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Host Beth Houck talks to Lucy Zielinski, managing partner of Lumina Health Partners. It takes a team to build an amazing sand castle. People think differently. People work differently. Healthcare is like a complex and delicate sand castle. Teams need to communicate effectively, plan and prioritize activities and shift when something fails in order to effectively care for the patient. Hear Lucy’s experiences with change in healthcare in the new value-based care world, and how healthcare organizations can facilitate collaboration across the organization to drive positive change.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Linda Rosenberg, CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health on their recent report done with the Cohen Veterans Network confirming that America’s mental health crisis is a result of lack of access to care. She discusses the need to remove barriers to behavioral care, the need to embed behavioral health in primary care and for much better mental health and addiction training for providers and social workers.

Host Jim Tate's guest is Dr. Rishi Madhok, CEO and Co-Founder of BitMED and a practicing physician for over 10 years. Recognizing the flaws in the healthcare system, he was inspired to start BitMED. He still practices emergency medicine at UCSF Medical Center and is an editor at Telemedicine Magazine.

Host Shereese Maynard talks to Terry Edwards, CEO of PerfectServe about customer communication technologies and real time clinical communication.

Host Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick talks to Dr Jay Mathur, Associate Regional Medical Officer Caremore. “Whats Old is New Again – Home Visits and Care.” Providing in home help and support focused on SDOH, successful model that does not just focus on medicine but all the aspects of care in the community.

Host David Harlow talks with Ruchin Kansal, Digital Business Strategy leader for Healthcare, Insurance and Life Sciences at Virtusa (@VirtusaCorp) discussing tension between innovation and strategic partnerships. What is a strategic partnership? What are its key elements? What does a successful one look like?

Host Carol Flagg's guest is Shereese Maynard an Independent Sr Healthcare Strategist. Shereese is well known on social media and helps practices incorporate a social media presence. Hear why and how you should take on Twitter, Facebook, and especially Instagram.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Maria Neira, Director of Public Health and the Environment at the World Health Organization who addresses the rising threat to human health from climate change and pollution – now the 4th leading cause of death worldwide. She discusses global strategies that are required to reduce the harm being done to populations around the world, especially those most vulnerable, in the wake of advancing climate change and unmitigated pollution.

Host Matt Fisher chats with Eric Sullivan, Senior Vice President Innovation and Data Strategies at Inovalon, discussing a background on artificial intelligence, testing capabilities and practical applications in healthcare.

Host Matt Ferrari talks with Heidi Dohse, Sr. Program Manager at Google. Heidi’s background as a heart patient is how she became invested in the collection of metrics for healthcare to improve the lives of patients like her. She talks about how her continued journey as a competitive athlete in spite of being dependent upon a pacemaker and multiple open heart surgeries.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Don Berwick, President Emeritus of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and former CMS Administrator who oversaw the launch of the Affordable Care Act. He talks about inherent political challenges in American health care, the need for providers to get active politically, and the promise of real innovations in the health system coming from outside the industry.

Host Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick talks to Adam Pellegrini the GM for Health FitBit about wearables and health. How is Fitbit approaching the wearables space and consumers to keep them engaged. And the recent purchase of Twine Health.

Host Jim Tate's guest is Dr. Tom Giannulli, CMIO at Kareo and recently founder of PatientDirected, which leverages blockchain and Smart Contracts to let patients share and monetize their healthcare data.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with renowned addiction expert Dr. Tom McLellan, Founder and CEO of the Treatment Research Institute, committed to promoting evidence-based approaches to drug treatment and drug policy. He discusses addiction as a chronic disorder, the effectiveness of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid and alcohol addiction, and the need to improve addiction medicine training for clinicians and health care providers.

Host Matt Fisher chats with Christine Parent, Associate Vice President at Meditech. The discussion focuses on the background of electronic medical records, the role in assisting transition to value based care and future of functionality.