Molly McCarthy

The Smart Care Team Spotlight

In a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the challenges faced by clinicians are mounting. Join host Molly McCarthy MBA RN-BC, former US Microsoft CNO, as she leads captivating conversations with today’s health leaders about the game-changing potential of AI and Ambient Intelligence for care teams.
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21 October 2026

Episode #74: AI Isn’t Coming. It’s Already Here, with Amy McCarthy, Chief Nursing Officer at Hippocratic AI

Nursing belongs in the room where AI gets designed!In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Amy McCarthy, Chief Nursing Officer at Hippocratic AI, returns two and a half years after her first appearance to talk about what the move from hospital leadership into industry actually taught her. She walks Molly through Nurse Copilot, the company’s inpatient product, which nurses across the...

07 October 2026

Episode #73: From a Napkin to a Smart Patch: Innovation Starts at the Bedside, with Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, nurse researcher and assistant professor at Montana State University's Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing

A question from a grieving parent that a research nurse couldn't answer became a smart patch the size of a quarter!In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, nurse researcher and assistant professor at Montana State University's Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing, traces how two clinical trial families redirected her entire line of inquiry. She walks through the...

23 September 2026

Episode #72: Built by Nurses, for Nurses: Rebuilding the Staffing Model from the Outside In, with Jessica Sylvester, founder and CEO of Humla

The staffing model broke in front of her, so she left to rebuild it!In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Jessica Sylvester, founder and CEO of Humla, traces the path from directing emergency services at a Minneapolis trauma center to building a digital marketplace that connects health systems directly with W-2 nurses. She took that role a month before COVID arrived and spent the...

09 September 2026

Episode #71: Your Hospital Has the Technology. Is It Actually Smart?, with Lorren Pettit and Steve Lieber from the Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence

What does it really take to become a smart hospital?In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Molly McCarthy welcomes two healthcare executives from the Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence, Lorren Pettit, Chief Executive Officer, and Steve Lieber, Executive Chairman, to talk about the Smart Hospital Maturity Model and how it can help healthcare organizations understand where they are...

26 August 2026

Episode #70. Don’t Let AI Define Nursing, with Molly K. McCarthy, MBA, BSN, RN-NI, FAAN

The future of healthcare depends not just on better technology, but on nurses being brave enough to shape it.In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, host Molly McCarthy, MBA, RN-BC, a former US Microsoft CNO, delivers an NYU commencement address where she shares how her mother’s cancer journey inspired her to become a nurse and shaped her belief in the power of human-centered care. She...

10 June 2026

Episode #69. What the Map Misses: Research, AI, and the Fight for Health Equity, with Dr. Bridgette Rice

From bedside care to system-wide change, this conversation traces how clinical experience can drive research and health equity impact.In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Dr. Bridgette Rice, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation at Villanova University, discusses her journey from neonatal intensive care nursing to becoming a nationally recognized researcher and leader focused on...

20 May 2026

Episode #68. From AI Hype to Real Impact: A Blueprint for Healthcare Transformation Part II

What happens when AI in healthcare stops assisting and starts practicing?In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, host Molly McCarthy partners with the Healthcare on Air podcast by Verizon, and along with its hosts Robin Goldsmith and Brian Urban, they welcome Geisinger’s Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, Chief Medical Officer of Strategy and Growth, Tim Fitzgerald, Chief Strategy Officer, and Susan...

06 May 2026

Episode #67. The Power of Nurses: From Caregivers to Healthcare Architects

What if the people best positioned to fix healthcare are the ones who’ve been closest to the problem all along?In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, Mary Lou Ackerman, Vice President of Innovation and Digital Health with Saint Elizabeth Health Care, and Nico Gennaro Sciasci, Chief Executive Officer of SONSIEL, discuss how “The Power of Nurses” lies in their ability to influence change...

22 April 2026

Episode #66. From AI Hype to Real Impact: A Blueprint for Healthcare Transformation Part I

What if the biggest breakthrough in healthcare innovation isn’t AI, but how we choose to use it?In this episode of the Smart Care Team Spotlight, host Molly McCarthy partners with the Healthcare on Air podcast by Verizon, and along with its hosts Robin Goldsmith and Brian Urban, they welcome Geisinger’s Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, Chief Medical Officer of Strategy and Growth, and Tim Fitzgerald, Chief...

08 April 2026

Episode #65. Hearts, Minds, Wallets, and Watches: A Better Framework for Healthcare Innovation with Mike Higgins, Executive in Residence at the Health Management Academy

What if the secret to becoming a trusted advisor in healthcare isn’t expertise, but how well you listen, serve, and show up?In this episode, Mike Higgins, Executive in Residence at the Health Management Academy and an advisor to several other healthcare companies, connects his leadership style to early lessons in empathy and service from his family’s funeral business, which carried into his...