Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast

Health care transformation is starting to move from the realm of concept to reality. One example is a platform called care.ai, which brings together virtual care and artificial intelligence to create “smart hospitals” and “smart care teams.” It's already in action at such luminary health care providers as Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and Henry Ford Health in Detroit — and coming soon to Nemours Children’s Health.

care.ai President Bruce Brandes and Nemours Children’s Chief Nursing Executive Jane Mericle stepped up to the podcast mics during the 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics Experience National Conference in Orlando to talk about care.ai and the solutions it brings to myriad issues faced in today’s crucial care setting.

Guests:
Bruce Brandes, President, care.ai
Jane Mericle, DNP, MHS-CL, BSN, CENP, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Chief Nursing Executive and Patient Operations Officer, Nemours Children's Health

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management.
Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.

Diversity in health care is more than just a buzzword — it is essential for delivering culturally competent care, addressing health disparities, and creating an inclusive environment for patients, families and providers. For the Latino/Hispanic community, which constitutes a significant and growing portion of the U.S. population, having health care providers who understand their cultural context can lead to better patient outcomes. Building a workforce pipeline for Latino and Hispanic individuals is essential to serve this population and to create an inclusive health care environment.

Joining in the discussion are nurse innovator Dr. Bonnie Clipper as well as Nemours Children’s workforce partnership development director Dr. Margaret LaFashia, and Merry Ann Carde Garcia, a member of Adelante — a Latino/Hispanic employee resource group, who weigh in with national and system perspectives.

Guests:
Bonnie Clipper, DNP, Nurse Futurist and Founder & CEO, Virtual Nursing Academy
Margaret LaFashia, DNP, Director of Workforce Partnerships, Nemours Children's Health
Merry Ann Carde Garcia, RN, Administrative Manager, Nemours Children's Health
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management.
Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.

Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist whose clinical work focuses on the intersection of mental and physical health. She brings a strong commitment to equity and inclusion to her role as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

We had the privilege of speaking with her ahead of the 2024 election to discuss a wide range of public health issues affecting children, including vaccinations, health disparities, hunger, nutrition and whole-child health.

Guest:
Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health and Head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management.
Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.

In September 2024, the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions released its annual report analyzing 2022 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data on firearm deaths in the U.S. The report highlights a 106% increase in firearm deaths among children ages 1 to 17 since 2013. Since 2020, firearms have been the leading cause of death for children and teens nationwide.

On this episode of Well Beyond Medicine, we explore firearm safety with two of the nation’s leading researchers on the topic.

Guests:
Lisa M. Costello, MD, MPH, FAAP, Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH, Senior Faculty Advisor, Office and Health Equity & Inclusion; Senior Associate in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management.
Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.

The Roadmap Project started in 2017 as a simple request from three parents of children with chronic conditions to the American Board of Pediatrics: Create for us a roadmap to improve the emotional health of our children.

Since that time, The Roadmap Project has become a national effort that seeks to do this by:

• Raising awareness among patients, families, and clinical teams to validate, assess, and address emotional stress during routine care;
• Building confidence and capability among clinical teams to assess and address emotional health needs;
• Helping patients and families feel safe sharing emotional health concerns; and
• Providing resources, connections, and strategies to patients, families, and clinical teams.

In this encore presentation of the Well Beyond Medicine podcast, we hear from the team implementing the Roadmap Project and get an update on its current status.

Guests:
Erica Sood, PhD, Pediatric Psychologist, Director of Nemours Children's Cardiac Learning & Early Development Program, Nemours Children's Health, Delaware
Jill Plevinsky, PhD, Pediatric Psychologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Carole Lannon, MD, MPH, Pediatrician, Senior Faculty Lead, Learning Networks Core, Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management.
Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.