The Future of Mobile Health

September 29, 2016 Janet Kennedy 00:27:26 0 Comments

What does the future hold for mobile health?

That was the question posed by Rick Smith, Editor of the WRAL TechWire to some of the most innovative and visionary digital health companies in the Triangle. From individuals monitoring their daily steps via a wearable device to scientists gaining the ability to harness the power of big data on a massive scale, advances in mobile health are both exciting and a bit unnerving.

On September 27, 2016, WRAL TechWire invited senior executives of Axial Health, Valencell, Validic, MobileSmith, Medfusion and RelyMD the Executive Exchange to share their thoughts. During the second panel on data security and legal issues, we heard from executives from Parker Poe, MCNC, Wyrick Robbins and Duke Health.

I had the pleasure of live-Tweeting the program and also captured some audio from some of the speakers and attendees. Give a listen to the voice of The Future of Mobile Health.

Podcast Guests (in order of appearance):

WRAL TechWire Brent Anthony, Practimage

Kim Labow, Medfusion

Chris Beal,

Chris Edwards, Validic

Elizabeth Johnson, Wyrick Robbins

Rob Leandro, Parker Poe

Rick Smith, WRAL TechWire

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Tech Guy and the HITMC Conference

September 13, 2016 Janet Kennedy 00:40:00 0 Comments

John Lynn, aka @TechGuy, is well known in the healthcare IT world. He has developed a series of websites to support the industry. His website Healthcare Scene hosts 10 healthcare blogs that have generated over 11,000 blog posts, half of which John wrote himself! He’s the co-founder of #HITMC Conference, supports numerous Twitter handles and provides a valuable resource for job seekers in the industry.

Listen to our conversation or drop in at the time stamps below:

00:00 Introduction
00:50 #HIT100
01:15 Healthcare – people with personal passions
02:38 What is your “Why”?
03:40 Difference between professional and passion-driven participants
05:17 Disconnect in C-Suite not being exposed to social media discussions?
06:48 Social determinants of health
07:27 Patient stories – not hearing enough “good” stories
10:47 Empowered patients
13:41 People want to do good. Problems are a result of faulty workflow or process
16:18 The power of social media
17:10 Entrepreneurial spirit is suppressed in healthcare
18:56 Acquired EHRs, now we need healthcare analysts
20:22 John’s digital properties: Healthcare Scene, Healthcare IT Jobs, #HITMC
23:47 Open Sharing among healthcare marketers
26:29 HITMC Conference – Marketing automation hot topic
28:21 Networking is a valuable aspect of HITMC
29:15 Call for speakers for Spring HITMC Conference
31:24 Topic suggestions: Success/Failure stories and Creative or Innovative Problem Solving
31:04 Hamilton Rap from Stacey Gobel of Studio 9
32:07 Where will the conference be held? SLS Las Vegas
35:30 Find #HITMC – LinkedIn Group, Website, TwitterChat
36:40 “Local” meetups around the country
38:03 Social Media Tip: Stacy Goebel with Studio North “Try Live Video”

Find John Lynn:

LinkedIn
Patient Stories blog

HITMC Call for Speakers

Twitter:

Websites:

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Workflow is Key to Managing Healthcare Process

September 9, 2016 Janet Kennedy 00:44:08 0 Comments

The King of All Workflow

Meet @wareFLO – Chuck Webster, MD… and MSIE, MSIS and workflow evangelist. Sometimes called the “King of all Workflow in Healthcare” (mostly by himself) Chuck is the undisputed champion of workflow process. He has worked with healthcare systems to study, design and implement process improvement through workflow development. Chuck is also a workflow technology expert and helps his clients use business process management software to capture and analyze workflow.

I admit it – I’m a marketing and social media evangelist. As such I have encountered Chuck dozens of times in TweetChats, Blab sessions and throughout the social media spectrum. I know that Chuck has an affinity for social media. I was not going to promise the same about workflow. Our interview ended up being really interesting and I learn a lot – painlessly.

I hope you enjoy the podcast. Give a listen to our conversation or drop into our conversation at the time stamps below.

Podcast Time Stamps

The King of All Workflow 00:00 Introduction
00:55 Meet Chuck Webster MD
01:57 @wareFLO
02:52 His alphabet soup of degrees
05:00 How does all that education overlap?
05:57 He’s a Venn Diagram!
06:22 He’s an octopus – he said so!
07:27 Medical training by Disney?
07:38 C-Suite education – are they onboard?
09:48 Mind Mapping vs. Workflow
11:31 How does workflow technology work?
13:44 Interoperability in workflow process design
15:34 Example of a workflow process
16:45 Why would workflow matter to me, the patient?
20:50 Workflow enabling seniors living at home
23:50 What would this position be called?
26:20 Opportunity for physicians to transition their knowledge
29:09 Should digital innovation come from the medical side of the house?
30:32 How often should a workflow process be re-evaluated?
32:32 Are EHR vendors working with clients to improve workflow?
35:10 Bringing non-healthcare vendors to healthcare
39:38 Getting published
40:05 FireTalk – the new Blab?
Social Media Tip: Sarah Bramblette – Spell your medical condition right
42:55 Social Content Solutions – Ready-to-post content for healthcare

Chuck Webster’s contact information:

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Nurses – Born to Innovate

August 30, 2016 Janet Kennedy 00:32:06 0 Comments

Nurses are born to be innovators

Tim Raderstorf is the first Chief Innovation Officer at The Ohio State University College of Nursing. He is also a Clinical Instructor of Practice. Tim has studied and focused on neurosurgical research on Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome, designed clinical spaces, and improved patient throughput in the pediatric hematology/oncology ambulatory settings.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Tim’s passion lies in connecting great thinkers and fostering ideation through the innovation and commercialization process. He helped design an innovation and entrepreneurship program for healthcare at the Ohio State University College of Nursing. This fall, he’ll be speaking at the Advancing Nurses Through Innovation Conference hosted by the National Nurses Business Association Conference in Las Vegas and the Nursing Innovation Summit at the Cleveland Clinic.

Listen to Tim’s ideas on nurses, entrepreneurship, and innovation on the Get Social Health podcast.
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop for Health Professionals

Laurel Van Dromme

Bernadette Melnyk

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Creating Healthy Brands: designRoom Creative

August 23, 2016 Janet Kennedy 00:32:09 0 Comments

designRoom Creative (dRC) began more than twenty years ago. Kelly Farrell, designer and founder, left the big agency world with a mission — deliver strategic, impeccable design with responsive, personal client service. Since then she’s moved dRC into the national market while developing a specialty in creating healthy brands, especially healthcare related brands including Signature Health and the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers. In the podcast, we talk about getting the C-Suite and Board behind a new brand process, even when the brand is over 100 years old! Listen to the podcast and let me know what you think

NatCon16 Find out more about designRoom Creative.

Connect with Kelly Farrell:

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A Passion for Health Technology

August 16, 2016 Janet Kennedy 00:26:32 0 Comments

Many physicians have discovered a passion for health technology, but not many have taken an 180-degree turn into the digital health field right out of residency. Jonathan O’Donnell did and has found his unique medical perspective to be an asset to the programs he has joined like Startup Weekend Health, iScribes and the design thinking workshop he co-lead with Katie Donohue McMillan. In our conversation, Jonathan and I discussed his medical school training at Duke University and how he caught the digital health bug. Listen to our conversation or catch the time stamps below.

Introduction, Startup Weekend Health
Joyce Lee, Design Thinking advocate
Duke Medical School
DCRI – Duke Clinical Research Institute
Are you a digital early adopter
What vision does your memory bring?
Design thinking
smashing boxes Medical School + Innovative Thinking

Dell Medical School
IBM Watson
Digital health relieving mundane processes
Everyone is creative
Smashing Boxes
Design Disruptors

Katie Donohue McMillian

Amy Abernethy, MD

Jonathan O’Donnell, MD

Social Media Tip: Kenny Brooks – Use team LinkedIn profiles as a sales resource

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