There's a Better Way

Smart Talk on Healthcare & Technology

The American healthcare system is one of the most innovative in the world, but it’s also riddled with complex challenges, such as access to affordable medications, inefficiency and administrative burdens and communications barriers between providers. In this podcast series, host Melanie Marcus, Chief Marketing Officer of Surescripts, sits down with some of the most inspiring leaders in healthcare today for in-depth and personal conversations about the industry’s challenges and opportunities. Each episode presents a new conversation with people who are driving industry innovation through their work and helping to usher in a new era of American healthcare. Through this podcast, you’ll be exposed to new perspectives on stubborn healthcare challenges, how technology can be used to improve care and what the future might hold for an industry in the midst of rapid change.

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September 22, 2022

More Is Not Always Better: Making Interoperability Work for Patients & Clinicians

In this episode, Melanie speaks with Sam Lambson, Vice President of Interoperability at Oracle Cerner. Sam’s mantra is to “make care more affordable, accessible and better coordinated.”

September 8, 2022

Innovation, Please: What’s Next and What’s Needed in Specialty Therapy

In this episode, Melanie sits down with Joel Helle, Vice President of Physician Services at CVS Specialty. Hear the unique perspective of someone who’s not only close to specialty medicine professionally, but personally, as well.

August 25, 2022

Healthcare, Tech and Capitol Hill

In this episode, Melanie sits down with Tina Grande, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Healthcare Leadership Council. During their discussion, Melanie and Tina dig deeper into Tina’s remarkable career at the intersection of healthcare, technology and national policy.

August 11, 2022

Are We There Yet? Advancing Real-World Interoperability

In this episode, Melanie chats with Mariann Yeager, CEO of the Sequoia Project, a nonprofit partnership advancing the exchange of secure, trusted and interoperable health information. Listen to Mariann reflect on the criticality of interoperability and share the latest on ONC’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.

July 28, 2022

How COVID-19 Has Upended Assumptions About Care

In this episode, host Melanie Marcus sits down with Tasha Polster, Vice President for Pharmacy Quality, Compliance and Patient Safety at Walgreens. Hear Tasha’s personal stories and her perspective on the value of innovation, collaboration and partnership during challenging times.

9/30/2022

#EHR vendors: In the aftermath of #HurricaneIan, pharmacies may be offline and displaced patients may be showing up… https://t.co/4Wx10UuQ6X

9/29/2022

Pharmacies and pharmacy tech vendors: If you go offline due to #HurricaneIan, a few simple steps will help minimize… https://t.co/osOnghXlxJ

9/28/2022

Docs treating those displaced by #HurricaneIan: Don't forget to access patient-specific medication history data thr… https://t.co/TWv7euofZC

9/27/2022

Just days after Sam Lambson stood up a command center for his health system’s COVID-19 response, the ground shook u… https://t.co/3dKdQrGyQZ

9/27/2022

Quick tip for those evacuating from #HurricaneIan: Do you need Rx refills? Ask your doctor to check your medication… https://t.co/JtL1vSAwKA

9/26/2022

The Inflation Reduction Act isn’t just about gas prices. It aims to reform drug pricing & improve medication affo… https://t.co/4P7CqPREt8

9/26/2022

When he was starting high school, @SamLambson’s family moved from Arizona to Hong Kong. It was a big shift that con… https://t.co/3ejmNItEPH

9/22/2022

When it comes to interoperability, you certainly can have too much of a good thing. Duplicate data runs rampant and… https://t.co/E32urgmtvu

9/21/2022

Thanks so much for coming on the pod @SamLambson, what a great conversation! To hear how Sam is working to improve… https://t.co/YWId5RsN9s

9/21/2022

When providers have access to patient-specific benefit and cost information, they can choose more affordable medica… https://t.co/mdHwaygGf0