Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

In this episode, Qualenta Kivett, Executive Vice President and Chief People and Talent Officer at Tampa General Hospital, joins the podcast to discuss removing barriers for clinicians and staff through tools like ambient listening. She also shares how the organization is expanding research efforts and strengthening partnerships to support workforce development and long-term growth.

In this episode, Dr. William Scharf, Executive Clinical Director of Quality and Safety at AdventHealth, shares how patient safety science, leadership behaviors, and system-wide training initiatives are shaping a high-reliability culture. He highlights the importance of psychological safety, frontline engagement, and cross-functional collaboration to drive continuous improvement.

What if medication access wasn’t fragmented? In this episode, we introduce Interra Health, formed by the merger of DoseSpot and Arrive Health, with a mission to unify the end-to-end medication journey—from medical and pharmacy benefits through prescription fulfillment.
We explore how a new era of medication access is taking shape—driven by regulatory change, advancing interoperability, and real-time data at the point of care. By aligning policy, provider workflows, and patient-centered transparency, healthcare can begin to close the persistent gaps between prescribing and medication in hand—and ultimately improve outcomes across the journey.

This episode is sponsored by Interra Health.

In this episode, Marion Spears Karr, FACHE, Managing Partner and Founder of In-FLOW Executives, shares how embedded executive search, authentic gratitude, and flow theory can transform growing healthcare organizations. He discusses building leadership cultures rooted in intentional communication, aligning talent with strengths, and helping emerging leaders thrive by focusing on the skills that put them in flow.

In this episode, Frankie Hamilton, Vice President of Nursing Operations at Maimonides Medical Center, shares how he is strengthening night shift engagement, launching safety huddles, and preparing the organization for Magnet designation. He also discusses strategies to improve throughput, elevate quality metrics, and support frontline staff amid rising emergency department demand and growing uninsured populations.