Best Vik Patel Podcasts (2025)

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Executive Interview: Preventing Your IT Problems Before They Happen with Vik Patel 19:23

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September 12, 2025: When a Kentucky hospital's IT challenges sparked a solution that now prevents problems before they happen, what could that mean for the future of healthcare operations? Vik Patel, COO of Tido, reveals how his team reduced issue diagnosis time from over an hour to just 60 seconds—but is this level of automation creating anxiety a…

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Newsday: Virtual Care Integration, EHR AI, and Rural Healthcare with Jacob Hansen 31:20

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September 22: Today on Newsday Sarah and Drex speak with Jacob Hansen, Chief Product and Technology Officer at AvaSure, about virtual care, AI, and more from the news. Jacob highlights the company's focus on inpatient care, virtual observation, and AI solutions. They address the rising expectation for tangible ROI from EHR AI projects, the importan…

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Executive Interview: Breaking Through Healthcare's Analysis Paralysis with Rich Waller 17:42

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September 19, 2025: Rich Waller, President and CEO of WellStack, tackles a startling healthcare reality: nearly 100% of organizations say data analytics is mission-critical, yet less than 20% actually trust their data foundation. What's driving this widening gap, and how is AI making the problem worse? Rich reveals how healthcare leaders can escape…

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Flourish: Behind Frenemy Lines - Breaking Down Toxic Workplaces with Amber Tichenor 35:58

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September 16, 2025: What happens when brilliant women walk out and toxic ones stay? Amber Tichenor, PhD, organizational psychologist, speaker, and author of "Behind Frenemy Lines," exposes the hidden reality of female rivalry plaguing healthcare workplaces. From high-stakes environments at NASA and IBM to today's nursing units, Amber reveals how sh…

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Newsday: Possible Government Shutdown and Epic's Big Ambient Push with Ryan Bengtson 37:16

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September 15, 2025: Patients now walk into doctors' offices armed with AI-generated diagnoses and treatment plans—but what happens when ChatGPT becomes your primary care physician? Ryan Bengtson, CEO and Board member at Panda Health, joins the This Week Health team to dive into this shifting dynamic while confronting an imminent government shutdown…

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Flourish Sound Bytes: Teaching Daughters to Lead in AI - A Healthcare Tech Mom's Guide for Tomorrow 18:54

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September 11, 2025: What happens when an 11-year-old defines AI better than most executives? Meet Harper Schmidt, who calls AI "hollow - the absence of life, but also an idea maker." In this groundbreaking episode of Flourish Sound Bytes, healthcare tech entrepreneur Kristen Schmidt and her daughter Harper reveal why we're dangerously unprepared fo…

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Newsday: Healthcare Under Siege - Cybersecurity Expert Ed Gaudet on AI Threats & Third-Party Risks 32:40

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September 8, 2025: Ed Gaudet, CEO and Founder of Censinet, joins the This Week Health team for the news. When SalesLoft's Drift chatbot breach exposes over 700 companies through a single API vulnerability, it raises an unsettling question: are we witnessing a preview of something much larger? The security experts shift seats and play the role of th…

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Flourish Sound Bytes: From 11 Data Centers to Zero with Healthcare IT Leader Tyler Barhydt 18:55

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September 4, 2025: In this inaugural episode of Flourish Sound Bytes, Sarah Richardson sits down with Tyler Barhydt, a seasoned technology executive who led a remarkable cloud transformation journey. Tyler shares how his organization, Envision Healthcare, went from 11 data centers to nearly zero, the unexpected benefits of the Broadcom/VMware situa…

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Executive Interview: Finding the Hidden Costs of Healthcare's Digital Transformation with Mitch Duff 16:33

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September 3, 2025: Mitch Duff, Founder & Managing Member at EHC Consulting, reveals how his team tackles one of healthcare's most critical challenges: modernizing legacy IT infrastructure. Drawing from a decade of experience moving Epic EHR systems to the cloud, Mitch explores whether healthcare organizations are truly ready for the digital transfo…

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From Dashboards to Doorsteps: Guthrie’s Vision for Proactive Patient Care 25:43

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Send us a text Guest: Dr. Robb Kruklitis, Chief Clinical Officer at Guthrie Clinic Host: Vik Patel In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik welcomes Dr. Robb Kruklitis, Chief Clinical Officer at Guthrie Clinic. In this episode, Vik sits down with Dr. Robb Kruklitis to explore Guthrie Clinic’s innovative remote patient monitoring (RPM) initi…

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The Agile Health System: Infrastructure, AI, and Leadership in Motion 37:40

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Send us a text Guest: Shane Rodabaugh, System VP of IT & Infrastructure, Baptist Health KY & IN Host: Vik Patel In this episode, Vik welcomes Shane Rodabaugh to discuss infrastructure modernization, cloud strategy, AI readiness, and leadership in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment. They begin with a look at Baptist Health’s current infrastru…

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Doing More with Less: Candid Insights on AI, Team Culture & Trust 50:18

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Send us a text Guest: Lance Alston, Director of IT, Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home Host: Vik Patel On this episode, Vik welcomes Lance Alston, Director of IT at Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home, for a candid conversation on leading with resilience, trust, and innovation in a resource-constrained healthcare environment. Lance sha…

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Code AI: Real Talk from the ER to the CMIO's Desk—On Tech, Trust & Trailblazing Women in Health IT 45:06

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Send us a text Vik sits down with the one and only Dr. Michelle Flemmings — ER doc, health tech leader, and all-around powerhouse. 💥 In this episode, she gets real about: ⚡ What it’s really like working with AI in the ER 🤯 How CIOs and CMIOs can calm the chaos around AI adoption 🚫 AI Hype vs. reality 💪 Her mission to elevate women in healthcare lea…

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How trust-based partnerships drive success in healthcare IT 32:47

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Send us a text 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…

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Practical AI, Data Governance, and Tech modernization with Sarah Richardson, This Week Health 33:16

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Send us a text Vik Patel, COO at Tido Inc. joins Sarah for the news. Vik shares his journey from hospital IT to founding Tido Inc., discussing the nuanced challenges of integrating AI and the role of strong governance frameworks in avoiding unintended biases. Together, we tackle questions of strategic prioritization, from the intricacies of data mi…

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The Data Dilemma: AI, Governance, and Interoperability in Healthcare with a CIO Veteran 42:10

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Send us a text In this episode of This Week In Health Tech, Vik Patel welcomes Mark Farrow, a CIO veteran with experience of leading IT teams at large academic health systems and also community health system. This episode is very in-depth real world discussions about data challenges, AI governance and interoperability in healthcare. Mark starts out…

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Driving Operational Excellence in Health Systems: Strategic Alignment of AI, Data, and Resources 32:51

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Send us a text In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik Patel, COO, Tido Inc. welcomes James Wellman, VP-CIO at Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home. They discuss topic of achieving operational excellence using the right combination of data, integration, AI, and resources. Healthcare organizations can drive operational efficiency throu…

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Future-Forward Healthcare Digital Engagement: Kevin Smith's Insights on AI Strategies and Life Beyond Google Analytics 43:32

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Send us a text In this episode of This Week in Health Tech episode, Vik welcomes Kevin Smith, AVP, Digital Health, Baptist Health. We focus on impact of AI in healthcare marketing. We start out talking about future AI phones and Google, Search Generative Experience SGE. Kevin provides some background of Baptist Health digital properties and how sit…

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How to adapt your web-mobile-social media digital strategy to changing landscapes? 39:44

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Send us a text In this episode of This Week in Health Tech podcast, we welcome Barry Wallace, digital communications specialist at East Tennessee Children's Hospital. We start out by discussing a marketing / digital communications team structure and then content generation. Vik and Barry discuss if ChatGPT AI tools help with content generation. AI …

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Digital Health Strategy 44:17

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Send us a text In this episodes of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and John discuss digital health strategy for healthcare organizations. They dive into different categories for digital health: virtual care, accessing health information, interoperability, innovation. For virtual care, organizations need to now consider remote patient monitoring on to…

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HIMSS23 Conference Insights: Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in healthcare 34:25

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Send us a text In this episode of This week in Health Tech, Vik and John discuss HIMSS23 conference and insights gained at the conference. The main highlight at the conference was Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Vik and John discuss few AI implementations in Healthcare including Epic, Microsoft, Google, Nuance, and more. Web…

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How can health systems maximize operational efficiency using digital tools and minimize lost revenue? Special Offer in this episode for Health Systems. 38:28

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Send us a text In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and John discuss healthcare financial challenges as they grapple with inflation, staffing shortages, and low margins. 85% of health system leaders expect staffing challenges to significantly impact 2023 strategies. Vik and John discuss how do you mitigate these challenges. One way is t…

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Freeing up clinical staff from diagnosing and reporting system issues to focus on patients 38:20

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Send us a text In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, we welcome Johnathan Klaus to cohost the episode. John is an experienced nurse and has worked in large academic medical center for many years in the cardiac department. He brings wealth of clinical knowledge to the team and we welcome him to cohost the podcast. Jimmy Kim is obviously still…

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TownHall is Moving 3:33

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January 31: Today on TownHall, Bill talks about the decision to consolidate channels and move the TownHall show to the Conference channel. You can subscribe to the Conference channel here: https://thisweekhealth.com/this-week-health-conference/By This Week Health

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Extended Reality: Building the Groundwork for Community Around Emerging Technology 19:17

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January 26: Today on TownHall Jake Lancaster, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care talks with Mark Zhang, Associate CMIO at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Medical Director at Brigham Digital Innovation Hub about the emerging technology extended reality. In this episode they discuss how Mark came to found the American …

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How Federally Qualified Health Centers Utilize Technology to Serve the Underserved 13:58

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January 24: Today on TownHall Reid Stephan, VP and CIO at St. Lukes talks with Ray Lowe, SVP & CIO at AltaMed about FQHCs and how AltaMed has utilized technology to increase access to care. As a former rocket scientist, does Ray see Healthcare IT as harder or easier than rocket science? What are FQHCs and why are they important? How is Ray using te…

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How an Organization Acted Rapidly to Adapt During the Height of the Pandemic 16:08

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January 19: Today on TownHall Linda Yang, CIO, talks with Erin Osbourn, Former CIO for the NY Hotel Trades Council & Hotel Assoc. of NYC Employee Benefit Funds about how her team supported the organization and the effects on the organization by the critical period of the pandemic. What were some of the unexpected impacts of the pandemic that she sa…

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Implementing an Open Forum to Keep Your IT Team Informed & Engaged 22:25

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January 17: Today on TownHall, Brett Oliver, Family Physician and Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Health speaks with Tricia Julian, Chief Information Officer at Baptist Health about the challenges and successes of her IT in their organization as well as a meeting method they use to keep employees informed. What has surprised her the mo…

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How to Foster Creative Thinking and Participation in Our New Hybrid World 31:22

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January 12: Today on TownHall Linda Yang, CIO, talks with Teri Cox, Consultant, Life Strategist, Author, and Speaker about her work on some key projects over the years and tips on how to keep the innovative thinking alive in a hybrid or remote setting. What key projects has she been a part of and how is one project related to her time as a caretake…

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How One System is Using Robots to Remove the Routine and Decrease Nurse Burnout 16:46

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January 10: Today on TownHall Reid Stephan, VP and CIO at St. Lukes talks with Aaron Miri, SVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Baptist Health about their implementation of two Moxi robots to help alleviate their burnout and staffing issues. What was Aaron’s career path to his role at Baptist Health today? How did the implementation of the M…

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How Governance Helps Solve the Complexities of Healthcare Data and It's Modernization 13:28

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January 5: Today on TownHall Linda Yang, CIO, talks with Heidi Waldschmidt, Sr. Director - IT Program Management of Tivity Health about data modernization. What does the environment look like for Tivity Health as they move into the cloud? How has working remotely impacted Tivity Health and how does Heidi work to stay connected with her team and wor…

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How to Connect Decision Support to Outcomes 22:01

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January 3: Today on TownHall Jake Lancaster, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care talks with Marc Tobias, MD, Founder & CEO of Phrase Health about connecting clinical decision support to outcomes. First Marc walks through his journey and how it led to the formation of Phrase Health. How do you ensure interventions are a…

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Interview in Action @ HLTH '22 - Suraj Kapa, MD, CMO & SVP of Healthcare, TripleBlind 14:22

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December 1: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from HLTH '22 with Suraj Kapa, MD the CMO & SVP of Healthcare at TripleBlind. As soon as you move data out of your four walls, you lose governance over how, when, why, and for what purpose that data is being used. The core thesis at TripleBlind is that privacy enforced dat…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Kris Nessa, VP of Product Engineering at Tivity Health 13:40

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December 28: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME with Kris Nessa, VP of Product Engineering at Tivity Health. Bill and Kris discuss Tivity’s consumer centered product line including their product for seniors called Silver Sneakers. How does Tivity get feedback from consumers? What are the components necessary…

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Interview in Action @ HLTH '22 - Justin Norden, MD, Partner at GSR Ventures 14:29

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December 27: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from HLTH ‘22 with Justin Norden, MD, Partner at GSR Ventures. What kinds of investments are health tech focused venture funds making in this current market?By This Week Health

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 Charles Christian, VP of Technology at Franciscan Health 17:39

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December 26: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME with Charles Christian, VP of Technology at Franciscan Health. What does the next generation of CIOs need to have in terms of skills, abilities, and temperament in order to be successful? What are some of the priorities that Franciscan Health is focusing on at …

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Fred Mills, National Director Americas Healthcare at Veritas 14:05

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December 23: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Fred Mills, National Director Americas Healthcare at Veritas. How can you take control of all your enterprise data and applications across any cloud, any environment and at any scale? Subscribe: This Week Health LinkedIn: Week Health Twitter: …

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TownHall: Five Years at This Week Health - In the Weeds with Your Community; A Look Back at TownHall 38:16

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December 23, 2023: Mobile health innovation doesn't have to be about reinventing the wheel. It can start with conversations. Today we sit down with our TownHall Hosts to celebrate the inaugural year of our This Week Health Community channel. Join Sue Schade, Principal, StarBridge Advisors, Mark Weisman, CIO & CMIO at TidalHealth, Reid Stephan, Vice…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Mike Detjen, COO at Mobile Heartbeat 10:08

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December 22: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Mike Detjen, COO at Mobile Heartbeat. How does Mobile Heartbeat get involved with health systems to solve their communication problems? How do they integrate with health systems so that they can get the most out of their solutions? How do they…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Jim Feen, CIO, CDO & SVP at Southcoast Health 10:47

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December 21: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Jim Feen, CIO, CDO & SVP at Southcoast Health. We explore how a non-profit, community based system goes back to basics with block and tackling of throughput and trying to care for patients who are showing up in our EDs.…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Audrius Polikaitis, CIO & AVP of Health Information Technology at UI Health 12:51

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December 20: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Audrius Polikaitis, CIO & AVP of Health Information Technology at UI Health (University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System). What is top of mind for Audrius’s academic medical center? How did the pandemic change their approach to …

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Kevin Starnes, CIO, The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care 9:10

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December 19: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Kevin Starnes, CIO, The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care. What does an orthopedic visit entail these days? How far have we come in the field of neurosurgical care? Subscribe: This Week Health LinkedIn: Week Health Twitter: This Week Heal…

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Interview in Action @ HLTH '22 - Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner at 7wire Ventures 16:36

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December 16: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from HLTH ‘22 with Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner at 7wire Ventures. What is Lee’s coaching to startups around the economic downturn that they're going to be facing over the next couple of years? What is his advice on leveraging being a trusted provider in order to take he…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Michael Saad, CIO & SVP at University of Tennessee Medical Center 12:29

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December 15: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Michael Saad, CIO & SVP at University of Tennessee Medical Center. What advancements are we making in the area of digital health and specifically AI and Machine Learning? Subscribe: This Week Health LinkedIn: Week Health Twitter: This Week Hea…

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Interview in Action @ HLTH '22 - Three Startups from Cedars Sinai Accelerator 19:06

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December 14: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from HLTH ‘22. In this episode Bill talks to three startups who went through the Cedars Sinai Accelerator: Wendy Morgan, President & Founder at Shift, Lauren Elliott, Founder & CEO at Candlelit, and Wim Kees Janssen, Co-Founder & CEO at Syntho. How is Shift helping nurse …

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Nick van Terheyden, MD, Principal ECG Management Consultants, & Podcast Host 13:55

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December 13: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Nick van Terheyden, MD, Principal ECG Management Consultants, & Podcast Host. What is radical incrementalism? The speed of change can still be fast, but it's taking small steps. Subscribe: This Week Health LinkedIn: Week Health Twitter: This W…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Mike Luessi, GM Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Business at ServiceNow 17:52

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December 12: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME with Mike Luessi, GM Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Business at ServiceNow. As Bill mentions, to him ServiceNow could be considered one of the most misunderstood services in the industry. What is their full lineup of services and what are some examp…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Shakeeb Akhter, CIO & SVP, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 14:03

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December 9: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME’s Fall Forum with Shakeeb Akhter, CIO & SVP at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. How are they transforming healthcare for kids, not just in Philly, but all over the world? What are they bringing to the fields of digital culture, eating culture and strategies,…

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Interview in Action @ CHIME '22 - Christian Carmody, CTO & SVP at UPMC 14:27

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December 8: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from CHIME with Christian Carmody, CTO & SVP at UPMC. Does being a leader in the field and always trying to stay on the cutting edge create its own set of challenges for UPMC? How are they utilizing AI and machine learning? How are they using data to address some of the so…

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Interview in Action @ HLTH '22 - Glen Tullman, CEO, Transcarent 12:34

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December 7: Today on the Community channel, it’s an Interview in Action live from HLTH with Glen Tullman, CEO of Transcarent. Healthcare is more confusing, more complex and more costly than ever before. And it’s getting worse. We’ve got to firstly, fix the experience and then secondly, the alignment. How is Transcarent is changing the face of healt…