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Smarter Healthcare

by Kathy Sucich

In the Smarter Healthcare Podcast, we’ll meet some of the brightest minds helping to transform healthcare.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 23: Allison Gage, MBA

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our episode 23 guest is Allison Gage, chief engagement officer at mPulse Mobile. Allison is here to talk to us about patient engagement and how technology can play a larger role in improving...

  2. Episode 22: Miruna Sasu, PhD, MBA

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our episode 22 guest is Miruna Sasu, Chief Strategy Officer at COTA, a company that uses technology and advanced analytics to organize complex data for cancer care and research.In this episode,...

  3. Episode 21: Daniel Dawes, JD

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our Episode 21 guest is Daniel Dawes, a widely respected scholar, researcher, educator, and leader in the health equity, health reform and mental health movements. He is executive director of the...

  4. Episode 20: YiDing Yu, MD

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our episode 20 guest is YiDing Yu, chief medical officer at Olive, a technology company that uses artificial intelligence to automate areas of healthcare. In this episode, YiDing talks to us about...

  5. Episode 19: Alistair Erskine, MD, MBA

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our episode 19 guest is Alistair Erskine, chief digital health officer at Mass General Brigham, a 14-hospital system in the Boston area. In this episode, we talk about how Mass General Brigham...

  6. Episode 18: Naama Stauber Breckler, MBA

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our episode 18 guest is Naama Stauber Breckler, CEO and founder of Better Health. In this episode, Naama discusses her company, which is in the home-based care market, as well as her history of...

  7. Episode 17: Abboud Chaballout

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our episode 17 guest is Abboud Chaballout, CEO and co-founder of Diagnoss. In this episode, Abboud talks about artificial intelligence and how it’s being used to improve medical coding and reduce...

  8. Episode 16: Richard Vincent

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our episode 16 guest is Richard Vincent, CEO and co-founder of FundamentalVR. In this episode, Richard talks about his company’s new virtual reality solution for surgery, which combines VR, haptics…

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  9. Episode 15: Gina Nebesar

    Find the Smarter Healthcare Podcast online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our Episode 15 guest is Gina Nebesar, co-founder and chief product officer of Ovia Health. In this episode, Gina discusses employee well-being during the pandemic, particularly as it relates to...

  10. Episode 14: Sheetal Shah

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our Episode 14 guest is Sheetal Shah, chief operating officer at SymphonyRM, a healthcare AI startup that is helping health systems improve patient engagement.…

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  11. Episode 13: Kevin Ross, PhD

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our Episode 13 guest is Kevin Ross, CEO of Precision Driven Health, a New Zealand-based partnership between health IT companies, health providers, and universities,...

  12. Episode 12: Lynae Brayboy, MD

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our Episode 12 guest is Dr. Lynae Brayboy, chief medical officer of Clue, a Berlin, Germany-based femtech company. In this episode, Lynae discusses the femtech…

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  13. Episode 11: Shelli Pavone

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our guest is Shelli Pavone, CEO and co-founder of a new startup called Inlightened. Inlightened is a web-based network platform that enables healthcare companies to...

  14. Episode 10: Krithika Srivats, MS

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. Our topic today is the mental health impact of COVID-19 and how technology can play a role in helping patients. Our guest is Krithika Srivats, vice president of the...

  15. Episode 9: Tashfeen Ekram, MD

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In this episode, we hear from Tashfeen Ekram, co-founder and chief medical officer of Luma Health. Tashfeen discusses the shift to telehealth over the last several...

  16. Episode 8: Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In this episode, we hear from Sandro Galea, Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health. He discusses social determinants of health in the context of the...

  17. Episode 7: Laura McCrary, Ed.D.

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In this episode, we hear from Laura McCrary, president and CEO of KONZA, which provides health interoperability exchanges to several states across the country. Laura…

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  18. Episode 6: Elizabeth Carlton, PhD, MPH

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In this episode, we take a look at the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of a public health researcher. Our guest is Elizabeth Carlton, assistant professor in the...

  19. Episode 5: Mariann Yeager, MBA

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In this episode, Kathy Sucich talks to Mariann Yeager, CEO of the Sequoia Project about interoperability. The Sequoia Project is a non-profit solely focused on...

  20. Episode 4: Ted Melnick, MD, MHS

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In Episode 4, Kathy Sucich talks to Dr. Ted Melnick of Yale School of Medicine about electronic health record (EHR) usability and physician burnout. Ted’s research…

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  21. Episode 3: Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In Episode 3, Kathy Sucich talks to Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, about the topic of readmissions, which is when patients come back to the hospital within 30 days of a...

  22. Episode 2: Lisa Adams, MD

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In Episode 2, our host Kathy Sucich returns to her alma mater to talk to Dr. Lisa Adams, associate dean of global health at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Kathy…

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  23. Episode 1: Chris DeRienzo, MD, MPP

    Thank you for listening to the Smarter Healthcare Podcast! Find us online at www.smarthcpodcast.com or on Twitter @smarthcpodcast. In Episode 1, our host Kathy Sucich talks to Dr. Chris DeRienzo, author of the book “Tiny Medicine.” Chris talks about his journey as a neonatologist, how he believes...

  24. Intro Episode

    In the Smarter Healthcare Podcast, we’ll meet some of the brightest minds helping to transform healthcare. We’ll bring you various perspectives on the state of healthcare in 2020… and beyond. We’ll talk with thought leaders throughout the healthcare industry – from leadership, to clinicians, to...

About this show

In the Smarter Healthcare Podcast, we’ll meet some of the brightest minds helping to transform healthcare.

Hosted by

Kathy Sucich

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Smarter Healthcare have?

Smarter Healthcare has 24 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on April 4, 2022.

What is Smarter Healthcare about?

In the Smarter Healthcare Podcast, we’ll meet some of the brightest minds helping to transform healthcare.

How often does Smarter Healthcare release new episodes?

Smarter Healthcare publishes monthly, based on its 24 episodes since January 2020.

Who hosts Smarter Healthcare?

Smarter Healthcare is created and hosted by Kathy Sucich.
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