This Week Health with Jonathan Hatfield, Klickitat Valley Health

Host Reid Stephan, VP and CIO at St. Lukes, speaks with Jonathan Hatfield, CEO at Klickitat Valley Health. Jonathan recounts his journey from janitor to CEO and discusses KVH's transition to a single cloud-based EHR system, MEDITECH Expanse. The discussion also explores how using a subscription model supports independence, and the benefits of a consolidated EHR system, touching on clinician satisfaction, cybersecurity, and operational agility. The future of rural healthcare is further examined with a focus on natural language processing, ambient voice technology, and robotic process automation.