

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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Mar 3, 2023 • 2min
Top Stories: ATA opposes DEA changes to telehealth prescriptions; AHA favors further study of telehealth
The top drug agency proposed tighter limits for online prescriptions of some medications, such as Adderall and opioids.

Mar 3, 2023 • 10min
HIMSSCast: What 2023 might hold for electronic health record optimization
Sri Velamoor, chief growth and strategy officer at NextGen Healthcare, offers some thoughts on managing and improving EHRs, and discusses what appears to be a fast-consolidating vendor landscape.

Feb 28, 2023 • 22min
Level Nine Group presents: Navigating the new medical device security law
What healthcare organizations can expect under this law

Feb 24, 2023 • 2min
Top Stories: Elevance finalizes BioPlus acquisition; Deidentifying wearable data not enough to protect privacy
BioPlus provides a range of specialty pharmacy services for patients living with complex and chronic conditions, such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis C, autoimmune diseases and conditions in rheumatology.

Feb 24, 2023 • 12min
HIMSSCast: CFO survey shows four major themes driving investment in M&A
The trend is toward add-on transactions to bring in smaller companies, says Vin Phan, partner and national leader of BDO’s Healthcare Transaction Advisory Services practice.

Feb 24, 2023 • 14min
CTS presents: Healthcare applications for private cellular networks
The security, mobility and reliability benefits of cellular technology

Feb 17, 2023 • 2min
Samsung teams with Natural Cycles on menstrual health; UHC members can earn $1K through rewards program
The company said adding Natural Cycles' technology will "give users more detailed insight into their menstrual cycle."

Feb 17, 2023 • 20min
HIMSSCast: Epic leaders talk clinical trials and data innovation
Dr. Jackie Gerhart, VP of clinical informatics at Epic, and Phil Lindemann, its VP of business intelligence and analytics, discuss data-driven improvements that are enabling design of better trials and delivery of better healthcare.

Feb 10, 2023 • 2min
25 charged in alleged nursing diploma scheme; FBI addressing IT outage at Tallahassee Memorial
Defendants purportedly engaged in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts to people seeking licenses and jobs as registered nurses.

Feb 10, 2023 • 12min
Everything you need to know about the Quintuple Aim
Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, explains why adding health equity to the Quadruple Aim is so important, and how it affects provider CIOs.