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HITea With Grace
Where We Spill the Tea on HIT
"HITea With Grace" hosted by digital health expert Grace Vinton, spotlights women leaders in the healthcare IT and pharma innovation sector. What sets Grace's podcast apart is the intentional inclusion of women patient and caregiver leaders in the dialogue – often overlooked perspectives in conversations about healthcare and research innovation.
As a patient advocate, digital health influencer, and award-winning healthcare communications professional, Grace is deeply committed to promoting technologies that save lives and amplifying patient and caregiver voices in the process. She is well-known for telling powerful innovation stories and educating the industry on emerging trends, helping shape industry categories.
Grace has interviewed over 40 women leaders on her podcast to date, magnifying their industry know-how, as well as their personal and professional stories. Her commitment extends beyond the microphone, actively contributing to the evolution of patient-driven healthcare and technology.
Grace's standout quality lies in her audacious goal: to engage with every woman leader in the healthcare industry – spanning care, research, and even funding – and challenge them to incorporate real patient and caregiver voices and experiences into their work.
Yvonne Bokelman Spills the Tea on MedtechWOMEN and MedtechVISION
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...
Ellyn Winters-Robinson Spills the Tea on Building a Medical AI Companion with Heart
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...
Amy O'Brien Spills the Tea on ACOs, CMS's LEAD and What's Next
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...
Nurse Angel Bozard Spills the Tea on Virtual Nursing Done Right
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...
Changing Who Writes the Checks: Naseem Sayani on Women Investors, Social Capital, and Building the Women’s Health Pipeline
In this episode, host Grace Vinton welcomes Naseem Sayani, founder and CEO of GCWC and Director of WHAM’s Innovators Circle. 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 collaborative and abundance-driven style that sets women investors apart. She debunks ...
Reclaiming Women's Voices in Healthcare: HIT Like a Girl Pod Is Back
After a much-needed pause, HIT Like a Girl Pod is back—and this time, Joy isn't doing it alone. Joy Rios reunites with Grace Vinton and Rebecca Love to relaunch the show as a trio: built on joy, fueled by love, and led with grace. In this first conversation, they catch up on where life has taken them—Joy's broken ankle and move to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Rebecca's deep dive into healthcare AI as ...
Sharon Blank Spills the Tea on the Prescription Translation Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
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...
Olivia Osborn Spills the Tea on the Hidden Costs of Operational Drift in Healthcare
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...
Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib Spills the Tea on the Women's Sleep Apnea Crisis
In this episode of HITea, Grace welcomes Chelsie Rohrscheib, PhD, sleep expert and scientist at Wesper, whose work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, sleep medicine, and diagnostic innovation. Women are diagnosed with sleep apnea at roughly half the rate of men, and yet the consequences of going undetected are just as serious. Dr. Rohrscheib is on the front lines of changing that. Together,...