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.
Episodes
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May 5, 2023 • 14min
HIMSSCast: Patient sitters fill workforce void in healthcare
Non-licensed but trained staff can make sure high-risk patients are safe and comfortable, says Lauren Prepchuck, Crothall Healthcare’s head of Patient Observation.
May 4, 2023 • 9min
Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data, podcast 4: Data-driven business decisions
Experts discuss how healthcare data can help drive health equity initiatives and improve patient outcomes.
Apr 28, 2023 • 14min
HIMSSCast: Effective cybersecurity is a challenge for small, rural hospitals
Smaller hospitals face having adequate funding and capital constraints, says Kate Pierce, Fortified Health Security’s senior virtual Information security officer, who testified before the Senate’s Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee.
Apr 26, 2023 • 21min
QliqSOFT presents: Exploring the potential of healthcare chatbots
QliqSOFT Founder & CEO Krishna Kurapati talks about how digital assistants can automate routine tasks and simplify administrative workflows to allow for patient engagement outside of healthcare facilities.
Apr 21, 2023 • 11min
Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data, podcast 3: The importance of high-quality, accurate data
Increase your organization’s data access and accuracy.
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.
