Informonster Podcast
Welcome to the Informonster Podcast, a podcast about the Healthcare IT industry hosted by Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture. This podcast fosters an educational and professional discussion about healthcare information technology, including events in the industry, interviews with thought leaders, and much more! Have a topic you want discussed on the podcast? Email us at informonster@clinicalarchitecture.com.
Episodes
44 episodes
Episode 44: Advancing Data Standards with the Gravity Project
In this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp is joined by Sarah DeSilvey, DNP, FNP-C, Co-founder and Director of Terminology for the Gravity Project, to discuss the evolution of data standards supporting social determinants of heal...
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Episode 44
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42:51
Episode 43: Talking AI with ChatGPT
In this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp takes on a new kind of guest, ChatGPT, to explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Together, they discuss how generative AI is shaping cli...
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Episode 42: Navigating Healthcare Policy with Susan Clark
In this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp sits down with healthcare IT rockstar Susan Clark for a candid conversation on the evolving world of healthcare policy. From the incentives that drive real change, to the challenges of i...
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Episode 42
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41:12
Episode 41: PIQI Update and HL7 Connectathon Recap
In this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp shares updates on the PIQI Framework and his experience at the HL7 Connectathon. He highlights progress across newly formed PIQI Alliance work groups, from claims and explanation of bene...
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Episode 41
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17:22
Episode 40: Unpacking AI and Interoperability Trends with Joerg Schwarz
Joerg Schwarz, Senior Director, Global Industry Strategy & Solutions, Healthcare Data & Interoperability of Infor joins Charlie Harp to explore the future of healthcare data. They unpack how AI is raising the bar fo...
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Episode 40
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45:37
Episode 39: Moving the PIQI Framework Forward - Spring 2025
In this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Clinical Architecture CEO Charlie Harp hands over the mic to our VP of Marketing, Jaime Lira, for a conversation about the evolution of the PIQI Framework. From its early beginnings as a taxonomy to ...
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Episode 39
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37:55
Episode 38: How Velox Helps Payers Measure Data Usability
In this episode of The Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp sits down with Michael Klotz, Founder and CEO of Velox, to explore how Velox is helping payers move toward smarter, more streamlined access to clinical data. They discuss how th...
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Episode 38
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25:58
Episode 37: Standardizing Healthcare: Carol Macumber Talks HL7
Join Charlie Harp and Carol Macumber, EVP of Client Services at Clinical Architecture and Chair-Elect of the HL7 Board of Directors, as they unpack Carol's informatics work and her participation in HL7 through the years. From Carol's early days...
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Episode 37
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43:20
Episode 36: Interoperability Insights from FEHRM and ASTP
In this episode of The Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp talks with John A. Short, MBA, MS-IS, FEMA PDS, CPHIMS, Senior Executive Service (SES), Director, Federal & Commercial Interoperability of Federal Electronic H...
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Episode 36
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58:09
Episode 35: Unlocking Value Set Quality in Healthcare
Charlie Harp is joined by Dr. Victor Lee, VP of Clinical Informatics at Clinical Architecture, to take a deep dive into how a methodical approach to value set creation and maintenance builds a solid foundation for downstream data analysis and i...
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Episode 35
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45:46
Episode 34: 2024 Data Quality Report
In this episode of The Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp and Clinical Architecture’s Vice President of Marketing, Jaime Lira, dive into the insights from the 2024 Data Quality Report. As they explore key trends from this ...
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Episode 34
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33:16
Episode 33: Data Quality in Healthcare: How PIQI Measures and Assesses Data
Are you tired of dealing with unreliable data that hinders your decision-making process? Join Charlie Harp, the host of the Informonster Podcast, as he explores issues impacting data quality and explains how Simple Assessment Modules (SAMs) fun...
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Episode 33
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22:54
Episode 32: Data Quality in Healthcare: Building the PIQI Taxonomy
In the third installment of the Data Quality in Healthcare series, Charlie Harp explores the taxonomy of the PIQI Framework. He breaks down the primary categories of 1.) Delivery and 2.) Intrinsic Issues, and shows how the subcate...
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Episode 32
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12:36
Episode 31: Data Quality in Healthcare: Decoding the PIQI Framework
Tune in as Charlie Harp unveils the rationale behind the Patient Information Quality Improvement’s (PIQI) streamlined data model, and explains how it turns complex patient information into an organized format for analysis. The next episode will...
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Episode 31
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13:19
Episode 30: Data Quality in Healthcare: Inside the Patient Information Quality Improvement (PIQI) Framework
When looking for a practical way to assess the quality of patient information from external sources, Charlie Harp found that existing frameworks were either too general or too specific to certain databases or schemas. So, he created the Patient...
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Episode 30
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24:51
Episode 29: Data Quality in Healthcare
It’s time to take a closer look at healthcare data quality. This episode is the beginning of a series related to the challenges that all healthcare professionals face in gathering, organizing, and using patient data. Join the conversation as Ch...
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Episode 29
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15:23
Episode 28: Documentation in the OR with AORN
In this episode of The Informonster podcast, Charlie Harp talks with Janice Kelly, President of AORN Syntegrity, Inc., (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) with over 25 years of informatics experience. Janice shares how AORN is work...
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Episode 28
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29:59
Episode 27: How Datapult is Tackling the Challenge of Electronic Lab Reporting
In this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp sits down with Patina Zarcone, Director, and Millie Malai, Technical Project Manager of Datapult, an APHL company. They discuss how Datapult and C...
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Episode 27
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47:13
Episode 26: Discussing Data Quality with Charlie Harp
On this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie discusses the importance of data quality and how it impacts the results of any analysis or decision-making process. He also shares insights from our inaugural survey which indicates that the ...
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Episode 26
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27:21
Episode 25: The CDC Shares the Success of Collaboration During a Crisis
In this episode Charlie Harp talks with Lori Moore, Public Health Analyst and Stuart Myerburg, Informatics Team Lead with the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) group, as they discuss what it’s like managing...
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Episode 25
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50:36
Episode 24: Standardizing Health Data with OMOP's Common Data Model
On this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie provides a high-level primer on Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP). He also discusses terminologies and adding data into an OMOP data repository. To learn more about OMOP pleas...
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Episode 24
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15:06
Episode 23: Discussing Gender Harmony
On this episode of the Informonster podcast, Charlie Harp is joined by Janet Campbell, Software Developer and Vice President of Patient Engagement at Epic, Chris Grasso, Chief Information Officer at Fenway Health and Carol Macumber, Executive V...
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Episode 23
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57:24
Episode 22: Talking Interoperability and Trust with Lyniate
On this Episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp talks with Drew Ivan, Chief Strategy Officer at Lyniate, about cross-organization interoperability, patient interoperability from consumer devices, why we interoperate, and how all...
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Episode 22
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49:52
Episode 21: Lab Data Interoperability
On this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie is on the road talking about the relationship between clinical lab data and interoperability. He talks about LOINC, as well as the use of lab data in AI and machine learning, and some of the ...
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Episode 21
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18:02
Episode 20: Working Towards Price Transparency in Healthcare
On this episode of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp talks about the purpose of the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Initiative, how price transparency would be implemented in our current system, as well as the difficulties we would have to...
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Episode 20
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