255- Leading Through Crisis: Healthcare IT Lessons from the Pandemic with Joshua Peavy

Joshua Peavy

Joshua Peavy is the Director of Information Technology at Trinity Community Health, a nonprofit community health center providing affordable care across 43 locations in Louisiana. He has over 15 years of experience in IT leadership roles in both nonprofit and for-profit healthcare organizations. His strengths include crisis management, aligning technology with business goals, and building strong relationships across departments. Joshua earned his bachelor’s in Physcology from Louisiana State University.

Leading Through Crisis: Healthcare IT Lessons from the Pandemic with Joshua Peavy

In this engaging discussion, we delve into navigating healthcare IT during uncertain times. Our guest Joshua Peavy brings insightful perspective, drawing from his nonprofit community health experience to discuss leading through exponential growth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Joshua offers practical lessons around crisis management, aligning IT with organizational missions, and leading with empathy. He provides thoughtful insights on how focusing on the patient experience helped IT connect with stakeholders during turbulent times. Looking ahead, he forecasts how healthcare IT leaders can apply these lessons to guide their organizations through future challenges. Tune in for practical, forward-thinking insights from Joshua’s diverse healthcare IT journey so far.

Working closely with administration and departments enabled IT to find ways to facilitate workflows

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255- Leading Through Crisis: Healthcare IT Lessons from the Pandemic with Joshua Peavy

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Falling into IT professionally and first job experience [00:03:10]

Learning with Help from Others [00:05:35]

No Google or YouTube: Figuring it out on your own [00:07:30]

Transitioning from old phone systems to VoIP and EFAX [00:08:24]

Implementing recent funding for expansion and limited resources [00:10:13]

The difference between for-profit and nonprofit healthcare [00:15:07]

Pharmaceutical companies and the influence of profit in healthcare [00:17:39]

Financial Motivation vs. Service Motivation in Medicine [00:18:47]

The challenges of pursuing a career in medicine [00:19:30]

MSPs: Earning Their Paycheck Every Day [00:27:31]

Witnessing the Devastating Impact of COVID-19 [00:35:19]

Making IT an Integral Part of the Organization [00:43:48]

Joshua Peavy

Leading Through Crisis: Healthcare IT Lessons from the Pandemic with Joshua Peavy

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