Tell Me WHY
"Tell Me WHY" is a podcast about—and for—the healthcare workforce. Each episode will feature a different healthcare leader's story that highlights the best ways to find harmony in the relationship between the work of healthcare and the people who do it. Our hosts are Jen Wright and Emily O'Sullivan of SC WHY, an initiative from the South Carolina Hospital Association that aims to provide solutions for systemic, root causes contributing to healthcare worker burnout, disengagement, and turnover.
Episodes
8 episodes
Episode 8: Supporting the Whole Healthcare Worker
In this insightful conversation, Aiken Regional Medical Center's Crystal Mock and Tideland Health's Renee Shore discuss their personal journeys in the healthcare field with Tell Me WHY, emphasizing the importance of mental health awareness and ...
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35:19
Episode 7: WHY a Chief Wellbeing Officer with MUSC Health's Dr. Heather Farley
In this episode of "Tell Me WHY," hosts Emily O'Sullivan and Jen Wright engage with Dr. Heather Farley, Chief Wellbeing Officer at MUSC Health, to discuss the critical importance of workforce well-being in healthcare. Dr. Farley shares her pers...
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Episode 7
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36:51
Episode 6: Caring Communication with Andy Lyons of Roper St. Francis Healthcare
In this special “Hospital Week” episode of the Tell Me Why podcast, Jen Wright and Emily O'Sullivan are joined by SCHA communications staffer Kyle Petersen to chat with Andy Lyons, the Director of Corporate Communications and Content Strategy f...
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Episode 6
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22:11
Episode 5: Affordability Challenges w/ Beaufort Memorial CEO Russell Baxley
In this episode, Russell Baxley, President and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital, shares his journey in healthcare administration and the innovative strategies his hospital is implementing to address workforce challenges, particularly regarding...
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Episode 5
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32:59
Episode 4: Beating Burnout w/ Dr. Rachel Brown
In this episode of SCHA's "Tell Me Why" podcast, hosts Emily O'Sullivan and Jen Wright chat with Dr. Rachel Brown, a family physician and certified corporate wellness specialist who founded Thriving Workforce Solutions. Dr. Brown shares her own...
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30:28
Episode 3: Talking the Resilience Model with MUSC Health's Tese Stephens
In the latest episode of Tell Me WHY, Jen and Emily chat with Dr. Teresa “Tese” Stephens, RN, PhD, about her research findings on resilience in the healthcare workforce, touching on her early experience in the field and her work with Holocaust ...
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Episode 3
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49:43
Episode 2: The Power of Virtual Nursing with Kristen Dickens
Today's guest is Kristen Dickens MBA, BSN, RN, CENP! Kristen is the Director of Nursing Practice and Innovation at Prisma Health. In this episode we learn how she arrived at nursing via a communications background, her passion for innovation, a...
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Episode 2
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30:27
Episode 1: The Importance of Leadership with Carolyn Swinton
Dr. Carolyn Swinton, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, NCC, ACC, knows a lot and feels a lot about the importance of leadership. When our SC WHY Team decided to launch a podcast to spread big ideas and best practices on leading highly resilient teams, sh...
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