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Anesthesiology is the backbone of operating procedures globally—it is a highly specialized field with no margin for error.

Anesthesiology clinicians play a critical role in not only the safety of surgical procedures but also the satisfaction of patients, whose experience can be impacted by the surgical experience, pain levels and recovery time. In this episode, we are talking to John Di Capua MD, CEO of North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), as well as Rafael Cartagena MD, NAPA's Executive Vice President and COO, about anesthesiology and the role it plays in the operating room.

Pulse oximetry is a widely used monitoring method for measuring blood oxygen levels and pulse rate. In newborn babies, pulse oximetry can help clinicians conduct screening tests for lung or heart problems, such as critical congenital heart disease, and it can also be used to monitor during resuscitation.

We're talking with Dr. Mitchell Goldstein, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Neonatal ECMO at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital. He is also Emeritus Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Citrus Valley in West Covina, California.

Dr. Goldstein will be discussing the role of pulse oximetry in neonatology and the importance of using advanced pulse oximetry equipment.

Automation is being implemented at health systems across the country. As hospitals automate certain tasks, they free up clinicians — giving them more time to provide optimal patient care at a lower cost.

As providers continue to be challenged by clinician shortages, hospital automation is bound to impact the delivery of care, interoperability, connectivity, and patient outcomes.

In this episode, we're talking to Jennifer Jackson, Director of Interoperability and Strategic Initiatives at Masimo, about the changes that hospital automation can bring to healthcare administration and patient care.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot in the healthcare world, including how patients access care and connect with their health system. Instead of office visits, telehealth and other virtual care options are increasingly popular — and more of the patient experience is taking place on the web. More than a year after the onset of the pandemic, experts believe this digital transformation is here to stay.

In this episode, we're talking to Scott Brindamour, Senior Director of Edge R&D and Platform Enablement at Lumen Technologies, about healthcare's digital transformation and what it means for health systems.

Patient portals are an integral way for health systems to communicate and build engagement with patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they became even more critical and widely used.

However, some patients have concerns about privacy and security — especially as data breaches have been on the rise since the pandemic.

In this episode, we're talking to Karly Rowe from Experian Health on how providers can improve their patient portals to make them safe, efficient, and beneficial to both provider and patient.

The telephone is the most preferred form of communication in the healthcare industry. Unfortunately, due to robocalls and spam, calls go unanswered every day. In order to improve patient outreach, healthcare organizations must put a brand to the voice on the telephone — and this starts with Branded Call Display.

In this episode, we're speaking with James Garvert, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Communications Solutions at Neustar, a leading information services and technology company, about how Branded Call Display can increase efficiency and trust by getting patients to pick up the phone.

Pulse oximetry can detect low levels of oxygen in the blood, or hypoxemia, in patients with severe COVID-19. However, a recent study shows that readings may be inaccurate in patients with darker skin, further adding to racial discrepancies in COVID-19 outcomes. Fortunately, not all pulse oximeters have this problem. There are devices that took an equitable approach during development and show accuracy regardless of skin tone.

In this episode, we talk to Masimo's Anand Sampath, Executive Vice President of Operations and Clinical Research, and Rick Gannotta, Chief Healthcare Administrative Officer, about racial bias in pulse oximetry.

The telephone is a long-standing, reliable form of communication for health systems — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. From security to widespread access to ease of use, the telephone provides a variety of advantages when reaching out to patients.

In this episode, we're talking to James Garvert, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Communications Solutions at Neustar, a leading information services and technology company, about how the telephone can connect health systems with consumers in order to provide important information and resources as well as rebuild trust and confidence.

Healthcare consultancies are playing a significant role in supporting health systems' shift to value-based care. Data has become an important differentiator in their ability to effect change.

In this episode, we are talking to Roger Weems, Vice President of Advisory Services at Premier, about why he and other consultants are leaving major consulting firms to join the healthcare improvement company.

Telehealth adoption continues to boom across the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and experts predict it will remain a popular way to connect providers and patients indefinitely.

In response, healthcare organizations are recognizing the need to brand the virtual patient experience in a way that patients understand and trust.

In this episode, we're talking to James Garvert, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Communications Solutions at Neustar, a leading information services and technology company, about how to leverage branding to promote use, accessibility, and security within the virtual experience.