The Huddle - An IU Health Podcast

IU Health has about 9,000 nurses across the state of Indiana. As we prepare to celebrate them during Nurses Week, Chief Nurse Executive Jason Gilbert stops by to talk about the crucial role these caregivers play in making Indiana healthier.

IU Health Chief Health Impact Officer Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, joins Dennis and Courtney to talk about the work that goes on outside hospital walls to improve health outcomes across Indiana. In March, IU Health awarded $3.7 million in Community Impact Investment grants to community organizations working to improve infant and maternal mortality rates. Plus, Patient Experience Week is almost here. Dennis and Dr. Tucker Edmonds talk about the ways every IU Health team member has a hand in ensuring our patients are well cared for.Apply for a 2026 CII grant https://iuhealth.org/in-the-community/community-impact-investment-fund

HBO’s medical drama The Pitt is a smash hit, but how accurately does the show portray the Emergency Department of a downtown teaching hospital? Team members at IU Health, Indiana's only academic health system, know.On this week’s episode of The Huddle, IU Health President and CEO Dennis Murphy and Metro Region President Michele Saysana, MD, debate what The Pitt gets right and wrong about life in the ED. From patient satisfaction, to AI, to disaster preparedness and more, see what IU Health leaders think of this Hollywood portrayal.

In this week’s episode of The Huddle, Dennis and Courtney are joined by Jon Barefoot, IU Health’s Chief Security and Resiliency Officer. At a time when immigration and external law enforcement are in the news, Jon talks about what IU Health team members should do if outside agencies show up at one of our facilities. Plus, Dennis talks about the one app every IU Health team member should have on their phone and a new state law that protects healthcare workers from workplace violence. Download the SafeZone app here: https://qr1.be/ZB5F

Dennis talks about the responsibilities of being an academic medical center at time when more people are skeptical about vaccinations. Plus, Dennis and Courtney play a round of over/under and shout out the team who turned a closet into a podcast studio.

Dennis talks about recent reports that Indiana hospitals are facing financial trouble and whether IU Health's rural hospitals. Plus, in-utero spina bifida surgery at Riley Hospital for Children and much more.

IU Health President and CEO Dennis Murphy and co-host Courtney Finafrock talk about how podcasting can help keep team members informed, and answer the question: "If IU Health had a superpower, what would it be?" Plus, a shoutout for the lung transplant team.