HITea With Grace

Pour a strong cup for this one, because it's a wake-up call for every patient! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, Grace sits down with Jessica Chalk to talk about what it's really like to manage your own health story when the system doesn't. After six years and more than $100,000 in treatment, Jessica realized she was the only one keeping track of her file. She shares what gets lo...

Pour yourself a cup, because this one is full of insider insight! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, Grace sits down with Yvonne Bokelman, Executive Director and Advisory Board Co-Chair of MedtechWOMEN. Yvonne has seen healthcare from just about every angle: hospital administration, health IT, consulting, global leadership at Medtronic and Zimmer Biomet, and startup CEO at Alyve M...

rab a cozy mug, because this conversation is equal parts inspiring and eye-opening! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, Grace chats with Ellyn Winters-Robinson, APR, CEO of The Lyndall Project and AskEllyn. Ellyn built AskEllyn two years after her own diagnosis. It was one of the first AI companions created for a single disease journey, offering emotional support for the moments af...

Grab your favorite mug, because this episode is a must-listen! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, Grace chats with Amy O'Brien, Senior Vice President of Growth, Post-Acute at Sound Physicians, about the future of value-based care. Amy starts with the basics of what an ACO does and why caring for high-acuity patients is so challenging. Then the conversation turns to what's coming n...

Why do some virtual nursing programs give bedside nurses real relief while others barely make a dent? On this episode of HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, Grace sits down with Angel Bozard, MSN, RN, CENP, CAVRN, Chief Nursing Officer at VirtuAlly, to talk about what separates the two. A JAMA Network Open analysis of 880 bedside nurses found that 57% saw no drop in workload from virt...

In this episode, host Grace Vinton welcomes Naseem Sayani ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsayani/) , founder and CEO of GCWC and Director of WHAM’s Innovators Circle ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsayani/) . They dive deep into a critical question: why does it matter who allocates capital, not just who raises it? Naseem shares her journey from incubators to founding her own fund, revealing the coll...

After a much-needed pause, HIT Like a Girl Pod is back—and this time, Joy isn't doing it alone. Joy Rios ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyrios/) reunites with Grace Vinton ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracevinton/) and Rebecca Love ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccalovenursing/) to relaunch the show as a trio: built on joy, fueled by love, and led with grace. In this first conversation, they c...

Welcome to HITeaWithGrace, where we spill the tea on HIT. Today I'm honored to welcome Sharon Blank, CEO of Language Scientific and RxTran - two organizations at the intersection of language access, patient safety, and pharmacy operations. Here's something most people outside the industry don't realize: right now, pharmacists across the country are quietly using ChatGPT and Google Translate to han...

Today I'm honored to welcome to the pod Olivia Osborn, Clinical AI Success Consultant at Kontakt.io. Olivia brings a rare blend of frontline and strategic experience - from her days as an EMT to leading operational transformations at Boston Children's Hospital and advising health systems nationwide with Huron Consulting - before landing at the forefront of AI-powered hospital operations. In this e...