CT eHealth Podcast: Educating, Conversing & Connecting for Better Health

Episode 5: Medication Reconciliation and Polypharmacy in Connecticut

In this episode, Dr. Thomas Agresta dives into the current state of medication reconciliation and polypharmacy with Dr. Sean Jeffery, Clinical Professor at UConn School of Pharmacy, Geriatric Pharmacist and Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services at Integrated Care Partners, and Dr. Nitu Kashyap, Physician, Clinical Informaticist, and Associate CMIO at Yale New Haven Health (YNHH). They describe medication reconciliation and how Connie, Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange, can implement their efforts completed under the Office of Health Strategy's Medication Reconciliation and Polypharmacy Committee (MRPC). They also discuss current efforts underway in Connie's Best Possible Medication History (BPMH) Implementation Work Group.  Please tune in to learn how Connecticut is on its way towards a medication reconciliation solution.

• Learn more about the Office of Health Strategy's Medication Reconciliation and Polypharmacy Committee
• Find out about Connie's BPMH initiative

• This podcast is brought to you by the UConn Health Interoperability, Innovation and Learning Lab and Connie, Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange.
  • Music by Hugh Blumenfeld, "Mozart's Money."

Episode 4: Meet the Executive Director of Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy

In this episode, Dr. Thomas Agresta gets together with Vicki Veltri, Executive Director of the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS). Vicki joins us to discuss the role of the OHS and how CT's new statewide HIE (Connie) will aid the OHS to meet its mission and improve the health of Connecticut citizens.  Tune in to hear more about how Connie can help state agencies and stakeholders get a clearer picture of care delivery, equity, quality, and spending in Connecticut.

• Learn more about the CT State Office of Health Strategy
• Learn more about Executive Order No. 5 for primary care
• This podcast is brought to you by the UConn Health Interoperability, Innovation and Learning Lab and Connie, Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange.
• Music by Hugh Blumenfeld, "Mozart's Money."

Episode 3: A Conversation with the Yale New Haven Health Chief Information Officer

In this episode, Dr. Thomas Agresta sits down with Lisa Stump, Chief Information Officer at Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) and Connie board member. Lisa discusses how an HIE can impact population health and where YNHH is in the Connie onboarding process.  Tune in to hear more about this CIO and trained pharmacist’s perspective on the benefits an HIE can provide large healthcare systems.

• Learn more about the Connie onboarding process.
• This podcast is brought to you by the UConn Health Interoperability, Innovation and Learning Lab and Connie, Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange.
• Music by Hugh Blumenfeld, "Mozart's Money.

Episode 2: An Internist‘s Perspective on Connie

In this episode, Dr. Thomas Agresta gets together with Dr. Allen Davis, an internist in Western Connecticut with ProHealth Physicians and a sitting board member of Connie, Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange (HIE).  Dr. Davis joins us to discuss physicians' challenges in sharing health data and how an HIE could address these barriers.  Tune in to hear about an internist's perspective on the benefits an HIE can provide, as well as information about the onboarding process.

• Learn more about the Connie onboarding process.
• This podcast is brought to you by the UConn Health Interoperability, Innovation and Learning Lab and Connie, Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange.
• Music by Hugh Blumenfeld, "Mozart's Money.

Episode 1: Introducing the Executive Director of Connie, Connecticut‘s official Health Information Exchange

In the podcast's debut episode, our very own Dr. Thomas Agresta gets together with Jenn Searls, Executive Director of Connecticut's official state-designated Health Information Exchange (HIE), Connie. Jenn stops by to talk about her journey to becoming Connie's Executive Director and the organization's progress since it commenced operations on May 3^rd, 2021.   Tune in to hear more about Jenn's vision for the future of Connie in leading Connecticut to better health.

• To find out more about Connie, visit conniect.org
• Learn more about the Office of Health Strategy's Medication Reconciliation and Polypharmacy Committee
• This podcast is brought to you by the UConn Health Interoperability, Innovation and Learning Lab and Connie, Connecticut's state-designated health information exchange.
• Music by Hugh Blumenfeld, "Mozart's Money.