James Wellman, VP and CIO of Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home, and Vik Patel, COO of Tido, as they explore advancing data integration, operational efficiency, and patient care. Learn what happens when a healthcare IT partnership transcends traditional vendor relationships to become a true team extension, and discover how trust-based partnerships drive success in healthcare IT. Don't miss this engaging solution showcase.
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Now, onto our interview
Vik Patel and James Wellman. [: 00:01:00
Vik Patel COO of Teedo Inc. Teedo is a comprehensive healthcare IT solution provider specializing in modernizing healthcare environments. Securing interface infrastructures and enabling real time data connectivity. We're here today to tell some amazing stories about the work you two have done. Welcome to the show.
Thanks Sarah. Great to be here.
Absolutely. I'm going to start with the obvious. And can you both share how your initial meeting at HIMSS sparked the idea for collaboration and what made you decide to explore the Teedo product suite together?
Well, you know, I can kind of start us out there. Vik reached out to me prior to HIMSS.
We connected through LinkedIn. And we started talking found we had some common things from our past
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I was telling him what we needed. But we met in person at HIMSS with his team and kind of started forging a relationship there. So, it's about relationships. So that was a really important component for
Yeah, and that was exciting meeting in person and I say that because you know, I have been following James on LinkedIn for a while and
We've been talking through the messaging and and I was like, hey, let's meet finally last year.
And so that was nice like I said, we both went to University of Kentucky We both lived in Lexington, Kentucky for a long time and which by the way I mean this year in Vegas March Madness should be a lot more fun You know, Kentucky's doing really well for all the basketball fans out there.
Well, last time I checked, y'all were ranked 8th nationally, so I guess it's okay to say go Wildcats.
We have hope and hope, too. Love it.
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I can say for me, it's a core component of who I am.
far as a CIO it's a relationship game. If I just wanna bu
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