The Rise of the Patient Informaticist with Grace Vinton

What if the most valuable healthcare expert in the room is the patient?

Host Rosa Hart sits down with Grace Vinton, PR pro, patient advocate, and host of HITea With Grace, to talk about what happens when patients stop being treated as passive recipients of care and start being recognized as informaticists in their own right.

Grace shares the near-death experience that sparked her advocacy, the story behind coining the term "patient informaticist," and why paying patients and caregivers for their time and expertise is overdue. She also lays out her billion-dollar vision for a healthcare consumer community investment fund built around real stories, real people, and real priorities.

In this episode:

Coining the term "patient informaticist"

How technology made patients "CEOs of their care experience"

Fair market pay for patient and caregiver expertise

The billion-dollar question: investing in a healthcare consumer community

Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction & welcome to guest Grace

2:03 – Grace's near-death health journey and how it sparked her passion for patient advocacy

4:51 – Coining the term "patient informaticist"