AARC Perspectives

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Linda Nozart, MPH, BSRT, RRT, AE-C, is the Administrative Director of the Asthma Education Program in NYC Health + Hospitals Woodhull. She shares her passion for the profession and working with asthma patients. She’ll also discuss her career path and what led her to this current role and the benefit and rewards it offers.  

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In today's episode, we're talking with Zach Gantt, RRT, FAARC, about  Value-Based Respiratory Care. Zach discusses the importance of getting paid for respiratory services and outcomes in the value-based model.

Zach is the Founder and CEO of Encore Healthcare, providing outcome-based respiratory programs and software in the post-acute care setting. Zach founded Encore with a vision of radically improving post-acute respiratory care delivery through clinical excellence,  innovative technologies, and the Nexus software program. Zach comes from a family of Respiratory Therapists and entrepreneurs with a passion for improving the quality of care for respiratory populations. He has served in various clinical and executive leadership roles in the industry, including the National Clinical Educator of Linde-RSS, the VP of Health Management, and the Chief Clinical Officer for Alana Healthcare. Zach has also served as President of the TN Society for Respiratory Care, TN Respiratory Education Foundation, and as Co-chair of the AARC Post-Acute Section.  To connect with Zach, email him at [email protected].

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AARC talks with Medline to learn how they are elevating the RT profession and working to improve overall efficiency. Episode guests include Donna Mosakowski, Vice President of the Respiratory Division, Patrick Griffin, Vice President of National Field Sales, and James Donegan, Clinical Resource Manager. 

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In this episode of AARC Perspectives, we talk with Tiffany Christiansen, a cystic fibrosis patient, patient advocate, and our Congress LIVE! 2021 keynote speaker. She shares her experience with the disease (and her two double-lung transplants), diving into what it’s like being on a ventilator and the stigma of lung transplantation. A common theme shared by Christiansen is the importance of bringing humanity into patient care.  

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In this episode of AARC Perspectives, we speak with ECRI employee Brad Bonnette, about their recent recommendations for disinfection of ventilators. 

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In this episode of AARC Perspectives, we speak with AARC Historian Trudy Watson, on the rich history of the AARC. With 75 years under our belt, we are excited to see what the future holds for respiratory therapy. 

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We speak with AARC member and respiratory therapist, John Priest, who currently serves as an ECMO specialist at Boston Children's Hospital. Hear from John and how he has grown his career in ECMO. 

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We speak with this year's recipient of the 2021 award, Martina Compton, about her philosophies in patient advocacy.  

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We speak with president and co-founder of The FACES Foundation, Sharman Lamka. Listen along as we discuss the history of the foundation and how the National Patient Advocacy Award came about. 

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In this episode of AARC Perspectives, we speak with Georgianna Sergakis, Jessica Schweller, and Sarah Varekojis about APRT. Specifically, the program this team created together and what is included in the program. 

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