Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Christopher Spagnuola, MD, FAAOS As with any technology, there are benefits and limitations to the computerization of healthcare. On the plus side, as Dr. Christopher Spagnuola explains, electronic medical records are streamlining communication between medical providers when it comes to prescriptions, and telemedicine is revolutionizing post-op following orthopedic surgery. But there are unfortunately some downsides to this technology as well.

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Computerization of Healthcare: Are Your Patients Better Off?

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Carmine Attanasio Get a glimpse into the future of healthcare as Carmine Attanasio the Senior Product Manager with Digital Mylemoa Marketing at Celgene, shares how social media is changing the landscape in patient education.

How Is Social Media Driving Patient Education?

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Daniel Tropeano Join Daniel Tropeano, CEO of the Pennsylvania and Delaware Region with United Healthcare, as he shares how technology has helped improve the personalization of healthcare and the utilization of the various wellness programs available to healthcare members.

How Is Technology Contributing to the Personalization of Healthcare?

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Jeanne Venella, DNP, MS, CEN, CPEN Jeanne Venella, Vice President of Clinical Operations at Stel Life, Inc., talks about the benefits and limitations of the electronic records system in healthcare from her perspective as a nurse. 

Pros & Cons of the EMR System in Healthcare: From a Nurse's Perspective

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Richard Snyder, MD Get a behind-the-scenes look into how Independence Blue Cross teamed up with Penn Medicine to identify opportunities for improving patient satisfaction and their access to and coordination of care by utilizing EMR data and medical claims data. Richard Snyder, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Independence Blue Cross, shares his insights into this venture. 

Improving Patient Quality of Care Through Healthcare Partnerships

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Denise Devine What if there was a way to monitor vital signs in real time? Denise Devine, Co-Founder of RTM Vital Signs, LLC, is working on just that. She is joined by Dr. Matt Birnholz at the Villanova Health Summit to discuss this innovative technology in development, which opens up the possibility of collecting continuous health data from patients to enhance point-of-care treatments. 

Toward Instantaneous Care: Real-Time Monitoring of Vital Signs

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Harold Mondschein The surgical field is always being improved by cutting edge technology, but the processes used to connect surgical centers to hospitals lack innovation. Dr. Matt Birnholz sits down with Harold Mondschein, CEO and Co-Founder of Medtel Inc. to discuss methods of improving surgical outcomes by capturing structured data. Through better analytics, healthcare providers can better coordinate surgical care while reducing costs and inefficiencies. 

Transforming Surgical Care Management Using Data-Centered Technology

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Michael Freytag Throughout his time as Managing Director of Blacktree Healthcare Consulting, Michael Freytag has seen many changes in the healthcare system. In this program, he will discuss how consulting firms aim to help health care providers optimize the new technologies that are available, as well as adapt to the changing political and economic policies. Dr. Matt Birnholz hosts.

Leveraging Technology in Healthcare: A Consulting Focus

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Daniel Tropeano Guest: Michael Freytag An expert panel of health professionals representing hospital administration, technology, and medical education convene to discuss how their various career paths have led them in directions that were unexpected at times but ultimately fulfilling. They also talked about why being versatile and willing to embrace change became so important within the health care field. The panel participants are: Jeanne Churchill: Professor of Nursing, Columbia University Robert McNally: President and CEO of GeoVax, Inc. Michael Freytag: Managing Director of BlackTree Health Consulting Daniel Tropeano: CEO of United Healthcare Services, Inc. 

Villanova Panel Discussion: Career Path Twists and Turns

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Jeanne Churchill, MD From the Villanova Health Summit's Speaker Event, host Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with Dr. Jeanne Churchill, Professor of Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing, about how technology is changing the ways health educators teach medicine.

Technology in the Classroom: Innovations in Teaching Medicine

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD From the Villanova Health Summit's Speaker Event, host Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with Jeanne Vanella, Chief Nursing Officer at Bernoulli, Inc. about the challenges of adopting new, innovative technologies into nursing practices.

Bringing Technology Innovations to Nursing Practice

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Daniel Tropeano From the Villanova Health Summit's Speaker Event, host Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with Daniel Tropeano, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania & Delaware. Mr. Tropeano reflects on the challenges facing the health insurance industry in a changing policy landscape, and the evolving roles of providers and payers in meeting these challenges.

A CEO's Perspective on Health Insurance in a Changing Policy Environment

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Robert McNally, MD From the Villanova Health Summit's Speaker Event, host Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with guest Dr. Robert McNally, President, and CEO of GeoVax, Inc. They discuss the challenges that biotech companies face when bringing vaccines through clinical trials, and the long-term project being conducted by his colleagues to deliver an HIV vaccine to market.

The HIV Vaccine's Path Through Clinical Trials: A Biotech CEO's Perspective

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Sandra Gomberg From the Villanova Health Summit's Speaker Event, host Dr. Matt Birnholz speaks with guest Sandra Gomberg, President of Aria Jefferson Health. They discuss ways that technology is changing the healthcare landscape, as well as the benefits and risks that follow this evolution.

Technology's Ever-Changing Roles in Healthcare

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Dr. Matt Birnholz sits down with Michael Freytag, an attendee at the Villanova Health Summit, to talk about his reactions and thoughts on the keynote presentations and panel discussion. The two discuss outlooks on the future of multidisciplinary teams in health care, and how standard views on "change agents" within this field may evolve over time. 

Defining Health Care's Change Agents: Reactions to the Villanova Health Summit Panel Discussion

Villanova Health Summit brings together renowned leaders in the healthcare community representing diverse points of expertise such as bioengineering, law, ethics, hospital administration, bench-to-bedside research, and patient care. Featuring unique, multidiscplinary collaborations, this series explores novel approaches to some of the most pressing issues in healthcare today.

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