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AHA Associate Podcast Series | College of American Pathologists

Kathleen Wessel is joined by Dr. Emily Volk, President of the College of American Pathologists and Chief Medical Officer for Baptist Health Floyd. Dr. Volk shares her experience in addressing health equity in laboratory medicine, as well as outlooks for continuing to enhance care in pathology.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Health Recovery Solutions

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel is joined by Cheng-Kai Kao, Chief Clinical Informatics Innovation Officer for the University of Chicago Medicine, and Doug Lang, VP of Strategic Accounts for Health Recovery Solutions. Last year, University of Chicago Medicine launched new digital health programs across various care settings to improve clinician workload, improve patient outcomes, increase patient engagement and retention and decrease care costs. In particular, the speakers discuss a new approach to hospital-at-home telehealth and remote patient monitoring at the University of Chicago Medicine.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Hospital IQ

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel is joined by Lee Wallace and Rob Grayhek, Client Outcomes Advisors for Hospital IQ. Together, they discuss how optimizing hospital discharge practices can ensure a safe and timely discharge, thus making more beds available for patients that need them. Listen in for approaches to avoid discharge delays, improve capacity and ultimately enhance the patient experience.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Cleerly

Dr. Leon D. Caldwell, Senior Director, Health Equity Strategies and Innovation, in the Institute of Diversity and Health Equity at the AHA, sits down with Dr. James Min, CEO and Co-founder of AHA Associate Cleerly, as well as Dr. Richard Chazal, Senior Cardiologist and Medical Director of the Heart & Vascular Institute at Lee Health System. Dr. Min and Dr. Chazal are at the forefront of a new population-based, precision heart care approach that is transforming the historical approach to cardiovascular care by treating the actual disease instead of symptoms. Together, they discuss how this new standard of care ultimately impacts health equity.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | 3M

In this special episode, Kathleen Wessel welcomes Dr. Gordon Moore, Senior Medical Director, Clinical Strategy & Value-based Care for 3M. Dr. Moore speaks with Dr. Beth Wolf, Medical Director, HIM, for Roper St. Francis and a 3M Physician Consultant. Together, they discuss how improving clinical documentation can help physicians accurately document a patient’s illness without disrupting the delivery of care.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | SimpliFi

In this episode, leaders from AHA member hospital Forbes and AHA Associate SimpliFi discuss challenges facing our nursing workforce. Bambi Gore, vice president and chief clinical officer of SimpliFi, will discuss obstacles and solutions with Lynn Kosar, Chief Nursing Officer for AHN Forbes Hospital. Their conversation will leave listeners with new approaches and strategies for onboarding new nurses and increasing retention rates.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Jacobs

In this episode, we hear from an AHA Member and an AHA Associate about how hospitals can ensure their strategic organizational goals remain aligned with their business operations. Barbara Price, Corporate Senior Vice President of Strategy and Planning for Scripps Health, and Ghazala Sharieff, MD, MBA, Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Acute Care for Scripps Health, speak with Craig Miller, Global Director of Health Business Advisory for Jacobs.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Critical Insight

In this episode, the CIO of Caribou Medical Center, Johnathen Inskeep; CISO & Co-Founder of Critical Insight, Mike Hamilton; and the AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity & Risk, John Riggi, discuss recent and important developments in cybersecurity, including the impact of the AHA’s new Preferred Cybersecurity Provider program. Cybersecurity is evolving rapidly, and hospitals and health systems are exploring new tools and resources to combat cyberattacks.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | First American

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management & Operations for the AHA, spoke with Alan Sikora, CEO of First American Healthcare Finance, and Derick Lorentz, Regional CFO for Managed Hospitals of Centura Health. Funding strategy is not one-size-fits-all; CFOs must consider ever-changing circumstances, such as market conditions, competing interests and long-term goals. In this dialogue, our speakers discussed financial planning strategies, including financing, replacing and upgrading equipment, and establishing organizational policies.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Willis Towers Watson Part 1

Nancy Myers, Vice President, Leadership and System Innovation for the American Hospital Association spoke with David Scheer and Joe Currant, directors in the Health Systems Consulting practice for the Health and Benefits business of Willis Towers Watson. As hospitals and health systems navigate the rebuilding stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and the reimagining stage post-pandemic, adjusting value-based contracts and adequately assessing risk will be key to their success. Fortunately, experts on this subject in the business community like Willis Towers Watson are here to help.