Episode 168: Health Informatics and Innovative Strategies for Interprofessional Leadership in Healthcare featuring Dr. Marion Ball & Tori Shaw Morawski

In this episode, we talk with our special guests, Dr. Marion Ball and Tori Shaw Morawski, about health informatics and innovative strategies for interprofessional leadership in healthcare.

Marion is an international innovator, educator, author, and member of the National Academy of Medicine with over 45 years of experience in the healthcare IT community. Her research focuses on health informatics curriculum design, education, and enabling technology from theory into practice.

Tori has over 15 years of experience designing and implementing grassroots programs and initiatives. She currently serves as the Senior Manager of Professional Development for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) where she oversees all programs, activities, volunteer efforts, and research for global health informatics students and professionals.

Marion and Tori share about the new Springer book “Nursing Informatics: A Health Informatics, Interprofessional and Global Perspective (5th Edition)” and the role of informatics and technology in improving the well-being of clinicians, the efficiency of the health system, and the safety of patients.

We also discuss the chapter we co-authored about “Interprofessional Leadership: Innovative Strategies” from an intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial perspective.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

07:23 - About Marion and Tori’s friendship and how they know each other

11:19 - What's new and different about the 5th edition of the book

18:25 - About Tori’s experience working as an editor of the book

20:25 - The chapter Michelle and Tracy co-authored about “Innovative Strategies for Interprofessional Leadership”

21:40 - How managing change with a polarity lens can minimize resistance and invite stakeholder engagement

22:45 - About the Technology Platform and Practice Platform polarity

36:13 - About Polarity Intelligence™ as a model and roadmap to addressing problems and polarities in healthcare

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Best Ways to Reach Dr. Marion Ball and Tori Shaw Morawski:

Dr. Marion Ball:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-j-ball/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjbtiger

Tori Shaw Morawski:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toria-shaw-morawski-msw-289b703/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaw_toria?lang=e

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