening in the metaverse and how it will change the paradigm of how we see and receive healthcare. That said, there will be many legal, logistical, and policy conside...

In this episode of the HIT Like A Girl podcast, Joy talks to Dr. Shikha Jain, a medical oncologist at the University of Illinois in Chicago, who wears multiple hats in the healthcare space. Dr. Jain shares her involvement in two non-profit organizations, Women in Medicine, and Impact. She discusses the Women in Medicine Summit, which she started five years ago, with the aim of closing the gender g...

In this episode of the HIT Like a Girl podcast, Joy welcomes Kelly Athman, Senior Director of Medical Affairs at InformedDNA and a clinical genetic counselor. Kelly explains the intersection of psychology and biology in her work and how she counsels patients in different settings, such as pediatrics, oncology, and reproductive clinics. Joy and Kelly discuss how genetic testing can provide valuable...

In this episode of the HIT Like A Girl podcast, Joy Rios welcomes Kelly Bliss, the President of US Group Health at Teladoc Health, to discuss virtual care and its growing importance in the healthcare industry. With over 80 million eligible members, Teladoc Health provides virtual care services across the globe for a variety of clinical use cases. They offer virtual primary care and touch on a rang...

In this episode Joy sits down with Cynthia Church, Chief Strategy Officer of Xealth, and Christine Slocumb, President of ClarityQuest Marketing, about how technology and marketing intersect in healthcare. Church explains how Xealth's digital health implementation platform bridges the gap between the EHR and the patient's consumer technology to provide relevant information where patients want it. T...

Joy sits down with Kat McDavitt, Jaime Bland, and Mandira Singh, who discuss a maternal health program in North Omaha. The program is a collaboration between Cync Health RI, Innsena, and PointClickCare, aimed at improving maternal health outcomes in vulnerable populations across Nebraska. North Omaha was chosen as the first site because it has a predominantly African American population. The progr...

In this episode Joy speaks with Liz Bickley, the Chief Operating Officer for Korn Ferry's Healthcare Practice. Bickley has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare space, and her work primarily focuses on people and talent. The two discuss the challenges of finding and retaining talent in the healthcare industry, especially given the aging population and the increasing demand for healthcare s...

Joy sits down with Katy Allen from Bounteous, a digital experience organization that works with healthcare payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies to bring the patient and member to the center of their work. Katy discusses how her company acts as a connector between healthcare organizations and communities and enables technology and interoperability to support those connections. She also t...

Welcome to this special podcast cross collaboration with HIT Like a Girl, Parents as Rare, One Upon a Gene Podcast, Simply Unbreakable podcasts on Rare Disease Day - February 28th!  HIT Like a Girl’s guest host Grace Vinton moderated a panel with Effie Parks, Adam Johnson, and Kristy Dickinson on the topic of “Parents, Patients, & Podcasts - Incorporating the Rare Disease Community in HITMC“ at th...

Join us in welcoming Charlene Son Rigby, CEO of RARE-X to the pod! Charlene is a seasoned informaticist, accomplished business woman, and passionate mother to two, including one with a rare disease. In the fight to find her daughter’s diagnosis, she brought her tech savvy to the table and soon after the diagnosis was chosen to head up the company RARE-X which provides a collaborative platform for...

In this episode Joy welcomes Kristen Jacobsen, VP of Marketing and Omnichannel Engagement at RevSpring, to discuss patient engagement in healthcare. Kristen explains that engagement involves inspiring patients to take action that leads to better outcomes, whether clinical or financial. To reach patients, predictive analytics is used to make assumptions about the patient's communication preferences...

On this episode of HIT Like a Girl, Grace Vinton talks with Mary Jo Barthmaier, President of Insightin Health, about how the time has come for Medicare Advantage plans to take a page out of retailers’ playbooks and deliver highly personalized experiences for their members. She touches on the series of drivers currently converging that will make member engagement a crucial factor in determining the...

In this episode, Joy sits down with Dr. Jenny Carillo, a clinical psychologist and Chief Commercial Officer/General Manager at Ovia Health, to discuss the importance of addressing the mental toll of women's healthcare, especially for those in the family planning and menopause years. With the increasing number of female millennials in the workforce and many women quitting their jobs due to menopaus...

How can we be more intentional about making sure health technology is equitable in terms of its design, development, and deployment? And can we ensure that health technology benefits everyone? On this episode, we discuss Tequity with Alexis Anderson, a principal with Ipsos Healthcare Advisory who specializes in patient engagement, digital health, and Tequity; Ricky Choi, a pediatrician who is inte...

In this episode, Joy welcomes Isha Vij, the VP of Employer Growth at Maven Clinic, the world's largest virtual care platform. Isha explains how her background in luxury e-commerce led her to healthcare. After having her first child, she saw the difficulty people had navigating careers and starting families. Despite being an unlikely fit, she realized that her experience launching and leading go-to...

In this episode, Joy sits down with Snezana Mahon, Chief Operating Officer at Transcarent, a company working to redefine the healthcare experience for consumers. Mahon, a pharmacist by training, also discusses how she has seen healthcare from different perspectives throughout her career and how she has come to understand the importance of lifting women up within the industry. Transcarent was a spo...

Here at HIT Like a Girl pod, we’re all about trying to make sense of the complexity of the healthcare system. In this episode, Joy sits down with Beth Friedman, Senior Partner at FINN Partners, and Julien de Salaberry, CEO and Founder of Galen Growth to discuss the state of digital health around the world. The Galen Growth FINN Partners Report results from an incredible collaboration between two l...

In this episode, Joy sits down with Adimika Aurther, India Williams, and Janna Guinen about the launch of a new platform, Aperture, which aims to connect underrepresented founders in the health tech industry with healthcare organizations, investors, and other partners. Immigrant founders and community-based organizations around the world deal with challenges pertaining to systemic structures, like...