Wisconsin-native Dr. Gina Sprague-Connors discovered videoconferencing in high school when she took virtual Advanced Placement courses in preparation for college. Growing up in a rural area, Dr. Sprague-Connors could only access these types of educational opportunities online. She went on to complete her master's and doctorate degrees in psychology and is passionate about providing telemental healthcare in rural communities. In this episode she discusses the benefits of expanding telehealth serv...
Jun 05, 2023•25 min
Pittsburgh-area native Shawn Valenta, MHA, recalls visiting an incarcerated friend who spent years in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections system. When WellPath asked him to help lead their telehealth program, he jumped at the opportunity to increase access to medical and mental healthcare in jails, prisons and inpatient residential treatment programs. He talks about the opportunities and challenges of providing care to these vulnerable populations in an interview with doxy.me CEO and Co-F...
Apr 26, 2023•45 min
Dr. Mordechai Raskas is a pediatric emergency physician with expertise in telemedicine and informatics. He currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Director of Telemedicine at PM Pediatrics. In this interview, Dr. Raskas talks about how his organization used telehealth to provide urgent care services to pediatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 26, 2023•45 min
Until recently, it was widely accepted that when more people use healthcare services, costs inevitably go up. In his role as Administrator of Telehealth at the Medical University of South Carolina, Shawn Valenta, MHA, discovered that telehealth, when administered effectively, can improve healthcare quality and access while also decreasing costs. He shares his journey from respiratory therapist to telehealth leader in this interview.
Apr 26, 2023•47 min
Maria and her family were as prepared as they could be for the war, and evacuated to Western Ukraine quickly. After more than 50 days at war, she describes how she—and other Ukrainians—have learned to live their lives during the war.
May 05, 2022•35 min
When Russia invaded Ukraine, James decided he should help however he could. His decision would take him on a long and eventful journey into Ukraine, where his real challenges would begin.
May 05, 2022•50 min
Nikita has continued his work and his life while his wife serves as a medic in the Ukrainian armed forces. However, Nikita—alongside many other Russian-Ukrainians—is fighting a war of change within himself as he renounces his Russian side and begins to only embrace his Ukrainian heritage.
May 05, 2022•31 min
Kate Semenova lived 20 minutes from the Kiev airport. She was jolted awake by the bombs that fell on February 24, 2022, and her life was changed forever. With family in tow, she fled to Western Ukraine.
May 05, 2022•33 min
After the invasion began, Alexandra fled to western Ukraine with her son while her husband chose to stay behind in Kyiv. Tragically, the war only brought worse tidings when she lost her grandfather at the end of March.
May 04, 2022•22 min
Nikolay and his family waited a few days after the start of the war to watch how things would turn out. The plan backfired when the Russian military arrived in his backyard, sending Nikolay and his family into hiding for ten days.
May 04, 2022•46 min
Oleksandr heard the missiles exploding at 5 a.m. on the morning of February 24th. After trying to evacuate his parents across the Polish border all day, he volunteered as a paramedic for the Ukrainian forces.
May 02, 2022•46 min
Still living in Western Ukraine, Peter has experienced the invasion more personally than some other citizens. As a data scientist he’s used his skills to aid his country’s cyber efforts—in his free time, he’s sought to understand his country’s enemy as best he can.
May 02, 2022•36 min
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Yulia and her husband had already prepared to flee Kiev to the West—but they hadn’t prepared to bring four other people and three animals with them. However, like many other citizens, their journey wouldn’t take them outside of Ukraine.
May 02, 2022•33 min
Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, doxy.me CEO Brandon M. Welch decided to visit his Ukrainian team in Lviv. Along the way he encountered an enthusiastic Brit, loads of car troubles, and the resiliency of people we call heroes.
Apr 21, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Nick Bondarenko didn’t know why he wanted to fill up his gas tank at three in the morning, nor did he know why he decided to drive to the Hungarian border instead of Poland. Still, he listened to his inner voice and escaped from Ukraine with his family with less than ten minutes to spare before martial law was declared.
Apr 12, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Doxy.me CTO Heath Morrison recounts when and how he fell in love with the country of Ukraine, and shares his unique perspective on the war as an American who’s lived in Ukraine for many years.
Apr 12, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Before February 24th, Olga Khomenko wondered why none of her friends and family seemed concerned about a Russian invasion. She was in Kiev when her friend called her at 5:25 in the morning to say Russia was attacking. The next few days were chaos as she and her friends tried to flee west. They spent nights huddled in subways and days stuck in motionless traffic while airstrike sirens filled the air around them.
Apr 06, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Liza Zhukova was staying in a doxy.me apartment in western Ukraine when the invasion started. Being relatively safe in the west, she didn’t experience the same challenges at the beginning of the war as many of her friends and colleagues did. Since then, Liza has struggled with survivor’s guilt, and has volunteered every day to help her people in whatever ways she can.
Apr 06, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Nataliia Bondar was one of many Ukrainian mothers faced with a horrifying question: what must I do to protect my family? Her husband and eldest son forced by law to remain in Ukraine, she must decide what to do with her mother and youngest children.
Apr 05, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Doxy.me CEO Brandon Welch recounts the story of his first hire in Ukraine, and how that initial relationship developed into a huge and passionate Ukrainian team.
Apr 05, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 7
We know people in Ukraine. They’re our coworkers and friends. Heroes of Doxy.me tells real stories from the Russian invasion of Ukraine—what our employees went through and what they’re going through now—in their own voices. We have turned over the doxy.me podcast to these stories at the request of our Ukrainian colleagues. They want you to hear their stories. Listen to the podcasts, and buy a We Stand with Ukraine shirt. All of the proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders to support their eff...
Apr 05, 2022•5 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Psychologist Dr. Stephanie Salcedo Rossitch has experience helping veterans who suffer from PTSD and other mental health problems associated with war or military service. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine dominating news and discussion around the world, we wanted to bring her on to discuss how individuals can manage their own mental health in times of crisis. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast episode are those of Dr. Rossitch, and do not necessarily reflect the position or polic...
Apr 04, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 5
On this episode of Telehealth Heroes, we talk with the founder of Healing Healthcare Systems, Dr. Susan Mazer. She explains the importance of hospital ambience and recounts the history and evolution of the C.A.R.E. Channel, a private television program currently used in over a thousand hospitals and clinics.
Mar 28, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode of Telehealth Heroes, we talk to one of the early users of doxy.me, Psychologist Dr. Rees Chapman. He talks about the skype call that convinced him telemedicine might work and then changing states while keeping a full clinic of patients.
Mar 21, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 3
On this episode of the Telehealth Heroes Podcast, Dr. Christopher Wolfe talks about how he uses telehealth to supplement his physical practice and warns patients about imitation telehealth services that ignore important factors in eye health. Auto-renewal prescription services may be convenient, but they’re also dubious!
Mar 14, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 2
On this episode of Telehealth Heroes, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Marie Fang talks about embracing a private therapy practice, creating youtube videos to solve her own problems, and the journey to discover herself as both a therapist and content creator.
Mar 06, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In the twelfth episode of Telehealth Heroes, we interview Dion Rambo, the CEO of Telehealth Van in Los Angeles, California. Tune in to learn about Rambo’s creative solution to the problem of providing care to underserved communities, from the first single house call to over 5000 individual calls in one year.
Dec 07, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 12
On the eleventh episode of Telehealth Heroes, we interview Jennifer Hecker, Executive Director of Options - Domestic & Sexual Violence Services. She talks about the challenges of helping victims in rural Kansas, how doctors can help victims of domestic violence, and the tragic correlation between the Covid-19 Pandemic and domestic violence cases.
Nov 29, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In the tenth episode of Telehealth Heroes, we interview Dr. Anthony Dunnigan, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer at Valleywise Health. Tune in to discover how Dr. Dunnigan helps his providers as a CMIO, what he thinks about current health technology solutions, and how Valleywise Health went from no telehealth service to over 5000 calls in less than a month.
Nov 22, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In the ninth episode of Telehealth Heroes, we interview Dr. Tania Elliott, one of the biggest names in telehealth. Join us to learn all about her time as Medical Director of Doctor on Demand, the future of telemedicine, and how doctors can make the most of their telehealth calls.
Nov 15, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 9
