NCHICA Healthcare IT Trends Buzz Podcast

Our latest NCHICA Healthcare IT Trends Buzz Podcast features Jonathan Langer, CEO of Medigate. Jonathan discusses the challenges of securing medical devices in hospitals. He said most hospitals have thousands of medical and IoT devices connected to their network that are very vulnerable to cyber attack. Many of them are legacy devices that are invisible in the IT environment, so they are not being updated and secured. Medigate provides a security platform that analyzes data and lets hospitals know all the devices currently connected to the network and where they are located. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

Our latest NCHICA Healthcare IT Trends Buzz Podcast features Ryan Witt, Managing Director of the Healthcare Industry Practice at Proofpoint. Ryan discusses the the current state of cybersecurity, including: the alarming new trend in more targeted phishing attacks; a recent Ponemon study showing the average cost to recover from a breach is twice as much for the healthcare industry; and why people are the weakest link in an attack. Proofpoint is an email security vendor and provides their clients with an email gateway and employee training on safe email practices. At their upcoming session at the NCHICA annual conference, you will learn what job titles in healthcare are the most "attacked" by cyber criminals, and what you can do to mitigate the risk. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

The NCHICA 25th Annual Conference is scheduled for September 16-17, 2019. This is the fourth in our Annual Conference Podcast Series featuring our Diamond Sponsor NC DHHS. This podcast features Dr. Betsey Tilson, State Health Director and Chief Medical Officer at the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS). Betsey discusses NCCARE360, the first statewide coordinated network that unites healthcare and human services organizations with a shared technology platform allowing for a coordinated, community-oriented, person-centered approach for delivering care in North Carolina. NCCARE360 is a public-private partnership led by NC DHHS and the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation, along with partners United Way of NC, Expound Decision Systems and Unite Us. It launched in January 2019 and is now live in 15 counties, with 17 more currently in process. Their goal is to have it operating statewide by the end of 2020. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

The NCHICA 25th Annual Conference is scheduled for September 16-17, 2019. This is the third in our Annual Conference Podcast Series featuring our Diamond Sponsor Sirius. Our podcast features Lee Pierce, the Healthcare Chief Data Officer at Sirius. He discusses his early work with Intermountain Healthcare, a pioneer in EMRs and data analytics. He joined Sirius to help healthcare organizations advance their use of data analytics to the level of the banking and retail industries. He notes that a successful data analytics program needs the right people, processes and technology, but the healthcare industry has been focusing too much on just technology. Data analytics, when properly utilized, can provide healthcare leaders with the insight needed to make the right decisions on how to improve business and clinical processes. Sirius acts as a trusted advisor not just there to sell a particular tool or technology, but to help organizations see the big picture and figure out what they want to accomplish and who are the best partners to help them. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

The NCHICA 25th Annual Conference is scheduled for September 16-17, 2019. This is the second in our Annual Conference Podcast Series featuring our Diamond Sponsor FairWarning. Our podcast features Elizabeth Hunt, Chief Compliance Officer at Southeastern Health, and Lisa Fiene, Training Manager at FairWarning. Southeastern Health is a nonprofit health care system located in the rural community of Lumberton, North Carolina. According to Elizabeth, FairWarning's audit software and managed privacy services have been invaluable to the health system over the past two years as they developed a compliance program while facing two catastrophic hurricanes. FairWarning assisted them with a comprehensive policy review, identifying gaps and helping to create new policies and standardized forms. They also helped with employee training in the new policies as well as monitoring enforcement of the policies. Thanks to these efforts, Southeastern underwent a huge shift in their culture of compliance. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

The NCHICA 25th Annual Conference is scheduled for September 16-17, 2019. This is the first in our Annual Conference Podcast Series featuring our Diamond Sponsor Nutanix. Cheryl Rodenfels, the Customer Success Executive at Nutanix, has 33 years of IT experience in the financial and healthcare industries. She discusses how the healthcare industry is becoming more competitive and providers are embracing digital transformation through the use of technology and marketing. Many of them are hiring Chief Digital Officers or Chief Strategy Officers to handle digital transformation. She notes that this is not a “one size fits all” endeavor, and a small healthcare organization is not going to have the same goals or resources of a larger one. In her upcoming session on digital transformation at the NCHICA Annual Conference, she will provide examples of what other healthcare providers are doing, and a checklist to help you choose what to do to meet your organization’s strategic goals for digital transformation. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

The NCHICA 25th Annual Conference is scheduled for September 16-17, 2019. This is the second in our Annual Conference Podcast Series featuring our Diamond Sponsor FairWarning. Our podcast features Elizabeth Hunt, Chief Compliance Officer at Southeastern Health, and Lisa Fiene, Training Manager at FairWarning. Southeastern Health is a nonprofit health care system located in the rural community of Lumberton, North Carolina. According to Elizabeth, FairWarning's audit software and managed privacy services have been invaluable to the health system over the past two years as they developed a compliance program while facing two catastrophic hurricanes. FairWarning assisted them with a comprehensive policy review, identifying gaps and helping to create new policies and standardized forms. They also helped with employee training in the new policies as well as monitoring enforcement of the policies. Thanks to these efforts, Southeastern underwent a huge shift in their culture of compliance. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

Our latest podcast features Dr. Chris Jones, the new President of the NCHICA Board of Directors. Chris is Assistant Director for Informatics & Quality at Northwest AHEC. Learn more about his work at Northwest AHEC and how he got involved in health education. Chris has served on NCHICA's Education Committee for a number of years and has been a big supporter of NCHICA's educational events. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

This podcast features Karen M. Davis, business group chief information officer and vice president of RTI International’s Research Computing Division, who was recently elected the new Chair of the NCHICA Board of Directors.   Karen has extensive experience in systems/software development, project management, financial management, human resources management and planning in several industries. With more than ten years of solid contributions to the NCHICA Board, Karen has served admirably in multiple positions, including Assistant Treasurer, Treasurer, President, and also as a member of the Executive Committee. The podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

NCHICA’s 24th Annual Conference will be held October 8-9, 2018 in Charlotte, NC. This is the sixth podcast in our series and features one of our Diamond Sponsors: Jonathan Langer, Co-founder and CEO of Medigate. Medigate is the only dedicated medical device cybersecurity platform that enables IT, IS and BioMed teams to identify, monitor and secure every medical device on the clinical network. Learn about how Medigate was founded and how their platform works. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

NCHICA’s 24th Annual Conference will be held October 8-9, 2018 in Charlotte, NC. This is the fifth podcast in our series featuring speakers from our upcoming Annual Conference. Bonnie Britton, Executive Director of Reconnect4Health, discusses her presentation on Deciphering Reimbursement for Remote Patient Monitoring. Bonnie is a nurse and Telehealth pioneer, having dedicated the past 21 years of her career to advancing the adoption and implementation of Telehealth, particularly remote patient monitoring. Learn more about the four CPT codes you can use to bill for remote patient monitoring services. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

NCHICA’s 24th Annual Conference will be held October 8-9, 2018 in Charlotte, NC. This is the fourth podcast in our series featuring speakers from our upcoming Annual Conference. Dr. Iltifat Husain, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine, discusses his presentation on Transforming Validated Clinical Research into a Cerner and EPIC FHIR Application. Learn how researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine were able to take a validated cardiovascular pathway and create a SMART FHIR app by utilizing the new Cerner App Store and EPIC App Orchard Store. The new FHIR protocols enable researchers and hospitals to implement clinical pathways in a cost-effective and timely manner that was never possible before.

NCHICA’s 24th Annual Conference will be held October 8-9, 2018 in Charlotte, NC. This is the third podcast in our series featuring speakers from our upcoming Annual Conference. Robert Furberg, Senior Clinical Informaticist at RTI International, will discuss the Add Health Consumer Wearable Ancillary Study. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents in grades 7-12 during the 1994-95 school year. Add Health is jointly administered by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Population Center and RTI International. The study subjects (“cohort”) are being re-interviewed throughout 2016-2018 to collect social, environmental, behavioral and biological data with which to track the emergence of chronic disease as they enter their fourth decade of life. The Add Health Consumer Wearable Ancillary Study has surveyed 13,000 individuals drawn from the cohort to capture data on smartphone and consumer wearable device ownership. Hear more about the study and Robert's work. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

NCHICA’s 24th Annual Conference will be held October 8-9, 2018 in Charlotte, NC. This is the second podcast in our series featuring speakers from our upcoming Annual Conference. Gerard Scheitlin, Founder & President of RISQ Management LLC, will speak at the NCHICA Annual Conference on Tuesday, October 9 on "Implementing Technical Security is Not Enough to Adequately Protect PHI." He will discuss how to organize and implement a Risk Management Organization focused on clinical, privacy, compliance, information security and quality risks. He will walk through the creation of this organization, including board involvement, cybersecurity certifications (including HITRUST), metrics/reporting, and improvement tracking. Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health serves as the podcast moderator.  

NCHICA's 24th Annual Conference will be held October 8-9, 2018 in Charlotte, NC. We are launching a new podcast series featuring speakers from our upcoming Annual Conference. Our first podcast features Carrie Nixon of Nixon Law Group, who will speaking on Monday, October 8 on The 21st Century Cures Act and the Future of Healthcare. Carrie Nixon is Managing Member of Nixon Law Group and CEO of Nixon HealthNexus, a healthcare reform and innovation consultancy. She is an expert in law and policy issues relating to value-based delivery and reimbursement, including Accountable Care Organizations, Alternative Payment Models, MACRA and MIPS reporting, and telemedicine. She earned her law degree from University of Virginia School of Law. Our podcast host is Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health.

In the podcast, Jane Smith Patterson discusses her childhood and education, career, accomplishments while serving in NC Governor Jim Hunt's administration, and how NCHICA was founded. Jane, a lifelong activist to advance fair and equal treatment for minorities and women, was involved in the early Civil Rights movement, Equal Rights Amendment, and ACLU, and met leaders like Martin Luther King and Jimmy Carter. She was also a visionary who recognized early on the power of computers and how they could transform the state's economy and healthcare. She was involved in building the state's "information highway" while working in Governor Hunt's administration, and advanced it worldwide while with ITT. In 1994, she wrote the Executive Order signed by Gov. James Hunt that established NCHICA, the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, to advance healthcare through the use of information technology. NCHICA was a pioneer in transforming the U.S. healthcare system, and is credited with being the founder of the HIPAA Privacy law. Janet Kennedy of Get Social Health is our podcast host.

Wayne Gaudette, Director of Strategic Accounts for Carolina Advanced Digital, describes how the company helps clients achieve their mission through exceptional engineering. Learn more about the sales cycle for healthcare clients, how often technology needs to replaced, and the biggest challenges they face in serving their clients. Wayne, who recently joined NCHICA, also discusses the benefits of participating in NCHICA workgroups.

NC TECH is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. Brooks Raiford, President & CEO of NC TECH, discussed how the organization was founded, its current members, activities and challenges.

Jon Sternstein, Founder of Stern Security, discusses what he does, current challenges in the security industry, and how he first got involved with NCHICA.

Michael Levy, CEO and Co-founder of Bluedoor, discusses how they foster open innovation, why they are the "gateway to digital health," and how you can collaborate with them to promote digital health.