Best HIMSS Media Podcasts (2025)

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InterSystems presents: Leverage federal mandates to build an AI-ready data foundation 15:16

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Connected, actionable data is the backbone of intelligent automation, and successful AI adoption hinges on strong workflows, accurate data pipelines and early wins that build user trust. Learn how aligning interoperability requirements with enterprise strategy can help healthcare organizations drive efficiency and gain a competitive edge.…

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HIMSSCast: Filipino hospital turns EMR challenges into clinical wins 21:14

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In this episode of our series on APAC countries’ EMR implementation, Franklin Vibar, CIO of Asian Hospital and Medical Center in the Philippines, talks about how the hospital guided physicians and staff through the implementation of an EMR system and achieved 95% adoption.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Lessons on Hospital-at-Home from Virtua Health, Part 2 (brought to you by athenahealth) 25:18

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In the second of this three-part series we explore how Virtua Health's successful hospital-at-home program gained traction and scaled up in the post-pandemic years. The CIO of the New Jersey health system joins with its president of advanced care operations to offer their perspective.By HIMSS Media

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Commure presents: Connect your organization’s data from intake to invoice 16:09

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Documentation burden takes clinicians’ time away from patients, and fragmented point solutions can complicate workflows and lead to errors in billing. Discover how end-to-end AI-driven solutions can streamline workflows, reduce denials and improve patient experience across the healthcare ecosystem.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Indonesian hospitals’ journey from pen and paper to EMR adoption 40:57

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In this episode of our series on APAC countries’ EMR implementation, experts from three Indonesian hospitals discuss the complexities of digital migration, including securing clinician buy-in, integrating systems and connecting to SATUSEHAT.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Lessons on Hospital-at-Home from Virtua Health, Part 1 (brought to you by athenahealth) 27:50

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The CIO of the New Jersey health system joins with its president of advanced care operations for the first in a three-part series on its successful hospital-at-home program. In this episode, they describe how what started by necessity during the pandemic quickly grew into something more substantial.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: C-suite insights from the HIMSS AI Leadership Strategy Summit (brought to you by athenahealth) 47:08

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Recorded live in Chicago in collaboration with the Straight Outta Health IT podcast, join our hosts – alongside some special guests – for a wide-ranging discussion about targeting AI investments and aligning for strategic success.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Better practice follows real change in nurse managers' day-to-day tasks (brought to you by athenahealth) 10:57

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Once spending more than 60% of their time on administrative tasks, nurse managers using scheduling and staffing technologies are positioned to support their teams, says Jessica Potts, SSM's senior director of workforce strategy and operations.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: 340B program oversight transition to CMS brings significant changes to hospitals 11:15

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These may include stricter eligibility criteria, increased reporting requirements and potential reductions in reimbursement.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: How TEFCA is poised to thrive (brought to you by athenahealth) 9:35

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Seamless digital onboarding, longitudinal record sharing and AI-assisted care navigation is voluntary, but not optional., according to Bob Watson, CEO of Health Gorilla.By HIMSS Media

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Trend Micro presents: Anticipate and thwart evolving AI-powered cyberattacks 16:20

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From phishing to prompt injecting to PHI leaks via consumer AI models, AI tools are reshaping healthcare cyber risks. Learn how frameworks like OWASP can help CISOs and IT teams bolster their defenses to protect organizations’ AI, data and cloud assets.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: A frontline understanding of the Trump AI Action Plan (brought to you by athenahealth) 17:18

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Lora Sparkman, VP of patient safety and quality at Relias, explains why healthcare orgs should join federal 'sandboxes' to help shape policy, prepare the workforce and stay on top of compliance and ethics.By HIMSS Media

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SmarterDX presents: Discover a smarter, AI-enabled fix for billing waste 19:31

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Healthcare is losing some $250 billion a year to billing inefficiencies. Smarter Technologies President Michael Gao, MD, explains how blending advanced AI with human expertise can turn revenue cycle from a liability into a strategic asset.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: 2025 and beyond: AI, cloud tools, RPM and wearables (brought to you by athenahealth) 16:15

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Michael Orlando, corporate and IP transactions attorney at Sheppard Mullin and a member of the firm's digital health team, offers a deep dive into where he sees these technologies headed – and challenges healthcare organizations must overcome.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: New survey shows how AI is helping clinicians manage admin overload 20:27

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An AI tech CEO walks through a comprehensive look at the problems doctors and nurses identify as most stressing and the ways artificial intelligence is helping the caregivers tackle the challenges.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: How states can make Medicaid programs more cost-efficient 10:55

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In light of federal Medicaid cuts, states need greater efficiency to stretch every Medicaid dollar.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: A look at the new 340B rebate model issues by HRSA’s Office of Pharmacy Affairs 14:05

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What hospitals need to do to prepare.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: What insurer modernization efforts look like for providers 12:38

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Payers have committed to streamlining the prior authorization process, but will this make a difference in the revenue cycle?By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Previewing the HIMSS AI Leadership Strategy Summit in Chicago 19:05

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The forum, scheduled for Sept. 18-19 in Chicago, will focus on AI strategy for the healthcare C-suite. For the first time, HIMSSCast will be simulcasting from the event, with the Straight Outta Health IT podcast. Host Christopher Kunney joins us for a preview.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Unpacking the EMR experience in Australia's public health sector 19:58

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In the second episode of our conversations with APAC health IT leaders on their EMR experience, we dive into the complexities of the technology's implementation down under. Our guests share insights on navigating challenges like interoperability, third-party integrations and data exchange journeys. They also discuss the impact of statewide consulta…

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HIMSSCast: Integris Health gets huge urgent care wins with AI 10:28

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Chief Ambulatory Executive Blake Windham shows how urgent care visit time has been driven down, patient experience has been improved and overall expense-per-visit is down thanks in part to artificial intelligence.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: An innovative new AI algorithm is transforming precision pediatrics 23:50

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The application, developed at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, can search EHRs and uncover data to identify kids who may have undiagnosed or rare conditions – and then refer them for genetic testing, helping them and their families find answers and get necessary care sooner.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: What we learned at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum 22:33

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From Brooklyn, HIMSS leaders discuss the excitement and challenges facing artificial intelligence as its healthcare applications evolve at a rapid clip.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Personalizing Cedars Sinai's virtual visits with AI 22:46

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When patients complete Cedars-Sinai's artificial intelligence-assisted virtual urgent care clinic intake questions via structured chat, the AI provides clinicians with diagnoses and treatment plan recommendations.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Five strategies for sustaining momentum with AI investments 13:48

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Ernst & Young Health AI and Data Leader Sezin Palmer explains how healthcare organizations should be strategic and selective, use what they have first, build with value and scale in mind, retool available talent, and partner effectively.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Finding EMR success in Malaysia 26:14

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Kicking off a six-part series on EMR implementation in APAC, this first episode features guests from two Malaysian hospitals sharing lessons and successes from their organizations’ decades-long digital transformation journeys.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: How care operating systems help health systems improve efficiency and care delivery 14:00

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Josh Clark, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's VP of quality and safety operating systems, targets the problem care operating systems aim to solve and explains how they also help improve workforce engagement and satisfaction.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Don't be afraid to train nurses with VR and genAI 29:16

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Dr. Tina Scott, North Carolina Central University's director of experiential learning for nursing, explains how a flexible virtual reality platform leveraging artificial intelligence improves nursing students' confidence, case prioritization skills and more.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Texas university physician pioneering MD/MS in AI dual degree 20:12

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Dr. Ronald Rodriguez of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio discusses why AI is so important to medical education today and how he foresees his groundbreaking dual degree program influencing the industry.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Explore nursing data’s value across the organization 21:17

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Nurses may underestimate the importance of the data they collect every day, from vital signs to treatment responses; however, this information goes beyond supporting immediate care to impacting workflows and protocols throughout the hospital. Learn how nurses can better understand data and use it to improve patient care and drive innovation in this…

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HIMSSCast: How the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rules affect healthcare transactions 12:16

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FTC, DOJ now requiring more information about mergers and acquisitions before they occurBy HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Three key areas of healthcare cybersecurity defense 9:29

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Peyman Zand, chief strategy officer at healthcare consulting firm CereCore, dives into artificial intelligence boosts, virtual CISOs' expertise and device management tactics.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Investing in primary care that delivers results for employers 13:07

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The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance makes new models of coordinated care attractiveBy HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: What Trump's first 100 Days suggest for AI and health IT regulation 25:16

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With a big restructuring at HHS, a new executive order on AI and plenty of other changes in policy and regulation, a healthcare attorney offers some perspective for health IT developers trying to chart a strategic course for the years ahead.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Breaking down silos by uniting primary and specialty care 12:07

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How a personal experience with the healthcare system created a new focus on technology and integration in pediatric care.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: How tech dealmaking can help with the labor shortage and much more 12:38

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James McHugh, managing director of research and consulting firm BRG, discusses his firm's new research that shows providers considering deal activity to address challenges and opportunities with AI, cybersecurity and digitization.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Building trust between doctors and data analysts 24:06

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Dr. Vinay Vaidya, Phoenix Children's Hospital's CMIO and Dr. Wendy Bernatavicius, division chief, explain how collaboration improved patient care by surfacing EHR data in dashboards that clinicians helped build.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: The big AI findings in Accenture's TechVision 2025 report 9:55

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Accenture's Global Health Technology Lead Andy Truscott discusses integrating data and AI to improve decision making and patient experiences, training staff to lead AI adoption, creating trustworthy AI, and much more.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Should all healthcare organizations have an AI plan? 27:19

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A recent WSJ journal op-ed made the case that not all businesses need to be embracing AI – in fact, some shouldn't. Does the same hold true for healthcare? A look at the pros and cons of artificial intelligence adoption from a biz school academic's perspective.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: The key to patient engagement is personalization 11:54

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Upfront Healthcare worked with Hartford Healthcare to hyper-personalize digital outreach, closing gaps in care.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: The top priorities of the combined ATA Action and DTA 18:17

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Kyle Zebley, head of ATA Action, and Andy Molnar, head of digital health at ATA Action, dig into four of their top concerns after ATA Action recently acquired the former Digital Therapeutics Alliance.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: How health systems can find AI's opportunity and promise 16:21

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Tom Kiesau, chief innovation officer and leader, digital and technology transformation, at healthcare consulting firm Chartis, shows how AI will address the nation's rapidly aging population amidst ever-increasing financial pressures.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: A consultant expert on improving the patient experience and practitioner workflows 12:08

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Chris Whelchel, CEO of HealthTok, discusses overcoming challenges healthcare organizations face in adopting new technologies and how emerging technologies like AI are transforming healthcare.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: The innovations and barriers of genomics 17:02

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The cost versus the clinical insightsBy HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Lessons from UNC, Part 3 - How data governance paves way for AI success 32:26

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In the third episode of our three-part series, UNC analytics director Greg Kuhnen is joined by his colleague Ram Rimal for a discussion about artificial intelligence must-haves.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Lessons from UNC, Part 2 - Governance as a Strategic Force 20:49

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Once you've got a handle on your data – where it is, who needs it and how it can be accessed – it's time to put it all to work. Greg Kuhnen, system director for analytical solutions at UNC Health Care, offers some insights.By HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Lessons from UNC, Part 1 - Data Governance Fundamentals 20:18

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Greg Kuhnen, system director for analytical solutions at UNC Health Care, offers an up-close look at the health system's years of hard work to make the most of its data – and explains how HIMSS Analytics maturity models have helped.By HIMSS Media

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Ping Identity & ProofID presents: How to build stronger identity and access management strategies 14:43

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Bridging your organizational silos can help drive digital modernizationBy HIMSS Media

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HIMSSCast: Cutting-edge digital health tech enhances brain health 18:09

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Casey Bennett, chair of the health informatics program at Chicago's DePaul University, runs a lab creating technology to aid brain health – everything from robots to wearables and IOT devices to virtual reality and AI to adaptive robotic pets.By HIMSS Media

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Trend Micro presents: Get a look at 2025’s upcoming cybersecurity trends 23:46

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AI has been a major factor in cybersecurity strategies in 2024, and that will continue into 2025. However, cybercriminals are also continuing to pursue traditional phishing and social engineering methods to exploit vulnerable users. Jon Clay, Trend Micro’s VP of Threat Intelligence, offers insights into how organizations can strengthen their defens…