Trusted Identity Data Foundation of Seamless Clinical Care and Digital Engagement with Joe Hickey Verato episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 20 MIN

Trusted Identity Data Foundation of Seamless Clinical Care and Digital Engagement with Joe Hickey Verato

from Empowered Patient Podcast · host Karen Jagoda

Joe Hickey is the Vice President of Provider Markets at Verato, which is a healthcare-focused identity management company. Identity fragmentation has been treated as a technical afterthought rather than a strategic infrastructure priority, resulting in denied claims, poor patient experience, and unreliable analytics. The Verato master data management approach uses AI to handle name variations, incomplete data, and complex matching to identify errors before they cascade throughout the enterprise. By addressing issues early, healthcare organizations can improve patient satisfaction, strengthen provider directories and referral management, and save money and increase revenue. Joe explains, "A big part of my role is to help executive teams think about identity not as a technical afterthought, but really more as a strategic infrastructure. When identity works the right way, everything downstream, like clinical care and digital engagement, analytics, and all-important AI, all of that works better. And that's becoming increasingly important as healthcare organizations invest more in digital engagement, analytics, interoperability, etc. And if that identity layer is wrong, everything built on top of it really becomes less reliable." "So Verato's been around for over a decade. We're purpose-built for healthcare, and at our core, we solve identity. We unify and manage patient, consumer, and provider identities. We do that across multiple systems so that organizations can operate from a single trusted identity layer and foundation." #Verarto #IdentityIntelligence #PatientIdentity #ProviderIdentity #IdentityInfrastructure #MasterDataManagement #MDM #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PatientExperience #CustomerExperience #HealthcareInnovation   #TrustedIdentity #DigitalHealth #HealthIT #AIinHealthcare #PatientEngagement #DataQuality Verato.com Download the transcript here

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Jul 21, 2026

Embed this episode

NOW PLAYING

Trusted Identity Data Foundation of Seamless Clinical Care and Digital Engagement with Joe Hickey Verato

0:00 20:17

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

No similar episodes found.

No similar podcasts found.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of Empowered Patient Podcast?

This episode is 20 minutes long.

When was this Empowered Patient Podcast episode published?

This episode was published on July 21, 2026.

Can I download this Empowered Patient Podcast episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.
URL copied to clipboard!