Podcasts

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.

10/4/2022

More affordable medications mean more adherent patients. Pretty intuitive, right? But just how strong is that relationship? 🧵👇

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