Outcomes Rocket

Nursing informatics is becoming a Need-to-Have asset in healthcare.

In this episode of the Future of Global Informatics, TJ Southern interviews Chris Grutta, a healthcare professional and registered nurse with over ten years of experience. As happened to many, Chris stumbled into nursing informatics as a second career, and after about a decade in it, he’s identified several paths for opportunities in the profession. In regards to that, he discusses technology integration and data analytics as branches that have exciting potential for the future of healthcare. To legitimize nursing informatics, mentoring those entering the field and letting them know people are being vocal about their love for this profession is critical, as TJ and Chris discuss. There are many types of nursing and recognizing them and their capabilities within the system could be game-changing for the industry.

Tune in to learn about the many opportunities nursing informatics can bring!

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Prescription drugs are powerful and can help people, but they can also be very harmful. In this episode, Josh Benner, founder, and CEO of RxAnte talks about improving medication use and pioneering a value-based business model for pharmacy. 

In the United States, for every dollar spent on prescription drugs, another is spent on misuse consequences, increasing costs and decreasing efficiency.

RxAnte provides pharmacy care management programs, like predictive analytics technology and workflow management software to oversee patient-level drug therapy management. Josh points out the Mosaic Pharmacy Service, a value-based service that works with prescribers to help patients in complex and vulnerable situations find their best possible regimen to help with adherence. He explains how RxAnte developed analytic software that turns insights into action for patients' healthcare providers and Mosaic. Finally, he enthuses about the potential for innovation in pharmacy care management delivery for high-need patients.

Tune in to this episode and listen to how Josh Benner is improving the pharmacy experience from RxAnte!

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Clinical Research is not an individual sport, it is a team sport in which one variable affects every outcome.

In this episode, Jennifer Byrne, CEO of Javara, talks about taking a different approach to clinical research, improving it, and changing the narrative it has been associated with so far. In their conversation, Jennifer speaks about what an IRO is and why this type of company is different from other pharmaceutical companies conducting research nowadays. She presents CRAACO as an approach to clinical research and its intentions by giving some examples of its application. She brings awareness to different issues that occur in clinical research, including mistrust, complexity in systems and protocols, transparency, and teamwork. For her, the future of clinical trials will be in patient-centricity, understanding centricity as including the patient as part of the team.

Tune in to this episode to learn the hard things about clinical research and how to manage them!

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Get ready to learn a lot at the next HLTH event!

In this episode of Marketing Mondays, we welcome Maddie Coffin, Senior Marketing Manager at HLTH. Working in HLTH, Maddie has seen many healthcare and wellness companies surge and has witnessed how they tackle their marketing strategies. She discusses tips for effective and creative marketing in the healthcare industry, delivering a clear message, and building trust with your audience. She is excited about HLTH 2022 and gives listeners a sneak peek at the innovative ideas it will be implemented in this year’s event and lets them know how they can attend as well!

Tune in to this episode to listen to what Maddie has learned about healthcare marketing and why you should be excited for HLTH 2022!

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We all have it sometimes, and it goes away with a couple of simple meds or stretching, but back pain is more complex than you think!

In this episode, Dr. Frank Schwab, an internationally renowned spine surgeon, discusses treating patients suffering from chronic low back pain. When it comes to back pain, many structures are involved, so accurately diagnosing its root cause and how to treat it is very challenging. He talks about the multifidus muscle’s functions and why its failure can cause ongoing pain, limited activity, and trunk stabilization loss. He also explains how the new ReActiv8 therapy is making groundbreaking advances in back pain treatment in terms of results and cost-efficiency for patients who have struggled for years with daily chronic back pain; by targeting the multifidus muscle with pulse signals to stabilize it and allowing the other muscles around the trunk to function normally.

Tune in to this episode to learn about chronic back pain treatment from a specialist in complex spinal pathology!

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Welcome to the weekly summary of what happened this week in the Outcomes Rocket Network! We got incredible episodes, and here’s what we got:

Tune in every week to expand your horizons on various subjects in this industry! See you next week!

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Let’s start conversations about mental health; we all need it, right?

In this episode of Everyone Hates Healthcare, host Michael Swartz chats with Chris Recinos, a talented nurse executive, entrepreneur, innovator, and speaker about her healthcare journey. She always knew she was destined to work as a caregiver, but her life turned around when her daughter was lost to suicide and the pandemic wreaked havoc in the healthcare industry. She ended up building an app, called Hello Harmony, to strike up the suicide conversation and identify people at risk through gamification. She also reflects on the paradigm healthcare has had on prioritizing physical health over mental health, the current status of the field today in regard to access, and what changes must be made to improve healthcare.

This conversation will keep you on the edge of your seat, so be sure to listen to Chris’ story!

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In recognition of the 19 annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month, The Outcomes Rocket Network has launched a 10-part podcast series to elevate Cyber Security Awareness in Healthcare on our main channel, the Outcomes Rocket Podcast. Partnering with leaders in healthcare cybersecurity in their capacity as members of the Health Sector Coordinating Council, the podcast aims to illuminate advances made in protecting critical healthcare infrastructure and patient safety, and areas that need further focus to put a stop to Cyber Crime.

Let’s get real about it: people can die as a result of a cyber-attack. It’s not just a work of fiction in movies; it can happen in real life, so let’s work on it!

In this episode, Greg Garcia, Executive Director for Cybersecurity of the Health Sector Coordinating Council, talks about why cybersecurity is vital to protect the critical infrastructure that is healthcare. Kicking off a 10-part series on the matter due to October being Cyber Security Awareness Month, Greg points out why in today’s digital world, healthcare faces risks that have to be averted in order to protect patient safety. Whether you’re a patient, a clinician, or a professional in the cyber side of healthcare, cybersecurity affects you and you need to know how to keep yourself safe. Greg explains what this is and how the Health Sector Coordinating Council identifies and mitigates systemic threats and develops resources that can improve cybersecurity and patients’ safety.

Tune in to this episode to learn why organizations must work together in terms of cybersecurity to raise the bar for the whole healthcare industry!

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In your lifetime, chances are someone you know will be affected by cancer.

In this episode, Stacy Blain, founder, and CSO of Concarlo Therapeutics talks about how she and a team of scientists are changing outcomes for drug-resistant patients with new classes of drugs. At Concarlo, they are developing new medications that use p27, a natural inhibitor, to stop cancer cells from multiplying in these patients, to enter the first clinical trial in 2024. For her, having an all-scientist team is valuable and has led the way and opened doors in the pharmaceutical field. She also explains why making sure everyone is seen and valued in your lab team ensures they work as a cohesive unit. Stacy encourages everyone to support science and cancer research now, not only when it hits closer to home.

Tune in to this episode to learn about new medications for drug-resistant patients and the science behind them!

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Brace yourself for this nursing networking journey!

In this episode of the Future of Global Informatics, TJ Southern talks with Kenya Milladge, a registered nurse, Clinical Configuration Analyst at Optum, and a technical product owner for Ascension Health. Kenya walks TJ through her journey from being a Licensed Practical Nurse, to becoming a Registered Nurse, and entering the world of informatics. They discuss the challenges they both faced when it comes to recognition and even speak openly about their salary negotiations and earning the money they’re worth. As a central part of the conversation, Kenya emphasizes the importance of networking and provides several examples of how it got her where she wanted to be.

Tune in to listen to Kenya’s nursing journey and how getting out of her comfort zone and networking got her places!

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