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The NJ Chapter of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (NJHIMSS) is a consortium of healthcare professionals, providers and vendors who are committed to promoting constant improvement in the use of information technology within the health

Michael Fortino


    • May 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Guest Podcast! Arthur Ashe, Change Healthcare and the Evolution of Risk and GRC Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 40:20


    This is a guest podcast from our good friends at the Health Association of Southern California. Our friend and longtime sponsor Gerry Blass speaks with Hospital Association of Southern California's (HASC) Adam Blackstone about governance, risk and compliance (GRC) in health care. With decades of experience in information technology, Blass shares how privacy and security risks have spiraled over time.

    AI Legal & Compliance Challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 34:40


    Listen in to leading experts in Healthcare Law and Compliance discuss, challenges in operationalizing AI in Healthcare. Join Helen Oscislawski, Esq., Gerry Blass, CEO ComplyAssistant, and your host Mike Fortino as they talk about practical steps to manage and implement AI governance and risk.

    AI Challenges, Security, Acquisition, Education & Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 34:05


    Meet Jesse Fasolo, PhD - Director, Head of Technology Infrastructure & Cyber Security, Information Security Officer at St. Joseph's Health, Paterson, NJ and welcome back Gerry Blass, President & CEO of ComplyAssistant. Listen in as your host Mike Fortino, NJHIMSS Board Member and GalaxE Solutions Account Executive discuss the challenges of managing AI in healthcare operations from a security, acquisition, education and policy perspective.  This a must listen for our members to gain practical insight into the initial first steps of including and managing AI technology in their operations. 

    Customer Story Series - Business Automation Experts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 42:01


    Check out our latest episode of our Customer Story Series with Matt Lepkowski, Founder of Business Automation Experts. Join your host Mike Fortino, NJHIMSS board member and Account Executive with GalaxE Solutions as he and Matt talk about his journey, company, and process automation case study at Cleveland Clinic. This is another must listen podcast!

    Compliance in Today's World of Risk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 35:08


    Welcome back Gerry Blass, President & CEO of ComplyAssistant, and meet Martin von Grossman, Consultant with ComplyAssistant, an agile GRC software and healthcare cybersecurity services company, focused on the highest-quality technology and customer service. Listen in as your host Mike Fortino, NJHIMSS Board Member and GalaxE Solutions Account Executive talks to Gerry and Martin about key considerations for building an enterprise privacy & security culture of governance, safeguards & compliance in today's world of risk.

    Customer Story Series - Caregility - Approach to AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 27:18


    Meet Mike Brandofino, President and COO of Caregility, an innovative organization that provides a virtual care platform, delivering telehealth solutions that span the continuum of care, from emergent and critical care to sub-acute settings including the patient's own home. Listen in as your host Mike Fortino, NJHIMSS Board Member and GalaxE Solutions Account Executive talks to Mike about Caregility's approach to AI in improving the clinical experience for patients and providers alike!

    Customer Story Series - Etherfax

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2023 30:09


    Meet Paul Banco, CEO and Co-Founder of ETHERFAX an innovative company that provides a secure document delivery network enabling the trusted exchange of structured and unstructured documents and data between disparate and agnostic systems, as well as traditional fax.​ Listen in as your host Mike Fortino, NJHIMSS Board Member and GalaxE Solutions Account Executive talks to Paul about his journey and use-cases improving the clinical experience for patients and providers alike!

    Customer Story Series - Caregiver Smart Solutions II - Deeper Dive

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 28:07


    Welcome back Ryan Herd, CEO of Caregiver Smart Solutions, an innovative company that delivers AI based, non-intrusive patient monitoring technology for caregivers. Listen in as your host Mike Fortino, NJHIMSS Board Member and GalaxE Solutions Account Executive talks to Ryan about the technology behind his solution and future road map.      

    DV/NJ HIMSS Annual Fall Event - Inside Scoop!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 25:14


    Do you want to get the inside scoop on the upcoming Delaware Valley and New Jersey HIMSS annual event in Atlantic City? Of course, you do! Please join your host Mike Fortino with his colleague and guest Casey Hafford, co-chair of this year's event - Casey is a current board member at NJHIMSS and Director of Strategic Accounts at Roundtable Strategic Solutions!

    Customer Story Series - Caregiver Smart Solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 26:10


    Meet Ryan Herd, CEO of Caregiver Smart Solutions an innovative company that delivers AI based, non-intrusive patient monitoring technology for caregivers. His caregiver monitoring solutions provide valuable insights into a family members' well-being, allowing them to age in place with dignity and independence. Listen in as your host Mike Fortino, NJHIMSS Board Member and GalaxE Solutions Account Executive talks to Ryan about his background, personal experience, and use-cases like patient medication compliance. 

    Customer Story Series: Comply Assistant - HICP

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 31:53


    This is the next episode of our Customer Story podcast series with Gerry Blass, President, and CEO of Comply-Assistant. Join your host Mike Fortino, NJ HIMSS board member and GalaxE.Solutions Account Executive as he and Gerry discuss Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices, HICP. Managing Threats and Protecting Patients - HICP was developed to raise awareness, provide vetted cybersecurity practices, and move organizations towards consistency in mitigating the most pertinent cybersecurity threats. This is a must listen episode!

    Customer Story Series – Zebra Technologies & MedStar Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 26:05


    This is the first episode of this series where we will discuss the many innovative ways our sponsors collaborate and solve complex technology challenges with healthcare provider organizations.  This episode's guests are Kristina Russell - Assistant Vice President, Telecommunications Services of Medstar Health and Rikki Jennings - Chief Nursing Informatics Officer of Zebra Technologies. Listen in on how Zebra Technologies partnered with MedStar Health in implementing mobile devices across multiple hospitals, departments, and clinical settings. Hear how they drove value by leveraging technical, operational, and clinical expertise through a vendor client partnership focused on client requirements for today and in the future. Join your host Mike Fortino, Account Executive with Galaxe Solutions and NJHIMSS board member as he talks with Kristina and Rikki about how Zebra Technologies partnered with Medstar Health on this complex and successful implementation.

    NJ HIMSS CMIO Series - Angela Yochem of Novant Health - Innovative Digital Transformation Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 35:49


    The New Jersey HIMSS Digital Transformation podcast series continues with an in-depth discussion with a national leader on the topic.  This episode's guest is Angela Yochem, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer at Novant Health and Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Novant Health Enterprises. Join your NJ HIMSS host, Jim Hennessy, CEO e4 Services, as he talks with Angela about the digital transformation journey at Novant, including their application of data analytics to drive changes in the patient experience and levels of care.

    Change Management: Interrelations of Information Technology, IS Applications, and Clinical Operations

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 23:43


    The New Jersey HIMSS Change Management podcast series will explore development, processes, challenges, and keys to success with leading change agents and information technology/services experts.  Join your host, Bryan R Welsh, President-elect NJ HIMSS and Manager, Clinical Information Systems at Hunterdon Healthcare, as he discusses today's topic of the interrelations of information technology, information systems/applications, and operational/clinical departments within change management procedures with Arturo Peralta, Director, Population Health and Health Information Exchange Systems at St. Joseph's Health.

    Change Management: Process Development & Implementation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 27:01


    The New Jersey HIMSS Change Management podcast series will explore development, processes, challenges, and keys to success with leading change agents and information technology/services experts.  Join your host, Bryan R Welsh, President-elect NJ HIMSS and Manager, Clinical Information Systems at Hunterdon Healthcare, as he discusses today's topic of Change Management Process Development and Implementation with Monae Haskins, BSN, RN, Application System Analyst at Atlantic Healthcare. 

    Change Management: Governance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 25:55


    The New Jersey HIMSS Change Management podcast series will explore development, processes, challenges, and keys to success with leading change agents and information technology/services experts.  Join your host, Bryan R Welsh, President-elect NJ HIMSS and Manager, Clinical Information Systems at Hunterdon Healthcare, as he discusses today's topic of Change Management Governance with Pam Kleshick, IS Technical Project Manager at Hunterdon Healthcare. 

    NJ HIMSS CMIO Series - Digital Transformation 2 - Innovative Implementations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 36:39


    The New Jersey HIMSS CMIO podcast series continues with an in-depth discussion of digital technology transformation and its impact on the patient and provider encounter. Topics include successful implementations, challenges, and keys to success with leading Chief Medical Information Officers and technology experts. Join your hosts, Jim Hennessy, CEO e4 Services, and Dr. Kennedy Ganti, President NJ HIMSS & NJ Medical Society as they discuss today's topics with Dr. Beth Kushner, CMIO, St. Josephs Health and Dr. Snehal Gandhi, Vice President, Medical Informatics and Care Delivery Innovation, Cooper University Healthcare.

    NJ HIMSS CMIO Series - Digital Transformation in Healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 42:36


    The New Jersey HIMSS CMIO podcast series will explore digital technology trends,  approaches, challenges and keys to success with leading Chief Medical Information Officers and technology experts. Join your hosts, Jim Hennessy, e4 Services, and Dr. Kennedy Ganti, President NJ HIMSS & NJ Medical Society as they discuss today's topics with Dr. Wayne Fellmeth, Hunterdon Medical and Dr. Gregory Herman, Inspira Health Network.

    Voice Recognition in Clinical Care - Where are we now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 27:01


    In this panel discussion we will explore the state of voice recognition software and solutions in clinical care settings. Our host is Dr. Kennedy Ganti, Cooper University Healthcare - today's panelists are Monae Haskins, BSN,RN, Holy Name Medical Center, Dr. Anthony Rosania, Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Mike Fortino, VP Business Development, Chenoa Information Services.

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