Episode 19: Renee Thompson – CEO and Founder – Disruptive Behaviors in Healthcare, Creating a Culture of Giving and Receiving Feedback, and How to Build a Strong Clinical Team
In this episode, our guest is Renee Thompson, CEO and Founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute, a team dedicated to helping healthcare organizations cultivate a professional workforce by addressing workplace bullying and incivility. Thompson discusses disruptive behaviors and how they impact patient care, creating a culture of giving and receiving feedback, managing anxiety in stressful healthcare settings, how to build a strong clinical team, and why she has a passion for creating healthy workforces.
Episode 18: Dr. Sam Lynch – Founder and CEO – Translational Medicine, Challenges of the U.S. Healthcare Regulatory Environment, and Founding an Education Nonprofit for Underprivileged Students
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Sam Lynch, founder and CEO of Lynch Biologics (LBIO), an innovative biologics and tissue engineering company based in Nashville, TN. Lynch shares what led him to a career in regenerative medicine, his passion for translational medicine, advice for young entrepreneurs, the challenges of today’s healthcare regulatory environment, the importance of early education for underprivileged students, and more.
Episode 17: Dr. Arun Singh – Heart Surgeon and Author – How an Indian Immigrant Became a Prolific Surgeon, The Importance of Emotion in Healthcare, and Overcoming Obstacles to Pursue Career Goals
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Arun Singh, M.D., prolific heart surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital and author of the memoir “Your Heart, My Hands.” Dr. Singh shares his experience as an Indian immigrant in the U.S. during the 1960’s, the obstacles he overcame to pursue a career in surgery, the importance of emotion in the medical field, and how to develop a deeper understanding of the human heart.
Episode 16: Oliver Moses - Managing Partner - Why to Invest in Healthcare, Founding a Children’s Health Clinic in Liberia, and Lessons on Entrepreneurship
In this episode, our guest is Oliver Moses, Managing Partner of WindRose Health Investors and Founder of Haven Care, a children’s health clinic in Monrovia, Liberia. Moses shares why he began a career in healthcare investment, the importance of listening as an investor, how he founded Haven Care, obstacles to providing care in an underdeveloped country, and lessons on entrepreneurship.
Episode 15: Kendall Lockhart – Founder and CEO – Paying Attention to Your Customer, Integrative Health, and How to Achieve Patient Behavior Change
In this episode, our guest is Kendall Lockhart, Founder and CEO of MeU Care. Lockhart shares the importance of paying attention to your customer, his fascinating background with Disney and yoga, his passion for integrative health, the importance of community for behavior change, and the intersection of A.I. and human-enabled care.
Episode 14: Mary Beck – Chief Nursing Officer – Clinical Leadership Lessons, Cultivating a Love of Learning, and Managing Stress in Critical Environments
In this episode, our guest is Mary Beck, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at MU Health Care. Beck is an accomplished nursing leader who shares lessons and guidance on clinical leadership during a pandemic, cultivating a lifelong love of learning, managing stress in critical environments, and setting up an incident command response to COVID-19.
Episode 13: Dr. Morgan Wills – President & CEO – Whole-Person Approach to Healthcare, Overcoming Cultural Barriers, and the Need for Relationships in Primary Care
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Morgan Wills, President and CEO of Siloam Health. Wills shares deeply meaningful stories and experiences around Siloam’s whole-person approach to healthcare, overcoming cultural and language barriers to provide care to Nashville’s most vulnerable populations, and the need for relationships in primary care.
Episode 12: Dr. Susan Scott – Nurse Scientist & Patient Safety Expert – The Second Victim Phenomenon, The Impact of Trauma on Clinicians, and Building Resiliency through Self-Care Systems
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Susan Scott, a nurse scientist and patient safety expert from University of Missouri Health Care. Scott shares her research and personal experiences with the second victim phenomenon, the impact of trauma on a clinician’s work, strategies to support clinicians after traumatic events, and ways to combat burnout and low morale on a personal and institutional level.
Episode 11: Cherrill Farnsworth – Healthcare Entrepreneur – Starting and Selling a Bus Company, What It Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur, and Discovering the Need for Utilization Management
In this episode, our guest is Cherrill Farnsworth, an accomplished entrepreneur and influential expert on healthcare change. Over the course of her career, Farnsworth has started and sold 7 companies and shares how she had the idea to start a bus company in her early 20s, what she learned about becoming a successful entrepreneur, how she discovered the need for utilization management, and describes her hands-on approach to board membership.
Episode 10 (Special Bonus Episode): Nathan King – 2020 Reflection and Practicing Empathy
In this brief episode, Humans in Healthcare host, Nathan King, reflects on the skill of Empathy in a difficult year. Using conversations from podcast guests, book references, and some humorous tweets, King provides thoughtful insight into why we must practice Empathy.
Episode 09: Winnie Fritz – Former Hospital CEO & CNO – Building a National Nurse Education Program, Lessons from the Vietnam War, and Leadership Advice for a Fulfilling Career
In this episode, our guest is Winnie Fritz, former hospital CEO and CNO and U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran. She shares how she was invited by King Hussein of Jordan to build a nursing education program in Jordan, her experience and lessons learned from her time in Vietnam as a pilot in the U.S. Army, tactics for managing the stresses of life, and leadership advice for a fulfilling career.
Episode 08: Shaulene Stanley – Nurse Educator & Charge Nurse – Sustaining Motivation, Moving from Jamaica to the U.S., and the Need for Influential Nursing Leaders
In this episode, our guest is Shaulene Stanley, a charge nurse at West Penn Hospital and former nurse educator at the University of West Indies in Jamaica. Stanley has decades of nursing and education experience but transitioned her life from Jamaica to Pittsburgh, PA. She discusses why she made a global career move, how she sustains motivation, the differences between healthcare in Jamaica and the U.S., and the need for influential nursing leaders.
Episode 07: Michael Hite – Chief Transformation Officer – The Journey from EMT to Flight Paramedic to Hospital CEO & COO to Chief Transformation Officer
In this episode, our guest is Michael Hite, Chief Transformation Officer of Pendrick Capital Partners. Hite shares his fascinating career journey that started as an EMT in college to a flight paramedic to leading and consulting with hospitals. Along the way he discusses the pivotal moments that re-ignite his passion for healthcare, including a story about where he was on September 11, 2001. He now consults with hospital leadership to deliver great patient care and increase revenue and shares helpful advice on responding to COVID-19.
Episode 06: Asheesh Mehra – Co-Founder & CEO – Starting a Company, How Values Impact Customers, Digital Transformation in Healthcare, and Building Humane AI
In this episode, our guest is Asheesh Mehra, Co-Founder and CEO of AntWorks™, a global leader in AI and Robotics. Mehra shares his inspiration for starting a company, how good company values have an impact on both your employees and customers, the importance of digital transformation in healthcare, and building ethical and humane AI.
Episode 05: Dr. Lyle Berkowitz – Chief Executive Officer – Automated Patient Care, Virtual Health Categories and Innovation, How to Solve Problems, and Emotional Decision-Making
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of Back9 Healthcare Consulting, to share incredible insight on virtual health. Berkowitz discusses his vision for virtual health, the importance of automating patient care to allow clinicians to practice at the peak of their license, the different categories and motivators of virtual health, how to get better at problem-solving and process improvement, and understanding how emotions influence decision-making.
Episode 04: Vernon Rose – Executive Director – The Unique Approach of Nashville General Hospital, the Importance of Food Pharmacies and Health Literacy, and Having a Career with Meaning
In this episode, Vernon Rose, Executive Director of Nashville General Hospital Foundation, joins us to share her experiences and the meaningful work she facilitates. Rose discusses why Nashville General Hospital has a different approach than most hospitals, their food pharmacy that helps patients make healthy decisions, the importance of health literacy, initiatives that help the most vulnerable in Nashville’s community, and her reason for joining the foundation.
Episode 03: Dr. Marc Watkins – Chief Medical Officer – Food as Medicine, Mentor Inspiration, Listen to Understand Racism, Military and Medical Training, and Kroger’s Response to the Pandemic
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Marc Watkins, Chief Medical Officer of Kroger Health. We cover a wide range of topics in our conversation that includes Watkins’ passion for food as medicine and his journey with weight loss, why he chose to practice medicine, an important discussion on racism, Watkins’ service in Iraq and how it impacted his practice in the U.S., and Kroger’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a grocer and clinic.
Episode 02: Dr. Claire Zangerle – Chief Nursing Executive – Visionary Leadership, Nurse Retention, Adapting to COVID-19, and Hospital Diversity
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Claire Zangerle, Chief Nursing Executive of Allegheny Health Network. We have an amazing discussion that includes empathetic and visionary leadership, how AHN sees the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the future, better home care for patients, self-care in a stressful profession, the impact of an ongoing nursing shortage, AHN’s creative RetuRN to Practice™ program, and the need for diversity in nursing.
INTRO Episode 01: Nathan King - Chief Marketing Officer - Introduction to Humans in Healthcare
In this introduction episode, Humans in Healthcare host, Nathan King, shares why Shearwater decided to launch this podcast, what the theme is, and who it’s for.