The Healthcare Leadership Experience

Tech startups are predicted to disrupt US healthcare in 2024. Scott Nelson, co-founder, and CEO of venture backed FastWave Medical, offers his strategies for success in innovation with Jim Cagliostro. 

Episode Introduction 

Scott reveals the two signs that an idea has potential, why market trumps everything in innovation, and why leaders should focus on eliminating pain points for their end ...

Purchased services is often the most overlooked expense in healthcare yet offers opportunities for cost savings. Brian Bartel shares his best practices for effective contract management, with Jim Cagliostro. 

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Brian explains the unique challenges of purchased services, why a centralized contract repository is the first step to successful purchased services m...

Flourishing supplier relationships can transform healthcare organizations. Samer Haddad, shares his experience of building and navigating successful partnerships with Jim Cagliostro. 

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Samer explains why trust is the foundation of all successful supplier relationships, the importance of human-to-human connection and why a partnership sometimes means giving your partner t...

An estimated 40% of expenditure in the supply chain goes to waste. CEO Luká Yancopoulos explains to Jim Cagliostro how Grapevine Technology aims to put the power back into the hands of hospitals.

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Luká explains how Grapevine can help hospitals save up to 80% on a single line item, how even small healthcare businesses spend six figure sums on the supply chain each year, a...

The US healthcare sector has struggled to put innovations like AI into practice. Mara Cairo explains the advantages of applying machine learning and AI for hospitals to Jim Cagliostro.

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Mara explains why the first step towards successfully embracing AI is literacy, the challenges hospitals face in system integration and why AI isn’t intended to replace humanity in patien...

2024 has been described as a financial ‘’make or break’’ year in healthcare. SpendMend Research Supervisor Zachary Markham explains to Jim Cagliostro why time and data are money for hospitals.  

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Zach explains why the lack of timely, accurate data can delay recovery of credits, and why most hospitals only have 50% visibility into their spend and accounts payable processe...

US healthcare is facing a severe shortage of workers at every level. 6.5 million are expected to leave their jobs by 2026. Geoffrey Roche addresses the challenges in building a new workforce with Jim Cagliostro. 

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Geoffrey highlights the impact of the current staffing crisis in healthcare, and why leadership needs to evolve from a transactional to a heart-centered approa...

Tom Pierce, the President of Integrated Information Systems Incorporated provides valuable insights based on his diverse background in problem-solving, logistics modeling, and consulting. 

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Our guest, Tom Pierce, the President of Integrated Information Systems Incorporated provides valuable insights based on his diverse background in problem-solving, logistics ...

After 25 years and $1 billion of hospital cost savings, Lisa Miller is joined by Rich Dormer, Bryan Covert, and Pandu Mitre to celebrate this landmark episode of THLE.  

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Together, the team discuss the cost savings surprises of 2023 and look forward to 2024. Insights include the two-tiered approach to cost savings goals that all hospital leaders might want to consider, a...

After labor, the supply chain is healthcare’s biggest expense. Randy Subramany, Director of Supply Chain at New York Presbyterian Hospital, shares insights into 2024 trends and innovations with Jim Cagliostro. 

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Randy explains why there’s more to his role than ‘’bandages and gauzes’’, why people are the most important element of the ‘’three-legged supply chain barstool,’...

A focus on frontline innovation has kept VIE Healthcare at the forefront of hospital cost savings for 25 years. Lisa Miller shares her formula for success with Jim Cagliostro. 

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Lisa outlines how getting to the line-item details in purchased services was the key to early success, the ‘what-if’ questions that led to patents, and why hospitals should never settle for 10% i...

Healthcare is in a time of radical and rapid change. Alan Weiss explains to Lisa Miller why coaching is a sign of strength and how all healthcare leaders can benefit from it in an ‘’age of great transition.’’

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Alan explains why the best time to start something is always now, and how the most successful people in every field of life engage a coach to help them achieve the...

The pandemic changed the face of healthcare as we knew it. Expert marketing strategist Lisa Larter explains why every hospital leader needs to rethink their view of thought leadership to Lisa Miller. 

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Lisa explains why thought leadership is essential in the era of Doctor Google, why different is better than better, and the importance of an online presence for healthcare...

As hospitals continue to face rising costs in 2024, David Hewitt, Snr VP of Sales at SpendMend, highlights the importance of recovery audits, and the SpendMend difference, with Managing Director Lisa Miller.

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David explains why SpendMend carries out audits every 90 days, and how the company’s deep expertise delivers results within three weeks. He also outlines the import...

Workplaces are only as safe as the experience of the least safe person. CEO and Founder of Iterum Tom Geraghty, discusses the need for psychological safety in every organization with Jim Cagliostro.

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Tom outlines the evolution of psychological safety, why diversity will remain ‘’on paper’’ without inclusion, and why high-performing teams possess high degrees of psychol...

American healthcare outcomes are falling. Can a collective response bring much-needed change? Authors of Ripple of Change, Todd Otten, MD, and patient Joshua Judy explain why it’s possible to Jim Cagliostro.

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In a wide-ranging conversation, Todd and Joshua share their transformative patient-doctor journey, the most important component of the quadruple aim, and why health...

End of life care is a topic rarely discussed in healthcare. In a sensitive and candid conversation, critical care nurse Seung Eli Oh, RN, MSN, CCRN, explores what it means to die well, with Jim Cagliostro. 

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Seung explores the need for more medical training on end of life care, and why quality of life should be considered in patient treatment decisions. He also encourage...

Telehealth became an essential part of healthcare during the pandemic and is here to stay. Josh Klein shares his vision for its future, and the role of Emerest, with Jim Cagliostro. 

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Josh explains why telehealth is still stuck in 2020, how technology can strip the humanity from healthcare, and why the missing element in telehealth today is social determinan...

Hospitals are under continued pressure to reduce costs and deliver better care. CoFounders of Rebate Insight, Tony Garcia and Jonas Langvad, explain the benefits of rebate management to Jim Cagliostro. 

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Tony & Jonas explain why 100% of rebates go straight to the bottom line, share the 3 Ms of rebate management, and highlight how Rebate Insight’s SaaS solu...