Melissa Kozak's guest appearances

Melissa Kozak

The HomeCare Magazine Podcast

The Post-Acute POV

Passionate Pioneers with Mike Biselli

Bill Dombi

Seth Sternberg

Johns Hopkins

John Burton

Brad Smith

John Driscoll

Chris Brooks

Helen Adeosun

Lisa Taylor

Eric Silverman

Barry Dean

Stephen Squires

Frank Nash

Lisa Wells

Chris Nielson

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This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Catalyst. To virtually tour Catalyst and claim your space on campus, or host an upcoming event: CLICK HERE---Episode Overview: During this episode, we're joined by Melissa Kozak, co-founder of Citus Health, a digital health transformation leader that enables real-time, secure collaboration between patients, care teams, care partners, physicians, and family members to optimize the patient experience and positively impact the financial outcome of the care provider. While together, Melissa shares her personal experiences as a post-acute nurse and the communication and care coordination challenges she faced while connecting frontline clinical teams with patients and partners in home-based care. Melissa also provides valuable advice for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to start a company in the home-based care space. Join us to learn about Citus Health's mission, the impact of the pandemic on the shift of care to the home setting, and the need for collaborative efforts to solve the clinical shortage problem. Let's go!Episode Highlights:Melissa’s experience as a post-acute nurseCommunication and care coordination challenges faced by frontline clinical teams with patientsMelissa's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in the post-acute spaceWhy Melissa is so passionate about Citus Health's missionThe pandemic's impact on the shift of care in the home settingMelissa’s concern about the clinical shortage in nursingThe need for collaborative efforts within the community to solve the clinical shortage problemAbout our Guest: As a post-acute nurse, Melissa saw first-hand the communication and care coordination challenges connecting front line clinical teams with patients, field staff and partners in home-based care. She also recognized that providers were relying on manual processes to communicate and deliver care, causing inefficiencies and decreasing quality of care. Melissa teamed up with a leading healthcare technologist and founded CitusHealth in 2016 to tackle these challenges head on by providing real-time, secure solutions that ensure a high level of care team coordination and family engagement.Links Supporting This Episode:Citus Health website: CLICK HEREMelissa Kozak LinkedIn page: CLICK HERECitus Health Twitter page: CLICK HEREMike Biselli LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREMike Biselli Twitter page: CLICK HEREVisit our website: CLICK HERESubscribe to newsletter: CLICK HEREGuest nomination form: CLICK HERE

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Catalyst. To virtually tour Catalyst and claim your space on campus, or host an upcoming event: <a href="https://www.catalysthealthtech.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>---Episode Overview: During this episode, we're joined by Melissa Kozak, co-founder of Citus Health, a digital health transformation leader that enables real-time, secure collaboration between patients, care teams, care partners, physicians, and family members to optimize the patient experience and positively impact the financial outcome of the care provider. While together, Melissa shares her personal experiences as a post-acute nurse and the communication and care coordination challenges she faced while connecting frontline clinical teams with patients and partners in home-based care. Melissa also provides valuable advice for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to start a company in the home-based care space. Join us to learn about Citus Health's mission, the impact of the pandemic on the shift of care to the home setting, and the need for collaborative efforts to solve the clinical shortage problem. Let's go!Episode Highlights:<ul><li>Melissa’s experience as a post-acute nurse</li><li>Communication and care coordination challenges faced by frontline clinical teams with patients</li><li>Melissa's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in the post-acute space</li><li>Why Melissa is so passionate about Citus Health's mission</li><li>The pandemic's impact on the shift of care in the home setting</li><li>Melissa’s concern about the clinical shortage in nursing</li><li>The need for collaborative efforts within the community to solve the clinical shortage problem</li></ul>About our Guest: As a post-acute nurse, Melissa saw first-hand the communication and care coordination challenges connecting front line clinical teams with patients, field staff and partners in home-based care. She also recognized that providers were relying on manual processes to communicate and deliver care, causing inefficiencies and decreasing quality of care. Melissa teamed up with a leading healthcare technologist and founded CitusHealth in 2016 to tackle these challenges head on by providing real-time, secure solutions that ensure a high level of care team coordination and family engagement.Links Supporting This Episode:<ul><li>Citus Health website: <a href="https://www.citushealth.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>Melissa Kozak LinkedIn page: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-kozak-rn-bsn-91272aaa/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>Citus Health Twitter page: <a href="https://twitter.com/CitusNow" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>Mike Biselli LinkedIn page: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebiselli" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>Mike Biselli Twitter page: <a href="https://twitter.com/mikebiselli" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>Visit our website: <a href="https://www.passionatepioneers.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>Subscribe to newsletter: <a href="https://forms.gle/PLdcj7ujAGEtunsj6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li><li>Guest nomination form: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqk_H_a79gCRsBLynkGp7JbdtFRWynTvPVV9ntOdEpExjQIQ/viewform" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></li></ul>

Transforming Post-Acute Care Collaboration for Patients and Providers with Melissa Kozak

In this episode of the Post-Acute POV, our host Kerri Harpole, RN, Director of Product Specialists at MatrixCare, sits down with Melissa Kozak, RN, Co-Founder and President at Citus Health to discuss how technology is streamlining collaboration and communication in home-based care. Join Kerri and Melissa as they discuss one provider to another, the prevalence of communication issues in home-based care, the necessity of secure mobile messaging, how to encourage adoption of mobile technology, and more. Melissa details how clinical staff are overburdened and hungry for technology that will take away busy work and allow time for clinical hands-on care. Listen to their discussion below. Topics discussed during today’s episode:  [01:53 – 03:47]: Melissa provides her origin story as a registered nurse and how common pain points she experienced in the field prompted the genesis of Citus Health. [04:45 – 06:58]: Secondly, Melissa describes the prevalence of communication issues in home-based care. [7:44 – 10:34]: Next, Kerri presents the necessity of secure mobile messaging to streamline communication and Melissa discusses Citus’ purpose-built solution. [11:00 – 13:48]: Melissa then discusses the many use cases for Citus’ form center which uses app-less technology. [13:52 – 16:11]: Melissa details how mobile technology allows patients to communicate with their nurses and caregivers 24/7 which reduces readmissions. [16:52 - 21:48]: Next, Melissa describes how they’ve encouraged adoption and seen success due to a preexisting familiarity with mobile technology. [22:27 - 24:27]: Melissa shares how clinical staff are overburdened and hungry for technology that will take away busy work and allow time for clinical hands-on care. [24:46 - 27:47]: Melissa explains the importance of an inclusive solution that is user-friendly and helps a wide range of clinicians. [27:58 - 29:45]: Lastly, Melissa emphasizes the significance of listening to customers when building a technology solution and how Citus has benefited from this feedback.  Resources  Learn more about MatrixCare at: https://www.matrixcare.com/ Find out more about Citus Health: https://www.citushealth.com/ Read the transcript of today’s episode Listen to more episodes of the Post-Acute POV  Disclaimer The content in this presentation or materials is for informational purposes only and is provided “as-is.” Information and views expressed herein, may change without notice. We encourage you to seek as appropriate, regulatory and legal advice on any of the matters covered in this presentation or materials. ©2021 by MatrixCare

In this episode of the Post-Acute POV, our host Kerri Harpole, RN, Director of Product Specialists at MatrixCare, sits down with Melissa Kozak, RN, Co-Founder and President at <a href="https://www.citushealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Citus Health</a> to discuss how technology is streamlining collaboration and communication in home-based care. Join Kerri and Melissa as they discuss one provider to another, the prevalence of communication issues in home-based care, the necessity of secure mobile messaging, how to encourage adoption of mobile technology, and more. Melissa details how clinical staff are overburdened and hungry for technology that will take away busy work and allow time for clinical hands-on care. Listen to their discussion below. <h2>Topics discussed during today’s episode:</h2> <ol> <li>[01:53 – 03:47]: Melissa provides her origin story as a registered nurse and how common pain points she experienced in the field prompted the genesis of Citus Health.</li> <li>[04:45 – 06:58]: Secondly, Melissa describes the prevalence of communication issues in home-based care.</li> <li>[7:44 – 10:34]: Next, Kerri presents the necessity of secure mobile messaging to streamline communication and Melissa discusses Citus’ purpose-built solution.</li> <li>[11:00 – 13:48]: Melissa then discusses the many use cases for Citus’ form center which uses app-less technology.</li> <li>[13:52 – 16:11]: Melissa details how mobile technology allows patients to communicate with their nurses and caregivers 24/7 which reduces readmissions.</li> <li>[16:52 - 21:48]: Next, Melissa describes how they’ve encouraged adoption and seen success due to a preexisting familiarity with mobile technology.</li> <li>[22:27 - 24:27]: Melissa shares how clinical staff are overburdened and hungry for technology that will take away busy work and allow time for clinical hands-on care.</li> <li>[24:46 - 27:47]: Melissa explains the importance of an inclusive solution that is user-friendly and helps a wide range of clinicians.</li> <li>[27:58 - 29:45]: Lastly, Melissa emphasizes the significance of listening to customers when building a technology solution and how Citus has benefited from this feedback.</li> </ol> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li>Learn more about MatrixCare at: <a href="https://www.matrixcare.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.matrixcare.com/</a></li> <li>Find out more about Citus Health: <a href="https://www.citushealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.citushealth.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.matrixcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/HH-podcast-transcript_Melissa-Kozak-Co-Founder-and-President-Citus-Health.docx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the transcript of today’s episode</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.matrixcare.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to more episodes of the Post-Acute POV</a></li> </ul> <h3>Disclaimer</h3> The content in this presentation or materials is for informational purposes only and is provided “as-is.” Information and views expressed herein, may change without notice. We encourage you to seek as appropriate, regulatory and legal advice on any of the matters covered in this presentation or materials. ©2021 by MatrixCare


                Streamlining collaboration in home-based care with Melissa Kozak, RN, Co-Founder and President, Citus Health
            

On this episode of the HomeCare Podcast, Melissa Kozak, CEO and co-founder of Citus Health, talks about patient and workforce engagement, care collaboration, interoperability and more.

Episode 27: Interoperability with Citus Health's Melissa Kozak