Podcasts about medical informatics

Welcome back to our series on AI for the clinician! Large language models, like ChatGPT, have been taking the world by storm, and healthcare is no exception to that rule – your institution may already be using them! In this episode we'll tackle the fundamentals of how they work and their applications and limitations to keep you up to date on this fast-moving, exciting technology. Hosts: Ayman Ali, MD Ayman Ali is a Behind the Knife fellow and general surgery PGY-3 at Duke Hospital in his academic development time where he focuses on data science, artificial intelligence, and surgery. Ruchi Thanawala, MD: @Ruchi_TJ Ruchi Thanawala is an Assistant Professor of Informatics and Thoracic Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and founder of Firefly, an AI-driven platform that is built for competency-based medical education. In addition, she directs the Surgical Data and Decision Sciences Lab for the Department of Surgery at OHSU.  Phillip Jenkins, MD: @PhilJenkinsMD Phil Jenkins is a general surgery PGY-3 at Oregon Health and Science University and a National Library of Medicine Post-Doctoral fellow pursuing a master's in clinical informatics. Steven Bedrick, PhD: @stevenbedrick Steven Bedrick is a machine learning researcher and an Associate Professor in Oregon Health and Science University's Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.  If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://app.behindtheknife.org/listen

In this episode, Dr. Eric Cheng, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at UCLA Health Sciences, shares his unique journey from neurology to informatics, dives into the intersection of AI and data quality, and explores how UCLA is reimagining growth, regulation, and patient-centered documentation in healthcare.

In this episode, Dr. Eric Cheng, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at UCLA Health Sciences, shares his unique journey from neurology to informatics, dives into the intersection of AI and data quality, and explores how UCLA is reimagining growth, regulation, and patient-centered documentation in healthcare.

In this episode, Dr. Yasir Tarabichi, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Ovation and Chief Health AI Officer at MetroHealth, discusses the latest advancements in AI-driven healthcare and virtual care integration. He shares insights on strategic AI implementations, virtual care collaborations, and the importance of governance in fostering long-term success in healthcare technology.

In this episode, Dr. Yasir Tarabichi, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Ovatient and Chief Health AI Officer at MetroHealth, discusses the latest advancements in AI-driven healthcare and virtual care integration. He shares insights on strategic AI implementations, virtual care collaborations, and the importance of governance in fostering long-term success in healthcare technology.

Chris Hoekstra, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT Chris received his PhD in biomedical informatics from Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine, his Masters of Science and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees from Pacific University and undergraduate degree in biology from Willamette University.  He is board certified in orthopedics and Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy.  Additionally, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical informatics through the National Library of Medicine.   He has worked as a physical therapist, clinic director, Health IT consultant, and more recently Chief Clinical Transformation Officer for Therapeutic Associates Inc.  In that role he has overseen the company's strategy related to the use of organizational data in business and clinical decision making, clinical and business information systems selection and optimization, quality improvement efforts, and value-based care initiatives. With Hychara Health, Chris oversees product development, program and project management, and sales and marketing strategy.  Additionally, he has worked with company subject matter experts to create an advisory services practice.   He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, where he teaches courses in organizational behavior and qualitative research.  He also continues his research focused on usability and end-user adoption of health information technology.  Additionally, he is a member of a multi-disciplinary AHRQ and NLM- funded research team with research focused on establishing safe training and effective use of medical scribes.   Chris has dedicated his career to improving clinicians' and business leaders' use of information in their daily decision making.  His work and research focus on refining a sociotechnical framework that integrates information systems with organizational strategy, team dynamics, workflow design, and information visualization to allow practices and providers to thrive in the changing value-based healthcare landscape.   Outside of his professional work, Chris has been active as a youth football coach for > 14 years, a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for nine years, and most recently an operations officer with a Military Police battalion of the Tennessee State Guard.  Additionally, he has served on numerous community and professional advisory boards. 

In this episode, Dr. Mark Mabus, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and VP of EHR at Parkview Health, shares his expertise on leveraging AI to enhance provider efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and streamline clinical workflows. He also discusses the importance of effective data integration, bridging gaps between IT and clinical teams, and staying ahead in the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare technology.

Dr. Christopher Kelly, Leader in Medical Informatics and Pediatric Ophthalmology, shares insights on enhancing provider experiences through data and technology at MultiCare Health System. He emphasizes the importance of critically evaluating AI tools in healthcare, highlighting the need to balance innovation with practical implementation that truly supports medical professionals. Dr. Kelly explores the potential of data analytics to drive better outcomes, advocating for a thoughtful approach to AI that prioritizes provider support and patient care quality.

Dr. Christopher Kelly, Leader in Medical Informatics and Pediatric Ophthalmology, shares insights on enhancing provider experiences through data and technology at MultiCare Health System. He emphasizes the importance of critically evaluating AI tools in healthcare, highlighting the need to balance innovation with practical implementation that truly supports medical professionals. Dr. Kelly explores the potential of data analytics to drive better outcomes, advocating for a thoughtful approach to AI that prioritizes provider support and patient care quality.

In this episode, Richard Westcott talks to Gordon Harold, Anna Moore, and Olympia Campbell. about the growing rates of mental health issues among young people. They discuss the key determinants and the most effective ways to support young people's mental health.Our experts examine whether mental health among young people is truly worsening or if we're simply getting better at identifying it. They unpack the key factors shaping mental health today, delve into the role of the digital world, and discuss how policies can evolve to expand support and access to services for young people.This episode is hosted by Richard Westcott (Cambridge University Health Partners and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus), and features experts Prof Gordon Harold (University of Cambridge), Dr Anna Moore (University of Cambridge) and Dr Olympia Campbell (IAST). Season 4 Episode 2 transcriptListen to this episode on your preferred podcast platform: For more information about the Crossing Channels podcast series and the work of the Bennett Institute and IAST visit our websites at https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/ and https://www.iast.fr/.Follow us on Linkedin, Bluesky and X. With thanks to:Audio production by Steve HankeyAssociate production by Burcu Sevde SelviVisuals by Tiffany Naylor and Aurore CarbonnelMore information about our host and guests:Richard Westcott is an award-winning journalist who spent 27 years at the BBC as a correspondent/producer/presenter covering global stories for the flagship Six and Ten o'clock TV news as well as the Today programme. In 2023, Richard left the corporation and is now the communications director for Cambridge University Health Partners and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, both organisations that are working to support life sciences and healthcare across the city. @BBCwestcottGordon Harold is the inaugural Professor of the Psychology of Education and Mental Health at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on three areas: the impact of family dynamics on child and adolescent mental health, the interaction between genetic and family factors, and the promotion of evidence-based practices to enhance youth mental health outcomes. He serves on several advisory groups, including the UKRI-ESRC's Data and Infrastructure Expert Advisory Group and the Department for Work and Pensions Science Advisory Committee, and he advises various UK and international government departments and scientific committees.Anna Moore is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Assistant Professor in Child Psychiatry and Medical Informatics in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge and Clinical Consultant in Paediatric Psychological Medicine. Dr. Moore's group, Timely, is developing a new preventative approach for managing children's mental health problems. To make this possible, the Timely team is building the infrastructure and systems required to enable rapid digital innovation and implementation in paediatrics. Olympia Campbell is a Research Fellow at the IAST. She received a PhD from University College London in 2023 prior to joining. Her research focuses on elucidating the ecological and demographic correlates and causes of gender-biased outcomes, with a particular focus on the role of marriage practices, such as cousin marriage. Of key interest to this research is how kinship intensity can alter the intensity of different forms of evolutionary conflicts such as sexual, parent-offsprin

What exactly is a “learning health system”? In several of our episodes, you've heard us talk about how data collection has modernized through new technologies and enhanced approaches to clinical trials. But now that we have all that data, we need to transform it into clinical practice. Learning health systems are all about completing this virtuous cycle from scientific discovery to implementation, and yet, there are few that exist and work well. In this episode, you'll hear us discuss (and perhaps debate) what a true learning health system looks like, as well as how informatics can help lead the charge. Up first on our panel of distinguished guests is Dr. Genevieve Melton-Meaux, a Professor of Surgery and Senior Associate Dean of Health Informatics and Data Science at the University of Minnesota. Among her many accolades, she is a Past President of the American College of Medical Informatics, current President of the American Medical Informatics Association, and Director for the Center of Learning Health System Sciences at Minnesota. Her research focuses on clinical natural language processing, surgical informatics, and optimizing AI best practices. We were also joined by Dr. Chuck Friedman, a Professor of Medical Education and Chair of the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is also the editor-in-chief of the open-access journal Learning Health Systems. Drawing from his time at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services, he helped transform Michigan's medical education department into one of the first in the nation to focus on learning health at all levels, including large-scale information infrastructure. Finally, we had Dr. Peter Embí, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Prior, he served as President and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute, a not-for-profit health care research organization in Indianapolis, Indiana that seeks to develop, conduct, and disseminate scientific research across communities. A Past President of the American Medical Informatics Association, his research centers on data-driven learning health systems. We are also pleased to share an original learning health systems “anthem,” composed by Molly Sinderbrand, called “System Problems Need System Solutions.” In our jazzy rendition, it was performed by pianist Phil Barrison and our very own Kevin Johnson on vocals! We appreciate all their contributions and are excited to feature it at the end of this episode! Tackling a topic like this required top-notch guests, and they delivered! We hope you enjoy listening. Links mentioned in this episode: -Evaluation Methods in Biomedical and Health Informatics by Charles P. Friedman, Jeremy C. Wyatt, Joan S. Ash -“Where's the Science in Medical Informatics?” by C.P. Friedman -Learn more about the Indiana Network for Patient Care  -Patti Brennan's Presentation referred to as “Care Between the Care”: “High-Reliability, Person-Centered Health Care Systems: It Can't Happen Without the National Library of Medicine,” presented at GoldLab Symposium 2018 -“Creating Local Learning Health Systems: Thinking Globally, Act Locally” by William E. Smoyer, Peter J. Embí, Susan Moffatt-Bruce  Make sure to follow our Instagram, Twitter, Threads, and TikTok accounts so you can stay up to date on all our new content. Also don't forget to follow us on Twitter @kbjohnsonmd. You can find us wherever you typically get your podcasts. Thanks for listening! Instagram: @infointhernd Twitter: @infointhernd  Threads: @infointhernd TikTok: @infointhernd Website: https://www.kevinbjohnsonmd.net/

In this episode, Dr. Mark Mabus, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Vice President of EHR at Parkview Health, reflects on his journey through medical school and how it shaped his career. He also explores the future of technology in healthcare, emphasizing the transformative power of AI and its potential to revolutionize patient care.

In a recent interview with healthsystemsCIO, Dr. Barry Stein, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Hartford HealthCare, shared insights into the organization's enterprise imaging strategy. Dr. Stein and Anthony discuss: How Hartford is streamlining access to patient images across their vast network, and how Epic fits into the process The importance […] Source: An Enterprise Imaging Journey Starts With Defining Your True North, Then Throwing in a Helping of Flexibility, says Hartford HealthCare Chief Clinical Innovation Officer & Chief Medical Informatics Officer Dr. Barry Stein on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

AI in Healthcare: The Value of Innovative Technology, Paired with Clinical Expertise On this INOvators episode, Kathryn Eshelman, M.D., M.P.H., VP, Medical Informatics, Inovalon, reflects on the massive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare – and the clear need for standardization in how healthcare manages data and adopts this innovative technology. Hear her perspective on the opportunities to combine AI with clinical expertise to drive better care outcomes and healthcare economics. Host: Justine Giancola Guest: Kathryn Eshelman, M.D., M.P.H., VP, Medical Informatics, Inovalon Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Dr. Papier is the co-founder and CEO of VisualDx. A thought leader in clinical informatics, Dr. Papier maintains the overall vision for the company with a keen focus on product integration and impacting costs in healthcare through clinical accuracy. His entrepreneurial drive, years of clinical experience, and passion for delivering true healthcare solutions have propelled the company to the forefront of clinical decision support in quality and innovation.A dermatologist and medical informatics expert, Dr. Papier has a particular interest in designing clinical decision support systems based on visually rich knowledge areas to reduce diagnostic error at the point of care. In line with this goal, he is focused on transforming medical education to include training in cognitive error and the use of information technology. Dr. Papier also focuses on consumer health by developing tools to educate and empower patients.A graduate of Wesleyan University, Dr. Papier completed his pre-med studies at Columbia University, earned his MD from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and completed his graduate medical training at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is an associate professor of Dermatology and Medical Informatics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.Link to claim CME credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3CME credit is available for up to 3 years after the stated release dateContact CEOD@bmhcc.org if you have any questions about claiming credit.

Dr. Joseph Mailman is an intensive care physician at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell with a keen interest in technological innovation. In this lecture, he discusses the field of medical informatics and […]

Yasir Tarabichi, a leader in medical informatics and clinical research, shares his insights on the growing use of AI in healthcare. As the Chief Medical Informatics Officer & Interim Medical Director at Ovatient and Director of Clinical Research Informatics at The MetroHealth System, Yasir addresses concerns about biases and financial investments in AI testing. He also expresses enthusiasm for the potential opportunities AI can bring to healthcare processes and workflows, while questioning how the FDA will regulate these new technologies.

Yasir Tarabichi, a leader in medical informatics and clinical research, shares his insights on the growing use of AI in healthcare. As the Chief Medical Informatics Officer & Interim Medical Director at Ovatient and Director of Clinical Research Informatics at The MetroHealth System, Yasir addresses concerns about biases and financial investments in AI testing. He also expresses enthusiasm for the potential opportunities AI can bring to healthcare processes and workflows, while questioning how the FDA will regulate these new technologies.

Dr. Art Papier believes we are focusing on the wrong questions in medicine, and for the best care of patients, we need augmented intelligence. Dr. Art Papier, MD is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of VisualDx. He is a dermatologist, medical informatics expert, and Associate Professor of Dermatology and Medical Informatics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Papier graduated from Wesleyan University, the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and completed graduate medical training at the University of Rochester Medical Center. His interests span healthcare costs as related to clinical accuracy, clinical decision support systems, diagnostic error reduction, cognitive error, medical education, and empowering patients. 

The 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey introduced us to HAL, a fictional artificial intelligence character that interacted with the astronauts. HAL would be pleased to learn that his AI progeny are helping to improve healthcare. In this episode, Mike Sacopulos interviews Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH, a double board-certified physician specializing in occupational and environmental medicine as well as preventive medicine. Berenji is chief of occupational health at VA Long Beach Healthcare System, and she also leads the Environmental Health Clinic at VA Long Beach Healthcare System. Berenji discusses her work with veterans, including exposure assessments for veterans concerning Agent Orange and Open Burn Pits. Additionally, she explains the field of informatics as it applies to healthcare. Berenji shares her interest in clinical informatics and emphasizes the importance of digital tool proficiency for the future leaders of healthcare. As the vice chair of the Health Informatics section of the American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Berenji talks about the section's efforts to advance clinical informatics in occupational and environmental medicine. Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org

Join us for a captivating conversation with Dr. Benjamin Hohmuth, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Geisinger Health System, as we explore healthcare informatics and leadership. Dr. Hohmuth shares insights into his background, successful projects, top priorities for the next 12 months, and anticipated changes in his role and teams. Tune in for valuable perspectives on leveraging informatics to enhance healthcare delivery.

Join us for a captivating conversation with Dr. Benjamin Hohmuth, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Geisinger Health System, as we explore healthcare informatics and leadership. Dr. Hohmuth shares insights into his background, successful projects, top priorities for the next 12 months, and anticipated changes in his role and teams. Tune in for valuable perspectives on leveraging informatics to enhance healthcare delivery.

What happens when you bring together three previous heads of biomedical informatics departments? A lot of reflection, storytelling, and joking around! In this episode, we bring together guests who have previously run informatics departments and are still involved in various ways, whether through research, teaching, or creating content to educate the public. We get the inside scoop into all the administrative responsibilities of these department chairs, their favorite parts of the job, and how they hope to see the field respond to modern technological developments like AI. We had some fantastic guests on this episode. Dr. Bill Hersh is the Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Informatics, and Public Health at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He was also the inaugural chair of the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at OHSU when the department began in 2003. He is a researcher of electronic health record data, has authored more than 200 scientific papers, and conceptualized the first offering of the American Medical Informatics Association's ten-by-ten virtual informatics training. Having just recently stepped down from his chair position, Bill now runs the Informatics Professor blog which teaches about prominent topics in biomedical informatics. Dr. George Hripcsak is the Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor at Columbia University's Department of Biomedical Informatics. He led Columbia University's informatics department for 15 years. He currently leads the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics coordinating center, which organizes the health records of almost one billion patients. He has authored over 350 scientific papers, serves as the PI for Columbia's recruitment center for the All of Us precision medicine program, and focuses his research on developing the next generation of health record systems. Finally, our host turned guest for this episode! Dr. Kevin Johnson is the David L. Cohen University Professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics, and Science Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Before Penn, he was the Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University from 2012-2022. He currently researches how to integrate advanced technology and artificial intelligence with health documentation systems. And, of course, he loves sharing informatics with a wider audience whether through his children's books, his documentary projects, or this podcast! Thanks to our host Harris Bland and our production assistant Ellie Shuert for leading us through this discussion. We loved reminiscing together, and we hope you enjoy getting an inside look into informatics departments! Make sure to follow our Instagram, Twitter, Threads, and TikTok accounts so you can stay up to date on all our new content. Also don't forget to follow us on Twitter @kbjohnsonmd and @htbland21. You can also find us wherever you typically get your podcasts. Thanks for listening! Instagram: @infointhernd Twitter: @infointhernd Threads: @infointhernd TikTok: @infointhernd Website: https://www.kevinbjohnsonmd.net/projects

Join us for an enlightening episode featuring Keith Woeltje, VP and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Froedtert Health, as he shares his background and expertise. Delve into the current healthcare trends, Keith's proudest initiatives from the past year, and his strategic approach to future growth in this insightful discussion.

In this episode of The Manufacturing IT Podcast, I speak with Johannes Liegert from Paessler on all things Connectivity, IIoT and Networking Monitoring for industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing Johannes is Product Manager for IoT & Industry at Paessler. He is an experienced Product Owner and Product Manager, with a great history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in healthcare protocols IHE Process, HL7 Standards, DICOM and industrial communication especially OPC UA. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Science - MS focused in Medical Informatics from Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg. Paessler believes monitoring plays a vital part in reducing humankind's consumption of resources. Monitoring data helps its customers save resources, from optimizing their IT, OT and IoT infrastructures, to reducing energy consumption or emissions – for our future and our environment. More than 500,000 users in over 170 countries rely on PRTG and other Paessler solutions to monitor their complex IT, OT and IoT infrastructures. Hope you like the episode, and look forward to hearing your feedback!

Healthcare organizations should learn how to use data to bring equity to patient care. Technology should enhance, not replace. In this episode, Hamid Tabatabaie, the CEO and President of CODAMETRIX, highlights his company's mission to streamline the coding process and ensure physicians spend more time with patients and less on administrative tasks.  Hamid emphasizes the importance of maintaining human connection in an era of increasing AI integration and covers CODAMETRIX's unique approach to address the gap between clinical and revenue cycle data, ensuring configurability and control for healthcare providers, and recognizing the complexity of healthcare transformation. He stresses the company's commitment to accuracy, offering 70-80% automation without compromising reliability. Hamid then expands to broader trends in healthcare, focusing on data utilization for equitable patient care, value-based approaches, and the integration of various technologies. He also envisions a future where technology and AI enhance patient well-being, emphasizing the need for young talent to contribute to this transformative field.  Tune in and learn about the innovative strides CODAMETRIX is making to revolutionize healthcare! Resources:  Watch the interview here. Connect with and follow Hamid on LinkedIn here. Learn more about CODAMETRIX on LinkedIn and their website. You can also contact CODAMETRIX via email at hello@CODAMETRIX.com.

This episode recorded live at the 2023 Becker's Payer Issues Roundtable in Chicago features Dr. Arta Bakshandeh, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Alignment Health. Here, he discusses his background, Alignment's focus on serving seniors, the challenges and opportunities regarding AI, and more.

William Hersh, MD, a Professor in the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, speaks with Pitt HexAI podcast host Jordan Gass-Poore' about his background and work, the field of biomedical informatics, his books and writing on health informatics, explainable AI and on being an educator in the AI age.

October 19: Today on the Conference channel, it's an Interview in Action live from HLTH with Ron Li, MD, Medical Informatics Director for Digital Health at Stanford Health Care. Playing a crucial role in shaping and implementing new digital health programs, particularly virtual health models at Stanford Medicine, Li discusses the hurdles faced by clinicians in synchronizing with the rapid technological advancements. Does the overabundance of data create a kind of 'information overload' for physicians? How can the balance between human-driven processes and tech intervention be optimized for efficient patient care? As we explore the possibilities of virtual care models, Lee enlightens us on how technologies like AI can revolutionize the future of health informatics. He also shares his intriguing insights into Stanford's Emerging Applications Lab's aims and functions and the intricacies of balancing between virtual and traditional healthcare paradigms.Unlock the full potential of AI in Healthcare with experts David Baker, Lee Milligan, and Reid Stephan on Nov 2nd, 1 PM ET. Learn to navigate budget constraints and enhance operational efficiency in healthcare IT. Don't miss out on affordable, scalable AI solutions and practical tips for success. Register Here: https://thisweekhealth.com/practical-ai-in-healthcare/This Week Health SubscribeThis Week Health TwitterThis Week Health LinkedinAlex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer Donate

Our healthcare systems will never experience the transformational changes they need unless we consider the system-level solutions that are capable of leading to widespread change. Luckily, Stephanie Lahr and Artisight are on the frontlines of this industry-wide battle. Stephanie began her career as an internal medicine physician, but she was always fascinated by the intersection of health IT and care delivery. Now, several years later, Stephanie has leveraged her experience as a physician to uniquely excel in multiple administrative roles that are not commonly occupied by physicians. Her unique experience and background lay the groundwork for the fascinating conversation she had with host John Farkas, in which they discussed several best practices for creating systematic change in healthcare. Show Notes (1:46) Avoiding Traditional Career Paths and Looking To Solve Problems (7:28) Joining Artisight and Creating Transformation in Healthcare (11:06) How Hurricane Ike Led Stephanie to a Career in Medical Informatics  (16:11) Bridging the Gap Between Clinicians and IT (18:32) Why CMIOs Are Impactful Strategic Leaders (23:09) Stephanie's Experience Transitioning from CMIO to CIO (30:25) The Do's and Don't's of Pitching to a CIO (39:38) Utilizing Empathetic Authority to Solve Problems (43:05) Prioritizing Solving over Selling (45:30) Systematic Issues That CMIOs and CIOs Face (51:18) Closing Thoughts  

Please listen to our latest episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast discussing clincial informatics in primary care and its role in enhancing access to primary care and preventive care. This episode is co-hosted with Dr. MohammadAli Jardaly. Our guest is Dr. Ramy Khalil who is now based in Dubai, but is still director of medical informatics at PeopleOne Health, a direct primary healthcare company in the US that offers health plans for employers offering direct primary and preventive care to their employees thus cutting administrative costs.  Preventive and primary care suffers from lack of primary care physicians and primary care physician burnout in the United States and the MENA region due to low reimbursement and overwork. We discuss the role of AI and medical informatics in improving access to primary care enhancing quality of life for primary care physicians and job satisfaction while at the same improving patient care.  An episode not to be missed, the longest episode we have recorded so far.  #primarycare #preventivecare #medicalbilling #Artifiicialintelligence #Medical Informatics

This summer short is about the dynamic between payers and providers. An opening point that Jacob Asher, MD, my guest in this healthcare podcast, makes in the interview that follows is that, for a payer, it's super hard to competitively differentiate from both a cost and/or a quality perspective when you and all of your payer competition use the exact same PPO (preferred provider organization) networks. I mean, what? Are these same exact doctors gonna somehow do a better job with your members than with the rest of their patients? This is even more true if you think about this from a physician or a practice point of view. Will clinical teams in their clinical workflow figure out who your members are, first of all, which is a thing, and then switch up what they choose to do for your members that is special? Even theoretically, that sounds like an executional fandango, which is exacerbated in markets with lots of payers. I guess I am not shocked when I hear stories like Dr. Asher was talking about: Doctor sits down at desk after a long day and sees 27 “Dear Doctor” letters from all of the payers in his or her payer mix. “Hey, Doc. Let me tell you about our amazing new thing.” And Doc's like, “Pajama time awaits.” And—boom!—the letters, unopened, right in the recycle bin. From a payer's standpoint, back to square one, I guess. Now, I will chuck in the mix here—and this has nothing to do with the conversation with Dr. Asher that follows—but one thing I've spent my entire career doing is helping organizations set up programs to collaborate with other organizations. If I authentically solve an actual, authentic, prioritized problem, I usually can find many people who seem pretty pleased to work with me. Now, is this easy to do? No. It takes strategic thinking and executional competence and/or grit to see it through. You really have to understand and account for vested interests and all the weird perverse incentives. Personally, I gotta work with a whole team of others coming at this from all different directions to untie this Gordian knot. But anyone who really wants to or needs to reach across the aisle and engage with other stakeholders or customers, even in any sort of systemic way, it's just not possible to phone it in. Anyway, I just want everyone to succeed in working together. It is impossible to have a longitudinal patient journey if everybody is all up in their own silos fragmenting care.   You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Asher on LinkedIn.   Jacob Asher, MD, completed a residency in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, after receiving degrees from Brown University and the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Asher then practiced as an ENT (ear, nose, and throat) surgeon with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and also served on the board of directors of The Permanente Medical Group, where he focused on physician compensation reform, member satisfaction initiatives, and retirement benefits. After transitioning to full-time health plan management, Dr. Asher served as a California commercial market medical director between 2008 and 2022 for Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare. In those roles, he supported membership growth and retention in both fully insured and self-funded product lines and promoted value-based reimbursement, including capitation. He has led utilization management teams, collaborated with internal and external population healthcare advocates, and worked to develop clinical initiatives that sought to achieve the Triple Aim. In his role as the clinical face of the health plan to the local market, he worked with network colleagues on accountable care organization partnerships and hospital and physician contract renewals with integrated pay for performance, supported Obamacare exchange participation, engaged in quality improvement collaboratives, and supported regulatory compliance efforts. Currently, Dr. Asher is serving as a mentor for the Stanford Master in Medical Informatics program while exploring innovative solutions to healthcare delivery.   03:38 Why providers contracted with multiple health plans don't have a financial incentive to do something unique with one payer over another. 04:01 Why it doesn't make sense for providers to offer unique pathways for different payer organizations. 05:23 Why, broadly speaking, standards of care between payer policies aren't really differentiators in clinical practice. 06:47 Why financial incentives might not be aligned to make providers want to standardize their care. 09:16 What improvement has there been in plans making providers more aware of the benefits they offer? 11:47 Why won't providers off-load their pop health?   You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Asher on LinkedIn.   @JacobAsher18 discusses #payers and #providers on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Eric Gallagher (Summer Shorts 4), Dan Serrano, Larry Bauer, Dr Vivek Garg (Summer Shorts 3), Dr Scott Conard (Summer Shorts 2), Brennan Bilberry (Summer Shorts 1), Stacey Richter (INBW38), Scott Haas, Chris Deacon, Dr Vivek Garg  

Please listen to our latest episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast discussing the role of Artificial Intelligence in Optimizing nursing processes. In this episode, which was co-hosted by MohammadAli Jardali and Antoine Saab, we discuss our topic with Cynthia Abi Khalil, director of nursing services at The Lebanese Hospital-Geitaoui. Ms. Abi Khalil is currently pursuing her PhD in Medical Informatics at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is exploring the identification of key design and implementation features that are related to optimizing the usability, clinical relevance and outcomes of clinical decision support systems implemented for the nursing process. We discuss her efforts to start this process at her current hospital, and the recent conference she organized among the major hospitals in Lebanon aimed at streamlining AI implementation and research at these different hospitals. This is an episode you would not want to miss.  It is available on Apple, Anghami, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. 

In Part 2 of Two Docs Talk Informatics, Dr. Michael Koren and Dr. John Rowda tap into their own experiences and scientific insights to decode informatics using the controversy around mask usage during COVID-19 and unmasking the evolution of Dr. Tony Fauci's changing views on masks as examples. So brace yourselves for an exploration into informatics, the art of communicating science effectively in the face of changing realities. Recording Date: June 2, 2023Be a part of advancing science by participating in clinical researchShare with a friend. Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the MedEvidence! podcast to be notified when new episodes are released.Follow us on Social Media:FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedIn Powered by ENCORE Research GroupMusic: Storyblocks - Corporate InspiredThank you for listening!

Our healthcare systems will never experience the transformational changes they need unless we consider the system-level solutions capable of leading to widespread change.   Luckily, Stephanie Lahr and Artisight are on the frontlines of this industry-wide battle. Stephanie began her career as an internal medicine physician, but she was always fascinated by the intersection of health IT and care delivery. Now, several years later, Stephanie has leveraged her experience as a physician to uniquely excel in multiple administrative roles that are not commonly occupied by physicians. Her unique experience and background lay the groundwork for her fascinating conversation with host John Farkas, CEO of Golden Spiral Marketing, in which they discuss several best practices for creating systematic change in healthcare.   Show Notes (0:58) Avoiding Traditional Career Paths and Looking To Solve Problems (6:10) Joining Artisight and Creating Transformation in Healthcare (9:48) How Hurricane Ike Led Stephanie to a Career in Medical Informatics  (14:53) Bridging the Gap Between Clinicians and IT (17:04) Why CMIOs Are Impactful Strategic Leaders (21:51) Stephanie's Experience Transitioning from CMIO to CIO (29:07) The Do's and Don't's of Pitching to a CIO (38:21) Utilizing Empathetic Authority to Solve Problems (41:47) Prioritizing Solving over Selling (44:12) Systematic Issues That CMIOs and CIOs Face (50:00) Closing Thoughts  

June 12: Today on the Conference channel, it's an Interview in Action live from HIMSS 2023 with Andrew Burchett, MD, Executive Director of Medical Informatics at Meditech, and Doug Kanis, MD, Physician at Pella Regional Health Center. How has Meditech's Expanse platform improved the clinician's experience and productivity, particularly in terms of mobility and accessibility of patient data? What are the main challenges and benefits of integrating external data sources through interoperability tools, such as the Google Search and Summary feature, and how does it impact the clinician's workflow and patient care? How has the clinician experience improved with the introduction of customizable tools and widgets in Meditech's EHR system? How does the integration of voice navigation and voice ordering in the EHR system contribute to enhancing clinician experience and reducing cognitive load?Subscribe: This Week HealthTwitter: This Week HealthLinkedIn: Week HealthDonate: Alex's Lemonade Stand: Foundation for Childhood Cancer

304. Medical Informatics and Technology Adoption feat. Dr. Matthew Sakumoto Intended Audience: Everyone On today's episode, we move away from the pharmacy informatics space and delve into medical informatics and technology adoption. Our special guest, Dr. Matthew Sakumoto, is a CMIO and virtual care physician in Northern California, and he shares with us his journey into medical informatics and discusses the issues with technology adoption and some strategies he employs in improving adoption amongst the medical profession. If you'd like to meet Dr. Sakumoto and other likeminded physician leaders in informatics, there will be two opportunities to do so coming up: ACP Internal Medicine Society Meeting Friday, April 28th, 2023 Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego 7 PM AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference Monday, May 22nd, 2023 Matter Health, Chicago, Illinois 6 PM For more information on the events, reach out to Dr. Sakumoto directly via his LinkedIn or Twitter. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsakumoto/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattsakumoto Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated. New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacyitme/ Website: Pharmacy IT & Me Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!http://pharmacistsconnect.com For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links: ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/ HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

Dr. Romano is the Dean of the Graduate School of Nursing at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. In this episode, Dr. Romano talks about the following: Her personal pathway to pursuing nursing Her experiences at the NIH for 40 years Developing one of the first computerized medical information systems The USPHS mission, role and structure Federal, Local, and State Medical cooperation in disaster responses Lessons learned from the Hurricane Katrina medical response The importance of quality crisis communication skills The USU Graduate School of Nursing programs How USU prepares a Ready Medical Force and how it is unique from civilian institutions Why individuals should consider careers in nursing and particularly in the military and/or federal system Dr. Romano has mentored and inspired many healthcare professionals and has successfully led at all levels. You will hear her inspiring story in this interview.       She received a diploma in nursing (1971) from the Geisinger Medical Center School of Nursing in Pennsylvania.  She earned her BS (1977), MS (1985) and PhD (1993) degrees in nursing from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She also completed the Interagency Institute for Federal Executives at George Washington University (1993), the Harvard University Senior Managers in Government Program at the Kennedy School of Government (1997), and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Nurse Executive Leadership Program (2015). She is board certified in nursing informatics and as an advanced nurse executive.  Dr. Romano is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the American College of Medical Informatics. Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on Social Media Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

Hosts Alan Sardana and Dr. Joshua Liu speak with Dr. CT Lin, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at UCHealth, about "Measuring and Benchmarking Clinician NPS, Augmenting CDS with AI, Making Clinical Informatics Fun, and more." Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Die Medizininformatikinitiative (MII) gibt es in der ersten Förderphase schon seit 2018 und gerade ist die zweite Förderphase (Ausbau- und Erweiterungsphase) gestartet. Höchste Zeit, um auch bei uns im Podcast mal darüber zu sprechen. Weil es so viel zu besprechen gibt, sind dieses Mal gleich zwei Gäste dabei, die seit Beginn aktiv in die MII eingebunden sind: Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Prokosch und Prof. Dr. Thomas Ganslandt aus Erlangen. In aller Kürze sprechen wir über Strukturen und Akteure, nennen die Konsortien und gehen vor allem auf die Aspekte der Förderphase 2023 (Use-Cases) ein, ehe wir einen Ausblick geben, wie es in den kommenden Jahren weiter geht. Wer noch mehr über die MII wissen möchte, kann sich auf der DMEA in Halle 4.2 am Stand D-118 informieren. Shownotes Vernetzen. Forschen. Heilen. | Medizininformatik-Initiative Ergebnisse | Medizininformatik-Initiative Medizininformatik-Initiative: neue Use Cases gefördert | Medizininformatik-Initiative Forschungsdatenportal für Gesundheit (forschen-fuer-gesundheit.de) Medical Informatics in Research and Medicine › MIRACUM DIFUTURE – Data Integration for Future Medicine SMITH | Medizininformatik-Initiative HIGHMed (highmed.org)

Dr. Jeffrey Sattler, Epic System Physician Builder, System Medical Informatics Physician and Hospitalist at SaintLuke's Health System. Here, he discusses his background & current role, opportunities and headwinds he's keeping his eye on, how he's thinking about growth and adding value to his organization, and more.

Yeah, so while the commercial payer marketplace is completely boring, the reasons it's boring are not. Let me walk you through this conversation I have in this healthcare podcast with Jacob Asher, MD. First, we establish that the relative number of each carrier's commercial members in California don't seem to change year over year … and this has been true for years. When you rank order carriers by member count, the song remains the same. It's Groundhog Day. Here's a link to the 2022 CHCF (California Health Care Foundation) enrollment almanac, which shows for the large group market, Kaiser has captured and retained just over half of enrollees. Anthem comes in next with 14%, Blue Shield gets 9%, and then bringing up the rear we have UHC, Aetna, Cigna, Centene, and all others in descending order splitting the remaining 21%. Hmmm … intriguing, the whole idea that these relative member counts remain so consistent. Then Dr. Asher and I dissect what is anybody actually doing to cut into the Kaiser market share or try to grab share from the two blues plans, if anything. Dr. Jacob Asher was a great guy to have this conversation with. He was a practicing head and neck surgeon with Kaiser Permanente, and then he also served on the Permanente Medical Group Board of Directors. Then he changed careers and became a full-time health plan chief medical officer for, first, Anthem, then Blue Cross, then Cigna, then UHC (UnitedHealthcare). Now he's “retired” and reflecting back on unsolved and unaddressed issues within healthcare. And we've covered one here: Why is the commercial payer market as boring as it appears to be in California? Now, after I had this conversation with Dr. Asher, I called up Wendell Potter, who everybody already knows (EP384), and Lauren Vela, who everybody also probably already knows, but she has spent her career at various employer coalitions and now works at a big employer transforming their health benefits (and she lives in California). I learned a few things that really helped me frame my thoughts on some of the issues that surfaced in the conversation that I had with Dr. Asher and that you'll hear today. So, let's get to it. Why doesn't the relative market share of the big payers change year over year in California in the commercial space. May I present six reasons: 1. Everybody I talked to—Dr. Asher, Wendell Potter, Lauren Vela—first thing right out of the gate that practically everybody mentioned is employer inertia. Trying to get an employer to switch carriers is like trying to pull Excalibur from its stone. And right, not so surprising, it's disruptive and obnoxious for employees and also benefit teams if carriers are switching all the time. 2. EBCs (employee benefit consultants). They have deals with carriers and others, and they also have a lot of power over employers. Listen to the show with AJ Loiacono (EP379) and Paul Holmes (EP397) for more on this. 3. As Wendell Potter put it, “The commercial market is [as a whole] stagnant. No real growth nationally. And in many states, the real money for carriers is not in the self-funded market; so they don't care much about aggressively competing for market share.” Given that chart that just came out the other day showing the insane relative gross margins that carriers are making on Medicare Advantage patients, which is over double other lines of business … yeah, totally. 4. Just keep this in mind before we barrel into reason #4 here for a stagnant and maybe not exactly competitive market. Kaiser excluded, all of the rest of the California payers have what amounts to largely the same provider network. I'm exaggerating slightly here, but largely the same hospitals, the same consolidated integrated delivery networks. And one thing that's pretty clear (not just in California but across the country): Plans who bring the most members get the best prices from these hospitals and other provider organizations. Also, as Dr. Asher mentions in the show today, he never saw an employer buy on quality. Most were far more concerned about discounts. So, right … we have some circular reasoning here or circular logic. The big plans get the best prices, and then, because they have the best prices, they maintain their market share. But wait … there's more to this one, and it's not just big gets you lower prices. Remember from episode 395 with Brennan Bilberry? He talked about the concept of the Most Favored Nation (MFN) anticompetitive clauses in hospital contracts. This concept is also super relevant here for payers as well if you think about it. This MFN Most Favored Nation anticompetitive clause, this is where a big hospital and “big carrier” have a chat … in a back room. The hospital agrees to not give any other carrier a lower price than the “big carrier.” These MFN clauses are, of course, terrible for competition and plan sponsors and any patient with cost sharing. A lot of states have started to ban, restrict, and limit these clauses. The DOJ brought a case in Michigan about this, and here's a great federal government summary of the problem: “The department and the state of Michigan alleged … that the MFN clauses in [Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's (BCBSM's)] contracts with Michigan hospitals decreased competition among health plans. Some … clauses required hospitals to charge competitors more than the hospitals charged BCBSM, often by a specified percentage. Moreover, BCBSM often agreed to raise the prices that it paid hospitals, in part to obtain [the] MFN clauses.” Oh, hey … I'll let you raise your price so I can have a Most Favored Nation clause, just as long as I get a lower price, which is higher than it was originally. And this was actually back in 2013. I have no insight at all or knowledge, or I am not suggesting in any way that what was going on in Michigan is going on in California. However, this anticompetitive practice is common enough. If you're interested in how common, count the lawsuits. 5. Employers are unaware a lot of times of how they are being charged more than what might be appropriate. And they are largely unaware of options other than Blue Cross, United, Cigna, Aetna … the big payers. 6. As Dr. Asher talks about and which I never really thought about, Kaiser doesn't have Medicaid patients. [Correction: Kaiser does have some Medicaid members—just less than others.] And because their network and hospitals to a large extent are closed, they also don't have uninsured patients to a large extent. So, no charity care to speak of and, therefore (at least as it is posited), they can be cheaper because they don't have to cost offset. So, their price advantage has a structure element here that could make it even more untouchable. So, there's your six reasons. You can start to see basically all of these things solidify into the same thing. It's less about trying to get new business and more about locking in the existing business. It's not really a secret that this market is rock hard. Plans realize that. They realize that the cost of keeping an enrollee is cheaper than acquiring a new enrollee. So, carriers focus sales and marketing efforts on holding on to their existing customers, especially the coveted jumbo accounts. Interestingly (and I was talking about this with Lauren Vela), the more clinical programs a carrier has deployed for an employer, the more the carrier is locked in there. So, the more the clinical value proposition resonates, the more clinical stuff that gets integrated. Changing plans becomes even more disruptive, and employers are even more likely to remain where they are. So, there's more to clinical programs than payers catching themselves a little PMPM (per member per month) something something upcharge recurring revenue or trying to get new business. It's also locking in customer retention. Is any of this specific to California? Some of it is—like a lot of the Kaiser stuff—but most, not. Meaning a lot of the country doesn't exactly have a functioning commercial small group or large group marketplace either. To a certain extent, it's no wonder big employers don't change plans that often. Why would they bother, given probably fairly incremental differences between these big payer carriers? I realize I'm scrambling out on a limb here and making assumptions, but to achieve more than incremental improvements, a BUCA (Blue Cross, United, Cigna, Aetna) would need to invest all kinds of resources into being that shining star. And why would they do that when nobody can take down Kaiser? And for all the reasons that we just talked about, it's a hard row to hoe to grab new clients. There's a lot of ramifications to this, but this show can't be seven hours long.    You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Asher on LinkedIn.   Jacob Asher, MD, completed a residency in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, after receiving degrees from Brown University and the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Asher then practiced as an ENT (ear, nose, and throat) surgeon with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and also served on the board of directors of The Permanente Medical Group, where he focused on physician compensation reform, member satisfaction initiatives, and retirement benefits. After transitioning to full-time health plan management, Dr. Asher served as a California commercial market medical director between 2008 and 2022 for Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare. In those roles, he supported membership growth and retention in both fully insured and self-funded product lines and promoted value-based reimbursement, including capitation. He has led utilization management teams, collaborated with internal and external population healthcare advocates, and worked to develop clinical initiatives that sought to achieve the Triple Aim. In his role as the clinical face of the health plan to the local market, he worked with network colleagues on accountable care organization partnerships and hospital and physician contract renewals with integrated pay for performance, supported Obamacare exchange participation, engaged in quality improvement collaboratives, and supported regulatory compliance efforts. Currently, Dr. Asher is serving as a mentor for the Stanford Master in Medical Informatics program while exploring innovative solutions to healthcare delivery.   10:00 What is the competitive picture of California's health plans? 11:28 What was everyone doing in order to get market share? 15:07 EP387 with Betsy Seals. 15:22 EP379 with AJ Loiacono and EP397 with Paul Holmes. 15:26 Why is it difficult to take market share? 16:16 Who was Dr. Asher pitching to and why? 18:49 Did employers ever buy plans for quality? 22:43 What does this look like from the payer perspective? 27:01 What improvements have there been to engagement in health plans? 29:07 Have plans gotten better at communicating with employers? 30:38 Why is it hard to compare the Kaiser world to the non-Kaiser world? 33:00 EP390 with Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, and Chris Skisak, PhD.   You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Asher on LinkedIn.   @JacobAsher18 discusses California's #commercialpayer marketplace on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Paul Holmes, Anna Hyde, Dea Belazi (Encore! EP293), Brennan Bilberry, Dr Vikas Saini and Judith Garber, David Muhlestein, Nikhil Krishnan (Encore! EP355), Emily Kagan Trenchard, Dr Scott Conard, Gloria Sachdev and Chris Skisak  

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Dr. Ted Achacoso finished college at 18 and Medical School at 2—if that doesn't catch your attention, I don't know what will. He was a professor of Medical Informatics at George Washington University at 28, and at 45 he retrained in Interventional Endocrinology and Nutritional Medicine. Dr. Ted pioneered HOMe (Health Optimization Medicine), operating through the lens of evolutionary medicine—shifting from the typical preventative medicine to optimizing health by detecting and correcting subtle deficiencies and toxicities that prevent one from performing at their best. He stands by the belief that signs and symptoms are the body's way of balancing and healing itself; so at what point do we need to resist interfering with the body's intelligence when it comes to healing, and focus on creating an empowering environment for it to do so?Dr. Ted and I dive into…⟶ Assessing the root causes of health, not root causes of disease.⟶ The hype with Troscriptions' Methylene Blue and why you may benefit from it.⟶ Dr. Ted's 7 Pillars of Health.⟶ The importance of vitamin D primarily through sun exposure.⟶ Health being A (absence of disease) + B (balance) + C (the cycle of life to organism).⟶ And more!Connect with Dr. Ted:• Instagram• UNLEARN10 for 10% off Troscriptions• HOMe/HOPe: Health Optimization Medicine and Practice AssociationConnect with Cal:InstagramFacebookYouTube WebsiteSubscribe to the newsletterThis show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Kwavi Agbeyegbe is a certified life coach for women 50 and beyond, an author (50 Questions to Answer When Your Reach 50), a speaker, and a lifelong member of Team Have Fun. She is on a mission to empower a million women in their 50s and over to create the life of their dreams and change the world for the better. She uses powerful tools and empowering knowledge to help women take control of their lives on their own terms and embrace this next chapter as a fascinating and exciting journey. She uses her private coaching program – Becoming HER, her online community - Flourish, and international retreats to inspire women all over the world to transform their lives. She also hosts The Simply Vibrant Life, a 7-day international retreat that she hosted in Thailand, Bali, Greece, and Morocco. She has a number of retreats coming up in the next few months. She is the host of the YouTube show titled, 50 Shades of Over 50 on my channel KwaviTV. A show she created to make an impact in the lives of women in their 50s and beyond while changing the negative narrative surrounding older women. She's Ms. Classic Georgia Global Continental 2022. Clients have praised her “motivational, fun style” and “simple, yet practical suggestions” which inspire women to take action and in the process thrive and shine in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond. She received her B.Sc. in Information Technology from Thames Valley University in the United Kingdom and obtained a Master's in Medical Informatics degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. She's a Certified Life Coach through The Life Coach School. She supports several local charities each year, including the efforts to end sex trafficking. She is a wife and mother to 2 teenage boys. She's been featured on CBS, NBC, ABC, Best Self Magazine, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.   Instagram and TikTok Kwavi_TV Youtube - @kwavitv https://kwavi.com/

If you're interested in having a large impact, informatics is a field that will provide a pathway for that. In this Future of Global Informatics episode, TJ Southern sits down to talk with Blake Lesselroth, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Vice-Chair of Medical Informatics at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa School of Community Medicine. Dr. Lesselroth was interested in education, care coordination, and fixing problems, and medical informatics was the field where he found he could impact an entire patient population by doing all of those three. He talks about how medical informatics has a lot of different niches that allow informaticists to design their career path and find what fits best for them. He discusses the challenges he has seen for innovation in systems and the opportunities that design thinking offers in that area. Tune in to learn from Dr. Lesselroth about how you can shape your career in informatics! Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health

Omolola is a biomedical informatician and writer. Biomedical informatics is a relatively new and exciting field that studies how to effectively acquire, store, communicate and transform biomedical data, information and knowledge to produce insights that can be acted upon to improve human health. The professional society for US-based informaticians is the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Omolola is an elected Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. Her research examines how artificial intelligence (AI) and telehealth can be used to improve healthcare in medically underserved and under-resourced settings. Even though she was drawn to math and science at an early age, Omolola was always a voracious reader; her mother taught African and African-American literature at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and so there were hundreds of intriguing books jammed into bookshelves around her house. Bored with her Enid Blyton collection, at age ten, she switched to reading James Baldwin, Flora Nwapa, Richard Wright, & similar authors. Although she was too young to understand much of what she was reading, the books opened up fascinating new worlds and fostered an unquenchable curiosity about different people and places. Omolola was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria. She now lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband. Her short story, “Area Boy Rescue” was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Studzinski Literary Award. It appears in the collection, New Writing from Africa 2009. Her short story, “Jollof Rice and Revolutions” appeared in Ploughshares in 2017 and was named to the list of “Other Distinguished Stories of 2017” in The Best American Short Stories 2018. In September 2022, her first book, a novel in stories, “Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions” was published in North America by Amistad Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. It will also be published by Trapeze Books, an imprint of Hachette's Orion, in the United Kingdom and much of the Commonwealth. Omolola is also a part of the Miami Book Fair in November. Visit their website for details. 

Dr. Rehan Waheed is the Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Quest Diagnostics. He oversees clinical expertise for their healthcare analytics solutions division while also championing important initiatives to advance analytics in public health. Dr. Waheed joined Quest Diagnostics in 2021 as a Senior Medical Director. Prior to this, he served as a Director at Cerner Corporation leading efforts in the federal sector and previously as the Sr. Director for Integration & Transformation at The MetroHealth System. Dr. Waheed earned his medical degree from the Northeast Ohio Medical and is board-certified in Internal Medicine. He has a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, an Informatics Certificate, and continues to teach as adjunct faculty at Baldwin Wallace University. Learn more about Rehan at https://atchainternational.com/healthcare-and-higher-podcast-ep61-rehan-waheed/ For a complete list of guests and links to past episodes, visit https://atchainternational.com/healthcare-and-higher-podcast/ Connect with Iqbal on: - Linked at https://www.linkedin.com/in/iqbalatcha/ - Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/iqbalatcha1 - Twitter at https://twitter.com/IqbalAtcha1 Join us next week for another exciting episode of the "Healthcare and Higher" podcast! #HealthcareAndHigher #IqbalsInterviews Song Credits: "Life Is A Dream" by Michael Ramir C. "Stay With Me" by Michael Ramir C. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iqbal-atcha/support

Hello and welcome to Informatics in the Round,  a podcast designed to help everyone become a part of the dialog about topics in biomedical informatics.  I'm Kevin Johnson, a physician and informatics researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. @kbjohnsonmd on Twitter, www.kevinbjohnsonmd.net on the web!  The overturning of Roe v. Wade has had a significant impact on our country. What many may not realize is the impact it might have across all of the health care system as we know it, including the informatics community.  However, this episode will enlighten us all about this, and, unfortunately, will probably make a few people lose sleep. We are joined in this episode by Professor Bradley Malin, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Computer Science, as well as Vice Chair for Research Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Informatics.  He is one of the world's experts on data privacy, having invented or helped to debunk myths around the most common approaches used to protect electronic medical records from use or to facilitate safe data sharing.  He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI), and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).  In addition, he was honored as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the White House. Brad is joined by Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, JD, MD. Ellen is an internationally respected leader in the field of law and genomics who holds appointments in Pediatrics and in Health Policy at VUMC, and in the Law School as well as the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University. Ellen has helped to develop policy statements for numerous national and international organizations, including the Public Population Project in Genomics, Human Genome Organization, Council of International Organizations of Medical Sciences, the American Society of Human Genetics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Ellen has worked on a number of projects for the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) and is currently a member of its National Advisory Council, director of its Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, and the Report Review Committee. For her service, she received the David P. Rall Medal from the IOM in 2013.   In addition to these amazing guests, we're excited to have ST Bland, a leader in Vanderbilt's Center for Precision Medicine here, as well as Jane Bach, an extremely successful “performing” songwriter in Nashville. Jane is joined again by Jeanie McQuinn of http://www.greatbigrivermusic.com, a partner with Jane in songwriting.   

In this episode, the first of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)'s For Your Informatics podcast, hosts Karmen Williams and Sabrina Hsueh welcome Wendy Chapman, Associate Dean of Digital Health and Informatics at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health. Her research focuses on developing computer algorithms to understand information typed into electronic medical records and natural language processing of clinical texts. She is an elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and the US National Academy of Medicine. Wendy discusses her journey from an undergraduate background in linguistics and Chinese literature to completing a PhD in Medical Informatics at the University of Utah and learning to program from scratch. She also describes moving to Australia when saw an opportunity to grow the field of digital health in Melbourne. She identifies the most pressing issues she is faced with in her new role and provides valuable advice based on her most impactful career moves. Wendy also shares with Karmen and Sabrina the development of the Digital Health Validitron at the University of Melbourne, which will guide innovators through questions in order to obtain funding and reimbursement. Finally, she identifies the areas in which ACM and AMIA can partner together in order to create a real impact in the field.