Podcasts

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 121: State Success Stories – First 5 South Carolina Visionary, Georgia Mjartan September 22, 2023 The state of South Carolina is the first in the nation to offer families access to programs across the state’s early childhood system through a single web portal – increasing connections to government services for children…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 120: Hearts and Hats, Seeking Value Based Care in Cardiology with Dr Dan Blumenthal of Novocardia September 15, 2023 Michael chats with multifaceted Dr. Dan Blumenthal, President of Novocardia, the new value-based care division of Cardiovascular Associates of America. The two discuss the strides Dan and Novocardia have made in creating…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 119: (May 2023) Conversation with NCVHS Standards Subcommittee and ICD-11 Workgroup Leadership September 8, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference, Tammy Banks, NCVHS Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Standards and Jamie Ferguson, Co-Chair, ICD-11 Policy Workgroups share updates on data exchange standards, the 2023 Roadmap, and what’s on the horizon for ICD-11. Tammy…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 118: Creating Consistent Success and Solutions in Value Based Care September 1, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference, WEDI’s Payment Models Workgroup Co-Chair Michael Pattwell (Edifecs) speaks with Dr. James Dom Dera (Physicians Network) and Rick Foerster (Privia Health) about their successes and challenges with value based care. Join the Payment…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 117: Breaking Down the Silos on the Way to Achieving Interoperability – A Conversation w/ Darena Solutions CEO Pawan Jindal, MD August 25, 2023 Michael chats with Dr. Pawan Jindal, MD, CEO of Darena Solutions, a St. Louis-based tech company that delivers EHR and other health IT solutions for vendors and…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 116: Guiding a Path for Patient Centric Health Care, A Conversation with Path’s Kermit Farmer August 18, 2023 Michael speaks with Kermit Farmer, founder and Chief Ethos Officer of Paths, a service that gives doctors and team members the ability to create and share educational material to help their patients in…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 115: Data – The Key to Addressing Health Disparities August 11, 2023 From a recent WEDI Health Equity Workgroup meeting, a discussion with Mark Megerian, Technology Fellow with Optum. Visit United Health Foundation’s comprehensive data and SDOH tool, America’s Health Rankings (https://www.americashealthrankings.org/) to see some of the work United and Optum…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 114: Collecting Physician Data to Improve the Patient Experience and Support Health Equity August 4, 2023 From a recent WEDI Health Equity Workgroup meeting, we welcome Tammy Weaver, VP Physician Professional Data with the American Medical Association. Join the Health Equity Workgroup Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 113: The Patient Experience – Searching for Nirvana July 28, 2023 From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference, 4 patient advocate professionals discuss how regulations and innovation are affecting patients. How close is the work of payers, providers and vendors to achieving “patient nirvana”. Panelists: Andrew Scholnick (AARP) Melissa Williams (National Patient Advocate…

Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 112: How AI Digital Assistants are Improving Capacity and Capability While Reducing Costs. Guest: Dr. Steven Waldren, AAFP July 21, 2023 Dr. Steve Waldren, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer of the American Academy of Family Physicians discusses how AAFP’s Innovation Lab has embraced the power of artificial intelligence to…