CareThreads Podcast
Building a Culture of Innovation to Transform Behavioral Health Delivery featuring Wes Williams, VP & CIO at Mental Health Center of Denver and Torm Herzog, Chief Operating Officer at Netsmart

Building a Culture of Innovation to Transform Behavioral Health Delivery

Wes Williams, PHD, VP & CIO, WellPower
Tom Herzog, Chief Operating Officer, Netsmart

In this episode, Wes Williams, VP & CIO at WellPower, talks about the transformation of the past two years and the rise of telehealth and how he’s working to make it a complement to mental health services rather than a complicated one — Telehealth has always been here, but the mindset is shifting.

Join us as we discuss:

  • Pressing forward through the pandemic & the rise of telehealth software
  • Acknowledging how telehealth has changed & how to anticipate for the future
  • What a human-centered lab is
  • Blockchain, IoT, & AI in healthcare
  • Advice for the audience
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