The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show

When it comes to healthcare staffing, executives understand the importance of solving complex problems while maintaining a proactive approach. Natalie Jones, DNP, RN dedicates herself to developing innovative solutions in healthcare as Senior Vice President of Workforce Solutions at ProLink Healthcare. With over 25 years of nursing experience, Natalie is passionate about fostering environments for...

Join us in this edition of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, where we welcome Brian Litten, CEO of Swift Medical. Litten possesses valuable expertise, honed over 25 years, primarily focused on using technology to improve healthcare, especially for neglected and vulnerable populations. The conversation delves into the somewhat invisible realm of chronic wound care. Brian elaborates on the o...

In this episode of The AHI Show, we sit down with Meg Nohe, Chief Operating Officer from Allergy Amulet. Drawing from her personal experience with her daughter's life-threatening food allergies and a professional background in device and pharma, Meg has become a passionate advocate for food safety. With this episode, we delve into the creation of Amulet—an innovative food allergen detection device...

Join us on the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show as we interview Rob Blatt, the CEO and Co-Founder of envoyatHome. Rob takes us through his inspiring personal journey that led to the founding of envoyatHome, a digital health software company committed to monitoring behaviors and driving optimal health outcomes, particularly for seniors aging at home. Rob shares his background in real-time data...

In this engaging episode, Ascend Medical's President, Tom Bowen Wright, tackles the pressing issues haunting today's healthcare landscape. If you're feeling stuck with current practices that don't seem to be delivering as you'd hoped, this conversation is definitely for you. Tom Bowen explores the issues plaguing healthcare, such as vendor fatigue and skepticism, with a particular focus on the uni...

In this powerful episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, we bring on a healthcare industry game-changer — Julie Sacks, President and Chief Operating Officer at the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI). Julie shares her journey inside the world of healthcare, from her initial roles in clinical social work and her time at the American Parkinson's Disease Association to joining the transf...

Experience a paradigm shift in healthcare innovation with our latest episode featuring none other than Chris Malone, an industry luminary and founder of Fidelium Health. As healthcare systems all around the world grapple with a post-COVID reality of understaffed facilities, deteriorating patient care, and rising costs, there has never been a more crucial time for radical change. In this exclusive...

Join us in this insightful episode of Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show as we sit down with Paul Vernich, CEO and Co-Founder of Winnow. This discussion dives into the existing challenges within the physician recruitment field, where an inefficient system often results in excessive costs and prolonged hiring processes for healthcare organizations. In this episode, Paul shares his journey of shif...

In this enlightening and inspiring episode, we're thrilled to have as our special guest, Rebecca Love, RN, MSN an accomplished nurse, entrepreneur, author, and speaker, who is radically transforming the realm of healthcare. Rebecca bears the honor of being the first nurse ever to be featured on Ted.com, and makes regular contributions to the esteemed Forbes Business Council. Her ground-breaking wo...

Join us on a powerful journey inside the world of motherhood. For numerous new moms or moms-to-be, obtaining personalized guidance and resources can be quite daunting. Often, this struggle can spiral toward feelings of distress and detachment. In this episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, we converse with the inspiring Emily Klingbeil – a mother herself, Harvard MBA holder, and the...

We had the exceptional privilege of hosting Terrie Magro, Co-Founder & Vice President of the Michael Magro Foundation. In the chaotic and emotionally draining reality of pediatric cancer treatments, a full-time job is often impossible to manage. The ordeal becomes financially draining, leaving families with the excruciating choice of either going broke or compromising on care. This is where th...

How does a tech-enabled workforce of clinical students create more human-centric healthcare experiences? I got to spotlight the inspiring work journey of Eric Alvarez, Founder and CEO of Grapefruit Health, an organization leading the revolution in the delivery of healthcare services. Eric shares the motivations, challenges, and successes behind Grapefruit Health, highlighting the importance of pro...

Prepare to be inspired by this confronting and brutally honest interview with Chris Thompson - a living testament to the power of comeback. As the CEO of Sober Sidekick, Chris has repurposed his life to foster an environment where others can stage their own recovery. In his tireless pursuit of addressing the challenges posed by addiction recovery and mental health, Chris, together with his dedicat...

In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Christopher Neuharth, the Vice President of Experience and Digital Innovation at Children's Wisconsin. With a strong passion for digital healthcare, Christopher has championed design thinking, lean product development, data storytelling, and rapid validation design programs throughout his career. We'll dive deep into Christopher's journey in creating a...

In this eye-opening interview, we sit down with Dr. Sameer Ather, MD, Ph. D., and CEO of XpertDox, to discuss the challenges and inefficiencies in the medical coding process. Dr. Ather shares his insights as a physician and expert in machine learning, highlighting the impact of outsourcing, coding inaccuracies, and delayed claims on the financial health of hospitals and clinics. In this episode, y...

Medication non-adherence is a term used to describe patients that take their medications irregularly or don't take them at all. This is a major problem in the healthcare field, as it is estimated that 28% of senior citizens and 22% of younger patients do not comply with medications, which leads to more severe illnesses, longer hospital stays, label changes for ineffective drugs, and for some disea...

Healthcare has been undergoing a period of rapid change. Bassett Healthcare Network (Bassett) has become a digital health innovator by transforming itself from what was once an ordinary hospital network into one that provides cutting-edge care to its patients. As Chief Legal & Digital Health Officer of Bassett Healthcare Network, Paul Uhrig is leading the way with his experience in mergers and...

The Lowell Community Health Center (LCHC) is a community health center that serves Greater Lowell. They are an integral part of the Massachusetts healthcare system, pointing the way towards a different kind of healthcare - one that will bring all the underserved and overlooked to the table, and act truly as an advocate. The Health Center is a community-based health center with the mission to provi...

Despite the advances in technology, innovation, and the delivery of cutting-edge clinical interventions, healthcare is thwarted by broken relationships and breakdowns in communication. Attrition is a huge problem in healthcare organizations. Many organizations are struggling to innovate because their work environment is not conducive to employee growth, retention, and morale. What's often left beh...

What happens to smaller, rural hospitals and safety net institutions in a time of dwindling budgets? How do they stay innovative when they don't have the same resources as larger hospitals? Creating meaningful change takes a village and in this case, it's Lynn Barr, our special guest. She's the current MedPAC Commissioner (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) and the founder of Caravan Health. Sh...

ChenMed is one of the most successful physician-run companies in the United States. They take a very different approach to primary care and are shifting the way healthcare is delivered today. This is an insightful conversation with Susan Schayes, MD, MPH, Chief Transformation Officer at ChenMed, as we delve into the world of healthcare innovation and transformation. In this interview, Susan shares...

More and more today, everyone is asking how do we get better? How do we get better at what we do? If a company doesn't get any better - it will fall behind. TriWest Healthcare Alliance is innovating and On a Mission to Serve® our nation's Veteran and military communities. In this episode of the AHI Show, we sit down with Joseph Oddo, Chief Information Officer at TriWest Healthcare Alliance. We tal...

Innovation comes from multiple stakeholders and it takes more than a conversation, it takes the whole organization leaning into that change. Corewell Health is changing the way healthcare is delivered. Their approach to care delivery is unique, and their innovative strategies are improving the quality of life for patients, caregivers, and families. In this interview, we sit down with Dr. Aiesha Ah...

What can we glean from the healthcare market that is happening right now, in terms of what strategies will succeed or fail? The future of healthcare is in the past. In this episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, I sat down with Eric Tower, Health Care Partner at Thompson Coburn. After being in-house General Counsel at a large health system for 16 years, he closely looks into the curr...

As a parent of a kiddo that's on the spectrum, this conversation was was deeply personal. In this episode of AHI Show, we sit down with Pablo Juárez, Co-Director, of the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. They're dedicated to developing and improving sustainable programs in rural, low-resource, and underserved communities to support...