The Collective Voice of Health IT, A WEDI Podcast
An engaging exchange of ideas and information from the preeminent national membership association for health IT guidance and collaboration. Each week, join host Matthew Albright, Chief Legislative Affairs Officer for Zelis Payment, as he welcomes prominent healthcare thought leaders to discuss best practices, pressing issues and emerging trends within the health IT community
Episodes
Michael chats with Chris Darland, President and CEO of Peerbridge Health about how artificial intelligence is helping diagnose heart failure quicker and more efficiently than traditional methods, which could assist all patients, but especially those in rural communities.
In January of this year, to coincide with the release of CMS' Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule, WEDI launched an ambitious 7-part education series examining the rule for the healthcare industry. Michael sits down with 3 of the moderators of the series, Ferris Taylor, Executive Director of the Healthcare Executive Group, Denny Brennan, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, and Robert Ten...
From WEDI’s Feb 2024 Health Equity Forum, Part 2 (Part 1 was episode 144) of a session moderated by Dr. Marc Rabner, Chief Medical Officer with CRISP Shared Services discussing the work CBOs perform to support Health Equity. The panelists:
- Leigh Ann Eagle, Director of Health & Wellness Program, MAC, Chief Operating Officer of the Living Well Center of Excellence
- Stephanie Archer-Smith, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels of...
Michael welcomes Taylor Webster, Head of Coding Quality with Fathom Health (https://www.fathomhealth.com/) to discuss how autonomous medical coding is aiding the industry, addressing workforce shortages, burden and revenue cycle management.
Michael chats with Amanda Bury, Chief Commercial Officer with Infermedica about how tools like the digital self-triage are supporting the patient while also feeding physicians valuable information to create a more productive and accurate healthcare experience.
Michael chats with Akshay Sharma, Chief AI Officer with Lyric, a leading AI healthcare technology company looking to leverage AI to improve payment accuracy and efficiency.
Akshay discusses the power and potential of AI, how Lyric is improving the healthcare payment process for all stakeholders and the importance of responsible AI and privacy when implementing this emerging technology.
Michael welcomes MedicareSchool.com co-founder Marvin Musick to discuss offering valuable education to Medicare-eligible patients and the affect of technology and policy on Medicare and healthcare in general.
From WEDI's Feb 2024 Health Equity Forum, Dr. Marc Rabner, Chief Medical Officer with CRISP Shared Services moderates a panel of CBO leaders on how they leverage data in their day to day work.
The Panel:
- Leigh Ann Eagle, Director of Health & Wellness Program, MAC, Chief Operating Officer of the Living Well Center of Excellence
- Stephanie Archer-Smith, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland
- June Simmons, Pre...
This week, Matthew welcome Nick Adriance, Director, Global Software Product Management at CenTrak. The two discuss the evolution of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and how it can aid in streamlining cost, decrease lost equipment, increase security, and enhance patient experience.
At WEDI's recent Health Equity Forum and Workshop, Sagran Moodley, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer with Ontada spoke with Dr. Vindell Washington, former National Coordinator for Health IT and the Chief Clinical Officer and Director of the Health Equity Center of Excellence for Verily Health Platforms.
Michael welcomes Richard Wagner, a former WEDI Privacy and Security Workgorup Co-Chair who is the CEO of Raven Health (www.ravenhealth.com) a leader in data collection and analysis for behavioral health. Coming from a healthcare family, Richard learned early on about the frustrations of healthcare software from his clinician father, and worked to increase the time a clinician spends with their patients and decrease the time they sp...
Michael chats with Lisa Blue, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer with Providertech on how technology and policy is quickly shaping the future for patient engagement.
Matthew chats with Patty Hayward, General Manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Talkdesk. The two discuss healthcare's current problem areas, how patient empowerment can help turn the tide and how AI can address call center challenges.
Matthew welcomes a panel of healthcare professionals to discuss the power of SDOH data in changing communities.
- Brian Wikle, Principal Sales Executive, SS&C Health
- Amy Sall, Sr Director Strategic Business Consulting Executive Advisory (and self professed "Data Goddess") SS&C Health
- John Novak, CIO & VP of Information Services, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
The group discusses the data-centric challenges of...
"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members"
Michael welcomes Shweta Maniar, Global Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences with Google. Shweta shares how early experiences of volunteer service shaped her vision of how technology, along with trust and sense of community, can improve the healthcare ecosystem. Shweta also shares advice for women leaders and others in healthca...
WEDI's Director of Events and Education Michael McNutt chats with Kim Perry, Chief Growth Officer at emtelligent, about the adoption of clinical AI and its potential to transform business processes in the healthcare market. The benefits of AI are discussed as well as the challenges that come with the technology.
Read Kim's article on how NLP can aid payers and providers when exchanging patient information through continuity-of-c...
Matthew chats with Artisight Inc. President Stephanie Lahr. Inspired by her experience with an EHR system during a hurricane in Texas, Stephanie discusses the urgent need to transition from paper records, embrace technology, and how AI can support hospitals by identifying and automating high friction environments, improving the quality of care, and reducing healthcare burnout.
Host Mike Kottmer (WEDI Board Member) talks with Dr Colin Banas, Chief Medical Officer with Dr. First. The two discuss how AI (Dr. Banas calls it Augmented Intelligence) has benefitted both patients (improved medication management) and physicians (burden reduction) as well as the challenges and future opportunities that AI will bring the industry.
Guest host and WEDI board member Mike Kottmer chats with Dr. Luigi Vacca and Aaron Holloway, the founders of tallywell, a digital health app that utilizes AI and ML to create a FICO-like "health score" for the user.
Michael chats with Dr. Michael Gao, CEO and Co-Founder of SmarterDx. The two discuss how Michael's origins in starting a free clinic for uninsured patients sparked his interest in combining technology and healthcare to address systemic issues.
The two address the inefficiencies in the healthcare system, particularly the high cost of revenue cycle tasks, and how leveraging AI can offer immediately value to hospitals.
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