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AHA Associate Podcast Series | Accenture

Kathleen Wessel is joined by Accenture’s Dr. Scott Cullen, Managing Director and Health Provider Lead, and Sally Hurt-Deitch, Executive Vice President, Nursing and Operations Infrastructure, for AHA Member Ascension. At Accenture, Dr. Cullen's team is examining how to balance short- and long-term solutions to the clinical workforce shortage. Ascension is working on implementing these solutions to benefit their workforce. Ultimately, in order to achieve success, hospitals and health systems will need to focus on the intersection between technology and human need.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Relias

Kathleen Wessel is joined by Lora Sparkman, Partner for Clinical Solutions, Patient Safety and Quality, at Relias, and John Harrington, VP of Solutions, at Relias to discuss how hospitals are able to find the balance between innovation and proven fundamentals to create a culture that sustains high reliability. Ultimately, the goal is to overcome behavioral drift, human factors, and unconscious bias to enhance patient safety measures.

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 | Spacelabs

In this episode, guest host Nancy Myers, Vice President of Leadership and System Innovation, for the AHA, speaks with Jacob Durgan, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Spacelabs Healthcare, and Ron Woita, CNO and Vice President of Patient Care Services at Sky Lakes Medical Center. Their discussion centers on the value and benefits of having actionable data available in the hospital setting. Ultimately, hospitals that successfully manage and integrate data into their clinical and operational processes can see substantial rewards.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Authenticx

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel is joined by Leslie Pagel, Chief Evangelist for Authenticx, which is an AHA Associate, as well as Rachelle Tardy, Director of Clinical Outcomes & Care Integration for Eskenazi Health. Their discussion centers on building a superior patient experience by starting with the hospital workforce. Providing employees with the needed tools, training, and resources can have an enormous impact. This podcast explains the power of listening to employee and patient voices and how these insights can inform patient experience strategy.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | BluSky

In this episode, host Kathleen Wessel is joined by guests from our AHA Associate partner BluSky Restoration Contractors. Dave Robbins, Sr. Vice President of Healthcare Services, and Robbie Sills, Vice President of Health Services, discuss unplanned events in healthcare. Dave and Robbie will share some of the characteristics of unplanned events—such as fires, wind events and infectious disease outbreaks—and how to provide effective remediation.

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 | Cox Prosight

In this episode, host Kathleen Wessel welcomes George Valentine of Cox Prosight to the podcast. They discuss what it means to be a “smart hospital” and the steps hospitals can take to achieve this characterization. The description of “smart hospital” may feel out of reach for many organizations, but certain strategies can make it achievable and highly effective.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | LeanTaaS

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, Vice President of Business Management and Operations at the AHA, speaks with Sanjeev Agrawal, President and Chief Operating Officer of LeanTaaS. Their discussion focuses on the impacts of artificial intelligence on healthcare, specifically on capacity management. As hospitals and health systems begin to adopt AI technology into their existing processes, we are seeing improvements in patient care, workforce experience and financial resources.

AHA Associate Podcast Series | Suki AI

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations at the AHA, speaks with Josh Margulies, Vice President of Strategic Customer Engagements at Suki AI. Physician burnout is occurring at epidemic levels, with administrative burden in the EHR cited as the primary driver. With generative AI evolving at a rapid pace, there has been a plethora of new solutions introduced to the market that specifically aim to tackle these pain points. Join them as they focus on the pressing issue of physician burnout and how generative AI is revolutionizing the healthcare industry.