Podcast Day 2: Champions of Healthcare IT Live from HIMSS19

It’s another day of live podcasting from #HIMSS19!

Day 1 flew by with a ton of great industry insight shared by those healthcare heroes who stopped by the MEDHOST booth. Day 2 is EVEN BETTER!  Get more useful information on the current state of healthcare IT and what we can expect for the future.

Tommy Lewis, Chief Transformation Officer & Chief of Staff to the CEO at Tivity Health, and past president of the TN Chapter of HIMSS stopped by the MEDHOST podcast lounge to thank the leadership team, board members, ambassadors, sponsors and membership after winning HIMSS Chapter Leader of the Year. He also shared his reasons for attending conferences like HIMSS19 every year.

Michael Archuleta, CIO of Mt. San Rafael Hospital, sat down with us in the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 to discuss how companies should focus their business and technology initiatives to work together in order to best utilize patient data while also protecting that data from cybersecurity threats. He also shared why the medical device industry face some of the highest levels of security breaches.

Michael Archuleta, CIO of Mt. San Rafael Hospital, sat down with us in the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 to discuss how companies should focus their business and technology initiatives to work together in order to best utilize patient data while also protecting that data from cybersecurity threats. He also shared why the medical device industry face some of the highest levels of security breaches.

Meg Underwood, Senior Managing Director of Ankura Consulting stopped by the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 and talked about the biggest trend she's heard discussed at the conference this year: the advancement of interoperability. She also shared why as a healthcare IT company it's important to get out in front early.

Founder and CEO of Virsys12 Tammy Hawes joined us in the MEDHOST podcast lounge to offer her take on what it means for healthcare systems to experience a transformational change. She also shared that access to data analytics and the ability for machine-learning tools to process and predict health outcomes is only valuable if action is actually taken from it.

ClearData's Chief Strategy Officer Scott Whyte joined us in the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 to talk about the various social determinants associated with proper health, such as access to care, and how rural communities face even greater obstacles. He also shared how breaking down the barriers between payers and providers will result in better access to higher quality care at lower costs.

President and Founder of Catalyst HTI, Mike Biselli dropped into the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 and revealed the secret sauce to his company's success in Colorado. He also rallied for the reimagination of healthcare through silo-busting collaboration and future partnerships.

Executive Vice President of HIMSS Analytics, Blain Newton, joined us in the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 to share what he believes is the trend in healthcare IT, the momentum around digital health transformation. He says the new focus is redirecting pathways and processes all with the consumer, the patient, at the center of the care continuum.

PerceptionHealth CEO Tod Fetherling stopped by the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 to share one of his reasons for attending the conference - the ability to connect with strategic partners to help leverage their area of the marketplace: machine learning, AI and data liquidity. He also discussed the need for providers and payers to get on board with data interoperability.

CEO of PatientKeeper Paul Brient joined us in the MEDHOST podcast lounge at HIMSS19 to discuss a surprising side-effect of recent innovations in healthcare technology - physician satisfaction. He shares that more and more doctors are complaining about frustration and burnout from automated systems that get in the way of practicing and caring for patients.

We will be posting interviews all day, so stay tuned and check back often. 

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