HeyJaredThe Practice Leader Podcast
Hosted by Paul Richards, President of ASCENT and Director of Otolaryngology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and Zed Williamson, Founder and CEO of Physician Growth Accelerator, The Practice Leader Podcast is designed for one audience: the medical practice…
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Joe Goldstein on the AI Tools Rewriting Practice Workflows (opens the original)
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You've heard about AI nonstop. Maybe you're dabbling, maybe you're all in, maybe you've quietly decided to wait it out...either way, the tools you tested twelve months ago barely resemble what's available now. Paul and Zed sit down with Joe Goldstein of OCSIT, recorded alongside his AI bootcamp at the ASCENT Conference, to sort out what's changed and what it means for a practice. Joe explains why free and paid models produce dramatically different results, how plugins now build spreadsheets, dec
Building Your ENT Practice Leadership Playbook (opens the original)
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If you haven't registered for the ASCENT annual meeting yet, it's probably for one of three reasons: Too busy Nervous about asking for the investment You doubt you'll actually implement anything you learn. This episode takes each of those head-on. Zed and Paul sit down with Drew Franklin, Ascent's president-elect and chief strategy officer for Albany ENT, along with a candid perspective from Dr. Gavin Setzen, to make the honest case for what a practice administrator really walks away with. Paul
People Come First, Mission Comes Always (opens the original)
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When every day feels like scrambling from one task to the next, it's easy to shut your door, put your head down, and forget the people the work is actually for. This episode is a reminder that busyness and people aren't a binary choice, and that even when you're busy, you're busy for someone. In this episode, Zed and Paul sit down with Lieutenant Colonel Bo "Guvna" McGowan, fighter pilot and keynote speaker for the upcoming Ascent Conference, to talk about why people really matter and how that c
AI in Medical Practices: HIPAA Risks, Smart Adoption, and the Long Game (opens the original)
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AI can feel like a mountain, especially in a highly regulated space like healthcare, and the instinct is either to avoid it entirely or go all in on it. Both, it turns out, are a mistake. In this episode, Zed and Paul sit down with Sarah Wimberley, an upcoming Ascent Conference speaker, to talk through what it actually means to keep a human in the loop as AI moves into medical practices. Sarah unpacks the hidden compliance traps that catch practices off guard, from AI scribes to the meeting-reco
Stop Struggling Alone - How Confident Leaders Ask for Help (opens the original)
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Somewhere along the way, a lot of practice administrators picked up the belief that struggling through with the hand you were dealt is the noble thing to do. It isn't. It's just a faster road to burnout. In this episode, Zed and Paul sit down with Lee Silber, speaker, author, and creativity expert, to unpack why asking for help is a sign of strength rather than weakness, and how confidence is a muscle you build rather than a switch you flip. Lee walks through the generational differences shaping
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