Innovations of Health

Providence has partnered with Microsoft to launch a Clinical Innovation Fellowship. Hear from the first two participating fellows, Arpine Nicholson, Director of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, and Travis Sewalls, M.D., Humboldt Ministry Chief Medical Officer for St. Joseph Health Eureka and Redwood Memorial Hospital.

Leaders of the Digital Innovation Group discuss the level of the workforce crisis in the healthcare industry and what opportunities might be available with a variety of digital apps, platforms and innovations. 

In today's episode Sara Vaezy and Derek Streat CEO of Dexcare are celebrating the 1 year anniversary of DexCare. DexCare is healthcare access optimization platform that assists the supply and demand side of healthcare with the goal of improving healthcare access for everyone.

Today host Sara Vaezy, Chief of Digital and Growth Strategy at Providence and Doug Grapski, Senior Manager Digital Strategy talk about industry consolidation, impacts of covid, current trends and the implications for digital and health systems in general.

Host, Laurie Kelley welcomes Dr. Samantha Peikos as she shares her research and findings regarding COVID-19 & Pregnancy. Dr. Samantha Piekos has her PhD in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and is a research scientist for the Institute for Systems Biology.

In honor of American Heart Month host Ariana Lake and Dr. Cristy Smith are here to discuss technology and heart health. Dr. Smith is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon that specializes in placing mechinical pumps or devices, whether temporary or permanent, for patient who are having major heart failure. Dr. Smith will talk with us today about these devices and how they work.

In today's episode we are joined by Providence's President and CEO, Rod Hochman and Dr. Jim Heath, President of Institute for System Biology. Over the past two years Dr. Heath has embarked on a research journey to understand COVID-19. Today he will share the findings of his research, including risk factors that may attribute to long covid.

Today host Sara Vaezy, Chief of Digital and Growth Marketing and Aaron Martin EVP & Chief Digital Officer will share their 2022 digital predictions for healthcare. Listen now to hear where we predict the market is headed and what the priorities will be in 2022.

Today host Mary Kate Eaton and guests Lynette Savage and Linda Studley discuss the different programs available at University of Providence, including Masters in Nursing - Nurse Educator, Master of Science in Nursing, and Nurse Educator Certificate.

There has been a lot of exciting news around big tech and healthcare recently. Today host Sara Vaezy, Chief of Digital and Growth Strategy and Aaron Martin EVP Chief Digital Officer are here to talk about what that means for Providence and health systems as a whole.

Julie Mccomish Senior Digital Strategy Manger, Dr. Arpan Waghray Chief Medical Officer of Behavioral Medicine, and Roger Dowdy VP Mental Health Strategy are here today during National Suicide Prevention Month to discuss suicide prevention using technology as a support method.

Matt Cohlmia Executive Director of Digital Strategy at Providence's Digital Innovation Group is joined by Dr Ari Robicsek Chief Analytics & Research Officer at Providence. Dr. Robicsek and his team have found a way to take data and use it to find ways to improve care for patients, one aspect being COVID research. Listen to hear about the takeaways Dr. Robicsek and his team have made regarding COVID varients.

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Geno4Me seeks to understand the genetic makeup of humans in order to develop precise and personalized medicine to improve the health of our patients. In today's episode, host Kelby Johnson is joined by Dr. Ora Gordon who will explain the importance of understand DNA and the mission of this program.

Providence recognizes that behavioral health is a critical part of overall health. That is why Digital Innovation Group at Providence has been looking at ways to improve access and ease the patients way when trying to access care. Hear more in this episode with host Matt Cohlmia and guest Julie Mccomish.

In today's episode host, Kalya Lounsbery and Kevin Madden discuss the evolving world of ecommerce and the role reputation management has.

In honor of Cancer Survivor & Immunotherapy Month host Laurie Kelley is joined by Dr. Bryan Bell, a head and neck surgical oncologist. Dr. Bell is here today to talk about the research done by Providence Cancer Institute that has helped health professionals everywhere understand the disease and it's progression.

What is Providence Digital Innovation Group? Sara Vaezy, Digital Strategy Officer with Providence Digital Innovation Group and Aaron Martin, EVP and Chief Digital Officer for Providence are here to talk about DIG and what they do to streamline the evolve the digital presence of the health system.

Bethany Vick, Senior Digital Strategy Manager at Providence Digital Innovation Group talks health literacy, education, and engagement with Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, Founder and CEO of Grapevine Health.

Technology has improved many aspects of health care, perhaps none more than robotic surgery.  Rather than open chests with a long recovery time, today’s patients experience less tissue trauma, less pain, and shorter hospital stays, helping patients recover quickly. Dr. Alexi Matousek from Providence Spokane Heart Institute discusses advancements that have helped countless patients get back to normal activity faster.

In celebration of Earth Week, Beth Schenk, Executive Director of the Providence Environmental Stewardship team, speaks with a panel of experts on the Providence commitment to the community, not just in our own backyards, but across the globe, to be environmental leaders and stewards and the journey to become carbon negative by 2030. 

Mary Renouf speaks with Dr. Per Danielsson about the Hospital at Home program and the advantages it will create for the consumer and the caregiver in the healthcare field. 

A panel of experts from Providence discusses the idea of going from Healthcare 1.0, a hospital-centric mentality, and expanding into Healthcare 2.0, which is looking at different factors that affect the overall health of the broader communities, like housing, food availability and wellness, and how they are intertwined, can allow us to make improvements and develop programs that lead towards a healthier environment and community at large. 

Healthcare largely contributes to pollution, Providence has made a commitment to become carbon negative by the 2030 to combat environmental pollution. Today Beth Schenk and Dr. Brian Chesebro discuss steps healthcare systems can take to reduce the carbon footprint.

In today's episode, we discuss Providence Supportive Housing and how housing is fundamental to health. Learn about how housing instability is prevalent throughout the West Coast and Providence's goal of creating and developing workforce housing, or the "missing middle", that would be available to households with median-level incomes that can't afford luxury home prices, but are making an income that prices them out of low-income housing, so good and affordable housing is available to all income levels. 

Host Carrie Schonwald of Providence speaks with a panel of guests about a bi-directional partnership to make global health impact through service that honors the leadership, expertise, and goals of communities around the world and works to break down the systemic health and resource inequities that are the global legacy of colonialism. You will hear about a partnership that included Seed Global Health, the University of Malawi College of Medicine, and the Swedish Family Medicine residency program with the primary goals of strengthening access to care and increasing the quality of health services. This partnership has been training and educating Malawi family medicine specialists as they develop the first family medicine training program in Malawi.

In celebration of Earth Week, Beth Schenk, Executive Director of the Providence Environmental Stewardship team, speaks with a panel of student environmental leaders and a teacher from Providence High School about the importance of climate action and becoming an environmental steward to ensure they have a healthy planet as adults. 

Last year Providence committed to becoming carbon negative by 2030. Today co-hosts Beth Schenk and Ali Santore are joined by Dr. Brian Chesebro and Jeff Glass to talk about the changes that Providence has made in the past year to work towards this goal.

Sara Vaezy of the Providence Digital Innovation Group speaks with Sean O'Connor and Derek Streat about the adoption of the access optimization platform: DexCare.

Host Mary Renouf speaks with Dr. Brooke Pearce and Dr. Chelsea Nava of the Dizzy & Vertigo Institute of Los Angeles about their work with dizziness, vertigo and dizzy-related symptoms. They explain the differences and treatments and how many people who have been suffering with these symptoms can live an asymptomatic life again once they receive the right treatment. 

Dr. John Milne and panel discuss design planning and understanding the future of healthcare after the COVID pandemic. Panel includes, Michelle Bernard, Hillary Altman, Suzanne Schwab.

Mary Kate Eaton, Lynette Savage from the University of Providence and Cindi Warburton from Providence Clinical Academy come together to discuss advanced practice nursing and the programs offered at the University of Providence.

In today's Dr. John Milne, SVP of Real Estate Strategy and Operations, and Erin Couch, Director for Architectural Standards and Design, discuss design standards post COVID.

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