Quality Insights Podcast

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Richie Redding , a performing comedian, keynote speaker, leadership consultant, and healthcare communication expert.  Richie explains how outstanding nurse and physician communication during the COVID-19 ventilator crisis involving his in-laws inspired his work teaching evidence-based liste...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Piyali Chakraborty, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO of Ashmi Health. Dr. Chakraborty shares how her newborn son’s NICU stay and her research in personalized glycemic response led her to found Ashmi Health to improve nutrition care for diabetes and gestational diabetes in rural and underserved commu...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Jack Clifford, a retired U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9) with 21 years of service and founder of eecplocator.com , Atlantic EECP , and the EECP Retreat at Waking Dreams Wellness in Asheville, NC . His book, EECP: The Most Underutilized Therapy in Medicine , is a comprehens...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Peter Kowey, MD, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at Thomas Jefferson University , Emeritus Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the Lankenau Heart Institute , and the William Wikoff Smith Chair in Cardiovascular Research at the Lankenau Institute for Medical R...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with John D’Alesandro,  founder of Amplefi and a healthcare operations expert who has spent more than two decades helping hospital leaders improve how care actually moves through their systems.  John explains that long ER waits and overcrowding are driven by hospital-wide flow blockages, cultura...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Brandi Edwards Farmer, BSW, ADC, PRSS, CTTS, Director of the COMAT (Community Outreach MAT) program at Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center (SHCMHC). Brandi shares her journey from addiction in rural West Virginia to long-term recovery and leadership at Southern Highlands, wher...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Allen Cooper, co-founder and CEO of ReadyList and the president and CEO of Ancilla Ventures. Allen shares how ReadyList was created to digitize environmental services workflows, using checklists and inspection data to improve cleaning consistency, accountability, and room readiness. He emph...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Brian Hajjar, President & Founder of Telostrand. Brian describes building non-invasive at-home urine-based molecular tests for infections like HPV, HIV, and hepatitis C to make testing simpler and more accessible. He also explains Telostrand Cloud , a patent-pending system designed to r...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Melanie Sue Hicks, PhD, SHRM-SCP, CFRE , an author, speaker, coach, and global philanthropist who specializes in human connection and resilience. Dr. Hicks shares how her path into organizational culture grew from early service work, research on generations, and experience in a toxic workpl...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Jimmy Moley, MD , a psychiatrist specializing in mental health care of adults and athletes.  Dr. Moley explains sports psychiatry as a growing subspecialty focused on athletes’ unique mental health needs, from injury recovery and identity challenges to medication considerations and sport cu...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Janet McConnell , speaker, author and fitness coach. Janet shares how a midlife health crisis led her from a corporate career to coaching longevity, reframing aging as reinvention and “decay as optional.” She highlights consistent strength training, protein-forward whole foods, and daily ch...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Tamara Ruggles, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), founder of The Deprescribing Clinic , and host of the Geriatric Pharmacy Focus podcast on the Pharmacy Podcast Network. Dr. Tamara Ruggles explains h...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Dr. Chris Peterson , an anesthesiologist, ordained Buddhist priest, meditation teacher, and mindfulness counselor.   Dr. Peterson describes how a midlife crisis and Buddhist counseling deepened his meditation practice and shaped his view of mindfulness as a tool for awakening and compassion...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Diane Randall, M.A., CHHC, a Whole Living Consultant, Author , College Instructor, and host of Plant Based Curious. Diane shares how severe burnout and health issues as a high-performing working mother and traveling consultant sparked a shift toward integrated mind-body-spirit wellbeing, re...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Mark Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS , a  board-certified geriatric pharmacist, certified pain educator, nationally recognized expert in pain management and substance use education, and host of the Pain Pod. Mark shares how mentors, patient experiences, and his work in practice and e...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Robert Oliver, Ed. D., Co-Founder and Senior Master Trainer of Education and Treatment Alternatives, Inc. Dr. Oliver describes how his upbringing in poverty and supportive relationships led to a career in youth mental health and to co-founding Education and Treatment Alternatives to expand...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Toby Martini, Senior Instructor at The Leaders Institute. Toby shares how he combined decades of improv performance with personal development to create facilitation and “improv for business” programs that help teams break down silos, improve communication, and prevent conflicts by understan...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Nicholas Lombardo, PharmD, clinical pharmacist and owner of The Gear Box Gym. Nicholas describes how his interests in chemistry and patient care led him from planned retail pharmacy to inpatient clinical work, emphasizing the value of pharmacists on hospital rounds for proactive medication...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Elizabeth Markle , Ph. D., a licensed psychologist, speaker, writer, researcher, Associate Professor of Community Mental Health at California Institute of Integral Studies , and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Open Source Wellness. Dr. Markle explains how co-founding Open Source Wellne...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Mark Amendola, LCSW, Co-Founder and Senior Master Trainer of Education and Treatment Alternatives, Inc. Mark describes his path into adolescent behavioral health and his global work advancing Aggression Replacement Training (ART), which integrates social skills training, anger control, and...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Michael Hambuchen , PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Research , Marshall University School of Pharmacy , and Todd Davies, PhD, Associate Director of Research and Development, Division of Addiction Sciences in the Department of Family and Community H...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Steve Grant , author of Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home . Steve shares his journey from corporate marketing to becoming a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, a transition that brought profound personal growth and healing. Through his memoir,...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Anuruddh Kumar Misra , MD, FACP, FAMSSM, QME, DIP ABLM, a triple board-certified physician and non-operative sports medicine specialist, and Anuruddh Mishra , founder of August AI. Dr. Misra and Anuruddh share their journeys into medicine and technology while exploring the evolving role of...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Shannon Barry, an Army Veteran and a Department Service Officer with the Department of Pennsylvania American Legion.  Shannon discusses her journey to becoming a department service officer with the American Legion, emphasizing the personal nature of her work compared to her previous role in...

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm , Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Alayna Click-Thomas , MS, SHRM-SCP, GenZ Keynoter and Retention Strategist with Magnet Culture , and was named a 2024 USA Today Keynote Speaker to Follow. Alayna discusses the unique challenges in healthcare retention, emphasizing the need for modern strategies that resonate with Gen Z empl...