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HIMSSCast

482 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 14 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings

HIMSSCast is a podcast produced by the HIMSS Media editorial team behind Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews, and Healthcare Finance News. In each episode, editors from are joined by special guests from around the health tech industry to discuss major news stories or trends in the space. The aim of the show is to add depth, analysis and color to our ongoing coverage of the digital health, health tech and healthcare finance realms, as well as to facilitate lively conversations about hot health tech topics. HIMSSCast is a member of the Health Podcast Network (www.healthpodcastnetwork.com).

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Episodes

HIMSSCast: Developing patient-centric analytics for population health (brought to you by Wolters Kluwer)

April 19, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Regenstrief Institute research scientist Brian Dixon discusses how the intersection of patient engagement, social determinants of health, AI-enabled clinical decision support and more can help providers with their population health management.

HIMSSCast: The high healthcare costs paid by the poorest Americans

April 19, 2024 11:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Brookings Institution research proposes new policy in Medicare

HIMSSCast: New study digs into providers' beliefs on the future of AI in healthcare

April 12, 2024 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.2 MB

James McHugh, managing director at Berkeley Research Group, discusses the firm's new study, which reveals great optimism among provider organization executives on deploying artificial intelligence in the next three years.

Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 4: The Promise of AI for All

April 09, 2024 15:00 - 10 minutes - 6.98 MB

Luis M. Ahumada, director of health data science and analytics at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, and Jake Hochberg, VP of analytics and chief analytics officer at Arcadia, discuss how smaller organizations can prepare to leverage AI tools.

HIMSSCast: Security challenges on healthcare's horizon

April 05, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Heightened regulatory scrutiny, growing access to systems, poorly controlled cloud environments and significant deals activity will force healthcare CISOs, CIOs and other security leaders to bolster the defenses. 

HIMSSCast: Value-based contracts benefit whole person care

March 29, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

Risk-based contracts allow providers to think about the whole person, rather than focusing on billing for services, says Jaja Okigwe, CEO of First Choice Health.

HIMSSCast: AI’s ability to enhance IVF success rates

March 22, 2024 11:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Israeli IVF startup looks to democratize fertility coverage in the United States

Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 3: Extracting the Most from Your Organization’s Healthcare Data

March 20, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

Julius Bogdan, vice president and general manager of digital health advisory - North America at HIMSS, and Mary Kuchenbrod, vice president of data operations at Arcadia, discuss strategies for gaining the best possible insights from a data ecosystem.

HIMSSCast: Vulnerabilities of the ubiquitous web apps in healthcare

March 08, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.29 MB

Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Technology Institute, offers healthcare CISOs, CIOs and other security leaders advice on how best to protect their organizations from the vulnerabilities that lie within web apps.

MEDITECH presents: Optimize care team experiences with an AI-powered EHR

March 08, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.36 MB

Expanse creates clinical documentation and surfaces important insights

HIMSSCast: AdventHealth trains nurses to put evidence into practice

March 01, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

The health system uses technology to ensure nursing residents can integrate research into their jobs.

Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 2: Building the Infrastructure for Data Analytics

February 26, 2024 17:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Powerful new technologies can produce insights from previously siloed data but need the support of a strong IT infrastructure. Albert Duntugan, UCLA Health’s chief data officer, and Nick Stepro, Arcadia’s chief product and technology officer, discuss how healthcare organizations can build an infrastructure strategy.

HIMSSCast: What does 2024 hold in store for the patient experience?

February 23, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

Chrissy Daniels, chief experience officer at Press Ganey, says this year the patient experience must prioritize accessibility and equity in care. She shows how hospitals and health systems can accomplish this and much more.

HIMSSCast: Long-term strategies to maintain and optimize EHRs

February 16, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.57 MB

Peyman Zand, chief strategy officer at consulting firm CereCore and a former provider CIO, discusses when its time to optimize an EHR, the best place to start, who should be involved, and much more.

TigerConnect presents: Improve operating room efficiency and turnover times

February 13, 2024 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

Coordinate surgical team communication with a unified platform

HIMSSCast: Second leap of automation is now taking place

February 09, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Prior authorization, complex claims, automated payments are now being tackled, says Venkat Kavarthapu, CEO of Edifecs. 

Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 1: The business case for investing in a data analytics platform

February 09, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.73 MB

Implementing analytics and AI solutions aims to drive efficiency but can create disruptions for staff. Albert Marinez, Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Analytics Officer, and Michael Meucci, Arcadia’s President and CEO, discuss the concept of leading with empathy to encourage trust and adoption of new tools.

HIMSSCast: The issue of payers' legacy tech

February 02, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes - 9.83 MB

Insurance has a long enrollment process that goes against the modern technology experience in all other areas of our lives, says National Practice Leader Gay Davis of Noyo.

HIMSSCast: Managing critical patient feedback in real-time

January 26, 2024 12:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

In a short time online, organizations can capture more patient concerns, reduce more open cases and improve staff experiences, says Alpa Vyas of Stanford Health Care and Dr. Adrienne Boissy of Qualtrics and The Cleveland Clinic.

HIMSSCast: Patient experience drives trust and financial outcomes

January 19, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

RevSpring coordinates patient interactions from pre-care to post-care to payment for rural organizations with limited resources, says Kristen Jacobsen, VP of omnichannel engagement and marketing. 

HIMSSCast: How Karmanos Cancer Institute uses AI to find high-risk breast cancer

January 12, 2024 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

"Finding out the patient is high-risk after they are diagnosed with cancer is too late," says Dr. Eric Brown, surgical oncologist and breast multidisciplinary team co-lead.

HIMSSCast: Devoted Health built its own EHR for its 'prime directive' model

January 05, 2024 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Its integrated care helped earn two of its plans earn 5 stars in the most recent MA star ratings.

HIMSSCast: Lifespan is about lifestyle, not technology

December 29, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

The lifespan for Americans has decreased from age 78 to 76 in the past year-and-a-half, says Andy Davis, principal for Deloitte Consulting’s Health Care practice.

HIMSSCast: Preparing for a fast-evolving future in health IT

December 15, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.2 MB

Leaders at provider organizations must consider a distributed landscape for healthcare and health IT and various new technologies, says William Lewkowski, vice president of HCTec, a healthcare consulting firm.

Carahsoft & VMWare present: Adopt generative AI quickly and securely

December 13, 2023 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.48 MB

Protect your data and stay compliant with private AI architecture .

TigerConnect presents: When every moment counts, communication is vital

December 12, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Unifying clinical communication improves ED patient flow

Wolters Kluwer presents: Engaged patients help to improve health outcomes

December 11, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

Encourage collaboration for more personalized treatment plans

HIMSSCast: What CDC's new Outbreak Response and Disease Modeling network means for public health

December 08, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

Dylan George, director of the CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, explains how the new public-private collaboration InsightNet is using advanced analytics and biosurveillance to respond to disease outbreaks and prevent future pandemics.

Concord Technologies presents: AI tools make clinicians more effective

December 07, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Get insights from patients’ histories and clinical decision support

HIMSSCast: Driving transparency and accuracy in drug discount programs

December 01, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

Kalderos focuses on drug programs to make sure they’re in compliance with the laws that created them or the contracts signed to negotiate those discounts, says President Micah Litow. And, don't miss the HIMSS AI in Healthcare forum coming up December 14 and 15. Taking place in San Diego, this is a must-attend event will cover everything you need to know about the adaptation of AI into your healthcare system. Learn more and register at https://www.himss.org/event-ai-healthcare-forum. Sign up...

TigerConnect presents: Streamline communications, improve patient outcomes

November 28, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

Connect your organization with a unified collaboration platform

Wolters Kluwer presents: Better data in provider decision-making can boost patient experience & outcomes

November 27, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

The ability to give clinicians and care teams the right tools - integrated into their workflows and evidence-based - has a direct correlation not just with improved quality and outcomes, but better patient experience. These care tools can result in large amounts of data although much of it is retrospective. To truly optimize clinical decision-making, healthcare organizations need insights across a patient population. By leveraging these aggregated real-time insights during the patient care j...

HIMSSCast: When billing gets in the way of healing

November 17, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.12 MB

Explaining the bill, offering payment flexibility and finding financial assistance is critical, says Seth Cohen, president of Cedar.

DeLorean AI presents: Change the Course of Patient Health with AI

November 17, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.53 MB

DeLorean AI’s CEO & Founder, Severence MacLaughlin speaks about how AI can offer real-time support for improved patient health, enhanced value-based care, and decreased care costs and the challenges of AI adoption and overcoming barriers.

Availity presents: Give clinicians more time for care conversations

November 16, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Deploying AI to handle authorization decisions can improve patient experience.

BDO presents: Can technology relieve clinician burnout?

November 15, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.21 MB

Learn how healthcare organizations are elevating staff experiences.

HIMSSCast: Best practices for major system transitions

November 10, 2023 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.04 MB

Rich Amelio, vice president of healthcare IT operations and consulting at consulting firm e4health, talks what’s needed during big EHR and other system changes to protect cashflow, improve data integrity in new systems, and drive better system adoption and satisfaction.

Beckman Coulter presents: The use of AI to support better clinical decision-making in Emergency Medicine

November 09, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

The Emergency Department is perhaps the singular environment in a hospital where the greatest concentration of decisions are made with the least amount of clinical data; and the acuity-level assigned at triage can massively impact the trajectory of care for a patient. Additionally, Emergency Departments in the United States have experienced unprecedented levels of crowding over the last two decades, with correlation to worsened patient outcomes, preventable errors, and staff burnout. In 201...

ZS Associates presents: Opportunities and challenges for pharma – healthtech partnerships

November 07, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MB

Pharma & Healthtech partnerships have great potential. But delivering on these partnerships brings hurdles and challenges. From misaligned expectations to differences in culture and communication, it can be hard for the two worlds to find effective collaboration. Hear from Ameya Phadke, PhD. Patients Non-Pharma Solutions Leader at Chiesi Pharmaceuticals and Dennis Hermann, Head of Europe at Kaia Health discuss their partnership, as well as Dan Weinstein, Associate Principal at ZS Associates ...

HIMSSCast: CMS final rule on minimum nursing home staffing levels is due out after the comment period closes on November 6.

November 03, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

The mandate could have a detrimental effect on providers who can’t meet staffing levels, says Lee Hudson Teslik, founder and CEO of Reverence.

HIMSSCast: The move to value is creating system change

October 27, 2023 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Clinical decision support is needed to handle the avalanche of data and to advance value-based care, says Yaw Fellin, VP of Products and Solutions for Wolters Kluwer Health’s Clinical Effectiveness team.

Carahsoft presents: Observing tomorrow’s cyber criminals with the global standard for centralized log management

October 26, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.51 MB

Prophecy International is an Australian based, publicly traded corporation that started in the early ‘80’s. For over 40 years, Prophecy’s ever-evolving focus continues to bring reliable, secure, and trustworthy software solutions to markets across the globe. In the early 2000’s, Prophecy acquired its flagship cyber security product, Snare, which was designed for the Australian military and defense. Snare’s suite of solutions continues to be a market leading centralized log management solutio...

ZS Associates presents: Optimize oncology care with remote patient monitoring

October 24, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

Drug+ care models allow patients to recover at home.

HIMSSCast: America’s Physician Groups is “taking responsibility for America’s health.”

October 20, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

Moving forward on value-based care requires the collective weight of employers in these models, says APG President and CEO Susan Dentzer. 

ZS Associates presents: Discover the newest digital endpoints and biomarkers

October 17, 2023 11:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

Challenges and considerations for pharma and device companies.

HIMSSCast: Making strides on post-acute care coordination with SDOH

October 13, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

While whole person care depends upon secure portability, there are three pathways to consider, according to Dr. Ben Zaniello, chief medical officer of PointClickCare.

HIMSSCast: How to build resilience against fast-changing cyber threats

October 06, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

Ferdinand Hamada and Matt DeFrain of MorganFranklin Consulting discuss the existing and evolving threat landscape – and give some tips on robust business continuity approaches.

HIMSSCast: Providers are challenged in collecting payments from patients

September 29, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

The fastest growing part of healthcare expense is the current 20% of the bill that commercial patients owe, says PayMedix CEO Tom Policelli.

HIMSSCast: At least 6.4 million people nationwide have lost Medicaid coverage

September 22, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

States are taking widely different approaches to the redetermination process, says John Barkett, managing director at Berkeley Research Group and a former White House Senior Policy Advisor.

Ingram Micro presents: Improving care by simplifying secure information sharing

September 19, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.02 MB

Collaborate without risking patient confidentiality using Zero Trust Data

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