The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show

In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Christopher Neuharth, the Vice President of Experience and Digital Innovation at Children's Wisconsin. With a strong passion for digital healthcare, Christopher has championed design thinking, lean product development, data storytelling, and rapid validation design programs throughout his career.We'll dive deep into Christopher's journey in creating a holistic digital health experience at Children's Wisconsin, focusing on how his team is helping families by providing innovative digital solutions that enhance their care journey. Learn about the challenges of scaling research projects, pilot projects, and integrating new technologies to create a seamless experience for families.Christopher shares his insights on the future of digital healthcare, the importance of weaving together innovative technologies, and how he's leading the digital health transformation at Children's Wisconsin.Key topics covered in this interview:* Growing Digital Innovations at Children's Wisconsin* Applying experience innovation to family care* Creating new models for digital healthcare* The three most important questions to ask prior to piloting any innovationDon't miss this insightful conversation with one of the leading minds in digital healthcare! Like, comment, and subscribe for more interviews and insights from industry leaders.Find out more about the work of Children's Wisconsin: https://childrenswi.org/Follow Christopher Neuharth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-neuharth/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

In this eye-opening interview, we sit down with Dr. Sameer Ather, MD, Ph.D., and CEO of XpertDox, to discuss the challenges and inefficiencies in the medical coding process. Dr. Ather shares his insights as a physician and expert in machine learning, highlighting the impact of outsourcing, coding inaccuracies, and delayed claims on the financial health of hospitals and clinics.In this episode, you'll discover:* The potential role of AI and machine learning in improving medical coding, while also addressing the limitations and misconceptions surrounding these technologies. * The importance of proper training and supervision in implementing AI solutions, as well as the need for tailored approaches to different problems in the medical coding process.* Three key groups within the healthcare industry that could benefit from innovative solutions Join us as we explore the future of medical coding and the potential for cutting-edge technology to transform the healthcare industry.Find out more about the work of XpertDox: www.xpertdox.comFollow Sameer Ather, MD, Ph.D. on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sameer-ather-md-phd-33a74bb1/Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more insightful interviews like this! The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

Medication non-adherence is a term used to describe patients that take their medications irregularly or don't take them at all. This is a major problem in the healthcare field, as it is estimated that 28% of senior citizens and 22% of younger patients do not comply with medications, which leads to more severe illnesses, longer hospital stays, label changes for ineffective drugs, and for some diseases, an increased death rate.We're honored to have Matt Tabakin, MD, CEO of Medsense Health, share his insights and passion for revolutionizing the healthcare system. He and his team are tackling the challenges of medication non-adherence and working tirelessly to improve the lives of thousands of patients.In this episode, you'll discover:*The massive issue of medication non-adherence and its impact on patient's lives*Understanding the core reasons behind medication non-adherence*Why they landed on a mission to build a solution that benefits all patients, irrespective of age, tech experience, or socioeconomic background*The development of Medsense Health's medication monitoring hardware platform, which uses sensors that attach to any medication container (bottles, inhalers, vials, etc.) and seamlessly integrates into existing platforms for enhanced patient care. This episode is filled with inspiration and insights, so be sure not to miss it!Find out more about the work of Medsense Health: www.medsense.healthFollow Matthew Tabakin, MD on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-tabakin-md-07500b80/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

Healthcare has been undergoing a period of rapid change. Bassett Healthcare Network (Bassett) has become a digital health innovator by transforming itself from what was once an ordinary hospital network into one that provides cutting-edge care to its patients.As Chief Legal & Digital Health Officer of Bassett Healthcare Network, Paul Uhrig is leading the way with his experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and healthcare law. He is passionate about improving the healthcare delivery system, and how health information technology can eliminate cost, improve health outcomes, and maximize provider and patient experiences.Bassett Healthcare Network has shown innovation with its research department looking at various research and clinical trials. The pace of change has increased, and the need to change has increased.You'll Discover: * How Basset is finding different ways to fund its innovation initiatives* Bassett's approach to examining which projects get pursued and why* How Bassett Healthcare is balancing its short-term and long-term goals, making the transition to value-based careFind out more about the work of Bassett Healthcare Network: https://www.bassett.org/Follow Paul Uhrig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauluhrig/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

The Lowell Community Health Center (LCHC) is a community health center that serves Greater Lowell. They are an integral part of the Massachusetts healthcare system, pointing the way towards a different kind of healthcare - one that will bring all the underserved and overlooked to the table, and act truly as an advocate.The Health Center is a community-based health center with the mission to provide high-quality, accessible, and affordable primary care in Greater Lowell so that the underserved may exercise their right to choose the Health Center as their medical home.We sit down with Padma Sastry, Senior Director, Digital Transformation to learn about what makes LCHC so special and how they are transforming the health delivery system by their 'community first' approach. We learn more about the challenges that LCHC faces and what they're doing about them as it attempts to continue its good work.Padma Sastry helps us understand what it takes to be an innovator and the leadership required to navigate through the uncertainty of investing in innovation while stuck with the constraints of technology and budget.You'll Discover: * How they always do big things with really little. * Why innovation doesn't always mean costly.* Some simple innovations they've deployed across LCHC that are sensible and have had a big impact on patient accessFind out more about LCHC:https://www.lchealth.org/LCH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lowell-community-health-center/Follow Padma on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmaja-sastry-0423347/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

Despite the advances in technology, innovation, and the delivery of cutting-edge clinical interventions, healthcare is thwarted by broken relationships and breakdowns in communication. Attrition is a huge problem in healthcare organizations. Many organizations are struggling to innovate because their work environment is not conducive to employee growth, retention, and morale. What's often left behind is a human counterpart -- one that can leverage the new technology to enhance performance, efficiency, communication, and engagement of the workforce. That's what SurePeople is all about. In this episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, we sit down with Niko Drakoulis, CEO, and Demetra Anagnostopoulos, Chief Success Officer of SurePeople to talk about Emotional Relational Team Intelligence (ERT-i). The human-centered, AI-driven operating system – where people science, context-aware data, and an extensive knowledge base integrate with personalized apps and tools, empowering people to unlock their full potential in work, life, and play.You'll Discover: * Why organizations who take advantage of the knowledge about emotional relationship team intelligence will have a leg up.* How SurePeople is using the latest in machine learning and AI to develop a comprehensive, integrated behavioral operating system based on the science of emotional relational team intelligence (ERT-i).* How healthcare leaders with the deepest understanding of their teams can build a culture of trust, cohesion, and psychological safety.* Why leaders now have the ability to effectively identify, model, and scale the attributes of high performance better than ever before.Find out more about SurePeople: www.SurePeople.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/surepeople/Follow Niko on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikodrakoulis/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

What happens to smaller, rural hospitals and safety net institutions in a time of dwindling budgets? How do they stay innovative when they don't have the same resources as larger hospitals? Creating meaningful change takes a village and in this case, it's Lynn Barr, our special guest. She's the current MedPAC Commissioner (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) and the founder of Caravan Health. She is an advocate for the health of underserved people in rural communities by ensuring strong reimbursement for federal programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. In this episode, we sat down with Lynn to learn more about her and the projects she's working on now. She told us how safety net hospitals impacted the lives of people in her community growing up — including hers!You'll discover: * How we fund these systems and infrastructure changes that help address these disparities *We delve into the disparities that exist, and what can be done to increase access and care.* How Lynn plans on leaving a lasting legacy * Why she's funding 100 MPH online scholarships for rural providers at the University of California BerkeleyFind out more about Barr-Campbell Family Foundation:https://www.barr-campbell-family.org/Follow Lynn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-barr-mph/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

ChenMed is one of the most successful physician-run companies in the United States. They take a very different approach to primary care and are shifting the way healthcare is delivered today. This is an insightful conversation with Susan Schayes, MD, MPH, Chief Transformation Officer at ChenMed, as we delve into the world of healthcare innovation and transformation. In this interview, Susan shares what it means to be a physician-run company in healthcare and how it has been central to the success of their model. In addition to discussing some of their innovative approaches in making care more accessible for patients as well as for providers, she also shares insights about some of the key challenges facing healthcare today.You'll discover: * How ChenMed's Transformational Care can benefit patients, health plans, and communities, creating a win-win for everyone involved in healthcare.* How transformational care can provide better health outcomes at a lower cost, giving patients the ability to live longer and have a higher quality of life.* Why creating a family-like culture and investing in team growth leads to success.*Why it's important to reflect on your mission, vision, and values, and seek out like-minded individuals to create meaningful purpose in your career.Find out more about the work of ChenMed: https://www.chenmed.com/Follow Susan Schayes, MD, MPH on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-schayes-md-mph-faafp-5212a9b0/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

More and more today, everyone is asking how do we get better? How do we get better at what we do? If a company doesn't get any better - it will fall behind. TriWest Healthcare Alliance is innovating and On a Mission to Serve® our nation's Veteran and military communities. In this episode of the AHI Show, we sit down with Joseph Oddo, Chief Information Officer at TriWest Healthcare Alliance. We talk about their mission to solve problems for stakeholders, how they prioritize what problems the organization faces, and identify what business stakeholders need to be involved so they can work together collaboratively to solve the problems of the organization. Joe walks us through the "Leading Change" framework he uses with his team as well as the foundation "rocks" that need to be in place for organizations to have continual improvement.You'll Discover: * Joe's "Man on the Moon Principle" and how he uses it within TriWest * How they are improving access to care for our nation's Veteran and military communitiesLearn more about TriWest Healthcare Alliance: https://www.triwest.com/ Follow Joseph Oddo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephcoddo/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/

Innovation comes from multiple stakeholders and it takes more than a conversation, it takes the whole organization leaning into that change. Corewell Health is changing the way healthcare is delivered. Their approach to care delivery is unique, and their innovative strategies are improving the quality of life for patients, caregivers, and families.In this interview, we sit down with Dr. Aiesha Ahmed, MD, MBA, Vice President of Population Health and the Chief of Neuroscience at Corewell Health. We discuss how Corewell Health has been innovating through buy-in from multiple stakeholders and investment in infrastructure. We think of new ways of delivering care and really thinking of ways where we're really focused more on keeping people healthy instead of just the usual siloed care which is specialty-focused sick care. You'll Discover: * How Corewell is reducing fragmentation of care.* How they approach demand shaping for specialists given the national shortage of specialists* The ability to have a "payvider" relationship and how to utilize it in a way that is mutually beneficial for all stakeholdersLearn more about Corewell Health: https://corewellhealth.org/ Follow Dr. Aiesha Ahmed, MD, MBA, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aiesha-ahmed-md-mba/The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show started with the idea of wanting to highlight stories of what healthcare innovation truly looks like in action. Our mission, highlight real people who are really innovating within healthcare. Guests include healthcare entrepreneurs, providers, payers, and professionals from the investment community. We showcase little wins as well as valuable lessons learned from setbacks through these interviews. The real innovators in healthcare are often the ones in the trenches doing the work with razor-sharp focus. We find these innovators and bring their stories to light. Find out more about how we are building bridges within healthcare. Join our group, Advancing Healthcare Innovation Forum on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7056196/