In this conversation, host Sandy Vance welcomes back to the podcast Will Tesch, CEO of HealthLX and TESCHGlobal, to explore what’s new, what’s shifting, and what’s finally gaining momentum in the world of healthcare data exchange. Their discussion digs into the evolving regulatory landscape, the push toward shared data standards, and the real-world challenges organizations are wrestling with as they work to make healthcare data more accurate, connected, and meaningful. It’s an insightful look at how collaboration, communication, and smarter technology are shaping the path forward.

In this episode, they talk about:

• How today’s regulatory pressures are reshaping healthcare data exchange

• Why reaching a “common data goal” is so difficult—and what it takes to align the map

• The biggest challenges organizations face on the road to interoperability

• What we’re learning about data accuracy, consistency, and API performance

• Key takeaways from FlexPA’s newest API report

• Why socializing the value proposition matters more than ever

• How better communication leads to better care for everyone

• Exploring the mission behind CocoData.org

A Little About Will:

Will Tesch is an accomplished leader whose career in information technology innovation spans more than 30 years across healthcare, supply chain, manufacturing, and more. He is currently the founder and CEO of HealthLX, bringing composable automation solutions that solve data exchange and healthcare interoperability for payers, providers, and HIT vendors.

In this conversation, host Sandy Vance welcomes back to the podcast Will Tesch, CEO of HealthLX and TESCHGlobal, to explore what’s new, what’s shifting, and what’s finally gaining momentum in the world of healthcare data exchange. Their discussion digs into the evolving regulatory landscape, the push toward shared data standards, and the real-world challenges organizations are wrestling with as they work to make healthcare data more accurate, connected, and meaningful. It’s an insightful look at how collaboration, communication, and smarter technology are shaping the path forward.

• How today’s regulatory pressures are reshaping healthcare data exchange

• Why reaching a “common data goal” is so difficult—and what it takes to align the map

• The biggest challenges organizations face on the road to interoperability

• What we’re learning about data accuracy, consistency, and API performance

• Key takeaways from FlexPA’s newest API report

• Why socializing the value proposition matters more than ever

• How better communication leads to better care for everyone

• Exploring the mission behind CocoData.org

Will Tesch is an accomplished leader whose career in information technology innovation spans more than 30 years across healthcare, supply chain, manufacturing, and more. He is currently the founder and CEO of HealthLX, bringing composable automation solutions that solve data exchange and healthcare interoperability for payers, providers, and HIT vendors.

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Not all 5G is created equal. With their blend of future-proofed intelligent standalone architecture, national infrastructure, and mid-range spectrum, T-Mobile is well positioned to partner with healthcare organizations undergoing digital transformation. If you think you know the art of the possible in healthcare connectivity, T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone (5G SA) just might surprise you. In this episode of the InteropNow podcast, host Sandy Vance chats with Jay Noschese from T-Mobile and Karl Connolly from Pixel Health about their collaboration to implement a 5G SA enablement platform at Boston Children’s Hospital and how they demonstrated and delivered value with 5G SA from business case to turnkey solution.

In this episode, they talk about:

• The unique needs of devices in motion, and the shortcomings of wifi in meeting them

• Network connectivity as a critical success factor to Boston Children’s EHR implementation and increasingly mobile care delivery model

• What makes T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone offering different – coverage, capacity, and capability

• Collaboration between T-Mobile and Pixel Health to establish ubiquitous in-building communication at Boston Children’s including device provision and operation of help desk

• Future use cases, mission-criticality and wireless potential unlocked by enhanced coverage and security of T-Mobile’s 5G SA

• How 5G SA removes barriers to access for patients

• Considering the costs of transformation

A Little About Jay Noschese & Karl Connolly:

Jay is a T-Mobile senior sales manager, 5G ANS/Enterprise Connectivity Sales - T-Mobile for Business. As a Senior Sales Manager within T-Mobile for Business Solution Sales Organization, Jay leads a dedicated team of sales specialists who are knocking down walls and barriers to drive the adoption of T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone (5GSA) Advanced Network Solutions in the healthcare sector. Their mission is to empower healthcare providers with cutting-edge secure connectivity, including Hybrid and Private Networks, to enhance patient care, streamline clinical operations, and support digital health innovations.

Karl is the VP of 5G Strategy at Pixel Health. He is transforming how healthcare connects, collaborates, and delivers care by helping health organizations embrace digital evolution with guidance, innovation, and some seriously cool tech.

Pixel Health’s mission is simple: empower healthcare teams with the tools and strategies to do more, reach further, and achieve better outcomes. They’re constantly partnering with health systems, vendors, and IT leaders to bring real-time data, smart devices, and virtual care to life, thanks in large part to 5G.

Not all 5G is created equal. With their blend of future-proofed intelligent standalone architecture, national infrastructure, and mid-range spectrum, T-Mobile is well positioned to partner with healthcare organizations undergoing digital transformation. If you think you know the art of the possible in healthcare connectivity, T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone (5G SA) just might surprise you. In this episode of the InteropNow podcast, host Sandy Vance chats with Jay Noschese from T-Mobile and Karl Connolly from Pixel Health about their collaboration to implement a 5G SA enablement platform at Boston Children’s Hospital and how they demonstrated and delivered value with 5G SA from business case to turnkey solution.

In this episode, they talk about:

• The unique needs of devices in motion, and the shortcomings of wifi in meeting them

• Network connectivity as a critical success factor to Boston Children’s EHR implementation and increasingly mobile care delivery model

• What makes T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone offering different – coverage, capacity, and capability

• Collaboration between T-Mobile and Pixel Health to establish ubiquitous in-building communication at Boston Children’s including device provision and operation of help desk

• Future use cases, mission-criticality and wireless potential unlocked by enhanced coverage and security of T-Mobile’s 5G SA

• How 5G SA removes barriers to access for patients

• Considering the costs of transformation

A Little About Jay Noschese & Karl Connolly:

Jay is a T-Mobile senior sales manager, 5G ANS/Enterprise Connectivity Sales - T-Mobile for Business. As a Senior Sales Manager within T-Mobile for Business Solution Sales Organization, Jay leads a dedicated team of sales specialists who are knocking down walls and barriers to drive the adoption of T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone (5GSA) Advanced Network Solutions in the healthcare sector. Their mission is to empower healthcare providers with cutting-edge secure connectivity, including Hybrid and Private Networks, to enhance patient care, streamline clinical operations, and support digital health innovations.

Karl is the VP of 5G Strategy at Pixel Health. He is transforming how healthcare connects, collaborates, and delivers care by helping health organizations embrace digital evolution with guidance, innovation, and some seriously cool tech.

Pixel Health’s mission is simple: empower healthcare teams with the tools and strategies to do more, reach further, and achieve better outcomes. They’re constantly partnering with health systems, vendors, and IT leaders to bring real-time data, smart devices, and virtual care to life, thanks in large part to 5G.

Not all 5G is created equal. With their blend of future-proofed intelligent standalone architecture, national infrastructure, and mid-range spectrum, T-Mobile is well positioned to partner with healthcare organizations undergoing digital transformation. If you think you know the art of the possible in healthcare connectivity, T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone (5G SA) just might surprise you. In this episode of the InteropNow podcast, host Sandy Vance chats with Jay Noschese from T-Mobile and Karl Connolly from Pixel Health about their collaboration to implement a 5G SA enablement platform at Boston Children’s Hospital and how they demonstrated and delivered value with 5G SA from business case to turnkey solution.

In this episode, they talk about:

• The unique needs of devices in motion, and the shortcomings of wifi in meeting them

• Network connectivity as a critical success factor to Boston Children’s EHR implementation and increasingly mobile care delivery model

• What makes T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone offering different – coverage, capacity, and capability

• Collaboration between T-Mobile and Pixel Health to establish ubiquitous in-building communication at Boston Children’s including device provision and operation of help desk

• Future use cases, mission-criticality and wireless potential unlocked by enhanced coverage and security of T-Mobile’s 5G SA

• How 5G SA removes barriers to access for patients

• Considering the costs of transformation

A Little About Jay Noschese & Karl Connolly:

Jay is a T-Mobile senior sales manager, 5G ANS/Enterprise Connectivity Sales - T-Mobile for Business. As a Senior Sales Manager within T-Mobile for Business Solution Sales Organization, Jay leads a dedicated team of sales specialists who are knocking down walls and barriers to drive the adoption of T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone (5GSA) Advanced Network Solutions in the healthcare sector. Their mission is to empower healthcare providers with cutting-edge secure connectivity, including Hybrid and Private Networks, to enhance patient care, streamline clinical operations, and support digital health innovations.

Karl is the VP of 5G Strategy at Pixel Health. He is transforming how healthcare connects, collaborates, and delivers care by helping health organizations embrace digital evolution with guidance, innovation, and some seriously cool tech.

Pixel Health’s mission is simple: empower healthcare teams with the tools and strategies to do more, reach further, and achieve better outcomes. They’re constantly partnering with health systems, vendors, and IT leaders to bring real-time data, smart devices, and virtual care to life, thanks in large part to 5G.

In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Kristen Valdes founder and CEO of b.well, and Ryan Howells from Leavitt Partners for a lively and insightful conversation about the future of digital healthcare. This discussion dives into not only the policies and programs making headlines but also the practical, on-the-ground changes needed to make healthcare more connected, accessible, and patient-centered.

Together, they unpack some of the biggest shifts happening in the industry right now, including:

• The latest updates from CMS on modernizing digital healthcare

• b.well’s transition to becoming a CMS-aligned network

• CARIN Alliance’s accomplishments and bold vision for what’s ahead

• National initiatives shaping the healthcare landscape—and what they mean for patients, providers, and innovators

• How organizations can work alongside TEFCA

• The three key steps needed to finally “kill the clipboard”

• The critical role of the private sector in advancing progress

A Little About Kristen:

Kristen Valdes is the founder and CEO of b.well Connected Health. She is a transformative force in today’s healthcare marketplace, spearheading the conversation on how empowering consumers can transform healthcare delivery. Kristen is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 20 years in the industry and has dedicated her life to pioneering inventive solutions. This quest has been largely driven by her powerful personal story as the mother of a child suffering from a significant autoimmune disorder.

A Little About Ryan:

Ryan Howells is a nationally recognized expert in digital health policy and interoperability. Based in Leavitt Partners’ Washington, D.C. office, he collaborates with the private sector, the White House, Congress, HHS, and the VHA to improve health care nationwide.

Ever wonder why your healthcare providers can't just send each other your medical records with a simple click? Or why coordinating care between your primary doctor and a specialist feels like watching a game of telephone played in slow motion?

In today's episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Chief Strategy Officer for DirectTrust, to unpack the complex world of healthcare communication security. DirectTrust are the architects working behind the scenes to build the digital bridges that could revolutionize how your medical information travels safely between providers. Identity-verified communication is absolutely critical for patient safety

In this episode, they talk about:

• Why identity-verified communication is critical in healthcare

• Push-based interoperability vs. query-based exchange: What’s the difference and why it matters

• How DirectTrust enhances healthcare interoperability and secure communication

• Understanding Direct Secure Messaging and its role in protected health information (PHI) exchange

• The challenges of creating a national directory of healthcare providers

• How the Elizabeth Dole Veterans Act improves care coordination between the VA and community providers

A Little About Kathryn:

Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, MBA, CHPC, CHTS, is the Chief Strategy Officer at DirectTrust, where she leads strategic partnerships, community engagement, and national efforts to advance trusted health information exchange. With over 15 years in health IT, she’s helped shape standards, policies, and technology around privacy, interoperability, and provider communication. A former HIPAA compliance officer, Kathryn’s insights have been featured across top health IT publications and podcasts. She’s been recognized as one of Healthjump’s “10 Healthcare IT Leaders You Should Know” and the 2022 HITMC Marketing Professional of the Year. She also founded the Interoperability Hero and Team Interop initiatives, celebrating innovation and collaboration in healthcare tech.

When you hear T-Mobile, you probably think about smartphones and streaming—but there’s a whole lot more happening behind the scenes. In this episode of the InteropNow Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Jay Noschese from T-Mobile to explore how their cutting-edge 5G Standalone (5GSA) network is revolutionizing the healthcare industry.

In this episode, they talk about:

• How 5G is reshaping healthcare communication and workflow

• The hidden impact of next-gen networks on healthcare infrastructure

• Why many organizations are rethinking their connectivity strategies

• The real limits of Wi-Fi—and why 5G is the perfect companion

• Built-in security: How T-Mobile keeps sensitive data safe

• Making the numbers work: How to track ROI on your network investments

• A deep dive into T-Mobile’s collaboration with SAVA Systems—and how their latest innovations are accelerating remote diagnostics

  
  

  A Little About Jay:

  Jay is a T-Mobile senior sales manager, 5G ANS/Enterprise Connectivity Sales - T-Mobile for Business. As a Senior Sales Manager within T-Mobile for Business Solution Sales Organization, Jay leads a dedicated team of sales specialists who are knocking down walls and barriers to drive the adoption of T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone (5GSA) Advanced Network Solutions in the healthcare sector. Their mission is to empower healthcare providers with cutting-edge secure connectivity, including Hybrid and Private Networks, to enhance patient care, streamline clinical operations, and support digital health innovations.

In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Charlie Harp, the CEO of Clinical Architecture to talk about the importance of data quality. They discuss the Patient Information Quality Improvement (PIQI) Alliance, an open-source framework for measuring healthcare data quality. The framework is designed to provide a standardized way to assess the usability and trustworthiness of clinical data across different formats like FHIR, CCDA, and HL7. Charlie emphasizes the importance of data quality for healthcare analytics, decision support, and AI, and explains how PIQI scores data quality with detailed metrics.

In this episode, they talk about:

• PIQI Alliance provides a standardized framework to measure healthcare data quality. 

• The framework is vendor-agnostic and works across multiple data formats (FHIR, CCDA, HL7).

• PIQI scores data at holistic and data-class levels (labs, medications, and immunizations).

• PIQI is open source to make it available for everyone.

• Clinical Architecture offers a commercial implementation called PIQXL Gateway for practical use.

• The framework is being balloted through HL7 for validation, but is not rooted solely in HL7 standards.

• Data quality is critical for effective AI use in healthcare.

• The alliance encourages industry participation to improve the framework.

• PIQI can help organizations meet regulatory requirements and improve data governance.

• The PIQI website offers resources, documentation, and ways to get involved.

A Little About Charlie:

Charlie Harp is the founder and CEO of Clinical Architecture, a pioneer in healthcare data innovation. With over 35 years in the industry, he led the creation of the first deterministic engine for semantic interoperability. Today, he drives Clinical Architecture’s mission to transform healthcare through cutting-edge software and expert-led services. A frequent speaker and thought leader, Charlie also hosts the Informonster podcast, where he dives into data quality, interoperability, and the future of health IT.

Host Sandy Vance chats with Chris Sault from Ping Identity. They discuss the importance of digital identity management in healthcare. 

Ping Identity aims to eliminate trust challenges in authentication and identity management, acting as a digital front door for organizations. The conversation highlights the importance of user experience and security, particularly in regulated environments like healthcare, where adherence to standards such as HIPAA is essential. 

Sault emphasizes the need for proactive measures in identity verification and the role of APIs in improving data interoperability. They also cover the evolving landscape of healthcare technology, the balance between security and user experience, and the importance of patient empowerment in selecting providers. 

In this episode, they talk about:

• The critical role of identity management in ensuring secure and efficient healthcare delivery

• Ping monitors API traffic, detects threats, and preemptively eliminates threats 

• Specific challenges organizations face in healthcare identity management

• Give up privacy for convenience

• How Ping Identity differentiates itself from competitors in the identity management space

• Future trends in healthcare tech regarding interoperability and how healthcare security systems will look

A Little About Chris:

Chris Sault is a passionate and results-oriented sales leader with over 24 years of experience in the software industry, focusing primarily on analytics and identity management. Throughout his career, he has spearheaded go-to-market development for the healthcare verticalization at Qlik, ForgeRock, and Ping Identity, driving massive business growth and revolutionizing user experiences. Chris resides in the Boston, MA area with his wife and two daughters. In his free time, he enjoys traveling with his family, golfing, practicing yoga, and engaging in various outdoor activities.