CIO Podcast – Episode 35: Opioid Crisis with Ed Boze

For the 35th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Ed Boze, Chief Innovation Officer at City of Paterson.  While this is a bit of departure from our usual healthcare provider organization CIOs, we thought the work that Boze and his team at City of Paterson were doing along with a recent $1 million grant they got from Bloomberg for their work was worthy of inclusion in the CIO podcast.  The opioid crisis is a challenge and it’s going to take the work of more than just healthcare to solve.  Boze offered a number of unique insights into how City of Paterson is approaching the crisis in their community and a program they call RealFix.  Plus, he shares how Quickbase has helped them develop and deploy a solution quickly.  If you want to learn more about the program, you can call 833-RealFix. Here’s a look at the questions and topics we discuss on this episode: You recently got a $1 million grant for an opioid focused program you call RealFix. Tell us about it. The opioid crisis is a complex data problem. How have you used technology to address this problem? It’s interesting seeing a city do this, what’s been your collaboration with local healthcare professionals on it? What’s been the impact? Is there a plan to scale this nationwide and what would that look like for others interested in doing something similar? Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the CIO Podcast by Healthcare IT Today. We release a new CIO Podcast every ~2 weeks. You can also subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today podcast on any of the following platforms: NOTE: We’ll be updating the links below as the various podcasting platforms approve the new podcast.  Check back soon to be able to subscribe on your favorite podcast application. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Podcast Radio TuneIn Spotify iHeartRadio Thanks for listening to the CIO Podcast on Healthcare IT Today and if you enjoy the content we’re sharing, please rate the podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. Along with the popular podcasting platforms above, you can Subscribe to Healthcare IT Today on YouTube.  Plus, all of the audio and video versions will be made available to stream on HealthcareITToday.com. We’d love to hear what you think of the podcast and if there are other healthcare CIO you’d like to see us have on the program. Feel free to share your thoughts and perspectives in the comments of this post with @techguy on Twitter, or privately on our Contact Us page. We appreciate you listening! Listen to the Latest Episodes