SONSIEL: Innovation: It’s Mostly About Your Network with Kathleen McGrow, Chief Nursing Information Officer at Microsoft

Outcomes Rocket

A bridge between the clinical and technical sides of healthcare would solve so many challenges nurses are facing today. This episode features a very hands-on trauma critical care nurse who turned to informatics when she realized how important it would be in healthcare.

This week’s guest on the SONSIEL Podcast is Kathleen McGrow, Chief Nursing Information Officer at Microsoft. She talks about her journey as a nurse, technology, and communicating clinicians’ needs to developers to push transformational innovations. She explains what it means to take a great idea and deliver it into something actionable for many people, sharing a lived experience where she helped build an electronic health record for the Amazon basin. Kathleen also speaks of the importance of networking and having social support when facing humbling situations and driving innovative initiatives toward development.

Tune in to this episode to learn about leveraging technology to improve processes and patient outcomes!

Click this link to the show notes, transcript, and resources: outcomesrocket.health