Disciplined, purpose-driven innovation, anchored in governance, data, and the human experience, beats shiny-object hype.
In this mega-episode, Lisa Fry, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at SCP Health, discusses “purposeful innovation” that reduces clinician burden and elevates patient experience: ED-volume prediction to align coverage, early pilots of ambient scribing, and patient-preferred models like hospital-at-home. She explains the guardrails, an enterprise architecture review board, commitments to core platforms, and stage-gated pilots with predefined success metrics, to avoid the “tyranny of the urgent” and scale only what works.
Nancye Feistritzer, DNP, RN—VP, Center for Care Delivery & Innovation at Emory Healthcare, talks about how bold initiatives, including the Apple hospital work and implementing Epic on Apple devices, succeed only when they explicitly align with an organization's strategy, mission, and values.
Nick Yaitsky, Board Member for TAG Digital Health, urges outcome-first AI roadmaps: accept that healthcare data is imperfect, mitigate bias by fine-tuning models to local populations and even individual patients, and build trust in the same way we came to trust GPS, through consistent, measurable results and governance.
Olga Ryzhikova, Founding Partner at Kepler Team, tackles adoption by starting integration where clinicians work (SMART on FHIR/SSO), designing modern user experiences, and favoring ambient, low-click workflows so tools remain in use.
Ron Strachan, Global Healthcare CIO Advisor, addresses rural access, noting that resilient, low-bandwidth virtual care and platform economies can “meet patients where they are.” His own brain-tumor journey underscores how imaging precision and reliable infrastructure can change outcomes.
Finally, Wes Whitaker, AVP of Growth Strategy & Data Analytics, shows population health at scale: unifying EHR, eligibility, claims, and ADT into a modern cloud/Databricks stack, then applying predictive models to anticipate ER visits, target outreach, drive attribution, and prove ROI, while tightening security with role-based access.
Together, their message is clear: govern hard, integrate early, pilot fast, measure relentlessly, and scale empathetically.
Tune in and learn how to innovate with rigor, scale with empathy, and deliver measurable value!
Resources
- Connect with Lisa Fry on LinkedIn here.
- Follow SCP Health on LinkedIn here and visit their website here.
- Follow and connect with Nancye Feistritzer on LinkedIn.
- Learn more about Emory Healthcare on LinkedIn and their website.
- Connect with and follow Nick Yaitsky on LinkedIn.
- Discover more about the TAG Digital Health Society on LinkedIn and explore their website.
- Follow and connect with Olga Ryzhikova on LinkedIn.
- Learn more about the Kepler Team on their LinkedIn and explore their website.
- Connect with Ron Strachan on LinkedIn here.
- Explore Zoom’s website and learn more about them on their LinkedIn.
- Follow and connect with Wes Whitaker on LinkedIn.
- Discover more about Premise Health on their LinkedIn and visit their website.