EP. 112 Innovating in Medicaid to provide health for all.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Adimika Arthur, the Founding Executive Director of HealthTech for Medicaid (HT4M). As a social entrepreneur, a relentless and passionate advocate, and an epidemiologist, Adimika is committed to making meaningful and measurable progress. Don’t confuse her “toxic optimism” with her dogged resolve to make this world a better place. HT4M is now […]
EP. 111 An optimistic new year begins with a new vision for healthcare
Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw is now available on YouTube! Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Carladenise Edwards. Known for her thought leadership stemming from a thirty+ year executive career which has included three tours of duty as a chief strategy officer at various prominent health systems. In 2023, Carladenise kicks off this year with an […]
EP. 110 You are not alone. Embrace your community.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Alyssa Jaffee, Partner at 7wireVentures. When you listen to this episode, you will hear clearly that Alyssa is passionate about her work, which she finds addicting. Healthcare has become her calling. Every single day she believes she has the opportunity, and responsibility, to change healthcare for the better. And that is […]
EP. 109 Never be afraid of being fired.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Sara Vaezy, EVP and Chief Strategy and Digital Officer of Providence Health. Sara believes that healthcare is a human right. Her career journey has always been directly in or adjacent to healthcare and her expertise is the digital space is widely recognized. While digital strategies for large scale health systems are […]
EP. 108 Doctor. Mom. Now Researcher and Entrepreneur. A race against time and all odds for Lucy.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Dr. Geri Landman. She filled her lifelong dream when she became a pediatrician. And then, life changed when Lucy, her third child, was diagnosed with a rare gene disorder. A missing PGAP3 gene. How rare? 50 other children worldwide. With a prognosis of severe disability and seizures and without a cure, […]
EP. 107 Thank you for your service.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Lita Tomas and Jean Marie McNamara, a mother/daughter duo who have just published their memoir: Lita & Jean: Memoirs of Two Generations of Military Women. Hear Lita and Jean talk about: Lita: Breaking new ground: a divorced woman in the 1970s was not allowed to join the military nut Lita found […]
EP. 106 Flipping the script in maternity care. The ultimate population health.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Kim McKay, practicing physician, chief medical officer of PeriGen and clinical vice president of the OB/GYN service line at Avera Health in South Dakota. Dr. McKay’s life work has been focused on improving the health of moms and babies, as a practicing physician in a rural area, a health system […]
EP. 105 Needed: More innovation, more disruption….with evidence please….
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Kathy Ford, chief product and strategy officer at Project Ronin, a company founded in 2018 by Larry Ellison and Dr. David Agus with a moonshot objective to transform cancer care. It has been a “short thirty years” in healthcare and Kathy has been focused on launching healthcare solutions globally. She describes […]
EP. 104 Enough advice already!! We need checks!! Brittany Barreto on the state of play in FemTech
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Brittany Barreto, PhD, a geneticist who has focused her career on FemTech (that’s not fintech, it’s femtech, which should just be called healthtech, but for now, let’s stay focused..). Her company FemTech Focus aims to raise awareness on this $1.1T industry and to support the community of over 1000 founders in […]
EP. 103 Life inflection points and making an impact
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Elizabeth Kirk, a senior vice president at Strata Decision Technology. Liz has spent her career at the intersection of healthcare process automation and optimization to deliver significant financial returns. Working across teams on complex issues remains a passion. Personal tragedy, a health diagnosis, and major job changes – Liz has […]
