

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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Apr 21, 2023 • 20min
HIMSSCast: Improving the patient experience for complex care
Manav Sevak joins HIMSSCast to discuss Memora Health's tech platform that aims to help patients and providers manage complex care. The startup recently raised $30 million.

Apr 20, 2023 • 19min
HIMSSCast: How Intermountain is using AI to scale its value-based care efforts
Albert Marinez, chief analytics officer at Intermountain Healthcare, offers perspective on artificial intelligence for performance improvement: building effective models with "AI building blocks," getting buy-in from various stakeholders and more.

Apr 19, 2023 • 15min
HIMSSCast: How human-centered design could help improve the patient experience
Julie Rish, associate chief improvement officer of design at the Cleveland Clinic, explains the principles of human-centered design and how they apply in healthcare.

Apr 18, 2023 • 25min
HIMSSCast: Mayo Clinic leader on 'challenges, opportunities and promise' of healthcare AI
Dr. Sonya Makhni, medical director of Mayo Clinic Platform Solutions, discusses some fast-evolving trends around artificial intelligence in clinical settings: promising use cases, deployment challenges, algorithmic integrity, patient safety and more.

Apr 14, 2023 • 24min
HIMSSCast: How IT can help health systems improve patient, workforce safety
Patricia A. McGaffigan, vice president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses how health systems lost ground on patient and provider safety during the COVID-19 pandemic and where health IT can help.

Apr 10, 2023 • 10min
Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data, podcast 2: Making the case for data
Healthcare leaders discuss strategies for overcoming resistance to adopting analytics platforms.

Apr 7, 2023 • 2min
Top Stories: Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust fund to run dry by 2031
The agencies came to this conclusion after a meeting of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees, which released its annual reports late last week.

Apr 7, 2023 • 13min
HIMSSCast: The importance of removing alarm fatigue in ICUs
An estimated 771 alarms per bed, per day were measured at peak at John Hopkins and other locations, says Ophir Ronen, CEO of CalmWave

Mar 31, 2023 • 2min
Top Stories: Ohio AG’s lawsuit accuses PBMs of raising drug prices; Better Therapeutics announces layoffs
The lawsuit criticizes PBM market consolidation, which has left the three largest PBMs, including Express Scripts, in control of more than 75% of the drug market.

Mar 31, 2023 • 13min
Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data, podcast 1: Leveraging data analytics
How healthcare organizations are implementing AI & ML tools