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Flourish Soundbytes

Hosted by Sarah Richardson

Quick, impactful moments from Flourish interviews — bite-sized leadership wisdom you can apply today.

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Episodes (16)

May 22, 2026

26 Years, One Hospital: Gratitude and Agility | Flourish Sound Bytes with Laurie Wheeler

May 22, 2026: Laurie Wheeler , COO - IS&T of MultiCare Health System , is a leader whose philosophy centers on curiosity, humility, and genuine human connection. Laurie shares about her 26 years at MultiCare through listening tours, transforming employee engagement, and leading without ego. From teaching high-reliability courses to creating clinical super user groups, Laurie demonstrates how operational excellence and compassionate leadership create workplaces where people want to bui

Feb 12, 2026

Flourish Sound Bytes: The Surprising Challenges of Diabetes Care with Sherita Golden

February 12, 2026: Dr. Sherita Golden , Physician Quality Improvement Strategist & Consultant at Johns Hopkins Medicine , reveals why insulin ranks alongside opioids and anticoagulants as one of the most dangerous medications in a hospital setting. From deadly transition-of-care failures to the surprising ways hospitals inadvertently create glucose emergencies, Sherita explains how thoughtful IT system design can mean the difference between patient safety and catastrophic outcomes. She share

Feb 5, 2026

Flourish Sound Bytes: Healthcare at Home is Closer Than You Think with Asim Malik

February 5, 2026: Asim Malik , VP of Health System Partnerships at DispatchHealth , joins Sarah to explore how high-acuity care is moving beyond traditional hospital walls. From pneumonia to COPD exacerbations, discover why this isn't just about convenience; it's about solving capacity constraints, improving margins, and giving patients back control. Asim breaks down the technology infrastructure, command center requirements, and clinical buy-in needed to make these programs succeed at scale. Ke

Jan 29, 2026

Flourish Sound Bytes: 26 Years, One Hospital: Gratitude and Agility with Laurie Wheeler

January 29, 2026: Laurie Wheeler , COO - IS&T of MultiCare Health System , is a leader whose philosophy centers on curiosity, humility, and genuine human connection. Laurie shares about her 26 years at MultiCare through listening tours, transforming employee engagement, and leading without ego. From teaching high-reliability courses to creating clinical super user groups, Laurie demonstrates how operational excellence and compassionate leadership create workplaces where people want to

Jan 22, 2026

Flourish Sound Bytes: Attorney Insights on Navigating Privacy with Helen Oscislawski

January 22, 2026: Healthcare privacy laws just got flipped on their head, and most leaders don't realize it. Privacy Law Attorney Helen Oscislawski , Founder and Managing Partner at Attorneys at Oscislawski , reveals how information blocking rules fundamentally changed the game. But here's the twist: this shift is creating massive unintentional risks. Helen shares why even she had to escalate to legal when trying to access her own mother's medical records as a proxy, exposing the gap between pol

Jan 15, 2026

Flourish Sound Bytes: $14M Cost Reduction and Standing up the Next Generation with Heather Nelson

January 15, 2025: When Heather Nelson stepped into the SVP and CIO role at Boston Children's Hospital from outside the organization, she knew she had to earn trust before driving change. Over the next few years, she led three major restructures, optimized their Epic environment, reduced third-party applications from 400 to 186, and delivered $14 million in cost savings. But her most powerful insight? "You can be the hero and the villain in the same sentence." In this conversation, Heather reveal

Dec 4, 2025

Flourish Sound Bytes: From Health System to Startup and Trusting Your Gut with Candice London

December 4, 2025: Candice London , SVP of Client Success at Clearsense , shares the unfiltered truth about her transition after 20 years in health systems. She reveals why the move was more humbling than she expected, the mindset shifts that made the difference, and the one critical mistake healthcare organizations keep making with digital transformation. If you've ever wondered whether you could make the leap to trying something new—or why your latest technology implementation isn't solving the

Nov 20, 2025

Flourish Sound Bytes: Ambient Operations and Hidden Waste with Sarah Pletcher and Joseph Seliski

November 20, 2025: What if transforming your operating rooms started in the parking lot? Dr. Sarah Pletcher , Chief Digital Health Officer at Houston Methodist , is joined by Joseph Seliski , Director of Technology Strategy and Digital Health at Allegheny Health Network , to discuss why surgical innovation requires thinking far beyond the OR itself. From ambient cameras tracking efficiency to AI that reads 8,000-page charts instantly, she shares how Houston Methodist is reimagining the entire su

Nov 6, 2025

Flourish Sound Bytes: Recovery Made Easy and Rolling with the Opportunities with Melissa Muñiz

November 6, 2025: From loading backup tapes in a Phoenix data center to becoming a sought-after disaster recovery expert, Melissa Muñiz , Principal Consultant at Zion Resiliency, proves that curiosity and preparation trump luck every time. In this episode, she reveals how rigorous DR testing at HCA created teams so well-prepared that major outages were handled without her even knowing. Melissa shares hard-won lessons from manufacturing, retail, and healthcare about building true organizational r

Oct 30, 2025

Flourish Sound Bytes: Stepping Away to Step Forward - Lessons From Sabbatical with Erik Howell

October 30, 2025: After 25 years leading transformational change in healthcare IT, Erik Howell , VP and Head of Technology at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center , made an unconventional decision that most leaders only dream about: he took a sabbatical. Following major EHR implementations, enterprise PMO leadership, and scaling a Silicon Valley AI startup's delivery team, Erik stepped away to travel, reflect, and rediscover what truly mattered in his career. The result? A complete reframing of

Oct 16, 2025

Flourish Sound Bytes: Customer Trust, Grit, and Spartan Races with Rebekah Panepinto

October 16, 2025: Rebekah Panepinto , Enterprise Account Executive at Artisan Studios , has built a powerhouse career in healthcare IT sales by embracing Amazon's leadership principles and proving that grit isn't just a buzzword. From navigating the complexities of healthcare transformation to driving innovation in retail with brands like Shutterfly and Chick-fil-A, Rebekah brings fearless energy to every challenge. She reveals why "earn trust" is the most overlooked principle in digital sales,

Oct 9, 2025

Flourish Sound Bytes: Leadership Lessons from Women Healthcare IT Executives at SOAR 2025

October 9, 2025: Join Sarah Richardson live from SOAR 2025 in Boulder, Colorado, as she sits down with remarkable women in healthcare IT and their allies for candid conversations about leadership transformation. Hear personal stories about climbing literal mountaintops in Italy, learning from their children's courage, and standing firm when asked to compromise their values. These authentic voices share how research, mentorship, and staying true to yourself create lasting impact. Discover why hel