Nick Chmielewski speaks with Jacob A. Miller, DNP, MBA, ACNP, ENP-C, CNS, NRP, FAEN, Clinical Educator (and former Flight Nurse Practitioner) at UC Health Air Care & Mobile Care in Cincinnati. They discuss emerging models of emergency medical services (EMS) pre-hospital and transport care utilizing physicians and advance practice providers.

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Paul Osborne, a managing director and leader of BRG’s Healthcare Performance Improvement practice. They discuss BRG’s recently released report AI and the Future of Healthcare, including the importance and advantages of utilizing artificial intelligence in the medical industry.

Find out more about the report at: https://www.thinkbrg.com/insights/publications/ai-in-healthcare/.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Patricia Kunz Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN, Enterprise Director of Emergency Services at the University of Kentucky Healthcare, about leadership challenges with and initiatives to address workplace violence. They discuss approaches such as informing patients and visitors of their behavioral expectations on arrival, caregiver training, enhancing facility access control, and what “zero tolerance” means.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with James Ballinghoff, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and associate executive director at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. They discuss advancing nursing practice with technology, including predictive analytics tools and artificial intelligence, to improve efficiency, workflow, and outcomes for the staff and system overall.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Jerry A. Mansfield, PhD, MS, RN, NEA-BC, the new vice president and system chief nursing executive at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. They discuss executive leadership in a new organization. The episode was recorded shortly before Dr. Mansfield began his tenure at UTMB.

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Ellie Kruk, MHA, RN, NE-BC, vice president and chief nurse executive at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. They discuss strategies employed to implement a discharge lounge at Palos Hospital, which has reduced the average discharge process from four hours to less than one hour and Emergency Department left without being seen rates by 49 percent, among other successes. Find out more about the discharge lounge: https://news.nm.org/northwestern-medicine-palos-hospital-discharge-lounge-provides-smoother-transition-home/

In the season 3 premiere, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Bill Orrell, MBA, MSN, RN, a managing director on BRG’s Clinical Transformation team. They discuss the first two seasons of the podcast, current industry trends, and performance improvement solutions with returns on investment. 

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Noreen Hudson, MSN, RN, BRG’s nursing team lead for perioperative services. They continue their conversation about the various departments comprising perioperative services. They discuss the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU); phases 1, 2, and 3 recovery; on-call coverage practices; and PACU boarding in the midst of hospital room capacity constraints.

Nick Chmielewski welcomes back Erik Martin, DNP, RN, CENP, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at Norton Children’s Hospital. Erik reflects on his two-year term as president of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) and ten continuous years of service on AONL’s board.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA, president of Home Solutions at Humana Inc. They discuss current trends in the quality, cost, and value of home-based healthcare.