Healthcare IT Today Interviews

Everyone knows that rural health care systems are stressed: costly populations, low reimbursements, staffing shortages, transportation problems—and the 900 billion to one trillion dollar cuts upcoming in Medicaid will severely add to those stresses. But rural providers also have advantages when it comes to the chances for transformation. In a recent video interview, we explore the opportunities in rural health, particularly the use of technology for value-based care with Pranam Ben, Founder & CEO at The Garage and Brittany Sachdeva, COO at Cibolo Health.Learn more about The Garage: https://www.thegaragein.com/Learn more about Cibolo Health: https://cibolohealth.com/Healthcare IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

Asking doctors to remember twenty patient encounters at the end of a packed day guarantees burnout and bad documentation. The same goes for forcing front desk staff to have awkward money conversations in a crowded waiting room.Healthcare IT Today sat down with Kate Steele, Director of IT Applications at Axia Women’s Health. We discussed how her team used platforms like eClinicalWorks to tackle these exact problems. You will learn how ambient AI scribes restore the patient connection and why moving payments to digital check-in removes friction for everyone.🔔 Subscribe for more great interviews with Health IT leaders. Learn more about Axia Women's Health at https://axiawh.com/ Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

You cannot open new clinics if your administrative workflows are stuck in the past.Healthcare IT Today sits down with Robert DeLuca, EHR Innovation Administrator at MedFlorida Medical Centers. We explore how deploying point-of-care automation, AI in revenue cycle and AI scribes allows their practice to expand without bottlenecking their back office. You will see how giving clinicians the right tools speeds up billing and directly powers sustainable practice growth.🔔 Subscribe for more great interviews with Health IT leaders. Learn more about MedFlorida Medical Centers at https://medflorida.com/ Learn more about eClinicalWorks at https://www.eclinicalworks.com/ Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

Gurpreet (GP) Singh, SVP, Interoperability Strategy & Solutions at ELLKAY, shared in our recent interview that the exchange of health care data between organizations is still a "luxury." Although standards for representing data are in place and a lot of progress has been made, organizations are still operating with "silos" of data and aren't able to derive the value it promises in AI and other applications.Every organization should combine its data into a single platform that handles the three aspects of data: the data network (its sources), universal access to data, and data aggregation (which includes normalization and data quality). ELLKAY is well positioned to create this platform, because it works with lab data, hospitals, ambulatory facilities, and legacy data.Learn more about ELLKAY: https://www.ellkay.com/Healthcare IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

Although Epic is a large, expensive product historically used by institutions with deep pockets, it is increasingly also the choice of community health centers, tribal health facilities, and other ambulatory practices. In our recent interview with two health IT leaders from Med Tech Solutions: Kaitlyn Nelson, Director, Strategic Accounts, and Imran Siddiqui, Chief Client Officer, we explore the process of adopting Epic even at these relatively smaller organizations.Learn more about Med Tech Solutions: https://medtechsolutions.com/Healthcare IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

At the recent HIMSS annual conference, we collaborated with AMD at the Dell Technologies to feature thought leaders in healthcare technology. With this panel we discussed how cutting-edge advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) are revolutionizing healthcare workflows, driving operational efficiency, and enabling better patient outcomes.Check out our full list of panelists:* Khalid Turk, Chief Healthcare Information Technology Officer | Santa Clara County Health System* Ed Marx, Former CIO and CEO | Marx Advisory* Harini Malik, Global Strategic Biz Dev Head for Healthcare | AMD* Connie W Hebert, MBA, RN-BSN, Healthcare CNO | Dell TechnologiesLearn more about Santa Clara County Health System: https://health.santaclaracounty.gov/homeLearn more about Marx Advisory: https://www.marxadvisory.com/Learn more about AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/solutions/healthcare.htmlLearn more about Dell Technologies: https://dell.com/HealthcareHealthcare IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com

Behavioral health units require strict safety measures. That often means no bedside phones. Taking away the phone completely broke the standard meal ordering process at UCHealth.Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jenna Sampson, Nutrition Systems Coordinator at UCHealth. We discussed how her team turned this intentional constraint into a massive operational win. You will learn how they deployed an existing mobile app from Illumia to solve their challenge and along the way, how they addressed a free-text allergy risk in their Epic EHR along the way.🔔 Subscribe for more great interviews with Health IT leaders. Learn more about UCHealth at https://www.uchealth.org/Learn more about Illumia at https://illumiatech.com/ Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

Healthcare organizations bleed money through disconnected food service systems. It takes more than a spreadsheet to fix a broken supply chain.Healthcare IT Today sits down with Arun Ahuja, SVP and GM for Healthcare, and Aric Alibrio, SVP of Sales and Client Success at Illumia. They discuss the hidden risks of fragmented nutrition technology. Viewers will learn how unifying these systems protects patient safety and uncovers massive cost savings.🔔 Subscribe for more great interviews with Health IT leaders.Learn more about Illumia at https://illumiatech.com/Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/