Live from HLTH 2025, Nathan C sits down with six healthcare innovation leaders to discuss the technologies reshaping patient care, clinical operations, and prevention. This rapid-fire speed round captures emerging themes across the industry—from AI-driven diagnostics to workforce transformation and patient-centered design.

The Guests:

• 00:26 Dave Wessinger | PointClickCare – Care coordination
• 06:50 Dr. Patricia Hayes | Imagine Pediatrics – Pediatric primary care innovation
• 13:46 Dr. John Showalter | Linus Health – Early detection and cognitive health AI
• 20:30 Kent Dicks | Life365 – Social determinants of health & elderly care
• 27:40 Dr. Lior Rauschberger | Gene by Gene – Genomic sequencing & precision medicine
• 34:24 Dr. Colin Banas | DrFirst – Medication data & clinical decision support

Key Insights:

AI & Prevention Over Reaction
The collective view is clear: healthcare is shifting from treating disease to predicting it. Early detection tools, cognitive health AI, and genomic analysis are moving the needle on prevention—but only if clinicians actually use them. The challenge isn't the technology; it's adoption and trust.

Workforce Is the Bottleneck
Every leader pointed to the same problem—clinician burnout, staffing shortages, and fragmented workflows. Technology that reduces documentation burden and improves efficiency at the point of care wins. Technology that adds steps loses.

Data Silos Block Better Outcomes
Medication data, genomic data, social determinants—it all lives in different systems. The winners are those connecting these dots, giving clinicians a 360-degree view of the patient. Fragmented data = fragmented care.

Long-Term Care & Seniors Are Underserved
Senior living, pediatrics, and geriatric care all face unique challenges. The organizations innovating here are building for the realities of these populations—not applying one-size-fits-all solutions from acute care.

Patient Activation Is the Missing Ingredient
Data and tools mean nothing if patients don't engage. The leaders bridging clinical innovation with patient behavior change are seeing real outcomes—and real revenue growth.

Why This Moment Matters:

HLTH 2025 revealed a field at an inflection point. The leaders doing well aren't chasing hype. They're solving real problems—clinician time, patient outcomes, data access—with pragmatic solutions.

They're also candid about what AI can and can't do, and how organizational adoption (not just technology) drives impact.

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