Associate Podcasts
The AHA Associate Podcast series is one of the many ways that the AHA Associate Program connects AHA member hospitals and health systems with the business community. In the series, the AHA checks in with its business Associates to learn how they are supporting members and leveraging the program to stay connected with members and help them achieve their goals and objectives. Tune in to learn how AHA members are connecting with Associates.
Dr. Leon D. Caldwell, Senior Director, Health Equity Strategies and Innovation, in the Institute of Diversity and Health Equity at the AHA, sits down with Dr. James Min, CEO and Co-founder of AHA Associate Cleerly, as well as Dr. Richard Chazal, Senior Cardiologist and Medical Director of the Heart…
In this episode, David Burik, Partner for Guidehouse, joins Kathleen Wessel in a discussion on how effective strategy can turn risks into opportunities. They discuss how hospitals and health systems can establish strategic growth plans amid many other top-of-mind challenges, such as staffing issues…
In this special episode, Kathleen Wessel welcomes Dr. Gordon Moore, Senior Medical Director, Clinical Strategy & Value-based Care for 3M. Dr. Moore speaks with Dr. Beth Wolf, Medical Director, HIM, for Roper St. Francis and a 3M Physician Consultant. Together, they discuss how improving…
In this episode, leaders from AHA member hospital Forbes and AHA Associate SimpliFi discuss challenges facing our nursing workforce. Bambi Gore, vice president and chief clinical officer of SimpliFi, will discuss obstacles and solutions with Lynn Kosar, Chief Nursing Officer for AHN Forbes Hospital…
In this episode, we hear from an AHA Member and an AHA Associate about how hospitals can ensure their strategic organizational goals remain aligned with their business operations. Barbara Price, Corporate Senior Vice President of Strategy and Planning for Scripps Health, and Ghazala Sharieff, MD,…
In this episode, the CIO of Caribou Medical Center, Johnathen Inskeep; CISO & Co-Founder of Critical Insight, Mike Hamilton; and the AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity & Risk, John Riggi, discuss recent and important developments in cybersecurity, including the impact of the AHA’s new…
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management & Operations for the AHA, spoke with Alan Sikora, CEO of First American Healthcare Finance, and Derick Lorentz, Regional CFO for Managed Hospitals of Centura Health. Funding strategy is not one-size-fits-all; CFOs must consider ever-…
Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations for the AHA, welcomed Leo Cole, Chief Marketing Officer of Futurism Technologies to the podcast. Hospitals and health systems with limited resources may find it difficult to allocate time and funding to assessing their digital capabilities…
Kathleen Wessel discusses rural health care with Jeff Askey and Sarah Dekutowski, partners with Draffin Tucker. Rural and critical access hospitals and health systems often face different challenges than larger health systems, especially in light of COVID-19. As a full-service CPA and advisory firm…
Nancy Myers, VP, leadership and system innovation for the AHA, discussed how rural hospitals are implementing population health tactics with Tim Gronniger, CEO and president of Caravan Health. They also were joined by special guest Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health, an AHA member…