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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.
HIMSS Special: Dr. Niki Panich Spills the Tea on Fixing Women’s Health and Governing AI Right
Live from the HIMSS conference, HITea with Grace serves up another candid conversation as Niki Panich, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Penguin Ai, joins Grace to dig into one of healthcare’s most persistent—and overlooked—challenges: women’s health. From gaps in research and care delivery to the opportunities for innovation, this episode explores where the system is falling short and where momentum i...
HIMSS Special: Robin Roberts Spills the Tea on Rural Health Transformation and Supporting Senior Populations
Live from the HIMSS conference, HITea with Grace brings the conversation straight from the floor as Grace sits down with Robin Roberts, Director of Health IT Regulatory Affairs at PointClickCare, to spill some timely tea on the future of health data. From the CMS Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program to the broader push for more equitable care, this episode dives into how policy and innovation...
ViVE Special: Dr. Sari Green Spills the Tea on Clinically Governed AI and Revenue Integrity
Live from ViVE in Los Angeles, Grace sits down with Dr. Sari Green, Physician Executive Director at Accuity Healthcare, to unpack one of the most critical - and often misunderstood - topics in health IT today: clinically governed AI. From her career journey as a physician leader to her perspective on how AI is reshaping the revenue cycle, Dr. Green shares why clinical oversight isn’t optional... i...
ViVE Special: Sandra Johnson Spills the Tea on Clinical Decision Support
At ViVE this year, I sat down with Sandra Johnson, SVP of Client Services at CliniComp for a thoughtful conversation on the evolving role of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) and AI in healthcare. We dig into one of the biggest ongoing challenges - alert fatigue - and why simply adding more intelligence isn’t the answer. Sandra shares a powerful perspective on the need for flexible, thoughtful archi...
Brianna Fitchett Spills the Tea on Modernizing Autism Education and Care Models to Empower Families
Welcome back to HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on healthcare IT, innovation, and the women driving change. In this episode, Grace is joined by Brianna Fitchett, Vice President of Clinical Impact at Catalight, for a candid conversation about the future of autism and intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) education and care. Brianna shares her career journey from behavior therapi...
Dr. Sarah E. Matt Spills the Tea on the Quiet Rural Renaissance and the Future of Care
Welcome back to HITea With Grace, where we spill the tea on healthcare IT. This episode takes a hard look beyond the AI hype cycle and into the past, present, future of care in rural America. Grace is joined by Dr. Sarah E. Matt, MD, MBA, healthcare strategist, bestselling author of The Borderless Healthcare Revolution, and former Oracle executive, for a candid conversation about what is really sh...
Dr. Anita Phung Spills the Tea on Women's Research and the Data Gap in Longevity
In this episode of HITea, Grace is joined by Anita Phung, MD, Research Physician at Lindus Health, for a thoughtful and timely discussion on how clinical research has historically overlooked women and what that means for diagnosis delays, treatment gaps, and long-term health outcomes. Together, they unpack why women’s longevity isn’t just about lifestyle hacks or wellness trends, but about who get...
Gail Menasco Spills the Tea on Patient Power and How Advocacy Moves Policy Forward
Welcome back to HITea With Grace, where we sip something warm and spotlight the voices reshaping healthcare. Today Grace is joined by Gail Menasco, founder of the Bra Society and a powerful advocate for women navigating breast reconstruction and broader healthcare challenges. Gail shares the personal cancer journey that led her into advocacy at just 38 years old and how it shaped her mission to em...
Nick Adkins Spills the Tea on the PinkSocks Movement
On this week's HITea with Grace, our host is joined by Nick Adkins, Founder of PinkSocks, for a joyful and heartfelt conversation inspired by his new book that captures years of adventure, connection, and community building. Nick shares the story behind the PinkSocks movement, how a simple symbol grew into a global community, and why the message of empathy and kindness continues to resonate across...