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RADIO FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY Healthcare NOW Radio and Podcast Network offers discussions on the latest developments and trends impacting the industry including: health tech, health IT, healthcare innovation, healthcare policy, healthcare data security, telehealth, interoperability, biotech, med tech, value-based care, pharma, healthcare compliance, and much more. Shows are hosted by industry thought leaders. Guests are a "who's who" across the healthcare spectrum. The listening audience is predominantly physician and hospital-based, and the healthcare industry at large.
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- StandardSummaries onlyDesigning for Health: Interview with Bimal Desai, MD
Published Sep 29, 2026
On this episode host Dr. Craig Joseph is joined by Dr. Bimal Desai, Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Together, they explore the implications of AI on medical education, clinical decision-making, and the future role of physicians. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Healthtech Marketing Show: Why Splitting Brand and Demand Gen Will Sink Your Marketing Team
Published Sep 28, 2026
The Healthtech Marketing ShowIf you’ve ever wondered why splitting your brand budget from your demand gen budget always seems to end with brand getting cut first, this episode is for you. Host Adam Turinas sat down with Drew Neisser, founder of CMO Huddles, a peer community built exclusively for B2B CMOs with over 800 members, to dig into what’s actually changed for CMOs in the AI era, and what hasn’t. They talk about why AI is turning competent content into a commodity, and why that actually makes human judgment, humor, an
- StandardSummaries onlyThis Just In Radio: 2026 Fall Conference Preview with Tony Nunes
Published Sep 28, 2026
Tony NunesOn this episode, an encore of Justin invites back Tony Nunes, Senior Manager, Healthcare & Life Sciences at AMD to discuss the upcoming Fall conference schedule along with a sprinkle of AI wisdom. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”.
- StandardSummaries onlyRevenue Cycle Optimized: What’s Really Changing in Revenue Cycle? Voices from Becker’s
Published Sep 28, 2026
Revenue Cycle OptimizedWhat’s Really Changing in Revenue Cycle? Voices from Becker’s Stuart Newsome sits down with Infinx colleagues Heather Riley Swanson and Nathan Skorick following Becker’s to hear what stood out from their time at the conference. Drawing on sessions and conversations throughout the event, the group considers where AI and revenue cycle strategy appear to be heading and whether the conference messaging matches the problems health systems are trying to solve. Find all of our network podcasts on your
- StandardSummaries onlyThe AI Shift: Separating the Hype from Reality in the Healthcare AI with Sergei Polevikov
Published Sep 27, 2026
Sergei PolevikovSeparating the Hype from Reality in the Healthcare AI On this episode host Tom Foley invites Sergei Polevikov, author of "Advancing AI in Healthcare" and founder of FixHealth.ai. Exploring the current state and future potential of AI in healthcare, Sergei expresses skepticism about claims that AI will completely replace clinicians, citing weak evidence in many studies and emphasizing the need for proper peer review and regulatory oversight. However, AI could help address the growing gap between
- StandardSummaries onlyAI Amplified: What Your Voice Reveals Before You Do with Henry O'Connell from Canary Speech
Published Sep 23, 2026
S2E2: What Your Voice Reveals Before You Do, with Henry O'Connell, CEO and Co-Founder of Canary Speech On this episode, host Dr. Heather Bassett welcomes Henry O'Connell, CEO and Co-Founder of Canary Speech, to make the case that the human voice carries more diagnostic information than almost any other data source we're not yet using at scale. He walks through how Canary Speech evolved from analyzing structured, scripted speech to conversational speech, and eventually away from words altogether,
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Shahid Shah Show: Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating AI into Health Systems
Published Sep 20, 2026
The Shahid Shah ShowS1E10: The Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating AI into Health Systems On the episode host Shahid Shah addresses the difference between organizations that effectively implement AI and those that only create plans. The key to success is not the AI technology itself, but the organization's ability to identify and amplify its unique strengths, or "native alpha.". Shahid argues that health systems should focus on specific, measurable outcomes and use AI to enhance existing advantages rather t
- StandardSummaries onlyIn Practice: Research on AI’s Role in the Future of Ambulatory Care with Vlad Kozynchenko
Published Sep 14, 2026
Vlad KozynchenkoJenna Hagan Chats with Signify Research About AI’s Role in the Future of Ambulatory Care Host Jenna Hagan, vice president of revenue cycle national sales at NextGen Healthcare, talks with Vlad Kozynchenko, senior market analyst for Signify Research. They discuss AI’s role in the future of ambulatory care and consider how forward-thinking healthcare organizations are moving from isolated AI solutions toward connected, platform-based strategies. They also break down how thoughtfully implemented AI
- StandardSummaries onlyPopHealth Week: The Hard Truths About AI Innovation in Healthcare with Dr. Nick
Published Sep 13, 2026
On this episode co-creator and host Fred Goldstein, MS, President of Accountable Health, is joined by returning guest Nick van Terheyden, MD; (Dr. Nick) physician leader, digital health strategist, and veteran healthcare technology executive, for a candid, unscripted assessment of the AI gold rush sweeping healthcare. With every conference booth and startup pitch deck claiming AI-powered transformation, Dr. Nick brings a practitioner's eye to what actually works, what fails, and what the industr
- StandardSummaries onlyDigital Health Talks: Ambient AI for Nurses From Early Adopters to Standard Practice
Published Sep 12, 2026
Digital Health TalksAmbient AI for Nurses: From Early Adopters to Standard Practice Ambient AI earned its early reputation in the exam room, easing physician documentation. The bigger opportunity, and the harder build, is nursing. Geri Hansen, Vice President of IS Applications at Baptist Health and an informatics nurse by training, joins Megan Antonelli to talk about what it really takes to move ambient AI for nurses from early-adopter experiment to standard practice. They get into where it delivers value today, wh
- StandardSummaries onlyTalking the Walk: 3 Decades and a Passion for Patient Access to Health Data with Lee Barrett
Published Sep 12, 2026
Lee BarrettThree Decades and a Passion for Patient Access to Health Data On this episode host Tom Testa sits down with Lee Barrett, the new Executive Director for Carequality. Lee emphasizes his passion for patient access to health data and the importance of trust in the digital healthcare ecosystem. The discussion also covers the critical nature of trust, the challenges of digital identity and authentication in the face of AI-driven cyber threats, and the current lack of federal guardrails for AI. To stre
- StandardSummaries onlyNews In Two: Week of 9/13/2026
Published Sep 11, 2026
News In TwoAiring the week of 9/13/2026, news from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), The Sequoia Project, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Juno Health, SlicedHealth, CARPL.ai, GenServe.AI, Centauri Health Solutions, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, AvaSure, VirtuAlly
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Healthtech Marketing Show: From the Archive: Building an AI-First Marketing Team
Published Sep 11, 2026
The Healthtech Marketing ShowFrom the Archive: Building an AI-First Marketing Team How do you build an AI-first marketing team from the ground up, and get legal, compliance, and a skeptical staff on board with you? On this encore episode host Adam Turinas chats Nick Panayi, recorded when he was CMO at Inovalon. They go deep on how he and his digital marketing lead, Chris Marin, put an AI-first mindset into practice across every function of a 95-person marketing team. He walks through the real speed bumps: how he addressed l
- StandardSummaries onlyDigital Health Leaders: How Healthcare Orgs Create Real Capacity for Innovation with Shane Cronin
Published Sep 10, 2026
Shane CroninThe Discipline Behind Digital Transformation: How Healthcare Organizations Create Real Capacity for Innovation Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, welcomes Shane Cronin, Head of ITAM Services at SHI Healthcare, for a timely discussion on how digital health leaders are effectively creating the operational discipline necessary to sustain ongoing digital transformation. While AI and cloud modernization continue to dominate industry initiatives, many organizations are discovering that long-te
- StandardSummaries onlyThe AI Shift: The State of AI in Home Care Agencies with John Atkinson
Published Sep 6, 2026
John AtkinsonThe State of AI in Home Care Agencies with John Atkinson On this episode host Tom Foley invites John Atkinson, CTO of AxisCare to discuss their 4500 home healthcare provider clients and their adoption of AI through their platform. He shares that over half of the 4,500 clients have adopted AI features in the past nine months, with one AI feature analyzing over 7.7 million care notes in the last four weeks, saving an equivalent of 21,000 hours of work. Host Tom Foley encourages listeners to read A
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Shahid Shah Show: Caris Life Sciences Series - Part 3 of 3: The Future with Dr. Milan Radovich
Published Sep 3, 2026
The Shahid Shah ShowS1E9: Caris Life Sciences Series Part 3 of 3: The Future: AI and Large-scale Molecular Data Shaping Next-Generation Oncology Host Shahid Shah with his guest Dr. Milan Radovich, Senior VP and Chief Scientific Officer at Caris Life Sciences To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenow
- StandardSummaries onlyHealthcare Rap : Microsoft's Vision For Scaling AI in Healthcare
Published Aug 30, 2026
Healthcare RapMicrosoft's Vision For Scaling AI in Healthcare Mary Varghese Presti, Corporate VP of Microsoft Health and Life Sciences, discusses where consumer experience, nursing, and AI are colliding to create some interesting tailwinds for patients and clinicians. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Reach3’s new consumer health survey. What does the survey say about the use of digital health and wellness tools, and how does it help us to look at the data through the consumer lens? Find all of our n
- StandardSummaries onlyNews You Can Use: Special Edition with Phia Part 5 of 6
Published Aug 30, 2026
News You Can UseLimited Six Part Series: Straight Talk, Better Benefits with The Phia Group Join Dr. Nick and Adam Russo, CEO of The Phia Group for Part 5: AI Isn’t the Enemy, But Opaque Use Might Be AI use in healthcare is creating a growing trust divide. Patients increasingly self‑diagnose through chatbots while suspecting that insurers use the same technology to deny claims. Even the term “preferred provider” network is misleading, “contracted doctors” would be more accurate, since these networks reflect neg
- StandardSummaries onlyPopHealth Week:VA Secretary David Shulkin on Government Healthcare Can Teach the Private Sector
Published Aug 30, 2026
On this episode hosts Fred and Gregg welcome David Shulkin, MD who served as U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Trump and before that as VA Under Secretary for Health under President Obama. In this conversation Secretary Shulkin makes a counterintuitive argument: the VA's government-run, globally budgeted healthcare system is a model the private sector should be learning from, not dismissing. The discussion spans the VA's landmark hepatitis C elimination campaign, its AI-powered
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Healthtech Marketing Show: Why Social Selling Beats Cold Outreach and What Actually Works Now
Published Aug 30, 2026
The Healthtech Marketing ShowWhy Social Selling Beats Cold Outreach and What Actually Works Now On this episode host Adam Turinas closes out the four-part series on AI and sales enablement, and sits down with Tim Hughes, co-founder of DLA Ignite and one of the most respected voices in social selling. If you have felt like the channels you used to count on for pipeline just are not producing the way they used to, you’re not alone. Cold call connection rates have dropped to around 3 percent, email is getting buried by spam fi
- StandardSummaries onlyDigital Health Talks: From Roadmap to Runway For What Speed to Value in Healthcare AI Actually Takes
Published Aug 28, 2026
Digital Health TalksFrom Roadmap to Runway: What Speed to Value in Healthcare AI Actually Takes Every health system has an AI roadmap. Far fewer have a runway. Vendors sell the destination. Getting there, on time and on budget and actually live, is the part nobody demos. Scott Raymond, former CIO at Nebraska Medicine and a longtime health IT leader who still holds an active nursing license, gets specific on virtual nursing, predictive staffing and scheduling, the workflows you have to solve first, and why the gap b
- StandardSummaries onlyHealthcare IT Today: What's Holding Healthcare AI Back?
Published Aug 27, 2026
What's Holding Healthcare AI Back? To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen
- StandardSummaries onlyAI Amplified: Why Healthcare AI Success Starts With Governance, Not Technology, with Ben Scharfe
Published Aug 24, 2026
Ben ScharfeS2E1: Why Healthcare AI Success Starts With Governance, Not Technology, with Ben Scharfe, Executive Vice President of AI Initiatives at Altera Digital Health On this episode, host Dr. Heather Bassett welcomes Ben Scharfe, Executive Vice President of AI Initiatives at Altera Digital Health, to make the case that the biggest lever in healthcare AI isn't the model — it's the foundation underneath it. Ben traces his unconventional path from accounting and financial leadership into healthcare AI, and
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Healthtech Marketing Show: Building an AI Lead Scoring System That Boosted Conversion by 70%
Published Aug 23, 2026
The Healthtech Marketing ShowBuilding an AI Lead Scoring System That Boosted Conversion by 70% Your marketing engine is generating leads, but how do you know which ones are actually worth handing to sales? That is the question at the heart of this episode, and it is one that gets harder to answer the bigger your funnel gets. On this episode, host Adam Turinas sits down with Nick Panayi, a technology marketing veteran who most recently led marketing at Inovalon. If you listened to the episode with Nick last year, you know he
- StandardSummaries onlyThe AI Shift: Language Barriers and Access to Healthcare with Dipak Patel
Published Aug 21, 2026
Dipak PatelThe Healthcare Challenge for 20% of Americans who prefer languages other than English On this episode host Tom Foley invites Dipak Patel, CEO of Globo, a healthcare interpretation company to dicuss language barriers and access to healthcare. There is a need for language services across all patient touchpoints, not just during clinical visits and the role of AI in interpretation should complement human interpreters rather than replace them, particularly for clinical conversations. Meeting languag
- StandardSummaries onlyHealthcare de Jure: Eirini Schlosser, CEO and Founder, Dyania Health
Published Aug 20, 2026
Host Matt Fisher talks to Eirini Schlosser, CEO and Founder of Dyania Health, about strategies for unlocking value from data; normalizing data to enable insight from use of technology including AI; realizing the key components for enabling beneficial use of AI and coupling AI with humans to enhance capabilities. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast plat
- StandardSummaries onlyDigital Health Leaders: Turning Innovation Into Operational Impact with Vivek Swaminathan
Published Aug 18, 2026
Vivek SwaminathanSticking the Landing in Healthcare's AI Era: Turning Innovation Into Operational Impact Host Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, sits down with Vivek Swaminathan, CEO of Cardamom Health, for a thoughtful conversation on what it takes to succeed in healthcare's next era of transformation. As health systems navigate accelerating AI adoption, mounting operational pressures, and evolving patient expectations, leaders are being challenged to move beyond innovation for innovation's sake and foc
- StandardSummaries onlyHealthcare Rap: The Skin Microbiome Revolution To Personalized Skincare Without the Guesswork
Published Aug 17, 2026
Healthcare RapThe Skin Microbiome Revolution: Personalized Skincare Without the Guesswork Hosts Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail talks to Nathan Shatz, founder of SuperBiome, who reveals the results of Jared's skin microbiome test live on the air, explains how germs are good, and shares how it motivated him when people told him he was too young to be a founder. All that, plus the Flava of the Week about whether GLP-1’s will be more disruptive than AI. Does it mean that we can sometimes get lost in the current wa
- StandardSummaries onlyHealthcare IT Today: AI Pet Peeves
Published Aug 14, 2026
Host Colin Hung and John Lynn discuss Healthcare AI Pet Peeves. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Tate Chronicle: Gary Wietecha MD, CMO Med Tech Solutions
Published Aug 14, 2026
The Tate ChronicleOn this episode Jim Tate welcomes Dr. Gary Wietecha, Chief Medical Officer of Med Tech Solutions. Med Tech provides services to align EHR, IT, and AI‑enabled workflows to improve operations, support clinicians, and enhance patient care efficiency. He leads clinical strategy at MTS and helped launch ProviderCare, a one-on-one EHR adoption coaching program for NextGen and eClinicalWorks customers aimed at reducing clinician burnout. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Dish: AI in Healthcare: A Practical Discussion for Executives
Published Aug 13, 2026
The DishAI in Healthcare: A Practical Discussion for Executives On this episode of The Dish on Health IT, Brian Dwyer, Business Strategist at Point-of-Care Partners, is joined by Sam Schifman, Principal Engineer for AI at Red Hat and Consultant at Point-of-Care Partners, and Kendra Obrist, Senior Consultant and Payer Interoperability Subject Matter Expert at Point-of-Care Partners, for a practical discussion about how healthcare leaders can evaluate AI opportunities without needing to become technical e
- StandardSummaries onlyRevenue Cycle Optimized: Beyond Extraction and Into Trusted Revenue Cycle Action
Published Aug 9, 2026
Revenue Cycle OptimizedBeyond Extraction and Into Trusted Revenue Cycle Action The goal is not just to extract data from documents, but to make it actionable and seamlessly connected to the next step in the revenue cycle. Join us for a thought leadership discussion on reducing manual document work, building confidence in AI-enabled workflows, and understanding why trusted technology partners are essential for reliable, scalable automation. Brought to you by www.infinx.com Brought to you by www.infinx.com Find all of o
- StandardSummaries onlyNews You Can Use: End of July 2026
Published Aug 8, 2026
News You Can UseJuly News You Can Use Skynet, Stretchers, and Sticker Shock Topics include: Increasingly capable models push the boundaries of their "sandbox" environments; AI safety is starting to look less like The Terminator and more like a real engineering challenge; A $13,000 ambulance ride highlights the broken economics of emergency care; Patients are paying for the wrong thing and need to pay for readiness rather than just the trip itself; Healthcare rationing already in play but done opaquely through c
- StandardSummaries onlyDigital Health Talks : Pediatric AI at Scale On How Valley Children's Is Closing the Care Gap
Published Aug 7, 2026
Digital Health TalksPediatric AI at Scale: How Valley Children's Is Closing the Care Gap in California's Central Valley Host: Janae Sharp Guests: Joe Egan, CIO of Valley Children's Healthcare AI in pediatric healthcare is often talk, not delivery. Joe Egan, CIO of Valley Children's Healthcare, walks through the three layers of AI his team runs today, and how each one turns clinician time back into access for kids. In this conversation: • The three-layer AI model Valley Children's uses: assist, inform, and act, sort
- StandardSummaries onlyWhat's My Tagline?: Saul Marquez, Founder Outcomes Rocket
Published Aug 5, 2026
On this episode, Carol Flagg is joined by Saul Marquez, Founder and CEO of Outcomes Rocket. Saul recently led a survey of more than 800 marketing professionals to better understand how organizations are using podcasts as part of their marketing strategy, what's driving results, where challenges remain, and how podcast content may play a growing role in an AI-driven future. He joins Carol to discuss the findings from that research and explore why podcasts continue to emerge as a powerful tool for
- StandardSummaries onlyHealthcare Rap: SiPhox Health's Michael Dubrovsky on the Future of Home Blood Testing
Published Aug 4, 2026
Healthcare RapSiPhox Health's Michael Dubrovsky on the Future of Home Blood Testing SiPhox Health Co-Founder and CEO Michael Dubrovsky joins Jared at Nourishing Change to discuss the future of at-home blood testing, preventative health, and how AI is transforming health analysis. They explore how accessible testing can empower individuals to live longer, healthier lives and the innovations driving this movement. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and l
- StandardSummaries onlyThe AI Shift: Bridging the Gap Between AI Innovation and Clinical Workflow Integration
Published Jul 31, 2026
Bridging the Gap Between AI Innovation and Clinical Workflow Integration On this episode host Tom Foley invites Tharun Kumar Nallamothu a healthcare AI researcher to discuss the challenges organizations face in translating AI innovation into measurable clinical outcomes. Tharun explains that while AI models may be highly accurate in testing, they often struggle to create value when not properly integrated into clinicians' existing workflows, emphasizing that successful healthcare AI requires foc
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Tate Chronicles: Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of HL7
Published Jul 25, 2026
The Tate ChroniclesOn this episode Jim Tate welcomes Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of HL7. Topics include global aspects of interoperability, the wild card of the effect of AI on interoperability, and the changing nature and source of data streams. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen
- StandardSummaries onlyDigital Health Talks: Winning Mobility On How AVA Mobility Is Redefining Aging in Place
Published Jul 24, 2026
Digital Health TalksWinning Mobility: How AVA Mobility Is Redefining Aging in Place Host: Janae Sharp Guests: Hamed Tabkhi and Mona Azarbayjani, Foresight Cares. Winners of the Charlotte Innovation Day Pitch Competition Join host Janae Sharp for a conversation with Hamed Tabkhi and Mona Azarbayjani, as they explore how ForesightCares is transforming the future of aging with AI-driven mobility insights for older adults, caregivers, and clinicians. We'll dive into AVA Mobility, their AI-powered, at-home mobility awar
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Healthtech Marketing Show: How AI Aligned Marketing and Sales in Seven Months
Published Jul 24, 2026
The Healthtech Marketing ShowHow AI Aligned Marketing and Sales in Seven Months If you have ever felt like your marketing and sales teams are speaking two different languages, or that your best customer stories are locked away in someone’s inbox instead of helping close deals, this episode is for you. Host Adam Turinas sat down with Jennifer Lazarz, Director of Marketing at Medical Informatics Corp, the company behind the SickBay Clinical Platform. In just seven months, Jennifer’s team went from siloed content and frustrate
- StandardSummaries onlyDigital Health Leaders: Engineering the Future of Care
Published Jul 20, 2026
Digital Health LeadersEngineering the Future of Care: Modernization, AI, and the Resilient Systems Shaping Healthcare Technology Host Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, sits down with Anupama Ambe, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Healthcare at Kyndryl, for a conversation on the technologies and leadership strategies revolutionizing healthcare's next chapter. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience leading complex transformation initiatives, Anupama shares insights on how healthcare organiz
- StandardSummaries onlyNews You Can Use Special Edition: AI In Action with George Sledge
Published Jul 19, 2026
George SledgeOn this episode Dr. Nick shares a conversation he had with Dr. George W. Sledge, Jr., EVP and Chief Medical Officer at Caris Life Sciences as part of a recent AI in Action virtual summit. Their discussion focused on From Discovery to Delivery: How AI Is Reshaping Biotech. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like u