

HIMSSCast
HIMSS Media
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.
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Oct 13, 2023 • 18min
HIMSSCast: Making strides on post-acute care coordination with SDOH
While whole person care depends upon secure portability, there are three pathways to consider, according to Dr. Ben Zaniello, chief medical officer of PointClickCare.

Oct 6, 2023 • 25min
HIMSSCast: How to build resilience against fast-changing cyber threats
Ferdinand Hamada and Matt DeFrain of MorganFranklin Consulting discuss the existing and evolving threat landscape – and give some tips on robust business continuity approaches.

Sep 29, 2023 • 17min
HIMSSCast: Providers are challenged in collecting payments from patients
The fastest growing part of healthcare expense is the current 20% of the bill that commercial patients owe, says PayMedix CEO Tom Policelli.

Sep 22, 2023 • 18min
HIMSSCast: At least 6.4 million people nationwide have lost Medicaid coverage
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.

Sep 19, 2023 • 10min
Ingram Micro presents: Improving care by simplifying secure information sharing
Collaborate without risking patient confidentiality using Zero Trust Data

Sep 15, 2023 • 28min
HIMSSCast: Updates on TEFCA, FHIR, and more
Dr. Don Rucker, chief strategy officer of 1Uphealth and former ONC chief, gives updates on TEFCA, FHIR, where the industry is at in terms of support, and what the main questions/comments/concerns from stakeholders are

Sep 8, 2023 • 15min
HIMSSCast: Physicians feel the pressure of doing more with less
Automation and AI represent time savings that take work out of the system, says Laudio CEO and cofounder Russ Richmond.

Sep 7, 2023 • 15min
ZS Associates presents: Proving how remote monitoring can allow cancer patients to stay home
Control costs, increase care access and elevate patient experiences.

Sep 1, 2023 • 12min
HIMSSCast: AI's data problem, and what CIOs need to know about AI now
Ryan Sousa, chief data and analytics officer at Children's Minnesota, spells out what that data problem means for the future of health IT, and talks about AI and the right to health.

Aug 30, 2023 • 14min
UST presents: Building tech foundations for whole-health experience
Amish Patel, CTO of Elevance Health, and Niranjan Ramsunder, CTO of UST, discuss how to build tech foundations for whole-health experience in a fast-evolving health tech landscape.


