HIMSSCast is a podcast produced by the HIMSS Media editorial team behind Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews, and Healthcare Finance News. In each episode, our editors 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.
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.
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.
Israeli IVF startup looks to democratize fertility coverage in the United States
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.
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.
Expanse creates clinical documentation and surfaces important insights
The health system uses technology to ensure nursing residents can integrate research into their jobs.
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.
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.
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.
Coordinate surgical team communication with a unified platform
Prior authorization, complex claims, automated payments are now being tackled, says Venkat Kavarthapu, CEO of Edifecs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
Its integrated care helped earn two of its plans earn 5 stars in the most recent MA star ratings.
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.
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.
Protect your data and stay compliant with private AI architecture .
Unifying clinical communication improves ED patient flow
Encourage collaboration for more personalized treatment plans
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.
Get insights from patients’ histories and clinical decision support
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 tod...
Connect your organization with a unified collaboration platform
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 journ...
Explaining the bill, offering payment flexibility and finding financial assistance is critical, says Seth Cohen, president of Cedar.
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.
