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MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014

Dr. Beverly Malone, CEO of the National League for Nursing

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Beverly Malone, Chief Executive Officer of the National League for Nursing which is dedicated to the improvement of nursing education. Dr. Malone is also on the Advisory Committee at the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services and talks about the need for improved access to better nurse training to meet the growing health industry demands, especially in underserved communities.
MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014

Dr. H. Jack Geiger, Physicians for Social Responsibility

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. H. Jack Geiger, co-founder of Physicians for Human Rights and Physicians for Social Responsibility, both of which went on to earn the Nobel Prize for Peace. Dr. Geiger is considered the founder of the Community Health Center movement in this country and discusses his decades of activism for equality in health care.

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014

Dr. Chileshe Nkonde-Price, Social Media Lab UPENN School of Medicine

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Chileshe Nkonde-Price, Cardiologist and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/US Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Scholar at UPENN School of Medicine. Dr. Price discusses the digital platform she developed, Change My Steps, designed to assist African American Women in reducing risk factors for higher rates of cardiovascular disease.

MONDAY, APRIL 21,2014

Kevin Counihan, CEO of AccessHealthCT

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kevin Counihan, Chief Executive Officer of AccessHealthCT, Connecticut's state-based insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act. Mr. Counihan addresses the reasons for the portal's success compared to the Federal Exchange, and how other states are planning to adopt the Connecticut model.

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014

Ed Cantwell, Executive Director of the Center for Medical Interoperability

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Ed Cantwell, Executive Director of the Center for Medical Interoperability, whose purpose is to optimize patient care by providing a platform for supporting rapid and sustained interoperability of medical technology.

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014

Francois de Brantes, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute Inc.

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Francois de Brantes, Executive Director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care costs and quality through better incentives for payment reform. Mr. de Brantes discusses the growing role of the consumer as an agent of change in the health care industry.

MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014

Dr. Gary Puckrein, National Minority Quality Forum

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Gary Puckrein, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum, an organization dedicated to to eliminating the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations in this country.

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014

Dr. Joseph Kvedar, Director of the Center for Connected Health

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Joseph Kvedar, Director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners Health in Boston. Dr. Kvedar discusses their efforts to streamline telemedicine and connected health protocols utilizing mobile technology, real-time health data monitoring and electronic health records to improve care delivery, outcomes and costs.

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

Lynne Thomas Gordon, CEO of AHIMA

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Lynne Thomas Gordon, CEO of the American Health Information Management Association which is the premier association of health information management professionals worldwide. AHIMA is actively engaged in assisting hospitals and medical practices to prepare for the transition to ICD 10 medical coding.

MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014

Bradley Merrill Thompson, mHealth Regualtory Coalition

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Bradley Merrill Thompson, FDA law expert and General Counsel of the mHealth Regulatory Coalition, the voice of mobile health technology stakeholders in Washington. He addresses recent regulations passed by the Food and Drug Administration that govern the use and development of medical mobile apps aimed at health care consumers as well as the medical profession.

MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014

Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Engleberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margret Flinter speak with Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Managing Director of the Engleberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Sanghavi discusses their social media campaign to better inform clinicians and the public about changes to the health care industry under the Affordable Care Act. They are partnering with the Kahn Academy, a free online learning service, to produce tutorial videos to explain payment and care delivery reforms underway as a result of the health care law.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Congressman John E. Porter, Chair of Research!America

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margret Flinter speak with former Congressman John E. Porter, a 21 year veteran of the US House of Representatives. He is Chair of Research!America a non-profit organization dedicated to making scientific and medical research a national priority. He talks about threats to funding research in the current political climate, and the impact it will have on future scientific and medical advances.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Founder and CEO of Iora Health

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Founder and CEO of Iora Health, a Cambridge-based startup that is seeking to transform primary care delivery. Dr. Fernandopulle speaks about his quest to reinvent all aspects of care delivery by adressing many of the ailments in the current health care system, including payment models, staffing, IT systems and culture.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Margaret O'Kane, President of the National Committee on Quality Assurance

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Margaret O'Kane, co-founder and President of the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a nonprofit organization seeking to improve health care quality through measurement, transparancy and accountability. Named three times as one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare, Ms. O'Kane's work has been lauded as pivotal to improving measurable quality improvement in health care.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Dr. David Brailer, CEO of Health Evolution Partners

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. David Brailer, founder and CEO of Health Evolution Partners, a private equity firm that invests in global health innovators. Dr. Brailer was the nation's first National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and analyzes the opportunities that lie ahead for Health IT.

MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014

Dr. Beverly Malone, CEO of the National League for Nursing

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Beverly Malone, Chief Executive Officer of the National League for Nursing which is dedicated to the improvement of nursing education. Dr. Malone is also on the Advisory Committee at the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services and talks about the need for improved access to better nurse training to meet the growing health industry demands, especially in underserved communities.
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014

Governor Michael Leavitt

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former Utah Governor Michael Leavitt, who was also Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush. Governor Leavitt, founder of the health consulting firm Leavitt Partners, discusses how they are advising state and local governments as well as corporations to navigate the dramatic changes underway in the health care industry.
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014

Dr. Robert Pearl, CEO of the Permanente Medical Group

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Pearl, Executive Director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, the largest medical group in the nation. Dr. Pearl discusses their use of pre-paid health care, system-wide electronic medical records and data mining to improve care and contain costs.
MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2014

Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of IOM

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Fineberg discusses the hundreds of research initiatives being undertaken by IOM that are designed to improve health care and public health through policy initiatives that support evidence-based outcomes.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2013

Dr. Ardis Hoven, President of the American Medical Association

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, President of the American Medical Association, the largest and oldest organization in the nation representing medical professionals. Dr. Hoven discusses the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the future of the practice of medicine in this country.