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On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs at Premier. We discussed potential for the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (HR 3173) to be signed into law and how it will improve access to care for patients by changing how prior authorizations for prescriptions are done. We also talked about how machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can help health systems adjust if the bill is signed into law and how they can help automate prior authorizations.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Tom Knight, founder and CEO of Invistics, to discuss the dangers of drug diversion in healthcare institutions and how machine learning technology can help solve this issue and prevent it in the future. We also discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the frequency at which drug diversion happens and how that’s expected to change as the pandemic comes to an end.

Technology is everywhere in healthcare, and the list of ways that digital solutions can improve health outcomes and cut costs is endless: technology is used to improve consumer engagement, identify patients who are at risk of events like a heart attack, and increasingly to help different parts of the healthcare system to talk to each other. But when technology falls short of its promise, it can add costs and burdens for those who use it. The best example might be the electronic health record. Next-generation digital providers are helping to leverage technology to find the value long promised. Today, DataBook welcomes CitiusTech, a next-generation specialist provider that works with payers, providers, medical technology and life science markets. In an interview recorded earlier this year, Chief Healthcare Executive Associate Editorial Director Mary Caffrey spoke with 2 leaders of Citius Tech about meeting healthcare challenges with digital solutions. Her guests a

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Kate Cordell and Ken Knecht, cofounders of Opeeka. We discussed how their Person-Centered Intelligence Solution can help children and their families better manage and coordinate mental health services across multiple agencies. We also talked about how this tool can improve the workload of physicians, emergency department staff, and health care costs.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Tanvi Abbhi and Nora Zetsche, MD, cofounders of Veta Health, a remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform designed to improve disease management capabilities for patients with chronic diseases. We discussed how this platform works and how it can impact conditions for patients and providers. We also talked about the pandemic’s effect on RPM utilization and where they see this technology going in the future.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Peter Urbanowicz, managing director and co-head of Alvarez and Marsal’s Healthcare Industry Group. We discussed the FDA’s recent shift in priorities to address supply chain issues, device shortages, and the backlog of drug approvals as well as how technology can help. We also talked about how hospitals are handling these issues and what they can do as they wait for the FDA to catch up.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Sundar Kamak, global head of manufacturing at Ivalua. We discussed some of the current supply chain issues that have manifested during the pandemic and how technology can help solve them. We also talked about why these issues are persisting despite life in the Unites States beginning to return to normal.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, global health lead of Accenture Health.We discussed some of the results from Accenture’s 2021 Digital Health Tech Vision Report showing how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare organizations to adopt new technologies. We also talked about these technologies are influencing patient care and the role that they can play in a post-pandemic world.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Leslie Trigg, CEO of Outset, the creator of Tablo, a home-based dialysis machine that incorporates cloud-computing technology. We discussed how these machines work, why they would be attractive to patients, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the demand for these machines. We also talked about the potential for home dialysis machines to be eligible for reimbursement and what the future looks like for this technology.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Alan Payne, chief information officer at Sensyne Health. We discussed some of the major ethical concerns experts have regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. We also talked about how these issues can impact quality of care and what healthcare organizations can do to help avoid them.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Justin Williams, CEO of Noteworth. We discussed Noteworth’s recent partnership with Geisinger and the development of ConnectedCare365, a predictive analytics tool aimed at aiding physicians and patients with chronic disease management. We also talked about how this technology has the potential to help other patient populations and why similar tools are needed now more than ever.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Carol McCall, chief health analytics officer with ClosedLoop.ai. We discussed the recent AI Health Outcomes Challenge conducted by CMS and how ClosedLoop.ai was able to stand out from the crowd and win. We also talked about what physicians and healthcare administrators should look out for when deciding to implement artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in their health systems.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Chief Healthcare Executive™ spoke with Waqaas Al-Siddiq, PhD, founder and CEO of Biotricity. We discussed how telehealth and remote patient monitoring will help shape health care going forward and what challenges lay ahead. We also talked about how the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan has impacted these health care technologies and what efforts are being taken to ensure that they continue to be accessible to patients.

Scott Giordano, JD, from Spirion, discusses how data collection on smartphones raises security issues for consumers’ health care data and whether COVID-19 vaccine passports will truly be capable of keeping our data safe.

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This episode brings together leaders from the world of risk management. 

Tara Vail, chief growth officer of HST Pathways, discusses the lack of EHRs at ambulatory surgery centers and the challenges to adoption.

Brian Wayling, assistant vice president of telehealth services at Intermountain Healthcare, discusses use of the technology and a partnership with Amwell.

Ryan Ribeira, M.D., M.P.H., co-founder and CEO of SimX, talks to Chief Healthcare Executive about all things virtual reality in healthcare.

Chief Healthcare Executive associate editor Samara Rosenfeld speaks with Blessing Health's virtual health coordinator, Rose Ghattas, R.N., about how the health system is using virtual care during the pandemic and how other healthcare executives could do the same.