The Inside Beat

HealthCare Partners

“The heartbeat of any great organization is its people.” Welcome to The Inside Beat – an Optum podcast sharing team member stories and what it’s like to work at Optum Care and HealthCare Partners - an Optum entity.

Episodes

  1. The Inside Beat - Episode 6 with guest Dr. Anil Venugopal

    04/03/2020

    The Inside Beat - Episode 6 with guest Dr. Anil Venugopal

    The Inside Beat - episode 6 Host: Rayanne Thorn Guest: Anilrudh Venugopal https://healthcarepartners.com/search/doctordetail.aspx?clinicianid=Y45J0YHTFZ Anilrudh Venugopal, MD, is board certified in internal medicine. He proudly serves Optum Care as a hospitalist. He completed his internship and residency at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. In addition, Dr. Venugopal completed an infectious disease fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. Dr. Venugopal chose to specialize in infectious diseases because of the profound difference he could make in the health of so many people. Dr. Venugopal also prefers being a hospitalist to working in a medical office because he is able to diagnose and treat severely ill patients. For him, this is challenging and rewarding. In his spare time, Dr. Venugopal enjoys watching soccer and reading. Episode Highlight: "I think we need to be aware that everyone is unique and that people from different races or religions or social groups can have their own beliefs and practices, particularly when it comes to their own health. So to be culturally competent to me means to have the ability to understand that everyone's going to have different beliefs and practices and that you need to work within that framework to ensure that you deliver healthcare in a way that doesn't compromise their beliefs and it still allowed them to have the best outcome." - Dr. Venugopal _____________________________________________________________ Interested in joining one of California's top performing medical groups? Visit optumcare.com/careers.html for our latest career openings.

    18 min
  2. The Inside Beat - Episode 5 with guest Dr. Ella Shadmon

    03/18/2020

    The Inside Beat - Episode 5 with guest Dr. Ella Shadmon

    The Inside Beat - episode 5 [15 min 45 sec] Host: Rayanne Thorn Guest: Dr. Ella Shadmon, MD – Family Medicine [https://healthcarepartners.com/doctor/Family-Medicine/Ella-Shadmon/D12M0UA2DO] Ella Shadmon, MD, is board certified in family medicine. Dr. Shadmon completed her medical degree at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Medicine, in Israel. She completed her family practice internship and residency at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center in Pomona, CA. Dr. Shadmon believes in preventive medicine and patient education. She enjoys women's health and working with senior citizens. In addition to English, she is fluent in medical Spanish, and speaks conversational Hebrew and French. Episode Highlight: “We've incorporated cool tools from different third-party vendors that integrate with our EMR to provide great patient education. Another good example is something we're working on right now. It's actually one of our newest products for engaging patients - a texting platform for our medical group to be able to send messages to patients, like appointment reminders, which is standard, but it has room to really change the way patients interface with us.” – Dr. Shadmon ______________________________________________________________ Words and Phrases from this episode: Health IT – healthcare information technology EMR - electronic medical records Dragon - speech recognition dictation/documentation software Interested in joining one of California's top performing medical groups? Visit optumcare.com/careers.html for our latest career openings.

    16 min
  3. The Inside Beat - Episode 2 with guest Dr. Jeffrey Roth

    02/18/2020

    The Inside Beat - Episode 2 with guest Dr. Jeffrey Roth

    Episode No. 2 [14 min 25 sec] “The heartbeat of any great organization is its people.” Welcome to The Inside Beat - an Optum podcast sharing employee stories and what it’s like to work at Optum. Host: Rayanne Thorn Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Roth – Internal Medicine [link: https://healthcarepartners.com/doctor/Internal-Medicine/Jeffrey-Clark-Roth/D1CX0N7IFG] Jeffrey Roth, DO, is board certified in internal medicine. Dr. Roth earned his medical degree from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internship at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach and his residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center. In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Roth is a clinical associate professor of medicine at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona. He enjoys learning about his patients and their lives, and works to help as many people as possible. A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Roth enjoys volunteering in his community. Episode Highlights: “I started here 28 years ago and wouldn’t want to work anywhere else.” – Dr. Roth "I don't think there's a better place where a doctor can work. It's a terrific place and as long as you're doing your best and working hard and taking good care of your patients and keeping up on things, there'll always find something here that satisfies your career. There are lots of opportunities to grow into a new activity within the group." - Dr. Roth Words and Phrases from this episode: "CHAPs" – Comprehensive Health Assessment Programs "IPA" – Independent Physician Association "HCC Coding" - Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding is a payment model mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) **Interested in learning more about becoming a foster parent? https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/foster-care/foster-care-and-adoptive-resource/how-to-become-a-foster-parent __________________________________________________________________ Interested in joining one of California's top performing medical groups? Visit optumcare.com/careers.html for our latest career openings.

    14 min

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“The heartbeat of any great organization is its people.” Welcome to The Inside Beat – an Optum podcast sharing team member stories and what it’s like to work at Optum Care and HealthCare Partners - an Optum entity.