HITea With Grace

There’s a new blend of collaboration brewing live at Civitas! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, host Grace Vinton sits down with Dan Chavez, Executive Director of the Serving Communities Health Information Organization, to discuss how HIEs and community information exchanges can work together to support rural health transformation, Medicaid redetermination and a fuller picture of...

Pour yourself a cup, because AI’s promise and pitfalls are both on the menu live at Civitas! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, host Grace Vinton sits down with Randy Farmer, CEO of Vermont Information Technology Leaders, to explore how AI could help providers make sense of patient records and why protecting that data needs just as much attention. Plus, Randy shares how an unexpec...

There’s a fresh outlook brewing live in the Civitas hallways! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, host Grace Vinton sits down with innovation leader Michael Berger to discuss how HIEs are shifting from uncertainty about their future to new opportunities in Medicaid, public health and social determinants of health and why patient identity underpins that work. Plus, Michael shares a ...

Steep your tea, because we’re getting to the root of trusted healthcare data live at Civitas! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, host Grace Vinton sits down with Joe Hickey, VP of Provider and HIE Markets at Verato, to discuss why rural health transformation needs a strong identity foundation and how better matching can reduce duplicate records and friction for patients and provid...

We’re brewing up another round of insights live from Civitas! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, Grace sits down with Jan Lee, CEO of the Delaware Health Information Network, to discuss rural health transformation, public health modernization and why accurate patient matching is central to bringing fragmented records together. Plus, Jan shares why having a career plan matters, and...

Pour yourself a cup, because health equity is on the table live at Civitas! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, Grace sits down with Elizabeth Amato, President and CEO of HealtheConnections, to explore how HIEs can close gaps in access to data and tools for providers serving rural communities, Medicaid members, and underserved populations. Plus, Elizabeth shares her advice for buil...

There’s more brewing live at Civitas than just data exchange! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, host Grace Vinton sits down with David Rodriguez, SVP and General Manager of Acute and Payer at PointClickCare, to discuss how HIEs are evolving into health data utilities and turning data into meaningful insights for hospitals, health plans and public health agencies. Plus, David shar...

We’re back in person steeping some fresh insights from the Civitas hallways in Washington, D.C.! On HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on HIT, host Grace Vinton sits down with Cody Johansen, Senior Director of Technology for HealthHIE Nevada, to explore AI’s potential to simplify patient records and why getting patient matching right comes first. Plus, Cody shares why staying flexible is his...

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...