Episode description

In this podcast episode, Russ talks with two leaders from ELLKAY: Ajay Kapare, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, and Marc Probst, Chief Information Officer. Kapare and Probst discuss ELLKAY’s unique five-segment effort to unify healthcare IT with interoperability for ambulatory, hospitals, labs, payers and vendors. The leaders weigh in on whether federal policy will help set standards to the extent needed to meet the interoperability challenge. Kapare explains how a values-driven corporate culture including growth opportunity for younger hires helps to attract talent to the team. Probst also emphasizes the importance of leveraging managed services to solve the talent shortage.