Ep. 37: Jodi Schmidt serves as the executive director of the Care Collaborative at the University of Kansas Health System. The Care Collaborative is a patient safety organization dedicated to delivering high-quality clinical care to improve the health of people living in rural Kansas communities. Founded in 2014 and accredited by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the collaborative is a network of healthcare providers and care teams who use evidence-based treatment models to achieve the best outcomes.

Jodi is a past president of the National Rural Health Association and representative to the American Hospital Association’s Small and Rural Hospital Governing Council; past Chair of the Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation and member of the Kansas Hospital Association’s Rural Emergency Hospital task force; and Sunflower Health Plan’s rural and community advisory boards.

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Ep. 36: Corey Scurlock, MD, MBA, is the founder and CEO of Equum Medical. Dr. Scurlock is an Intensive Care Specialist with a deep background in acute care telemedicine, starting his first program in 2011. As the CEO and founder of Equum, Dr. Scurlock has grown it from its original singular hospital and service capabilities to over 100 hospitals with a footprint of purpose-built, digitally enabled clinical services across the hospital acute (inpatient) care continuum and post-acute facilities. Equum Medical today is nationally recognized as a leader in the telehealth services and clinical workforce marketplace with demonstrated results across Multi-Specialty, Tele-Critical Care, Virtual Nursing, Virtual Sitter and Telemetry implementations. As a thought leader in digital health, Dr. Scurlock is a frequent contributor in the Forbes Business Council author series and his insights and vision have been shared through global events such as HIMSS, American Telemedicine Association, National Rural Health Association and more.

Prior to founding Equum Medical, he served as Medical Director of eHealth at New York Medical College where he introduced multiple acute care telehealth programs with the eICU/Philips program achieving highest ranking in quality in the nation for three years in a row. Scurlock’s program growth extended to new care areas, including tele-sitter, where he was responsible for the implementation and operation of a system generating over 250,000 hours of monitoring. His pioneering work in virtual care helped scale Hicuity Health (Advanced ICU Care) tele-ICU service with multiple monitoring centers and physicians directly reporting to him. Before becoming involved in telemedicine, Dr. Scurlock was active in academic medicine serving as the Director of the CVICU at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan.

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Ep. 35: Ryan Lester, MPH, serves as Vice President, Education, Health of the Public and Science at the American Academy of Family Physicians. He previously served as the bureau chief of health promotion at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a leadership coach and adjunct professor at Washburn University for population health.

He has a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Kansas, which spurred his passion for environmental health issues and a master’s in public health with a concentration in public health administration from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Past volunteer roles include treasurer and president-elect for the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and the chair of the Olathe Housing Authority Board.

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