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This Week in Health TechFreeing up clinical staff from diagnosing and reporting system issues to focus on patientsSend us a textIn this episode of This Week in Health Tech, we welcome Johnathan Klaus to cohost the episode. John is an experienced nurse and has worked in large academic medical center for many years in the cardiac department. He brings wealth of clinical knowledge to the team and we welcome him to cohost the podcast. Jimmy Kim is obviously still around and will be returning soon. In this episode we focus on freeing up clinical staff from diagnosing and reporting system issues to focus on patients. This is a common scenario in h...2023-02-0938 minThis Week in Health TechAssure smooth operations for clinicians using applications & integration monitoring technologySend us a textVik and Jimmy focus on digital health and end-to-end monitoring of applications in this episode of This Week in Health Tech. Vik talks about strategy for digital transformation: managing digital apps, integrating digital apps, and supporting digital apps on an ongoing basis.Vik also mentions that healthcare organizations have requested not only automated monitoring but also 24/7 support to go along with the monitoring subscription. Jimmy inquires about the 24/7 support and if it is actually supported by human support staff. Vik confirms that support is actual trained application and integration support team. B...2022-09-2726 minThis Week in Health Tech"The Olympics of Tech" - Collision Conference 2022Send us a textThis episode of This Week in Health Tech focuses on one of the biggest tech conferences of North America, Collision Conference 2022. Collision attracts people from more than 125 countries and more than 35000 people. Vik shares the stories meeting the brightest minds in tech and innovative companies. Very different than the other healthcare tech conferences. Crowd at the conference was definitely very mixed and pleasantly unexpected. Women in tech definitely represented in good numbers at the conference. The setup at the conference was laid out very well to help easier mingling of people. T...2022-06-2830 minThis Week in Health TechHealthcare's hybrid business model with Telehealth and In-Person VisitsSend us a textIn this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy chat about the latest health tech news including telehealth and in-person hybrid healthcare. Telehealth is not just a pandemic trend, and it is here to stay. Healthcare is increasingly hybrid with in-person and telehealth visits. At the beginning of the pandemic in 2019-2020, healthcare organizations were struggling with telehealth, however over the past 2 years, technology and workflows have matured. Telehealth experience has also improved over the 2 years as evident with Jimmy's own telehealth visits in 2020 versus the better experience...2022-03-0236 minThis Week in Health TechHybrid Healthcare and Consumer Driven Healthcare with Jared JohnsonSend us a textIn this episode of This Week in Health Tech, first episode of 2022, Vik and Jimmy welcome Jared Johnson, from Healthcare Podcast Rap. Vik and Jimmy discuss hybrid healthcare or consumer first healthcare in this episode. Jared starts with explaining discussing what hybrid healthcare is with an example of 23 and me. He also mentions examples of Best Buy buying healthcare companies or even Walmart. How do you adapt as a CEO / CIO / CMIO of a traditional healthcare organization? Jared mentions that the margins are already lower in healthcare and how do you...2022-01-1846 minThis Week in Health TechEmergency Pod! Oracle Buys Cerner.Send us a textIn this emergency episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy discuss the big news of Oracle buying Cerner. The biggest purchase Oracle, Big Tech, has ever done for $28.3 billion dollars.Vik and Jimmy first talk a little background of Oracle and Cerner. Vik talks about Oracle products: cloud infrastructure, integration, oracle dbms, developer network, and more. Jimmy said this sends a huge signal that there is massive potential in healthcare. Stock price has dropped initially because people are still trying to make sense of it. Plu...2021-12-2326 minThis Week in Health TechThe two types of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs Asynchronous with Dr. PurdySend us a textIn this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy invite Dr. Laura Purdy, CEO and CoFounder of MD Integrations, All in One Telehealth solutions company. Dr. Purdy is a 15 year army veteran and started her career in military medical school and as a hospitalist in military. She realized early on that telehealth will be the future of healthcare for simple things such as poison ivy or pink eye. In the old days of telehealth, there were a lot of challenges from technical challenge to scheduling patients. Jimmy...2021-11-2350 minThis Week in Health TechHow to deal with Expectations for Digital Apps and increase access to On-Demand CareSend us a textIn this Halloween special of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy discuss digital transformation and AI with guest Shelby Sanderford, CEO of Docpace. Shelby shares her story of how she got started in healthcare IT working in a hospital. They are on a mission to eliminate wait times for patients and eliminate need for waiting rooms. The group dives into the conversation w/ impact of the pandemic on digital transformation in healthcare. Shelby notes that last few years healthcare organizations have been switching to electronic health records and applications...2021-11-0949 minThis Week in Health TechTelehealth, eVisits, and Digital Transformation with Dr. Brett OliverSend us a textIn this jam-packed episode of This Week in Health Tech, we welcome Dr. Brett Oliver (Chief Medical Information Officer, Baptist Health) to dive into several fascinating topics, such as the future of telehealth, digital transformation, interoperability, cultural change across the industry, and much more.To kick it off, we discuss the latest COVID situation in Kentucky and the strain that it’s putting on healthcare. Jimmy asks Brett about remote monitoring and remote visits with patients. Brett indicates that Baptist is improving remote visits, with multi-specialty appointments now possible with better te...2021-09-2149 min
Beyond the Dental Chair3 - Digital Dentistry Trends that Will Impact Patient Care || Special Guest Vik Patel from TIDO IncOwning and marketing a dental practice in 2021 has changed dramatically. The pandemic has forced many dental practices to embrace technology as patient expectations have increased for accessibility, cost effectiveness and better care. For many dental practitioners, the digital transformation and the tasks involved can seem overwhelming. What are the right apps and softwares to use? Can A.I. technology really help with better patient outcome? How do you secure patient data records? On today's podcast we speak with expert Vik Patel, COO of Tido Inc, who will discuss:What exactly is d...2021-09-2154 minThis Week in Health TechHIMSS Conference 2021 Post Conference ReviewSend us a textIn this episode of TWIHT, Vik and Jimmy comment on HIMSS 2021 Conference that just ended Aug 12. This year the conference was in person in Las Vegas and was also available digitally online. Number of participants was low this year because of the pandemic, and it seemed like instead of the usual 50 to 60 thousand registrants, 2021 conference only had about 18000 registrants. Many of them attended digitally. Vik explains the importance of this conference and what it means for the healthcare information technology conference. Vik mentions that he attended the conference digitally this year...2021-08-1837 minThis Week in Health TechHow To Accelerate Healthcare Digital Transformation with APIsSend us a textIn this episode of Digital Transformation acceleration with APIs, Vik and Jimmy discuss the basics of API and its impact on digital transformation in health systems.The biggest factor for talking about APIs in healthcare is digital transformation. COVID has accelerated digital transformation in healthcare, it started with telehealth, but it is way beyond just telehealth: increased use AI and machine learning, patient or provider facing mobile apps, analytics, and remote monitoring. As a CIO or CEO of a health system, you need to be ready for digital transformation.Healthcare has b...2021-07-1537 minThis Week in Health TechPrevent Hospital System Issues Using Active Monitoring and Test AutomationSend us a textIn this episode of TWIHT, we discuss how to actively monitor hospital systems data integrity. It is a big challenge to monitor hundreds of systems in a health system to ensure workflows and data are working as expected. This prevents having to rely on users to report issues and prevent extensive downtime. Vik describes a typical scenario in how most issues are dealt with today in a health system. He uses an example of an ED system. A user in emergency department places a lab order and if there is an issue...2021-06-2243 minThis Week in Health TechDigital strategy, telehealth, and cloud adoption with MarkSend us a textOn this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy welcome Mark Brookman, CIO, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We jump right into tele-health and adoption with Mark. Mark indicated that even though they had started on tele-health path about 3-4 years ago, adoption was scarce. Providers were hesitant because there could be liability issues if they missed anything however things changed with COVID-19. Government changed their stance and they started reimbursing for telehealth visits. At commonwealth telehealth was now used even in emergency health where patient...2021-03-3047 min