What’s Trending NOW is National Nurses Month
Host Shahid Shah interviews Kelley Smith, RN, MPH, co-founder and COO of Envision Health, in honor of National Nurses Month. They discuss Kelley’s unique career journey from bedside nursing to the boardroom and explore the evolving role of nurses – highlighting nurses’ creative problem-solving skills, the challenges they face on the front lines, and how new technologies like AI can support nursing practice without replacing the human touch.
About the Guest
Kelley Smith, MPH, COO & Chief Clinical Officer, Envision Health
LinkedIn: Kelley O. Smith, RN, MPH
LinkedIn: Envision Health
Kelley’s passion for healthcare spans over 25 years in various clinical and business roles. She spent 10 years with EDS consulting with General Motors’ Healthcare Cost Analysis Section and Employee Benefit division on many strategic cost reduction and quality improvement initiatives. She then returned to the clinical setting at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland and Henry Ford Hospital as an RN Case Manager, where she gained a deep understanding of the complexities of care coordination across the healthcare continuum. Kelley moved into a marketing consultant role with Covisint, where she was the clinical liaison between clients and prospects and earned the reputation as an expert in many initiatives including ACO, PCMH, bundled payments, readmissions reduction and predictive analytics.
About the Host and Show
Shahid N. Shah
Website: ShahidShah.com
LinkedIn: Shahid Shah
X: @ShahidNShah
A C-suite native that can easily blend in with technical and engineering teams that need to deliver revenue-generating solutions to the marketplace. Shahid specializes in bringing world-class CTO, CISO, and Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) expertise to startups, business units and companies on a part-time (fractional) basis. With a rich background in regulated, safety-critical industries like Med Devices, Digital Health, and Gov 2.0, he possess a unique understanding of complex, high-demand products and services. With over 33 year of experience his areas of expertise span from in engineering, cybersecurity, bio/health IT, medical devices to government IT.
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