Leader to Leader: Getting to Interoperability with Ajay Kapare and Marc Probst
In 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… read more
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Solving Healthcare Inequities with Andy Crowder
In 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… read more
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Corporate Culture After the Pandemic with Laura Wilt
In 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… read more
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Leader to Leader: “You Can’t Outsource Your Brain” with Paul M. Black and Zane Burke
In 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… read more
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Leader to Leader: Winning the Talent War with Laura O’Toole, SureTest
In 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… read more
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Leader to Leader Featuring Ricky Caplin, CEO, The HCI Group and CEO, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Tech Mahindra
In 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.
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A Conversation with Tanya Townsend, 2022 CHIME Board Chair
In 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… read more
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Leader to Leader Featuring Jeremy Brody, Head of Global Strategy, Cerner Enviza
In 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… read more
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A Conversation with John Kravitz, 2020/21 CHIME Board Chair – The Year in Review
In this podcast episode, Russ sits down for an end-of-year chat 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… read more
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Leader to Leader Featuring Marc Potash, Founder and CEO, CERTIFY Global
In 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… read more
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Leader to Leader Featuring Mac McMillan, President and CEO, CynergisTek, Inc.
In 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… read more
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Leader to Leader Featuring Steven Martin, EVP, Enterprise Technology, Change Healthcare
In 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… read more
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