The Dish on Health IT

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), welcomes Pooja Babbrah , Executive Vice President of Strategy and Industry Alignment at NCPDP, and Anna Taylor , Associate Vice President of Population Health and Value-Based Care at MultiCare Health System and Steering Committee member of the HL7 Da Vinci Project, for a discussion on the relationship be...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , Tony Schueth is joined by Dr. Thomas Keane , National Coordinator for Health IT at ONC , along with Alix Goss and Janice Reese . The conversation moves between policy, standards, and real-world implementation, with Tony often grounding the discussion in the practical friction points the industry continues to face. Tony opens by noting that “ONC is ONC aga...

In this HIMSS26 recap episode, Tony Schueth is joined by Brian Bamberger , Vanessa Candelora , and Brian Dwyer to unpack what they heard, saw, and debated after a week on the ground in Las Vegas. Rather than focusing on announcements or product launches, the conversation centers on the signals emerging across sessions, client meetings, and hallway conversations and what those signals suggest about...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , host Tony Schueth is joined by co-host Alix Goss and special guest Amy Gleason , Strategic Advisor to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Administrator of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service , for a wide-ranging discussion on how health IT modernization is evolving under a pledge-driven, incentive-backed federal stra...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , host Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), is joined by colleagues Mary Griskewicz , Regulatory Resource Center Lead, and Janice Reese , Senior Consultant and Program Manager of FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST), for a wide-ranging discussion on two major proposed rules released in mid-December 2025: the HTI-5 proposed rule from the Assistant...

This episode of The Dish on Health IT features Denny Brennan , Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MHDC) , in conversation with host Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), and co-host Ross Martin , MD, Senior Consultant with POCP. Together, they examine how MHDC is translating national interoperability policy into practical, statewide action, specifically...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, host Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), is joined by colleagues Brian Dwyer , POCP’s Business Strategy Lead, and Seth Joseph , Managing Director at Summit Health Advisors , to unpack their takeaways from the HLTH25 conference in Las Vegas. Together, they reflect on the energy of the event, the conversations shaping the future of health IT...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , POCP CEO and host Tony Schueth sat down with Dr. Julia Skapik (SVP & CMO at PurpleLab, practicing physician, member of the HL7 Da Vinci Clinical Advisory Council, and outgoing HL7 International board chair) and Dr. Steven Waldron (Chief Medical Informatics Officer at the American Academy of Family Physicians and Co-Chair of the Da Vinci Clinical Advisory...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , Tony Schueth and Rob Dribbon are joined by Neikisha Charles Director of Quality Improvement and Risk Management of Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center (Bed-Stuy), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Brooklyn, NY. Together, they dig into common misconceptions about FQHCs and shine a spotlight on the opportunities they present for strategic en...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , host Tony Schueth sits down with two of the industry's sharpest minds leading the charge to fix one of health IT’s most persistent headaches: digital consent management. Janice Reese , Senior Consultant at Point-of-Care Partners and Program Manager for the FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST ) , and Mohammad Jafari, Co-Lead of FAST ’s Consent Work, offer an unf...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , host Tony Schueth and payer interoperability expert Kendra Obrist sit down with Rob Alger , SVP of Health Plan Technology at Kaiser Permanente , for a candid and sweeping conversation about payer interoperability, AI, FHIR, and the realities of health IT innovation at scale. Rob kicks things off by discussing Kaiser Permanente’s unique care and coverage m...

In this special HIMSS25 recap episode of The Dish on Health IT , host Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), is joined by co-hosts Brian Bamberger , POCP’s Life Sciences Lead, and Vanessa Candelora , Senior Consultant and Program Manager of the HL7 Gravity Project . Together, they break down the biggest themes from the conference, covering interoperability, artificial intelligence (A...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , host Tony Schueth leads an engaging discussion on pharmacy interoperability, a topic at the center of a recently published POCP white paper funded by the NCPDP Foundation and supported by Surescripts. Joining Tony as guests are, John Hill , Executive Director of the NCPDP Foundation, and Larry King , Director of Intelligent Prescribing at Surescripts, to...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , Host Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP) and Co-host, Kendra Obrist , Payer Strategy Senior Consultant with POCP, welcome Anthony Murray , Chief Information Officer of MRO , to tackle one of health IT’s most pressing topics: payer-provider data exchange and interoperability. The discussion begins with introductions and a light-hearted ackn...

In this lively recap of the HLTH 2024 conference in Las Vegas, The Dish on Health IT dives deep into the event’s biggest topics with host Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners, and guest co-host Seth Joseph , Managing Director of Summit Health and contributor to Forbes.com. Known for its forward-looking focus on healthcare innovation, HLTH 2024 was packed with discussions on artificial inte...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT , Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners, and Kim Boyd , Regulatory Resource Center Lead, are joined by Pam Schweitzer , former Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and current Chair of the NCPDP Foundation Board of Trustees. Together, they deliver an in-depth discussion on critical topics impacting the health IT landscape, including interop...

Welcome to "The Dish on Health IT," a podcast brought to you by Point-of-Care Partners, a leading health IT consultancy. Each episode features a rotating panel of senior consultants and guests who discuss trends and innovations in health IT, providing insights and recommendations to help organizations leverage advances to solve their business problems. In this episode, POCP hosts Tony Schueth , CE...

The special episode of The Dish on Health IT episode provides insights and coverage from the recent HIMSS24 conference. Hosts Pooja Babbrah , the PBM and Pharmacy Lead and Jocelyn Keegan , Payer/Practice Lead with Point-of-Care Partners dig into their observation from HIMSS24 before reacting to stakeholder interviews from the floor of the Interoperability Showcase on topics ranging from the impact...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT Podcast, hosted by Tony Schueth , CEO of Point-of-Care Partners, the evolving role of pharmacists in the healthcare ecosystem is explored. Tony introduces the episode by highlighting Point-of-Care Partners as a health IT consultancy known for its deep expertise and trusted, objective perspective. He is joined by co-host Pooja Babbrah , a recognized expert i...

Point-of-Care Partners (POCP) Dish on Health IT hosts, Pooja Babbrah and Jocelyn Keegan welcome special guest Laura McCrary , President and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of KONZA National Network .  KONZA was recently designated as one of the first five Qualified Health Information Networks , or QHINS (Qualified Health Information Networks), to participate in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Com...

Thank you for tuning into The Dish on Health IT’s 2023 end-of-year recap. Point-of-Care Partners' (POCP) subject matter experts, including, Pooja Babbrah , Pharmacy and PBM Practice Lead; Jocelyn Keegan , Payer Provider Practice Lead; and Kim Boyd , Regulatory Resource Center Lead, gathered to discuss their top 3 health IT milestones for 2023 and their expectations for 2024. They also delved into...

The podcast "The Dish on Health IT" is brought to you by Point-of-Care Partners, a distinguished health IT consultancy. In the opening minutes of the episode, the hosts, Pooja Babbrah and Jocelyn Keegan , set the stage for a dynamic conversation focused on the HL7 Da Vinci Project and its real-world implementation results. Introducing their guests, they warmly welcome Anna Taylor , Associate Vice...

In the latest episode of "The Dish on Health IT," brought to you by Point-of-Care Partners, a riveting conversation unfolds as the hosts, Pooja Babbrah and Jocelyn Keegan, welcome a distinguished panel of guests from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP). The episode begins with warm introductions, setting the stage for an in-depth exploration of the cutting-edge developments...

On this episode of "The Dish on Health IT," hosted by Ken Kleinberg and Jocelyn Keegan from Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), healthcare technology enthusiasts were treated to an engaging discussion with a special guest, Alice O'Carroll , Interoperability Product Manager at Florida Blue .   Ken Kleinberg, the senior consultant and innovation lead at POCP, kickstarted the episode by extending a warm w...

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, hosts Pooja Babbrah and Jocelyn Keegan both leads at Point-of-Care Partners welcome Dr. Su Chen , program manager and clinical director of CodeX , and Michelle Galioto , deputy program manager of CodeX, to discuss the mission and scope of the CodeX community. CodeX is an HL7 FHIR Accelerator that advances clinical specialty terminology data standards to im...