The Smart Care Team Spotlight

A smart hospital is not measured by how much technology it buys! In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Dr. Stephanie Hoelscher, Professor and Director of Informatics in Intelligent Systems at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, makes the case that AI literacy now sits at the foundation of nursing…

Nursing belongs in the room where AI gets designed! In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Amy McCarthy, Chief Nursing Officer at Hippocratic AI, returns two and a half years after her first appearance to talk about what the move from hospital leadership into industry actually taught her. She walks Molly…

A question from a grieving parent that a research nurse couldn't answer became a smart patch the size of a quarter! In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, nurse researcher and assistant professor at Montana State University's Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing, traces how two…

The staffing model broke in front of her, so she left to rebuild it! In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Jessica Sylvester, founder and CEO of Humla, traces the path from directing emergency services at a Minneapolis trauma center to building a digital marketplace that connects health systems directly…

What does it really take to become a smart hospital? In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Molly McCarthy welcomes two healthcare executives from the Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence, Lorren Pettit, Chief Executive Officer, and Steve Lieber, Executive Chairman, to talk about the Smart Hospital…

The future of healthcare depends not just on better technology, but on nurses being brave enough to shape it. In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, host Molly McCarthy, MBA, RN-BC, a former US Microsoft CNO, delivers an NYU commencement address where she shares how her mother’s cancer journey inspired her…

From bedside care to system-wide change, this conversation traces how clinical experience can drive research and health equity impact. In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Dr. Bridgette Rice, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation at Villanova University, discusses her journey from neonatal intensive…

What happens when AI in healthcare stops assisting and starts practicing? In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, host Molly McCarthy partners with the Healthcare on Air podcast by Verizon, and along with its hosts Robin Goldsmith and Brian Urban, they welcome Geisinger’s Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, Chief Medical…

What if the people best positioned to fix healthcare are the ones who’ve been closest to the problem all along? In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Mary Lou Ackerman, Vice President of Innovation and Digital Health with Saint Elizabeth Health Care, and Nico Gennaro Sciasci, Chief Executive Officer of…

What if the biggest breakthrough in healthcare innovation isn’t AI, but how we choose to use it? In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, host Molly McCarthy partners with the Healthcare on Air podcast by Verizon, and along with its hosts Robin Goldsmith and Brian Urban, they welcome Geisinger’s Dr. Jonathan…

What if the secret to becoming a trusted advisor in healthcare isn’t expertise, but how well you listen, serve, and show up? In this episode, Mike Higgins, Executive in Residence at the Health Management Academy and an advisor to several other healthcare companies, connects his leadership style to early lessons in…

Global impact starts with local trust and sustainable partnerships. In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Ruth Frey, Executive Director for Global Collaborations at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses building sustainable global pediatric care through community-driven innovation and…