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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.
In this special episode of The Better Care Podcast, EvidenceCare's President & COO, Amy Deaton, engages with industry leaders live at the Nashville Healthcare Sessions conference to discuss the evolving industry landscape. These conversations focus on rural healthcare challenges, integrated mental health services for women's health, and patient-centric solutions in digital innovation.
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In this special episode of The Better Care Podcast, EvidenceCare's CEO, Bo Bartholomew, brings together a diverse group of healthcare leaders to explore innovation and transformation within the industry. Recorded live from the Nashville Healthcare Sessions conference, the conversations emphasize the importance of collaboration, technology, and strategic partnerships in redefining patient care.
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EvidenceCare’s Co-Founder & CMO, Dr. Brian Fengler, interviews Melinda Hancock, EVP & Chief Transformation Officer for Sentara Health.
Melinda shares how health systems can use transformation processes to align and balance clinical practices, patient outcomes, and financial sustainability.
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Melinda Hancock Bio:
Melinda S. Hancock, CPA, FHFMA is Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer for Sentara Health. She oversees several Sentara teams, including Strategy, Growth, Transformation, Integration and Project Management.
Hancock joined Sentara in August 2021 as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Before joining Sentara, Hancock was the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at VCU Health System, where she made significant contributions to advance the infrastructure of the health system that includes programs and models that improve the patient experience and the health of vulnerable populations. Prior to her time at VCU Health, Hancock was a partner with Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP (DHG) where she helped lead the payment model team to develop products related to the transformation of volume-based reimbursement to value-based reimbursement. Before joining DHG, Hancock was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Virginia market of Bon Secours Health System. Hancock's career prior to Bon Secours included eight years at Culpeper Regional Hospital and experience as a healthcare consultant and auditor with Ernst & Young and Deloitte.
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EvidenceCare’s CEO, Bo Bartholomew, interviews Adam Kaufman, digital health expert and consultant, currently at Baylor Scott & White Health.
Adam and Bo provide insight into the evolution of digital health innovation and economics for healthcare leaders looking to navigate today's complex landscape.
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Adam Kaufman Bio:
Adam Kaufman is an accomplished executive, entrepreneur, and board member providing pioneering leadership in digital health, medical services, and healthy living. For more than two decades he has been a pioneer of digital health and its accompanying transformation of the healthcare industry. He is known for driving organizational improvements through technical advancements as well as defining strategic vision to penetrate new markets, expand product lines, and grow revenue.
Most recently, Adam reorganized Weight Watchers B2B healthcare division while leading the launch of the first dedicated broad WW consumer solution for people with diabetes. He defined a successful go-to-market plan while positioning the product line for significant growth within this new vertical. Previously, Adam has been a startup founder and CEO at Canary Health leading the company through several rounds of financing and growth to a $10M in annual recurring revenue run rate.
Adam has particularly deep expertise in VC and PE backed healthcare companies supporting their digital transformation and entrance into new markets often after growth has stalled or declined in initial strategies. He has worked to redefine value propositions, adjust go-to-market strategies and build and lead marketing and sales teams.
Leveraging a Ph.D. in Applied Microeconomics (with a focus in healthcare) from the University of Southern California, Adam also worked as an Adjunct at USC, teaching healthcare Industrial Organization and Applied Statistics. He served as a Fulbright Scholar at the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and completed a dual Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
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EvidenceCare’s Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brian Fengler, interviews Dr. Jon Handler, Senior Fellow of Innovation at OSF HealthCare.
Jon explores the intricacies of healthcare innovation, sharing his journey on getting adoption for various clinical technologies and the critical nexus of coding and clinical practice.
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Dr. Jon Handler is a Medical Informaticist and Emergency Physician focused on entrepreneurship and innovation in advanced data analytics, AI/machine learning, telehealth, and other clinical applications, with a proven track record of building high performing, data-driven businesses. He has more than a decade of clinical experience in high volume, high acuity care and more than twenty years of experience in creating healthcare software and implementing solutions. Dr. Handler is an award-winning lecturer and educator, published researcher, and entrepreneur.
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EvidenceCare’s Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brian Fengler, interviews Dr. Stacey Johnston, VP and Chief Applications Officer at Baptist Health (Jacksonville).
Stacey shares the complexities and triumphs of transitioning to a new EHR system and takes listeners behind the scenes of Baptist Health's remarkable journey achieving a ten-star Epic implementation rating within its first year.
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Dr. Stacey Johnston Bio:
Stacey Johnston, MD, was named vice president, chief medical information officer (CMIO) of Baptist Health in October 2019, after serving as associate CMIO for hospitalist informatics since August 2018. A board-certified family physician and a member of the Baptist Hospitalist Group, Dr. Johnston has extensive experience in the use of electronic medical records, clinical technologies across a broad spectrum of clinical settings and knowledge of electronic medical record infrastructure.
Prior to joining Baptist Health, she served as the CMIO and medical director of the hospitalist program at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, S.C., where she also served on the Board of Trustees.
She is a 2002 graduate of Emory University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga.
She is a member of the Scottsdale Institute, a forum for senior healthcare executives to share best practices around IT-enabled clinical and business transformation.
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EvidenceCare’s Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brian Fengler, interviews Dr. Michelle Flemmings, Industry Executive & Market Development Director at Oracle.
Michelle shares a compelling and challenging vision for using AI technology in healthcare and her journey from emergency physician to physician executive.
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Dr. Michelle Flemmings Bio:
As the Industry Executive Director and Market Development Leader for Healthcare for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, I support client relationships and help healthcare organizations to achieve their digital transformation goals. Bringing over 3 decades of bedside patient care, clinical leadership, and industry governance experience to this role, I am passionate about forming meaningful and trusted client partnerships focused on solving real world problems; achieving and maintaining operational efficiency, realizing cost containment, making the successful pivot to, once again, concentrate on growth initiatives, and improving the retention and recruitment of talented clinical workforce.
I believe that data is most powerful when actioned upon.
By helping clients to successfully navigate their digital roadmap, identify the right data management tools, thoughtfully implement artificial/augmented intelligence, and adopt data analytics, I believe that the power of data can be magnified - measured in terms of clinical and business results achieved and not just numbers of patient encounters.
I believe that by utilizing that data to glean business insights, recognize and predict population trends, capture patient feedback supporting new treatment initiatives and better access to care, we have the potential to impactfully address the social determinants of health that often prove insurmountable for our patients.
Helping clients use their data to identify opportunities that provide relief for physicians, nurses and all providers of healthcare, and helping organizations to successfully make the transition to become more proactive and more strategic in decision making is my strength and I believe that in partnership, we can drive improved clinical outcomes that can change lives.
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EvidenceCare’s Chief Operating Officer, Amy Deaton, interviews Novlet Mattis, SVP and Chief Digital & Information Officer at Orlando Health.
Novlet shares how technology is leveraged at Orlando Health to greatly enhance patient care and outcomes, as well as the importance of doing the hard work of updating outdated systems. This discussion is hospital leaders wanting to be at the forefront of the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare IT.
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Novlet Mattis Bio:
As Orlando Health’s Chief Digital and Information Officer, Novlet provides executive leadership for information technology, digital capability supply chain, and systems that advance clinical and business strategies, digitally engage patients, providers and businesses, and optimize operational processes.
Prior to joining Orlando Health in 2018, she was with Ascension Health in St. Louis, where she served as vice president of information technology, supporting more than 125 hospitals across the U.S. as well as international joint ventures.
Novlet also was vice president of IT and chief information officer at UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina, and has held leadership positions at Dell Global Services, Lucent Technologies and AT&T.
She earned a bachelor’s in business administration from Howard University and an MBA from George Washington University, both in Washington, D.C. She is a Certified Healthcare CIO through the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
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EvidenceCare’s Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brian Fengler, interviews Dr. Miguel Benet, SVP of Clinical Operations at Community Health Systems (CHS).
Miguel shares the focus behind significant reduction in patient safety events over the past decade at CHS, and their approach to scaling clinical operations while considering local market needs.
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Dr. Miguel Benet Bio:
Miguel S. Benet, M.D., M.P.H., has leadership responsibilities for clinical services and operations including the CHS PSO – Patient Safety Organization, clinical research, clinical informatics, case management/utilization review, ED, OR, OB cardiovascular service lines, transfer center operations, pharmacy, behavioral health, post-acute services, clinical data science, process improvement, clinical documentation improvement and physician coding and documentation, physician practice management, and graduate medical education (GME) programs within CHS-affiliated hospitals.
Before joining CHS in 2021, Benet served as Chief Medical Officer for HCA’s North Texas Division where he had responsibility for all clinical, safety and quality activities and led strategic implementation of clinical programs across the 16-hospital network. In his more than 20 years as a physician executive and practicing provider, he has held leadership roles including Chief Resident, Anesthesiology Department Chairman, medical staff committee chairmanships, and CMO at individual hospitals.
Benet earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and his medical degree along with a master’s degree in public health, health management and policy from the University of Michigan. He completed his anesthesia residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
Benet was a Nashville Health Care Council Fellow in 2023 and chosen as a Top 25 Minority Leader in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare in 2020.
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EvidenceCare’s CEO, Bo Bartholomew, interviews Al Smith, SVP and Chief Information Officer at Lifepoint Health.
Al shares his background and journey to becoming a CIO and how he manages IT resources in a lean environment, as well as the top IT initiatives for Lifepoint, including a detailed breakdown of cost-cutting, efficiency, and growth.
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As Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Lifepoint Health, Al Smith leads the organization’s Health Information Technology Services (HITS) across an 88-hospital campus portfolio. In his role, he is responsible for implementing information technologies that support Lifepoint’s mission. He also drives clinical/operational performance and financial excellence for the company.
Al has more than three decades of industry experience, including roles in healthcare systems, health insurance and information technology consulting. Prior to joining Lifepoint, he served as SVP and CIO for RCCH HealthCare Partners and Capella Healthcare, both now part of Lifepoint Health. Before that, he served in several other leadership positions, including Vice President of applications and interim CIO for Vanguard Health System, Client Results Executive for Cerner Corporation, and Vice President of clinical applications for Carolinas Healthcare System in Charlotte, North Carolina. His career started as a consultant with Andersen Consulting and then progressed to management roles at First Consulting Group.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in financial administration from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a past chairman and current member of the HIT Task Force for the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH), as well as a past board member of the Tennessee Health Information Management Society (TN HIMSS). He has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s “100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know” numerous times.
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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.