Digital Health Leaders Podcast
183 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRuss Branzell, President & CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), interviews leaders in Digital Health from around the world. These thought leaders share their knowledge, challenges, best practices, and ideas for helping to transform health and care on a global level.
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CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: UNITY with Rick Skinner, 1999 Board Chair
September 21, 2022 15:40 - 19 minutes - 27 MB30th Anniversary Podcast: Unity of command in healthcare with Rick Skinner In this week’s 30th Anniversary podcast series, Russ Branzell visits with Rick Skinner, CHIME’s 1999 Board Chair. As the calendar approached 2000, anxiety spread across the world as people feared that computer systems would shut down. Rick recalls how the CHIME Board celebrated the phenomenon at the Fall Forum, hurricane and all! Rick is a healthcare IT Executive with over 25 years’ experience in healthcare informat...
Leader to Leader: Geeking Out, Rallying the Troops, and the Value of Listening
September 19, 2022 15:23 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBGeeking out, rallying the troops, and the value of listening In this CHIMECast Leader to Leader podcast episode, join Russ and Jeff Hendrikse, the Vice President of Enterprise Imaging Product Management at Canon Medical Informatics, Inc. Jeff has devoted his career to creating imaging solutions that transform data into visible results, so clinicians make better diagnoses. He has 25 years of expertise and experience in leading people to improved enterprise imaging development and implementat...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: Investment with Timothy Zoph
September 14, 2022 21:15 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBForward Looking and Beyond the Moment Join Russ Branzell, CHIME's President & CEO, in our 30th Anniversary podcast series featuring 30 weeks of digital health leaders who've made significant impacts on CHIME and our industry. Today's podcast welcomes CHIME's 2000 Board Chair, Timothy Zoph, FCHIME, CHCIO, recipient of a CHIME Legacy Award, and a thought leader who served as a founding faculty member for CIO Bootcamp in 2003; was a faculty member for 10 consecutive years, teaching over 1000 ...
'Hospital at Home' as a Care Delivery Model
September 12, 2022 15:09 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBDuring this informative CHIME Foundation Leader to Leader episode, CHIME President and CEO, Russ Branzell, and Baker Tilly's Healthcare Practice Managing Director, Steve House, discuss the value of 'Hospital at Home' as a care delivery model, whether or not it has the potential to change or disrupt healthcare delivery, and what healthcare providers really need to successfully implement a hospital-at-home model. In addition to focusing on the data and analytics components of implementing a ho...
Leader to Leader: 'Hospital at Home' as a Care Delivery Model
September 12, 2022 15:09 - 27 minutes - 37.3 MBDuring this informative CHIME Foundation Leader to Leader episode, CHIME President and CEO, Russ Branzell, and Baker Tilly's Healthcare Practice Managing Director, Steve House, discuss the value of 'Hospital at Home' as a care delivery model, whether or not it has the potential to change or disrupt healthcare delivery, and what healthcare providers really need to successfully implement a hospital-at-home model. In addition to focusing on the data and analytics components of implementing a ho...
30th Anniversary Podcast: VISION with Skip Hubbard
September 07, 2022 20:38 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MB50 Years of Technology: Beyond the Horse & Buggy In this week's 30th Anniversary podcast series, Russ Branzell visits with Skip Hubbard, CHCIO, LCHIME, FCHIME, and CHIME's 2001 Board Chair. Skip’s life and career includes more than 50 years in technology, with more than 45 of those focused on healthcare. As the 2001 Board Chair, Skip was one of the first 10 CHIME Chairs, and one of the first 50 CHIME Members to earn his CHCIO status. Skip is currently “semi-retired,” serving on the system b...
Leader to Leader: Rapid Change, Remote Success & RPA with Andy Smith
August 30, 2022 18:54 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBRapid Change, Remote Success & RPA... A Conversation with Digital Health Leader, Andy Smith, CFCHE, Managing Partner & Founder of Impact Advisors Join Russ Branzell, President & CEO of CHIME, and Andy Smith, CFCHE, Managing Partner & Founder of Impact Advisors, for an engaging conversation - covering everything from Venn diagrams to crystal balls! Hear the story behind Impact Advisor's name, insight into the organization's focus on workforce innovation, Andy's passion about the importanc...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: CULTURE with Ivo Nelson, In Memory of Gary Strong-2003 Board Chair
August 24, 2022 16:32 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBIvo Nelson In Memory of Gary Strong, 2003 Board Chair Trust, Love & Culture This week on our 30th Anniversary podcast, special guest, Ivo Nelson, joins us to honor the memory of CHIME’s 11th Board Chair from 2003, Gary Strong. Gary is remembered as a genuine and inspirational leader – he served at Fairview Health Services and Allina Hospitals and Clinics both in Minnesota, and before that, he was at West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pennsylvania. Ivo, a leading influencer and entrepre...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: PARTNERSHIP with Jim Turnball, 2004 Board Chair
August 17, 2022 21:23 - 27 minutes - 38 MBLooking Back, Stepping Up & Letting Go In today's 30th Anniversary podcast, we welcome our Board Chair from 2004, Jim Turnbull. Jim is a Lifetime CHIME Member with a 47-year professional career in the health care industry. He retired as CIO of the University of Utah Health in 2020, and before that, served as the Senior VP & CIO of The Children’s Hospital in Denver. Jim was awarded the 2012 CIO of the Year Award and he co-founded the Opioid Task Force with Ed Kopetsky in 2018. Join Russ and...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: PARTNERSHIP with Jim Turnbull, 2004 Board Chair
August 17, 2022 21:23 - 27 minutes - 38 MBLooking Back, Stepping Up & Letting Go In today's 30th Anniversary podcast, we welcome our Board Chair from 2004, Jim Turnbull. Jim is a Lifetime CHIME Member with a 47-year professional career in the health care industry. He retired as CIO of the University of Utah Health in 2020, and before that, served as the Senior VP & CIO of The Children’s Hospital in Denver. Jim was awarded the 2012 CIO of the Year Award and he co-founded the Opioid Task Force with Ed Kopetsky in 2018. Join Russ and...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: INSIGHT with Pat Skarulis, 2005 Board Chair
August 10, 2022 21:14 - 27 minutes - 38 MBIn today’s 30th Anniversary podcast, Russ welcomes Pat Skarulis, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHIME’s 2005 Board Chair. Pat was the Senior Vice President and CIO of Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York before retiring in 2020. She’s been recognized as one of the 50 most influential women in health IT by Health Data Management. Join us as Pat shares how and why she first entered the healthcare industry; the importance of collaboration within a healthcare organization; her leadership style and advice for ...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: CHANGE with Bill Spooner, 2006 CHIME Board Chair
August 03, 2022 15:07 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBShaping Change into Meaningful Progress Tune in to today’s 30th Anniversary podcast episode featuring Bill Spooner! Bill shares tips, lessons learned, experiences, and success stories extracted from a 45-year career in healthcare. 2006 CHIME Board Chair, 2009 CIO of the Year, winner of CHIME’s inaugural Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership, and winner of CHIME’s 2018 Legacy Award, there aren’t many CHIME achievements that Bill hasn’t contributed to since he joined CHIME in 1996. ...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: EXPERTISE with Ron Strachan, 2007 Board Chair
July 27, 2022 14:44 - 26 minutes - 37 MBRolled Sleeves, Dirty Hands & Deep Dives Description: In this week's 30th Anniversary podcast, we welcome our 2007 CHIME Board Chair and CHIME Fellow, Ron Strachan, the Principle and Founder of Optimize Health IT. Ron has worked in information technology for over 37 years - focused on healthcare IT for most of that time - and has served in the CIO role at prominent healthcare organizations. In this podcast, Ron gives thoughtful and passionate advice from his experience pursing meaning in h...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: COMMITMENT with Rodney C. Dykehouse, 2008 Board Chair
July 20, 2022 17:15 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBBeyond Yourself and Your Role 2008 CHIME BOARD CHAIR Rodney C. Dykehouse, FCHIME, LCHIME President and Founder, CIO Consulting, LLC Today’s 30th Anniversary podcast welcomes Rodney Dykehouse, CHIME’s 2008 Board Chair and President and Founder of CIO Consulting, LLC. Rod has served as a dedicated Member of CHIME since 1994 and was awarded the Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leadership in 2005. In this episode, Rodney talks about how he entered into the technology and healthcare space...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: RESPONSIBILITY with Joanne Sunquist, 2009 Board Chair
July 12, 2022 20:58 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBJust Go For It This week's 30th Anniversary podcast welcomes CHIME's 2009 Board Chair, Joanne Sunquist RN, MS, FCHIME, LCHIME. Before retiring in 2018, Joanne was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, Minnesota. She practiced as an RN and Nurse Executive for ten years before moving into healthcare IT and becoming a well-known and respected leader in the industry and with CHIME. In this episode, Joanne discusses her time serving on ...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: INNOVATION with Tim Stettheimer, 2010 Board Chair
July 06, 2022 14:06 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBPushing Boundaries Today's 30th Anniversary podcast welcomes Dr. Tim Stettheimer, CHIME's 2010 Board Chair, former CIO, a CHIME Fellow, and "everything CHIME" you can think of. Tim has traveled the world representing the CHIME community and now serves in the inaugural role as Provost of CHIME University. Join Russ as Tim shares a story about white water rafting and a lack of oxygen during his time on the CHIME Board; insights into providing professional educational opportunities for the en...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: INFLUENCE with Lynn Vogel, 2011 Board Chair
June 28, 2022 14:51 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBCollaboration, Facilitation and Influence In this special 30th Anniversary podcast episode, Russ visits with CHIME's 2011 Board Chair, Dr. Lynn Vogel, who was a founding CHIME Member back in 1992! Dr. Vogel is balancing semi-retirement while working with Huntzinger Advisors following an impressive career as a CIO, university professor, and published author of the 2019 book: Who Knew? Inside the Complexity of America’s Health Care. Consultant. Academic. Author. Researcher. Industry Leader....
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: SERVICE with Drex DeFord, 2012 Board Chair
June 22, 2022 14:52 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBHealthcare is a Team Sport Tune in to this week's 30th Anniversary podcast with CHIME's 2012 Board Chair and CHIME Fellow, Drex DeFord. After a long and distinguished career in the United States Air Force, Drex served in numerous CIO positions across our industry and is now Executive Healthcare Strategist at CrowdStrike. From being a "young punk" to a now "seasoned veteran," Drex shares his stories, insights and ideas about his journey in the military, CHIME and the digital health industr...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: NETWORK with George Buddy Hickman, 2013 Board Chair
June 14, 2022 15:15 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBJoin Russ and 2013 CHIME Board Chair, George "Buddy" Hickman, a 30-year industry veteran - accomplished CIO and leader in digital health - and the only two-time, elected CHIME Board Member. As a long-time and valued Member, Buddy is both a CHIME Fellow and a CHIME Life Member, and continues to serve as an active faculty member of CHIME's Healthcare CIO Boot Camp. "It was the idea of networking that lit the fuse for me." Buddy compares hot topics and challenges the industry was facing a dec...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: ACTION with Randy McCleese, 2014 Board Chair
June 08, 2022 13:50 - 18 minutes - 25.1 MBTenacity, Trustworthiness and Persistence in Learning Russ welcomes CHIME's 2014 Board Chair, Randy McCleese, to today's 30th Anniversary podcast. Having led a long and renowned career in digital health in first Tennessee and then Kentucky, Randy now runs his own healthcare IT consulting business. Enjoy a few moments of levity and Randy's special memories - from being "Secret Service" to sharing a burger story with Ted Koppel to relating how Abraham Lincoln impacted his life perspective fr...
Leader to Leader: The Journey: Provider to Partner; CIO to CEO with Ed Marx
June 03, 2022 20:09 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this Leader to Leader podcast, Russ visits with long-time CHIME Member, CIO Boot Camp Graduate and CHCIO, Ed Marx. After years of holding numerous CIO executive positions in addition to serving as a Digital Strategy Executive, Ed has recently added a NEW 3-letter title to his portfolio: CEO of Divurgent. Ed and Russ discuss the challenges and rewards of "crossing over" and transitioning roles with some advice for other industry leaders who may be considering similar career evolutions. Ge...
Challenge, Change, and Resilience
June 02, 2022 19:04 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode, Russ chats with Michael Jefferies, the Chief Information Officer of Boulder Community Health in Boulder, Colorado. Michael is a long-time and dedicated CHIME Member and is a CHIME Certified CIO. He’s well known for his passion and efforts around advocacy and education. From his experience as a leader in a community healthcare organization to his passion for policy, Michael has learned the importance of sharing our voices, advocating for the healthcare industry, and supporti...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: FAMILY with Chuck Christian, 2015 CHIME Board Chair
June 01, 2022 19:30 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBCHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: FAMILY with Chuck Christian, 2015 CHIME Board Chair CALLED TO COMMUNITY & PARTNERSHIP Take a break today with our 30th Anniversary podcast featuring Russ and long-time CIO, industry thought leader, and CHIME's 2015 Board Chair, Chuck Christian, the current VP of Technology for Franciscan Health. Chuck is well-known and highly respected in our CHIME community, having received both the CIO of the Year Award and CHIME’s Federal Public Policy Award for CIO Leade...
Impacting Positive Change with Andrea Daugherty
May 26, 2022 17:45 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBAndrea Daugherty, Interim CIO and Director of Security & Infrastructure Dell Medical School & UT Health Austin, UT Austin Join the conversation with Russ Branzell and Andrea Daugherty, the Interim CIO and Director of Security & Infrastructure for the University of Texas, the Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin. With more than fifteen years of progressive healthcare expertise ranging from clinical to technology, Andrea is well known by her peers and colleagues for not just leading larg...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: Relationships With Marc Probst, 2016 CHIME Board Chair
May 24, 2022 18:20 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week's 30th Anniversary Podcast features CHIMES's 2016 Board Chair and 2019 CHIME CIO of the Year, Marc Probst, CIO of ELLKAY. Not only does Marc talk about his professional journey and perspectives from both sides of the table that have helped shape his career, he shares what his next exciting phase in life is going to be (tune in to find out!). Hear Marc's insights into the importance and impact of relationships, the reason behind his passion for advocacy, and a little bit of "roll up...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: RELATIONSHIPS With Marc Probst, 2016 CHIME Board Chair
May 24, 2022 18:20 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week's 30th Anniversary Podcast features CHIMES's 2016 Board Chair and 2019 CHIME CIO of the Year, Marc Probst, CIO of ELLKAY. Not only does Marc talk about his professional journey and perspectives from both sides of the table that have helped shape his career, he shares what his next exciting phase in life is going to be (tune in to find out!). Hear Marc's insights into the importance and impact of relationships, the reason behind his passion for advocacy, and a little bit of "roll up...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: EDUCATION with Liz Johnson, 2017 CHIME Board Chair
May 18, 2022 18:34 - 35 minutes - 49 MBJoin us as we celebrate our three decades of dedication to digital health leadership with this special edition podcast! For each of the 30 weeks until our Fall Forum, we’ll visit with digital health leaders who have made a very special impact on CHIME, including many of our Board Chairs. In this episode, Russ chats with CHIME’s 2017 Board Chair, Liz Johnson, MS, FAAN, LCHIME, FCHIME, CHCIO, RN-BC. Liz has given so much of herself and her knowledge through volunteerism and education to not ...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: INCLUSION with Cletis Earle, 2018 CHIME Board Chair
May 10, 2022 17:06 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBJoin us as we celebrate our three decades of dedication to digital health leadership with this special edition podcast! For each of the 30 weeks until our Fall Forum, we’ll visit with digital health leaders who have made a very special impact on CHIME, including many of our Board Chairs. In this episode, Russ chats with CHIME’s 2018 Board Chair, Cletis Earle, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine. Earle discusses his work ...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: VOICE with Dr. Shafiq Rab, 2019 CHIME Board Chair
May 03, 2022 18:29 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBJoin us as we celebrate our three decades of dedication to digital health leadership with this special edition podcast! For each of the 30 weeks until our Fall Forum, we’ll visit with digital health leaders who have made a very special impact on CHIME, including many of our Board Chairs. In this episode, Russ chats with CHIME’s 2019 Board Chair, Dr. Shafiq Rab, MD, PhD, MPH, Chief Digital Officer, System CIO and EVP, Tufts Medicine Rab focuses on the power of CHIME to support and amplify t...
Leader to Leader: Filling the Talent Pipeline with Geoff Blanding
April 28, 2022 13:35 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ talks with Geoff Blanding, Executive Vice President, Optimum CareerPath and Implementation Services. Blanding discusses Optimum CareerPath’s partnership with CHIME to help high-aptitude, non-traditional students and workers train for careers in healthcare IT. As recruiting and retention become ever more challenging due to the tech talent war, Blanding encourages digital health leaders to change old ways of hiring and adopt a more growth-friendly approach. The ...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: LEADERSHIP with John Kravitz, 2020-2021 CHIME Board Chair
April 27, 2022 11:26 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBJoin us as we celebrate our three decades of dedication to digital health leadership with this special edition podcast! For each of the 30 weeks until our Fall Forum, we’ll visit with a digital health leader who has made a very special impact on CHIME, including many of our Board Chairs. In this episode, Russ chats with CHIME’s 2020-2021 Board Chair John Kravitz, Corporate CIO, Geisinger Health. Kravitz focuses on LEADERSHIP, one of CHIME’s central values, noting the importance of communic...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: LEADERSHIP with John Kravitz, 2021-2022 CHIME Board Chair
April 27, 2022 11:26 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBJoin us as we celebrate our three decades of dedication to digital health leadership with this special edition podcast! For each of the 30 weeks until our Fall Forum, we’ll visit with a digital health leader who has made a very special impact on CHIME, including many of our Board Chairs. In this episode, Russ chats with CHIME’s 2020-2021 Board Chair John Kravitz, Corporate CIO, Geisinger Health. Kravitz focuses on LEADERSHIP, one of CHIME’s central values, noting the importance of communic...
Sharing Best Practices in Healthcare IT with Dr. Zafar Chaudry
April 20, 2022 13:58 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ chats with Dr. Zafar Chaudry, SVP, CDIO, Seattle Children’s, about the need for digital health leaders to share best practices for common scenarios and projects that characterize the journey to digital transformation. Chaudry reveals his phased process for engaging stakeholders in a major change such as an ERP implementation. He also discusses his goals for cloud migration that will allow his IT team to focus on strategic work by delegating some nuts-and-bolts m...
CHIME 30th Anniversary Podcast: COMMUNITY with Tanya Townsend, 2022 Board Chair
April 19, 2022 14:18 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBJoin us as we celebrate our three decades of dedication to digital health leadership with this special edition podcast! For each of the 30 weeks until our Fall Forum, we’ll visit with a digital health leader who has made a very special impact on CHIME, including many of our Board Chairs! In this episode, Russ chats with CHIME’s current Board Chair Tanya Townsend, CHCIO, SVP and CIO, LCMC Health. Townsend highlights the COMMUNITY that has always been the hallmark of CHIME and describes how o...
Children, Teens and the Pandemic with Theresa Meadows
April 13, 2022 14:07 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ chats with Theresa Meadows, SVP and CIO for Cook Children’s Health Care System, about the changing needs of children and teens through successive waves of the COVID pandemic. Meadows highlights the need for more mental health resources as young people continue to experience the mental and emotional aftereffects of illness and social distancing. She also gives expert perspective on cybersecurity policy in Washington and the current need for more DEI to add women ...
Leader to Leader: Getting to Interoperability with Ajay Kapare and Marc Probst
April 07, 2022 14:31 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ talks with two leaders from ELLKAY: Ajay Kapare, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, and Marc Probst, Chief Information Officer. Kapare and Probst discuss ELLKAY’s unique five-segment effort to unify healthcare IT with interoperability for ambulatory, hospitals, labs, payers and vendors. The leaders weigh in on whether federal policy will help set standards to the extent needed to meet the interoperability challenge. Kapare explains how a values-driven corporate...
Solving Healthcare Inequities with Andy Crowder
April 06, 2022 21:20 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ chats with Andy Crowder, SVP, CIAO, Atrium Health, about the mission that keeps his team motivated: closing the gap on healthcare inequities. Crowder shares his tips for recruiting and retaining talent, including giving employees choice and flexibility by focusing on outcomes, not on rigid schedules or dress codes. Crowder also discusses his team’s massive digital acceleration strategy and his five key principles for leadership in digital health. This episode i...
Corporate Culture After the Pandemic with Laura Wilt
March 30, 2022 14:52 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ chats with Laura Wilt, System Vice President and CIO, Ochsner Health, about how she holds herself accountable as a leader with the help of a personal coach. That self-insight assists Wilt as she works with her team to strengthen corporate culture to meet the needs of a post-pandemic workforce. Wilt discusses how to attract and retain talented staff by adapting working conditions, as talent becomes ever more important to help face new challenges such as rising cy...
Leader to Leader: "You Can't Outsource Your Brain" with Paul M. Black and Zane Burke
March 28, 2022 19:15 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ talks with two leading innovators in the healthcare industry: Zane Burke, CEO of Quantum Health, and Paul Black, CEO of Allscripts. Burke and Black discuss their secrets of success in leadership as well as the immense opportunity available for companies that can step in now to unify systems and data for healthcare interoperability. Creating workplace conditions to win the talent war is key to organizational success. Burke and Black offer concrete suggestions for...
Leader to Leader: Winning the Talent War with Laura O'Toole, Founder & CEO, SureTest
February 25, 2022 15:47 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ talks with Laura O’Toole about helpful strategies to win the “absolute talent war” that now grips the healthcare IT ecosystem. O’Toole suggests ways to retain staff by enabling them to do innovative and strategic work instead of staying in a reactive and tactical mode. She encourages digital health leaders to tap into a new generation’s desire for meaningful work that makes a difference. O’Toole applauds the industry's excitement about the Techquity event at Vi...
Leader to Leader Featuring Ricky Caplin, CEO, The HCI Group and CEO, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Tech Mahindra
January 24, 2022 22:56 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ talks with Ricky Caplin about the move to remote work in the healthcare industry and leadership attitudes that aided the success of the merger between The HCI Group and Tech Mahindra. Caplin highlights uplifting ways in which the digital revolution is bringing better healthcare for people around the world.
A Conversation with Tanya Townsend, 2022 CHIME Board Chair
January 19, 2022 22:32 - 20 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ chats with new CHIME Board Chair Tanya Townsend, CHCIO, SVP and CIO, LCMC Health, who highlights groundbreaking new events and offerings coming from CHIME in 2022. Townsend discusses ViVE, the new digital health event that gathers stellar leaders for creative connection in early March. CHIME University is launching new online graduate degrees at the master’s and doctorate level. And with CHIME’s 30th anniversary coming in 2022, Townsend reflects on all the suppo...
Leader to Leader Featuring Jeremy Brody, Head of Global Strategy, Cerner Enviza
January 18, 2022 20:21 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ talks with Jeremy Brody about his work heading global strategy at a new unit of Cerner known as Cerner Enviza, which focuses on using advanced technology to support research in life sciences and therapeutics. Brody explains why this is a great time for innovation in healthcare, and how optimizing the use of longitudinal data is starting to drive research with tremendous benefits for patients. Brody also outlines three ways that digital health leaders can empower...
A Conversation with John Kravitz, 2020/21 CHIME Board Chair - The Year in Review
December 27, 2021 19:33 - 29 minutes - 27 MBIn this podcast episode, Russ sits down for an end-of-year visit with CHIME Board Chair John Kravitz, CHCIO, Corporate CIO, Geisinger Health. Kravitz's outstanding leadership during his two-year tenure as chair led CHIME to new heights of success and service, despite the unprecedented challenges presented by the pandemic. He reflects on the greatest lessons and changes of the past 24 months and outlines future areas of opportunity for the industry. Kravitz also comments on plans for his new ...
Leader to Leader Featuring Marc Potash, Founder and CEO, CERTIFY Global
October 14, 2021 15:53 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this podcast episode, John Kravitz, Chairman of the CHIME Board of Trustees and CIO of Geisinger Health, chats with Marc Potash, Founder and CEO, CERTIFY Global. John and Marc explore the challenges and potential of using facial recognition to confirm patient identity. Descriptions and real-life examples illustrate their discussions of increased accuracy, rapid workflow and efficiency, protecting patient data in the cloud, and using technology to provide concierge-style personal service f...
Leader to Leader Featuring Mac McMillan, President and CEO, CynergisTek, Inc.
October 12, 2021 20:17 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBIn this episode, Russ talks with Mac McMillan about his recent return to helm CynergisTek as President and CEO once again. McMillan draws on his years of experience in the military, in government and as a cybersecurity expert to lay out his three principles for leadership: Mission, Service, and Integrity. He highlights the crucial need for healthcare organizations to shift their cybersecurity paradigm away from compliance and instead strategize for resilience against cyberattacks. McMillan e...
Leader to Leader Featuring Steven Martin, EVP, Enterprise Technology, Change Healthcare
October 05, 2021 21:37 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this podcast, Russ talks with Steven Martin about moving into the healthcare industry just at the onset of the pandemic, and how Change Healthcare worked to make data freely available to assist COVID research while protecting patient privacy. Martin highlights key elements in the ethical use of data, such as considering social determinants of health to identify true underlying causes of disease. Russ asks about the imminent “fourth industrial revolution” of the AI Age, and Martin outlines...
A Conversation with Sarah Richardson, FCHIME, CHCIO, SVP and CIO, Tivity Health
September 28, 2021 21:03 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this episode, Sarah Richardson talks with Russ about her transition to work at Tivity Health, where her passion for wellness can fuse with her knowledge of digital healthcare on a mission to improve life for seniors. Richardson applauds a turn toward authenticity in corporate culture, as the stresses of COVID require us to be human, discard the façades, and find out how we are all really doing. She offers valuable tips on how to stay connected in virtual workspaces and how to get started ...
A Conversation with Aaron Miri, CHCIO, FCHIME, SVP, CDIO, Baptist Health
September 23, 2021 21:05 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this episode, Aaron Miri returns to talk with Russ about the mysterious cliffhanger from the end of Episode 55. On the second day of his new job, Miri reveals that listening, empathy and authenticity will be his chief values for leading his new team through the transition. Miri also reflects on how CHIME Boot Camp mentors and a strong, collaborative community of peers have been key to his success and growth as a leader.
A Conversation with William Hudson, SVP and CIO, John Muir Health
September 17, 2021 00:29 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode, Russ talks with William Hudson, who describes how his work on both the vendor and the provider sides of healthcare prepared him to listen and be a cross-pollinator in conversations now as a CIO working in digital transformation. Hudson explains how implementing video visits for palliative care 3 years before the pandemic was the best preparation for the sudden need for telehealth in 2020. He also outlines his team’s progress to a multi-cloud environment and discusses the cul...