Lean HealthTech

Included Health - The Doctor in the Family

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:10:33 GMT

VP of Included Health Dr. Ankoor Shah talks about how employers can increase healthy days and addresses the following topics:

-What if people had access to healthcare 24/7?

-What if everyone had a doctor in their "family" to advocate for them?

-What if we use AI not only to enhance a fee for service machine, but to actually provide higher quality care?

-What if patients had a single point of contact for all healthcare matters - scheduling, medical questions, billing?

What if "what if" could be "what is?"

Indigo - Using AI to Simplify Medical Malpractice Insurance

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:22:12 GMT

CEO Jared Kaplan joins us to discuss Indigo - the world's first medical malpractice insurance platform that leverages AI. With just an NPI number, weighted data points indicate risk factor and provide a pricing estimate in minutes, not days. Listen to learn more about the technology behind the company and trends in the medical malpractice space.

You're Wasting Money - Reducing Supply Chain Revenue Leakage

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:34:53 GMT

Tiya LaCroix, the SVP of Healthcare Innovation and Growth at Impensa, discusses how CostCloud analytics can identify opportunities to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse related to supply chain spend. She also talks about handling recalls, contract negotiation, and how blockchain can be used as a distributed ledger to ensure transparency in how tax payer healthcare dollars are spent.

Let's get Technical - What's Next for AI?

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:11:31 GMT

Dr. Leigh Mack, managing partner of Med-Roc, a healthcare AI company, talks about how AI is becoming a force multiplier, its operational tempo, swarm intelligence, quantum computing, surveillance, electricity consumption, healthcare's parallels with fintech, the AI arms race, healthcare's new role for prompt scientists, and how organizations can stay up to date with AI.

Next Level Analytics - How Arcadia Raises the Bar for Healthcare Data

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:30:02 GMT

Arcadia's CEO, Michael Meucci, acknowledges the broken aspects of the US healthcare system and how we can leverage data to reduce strain on finances, staffing, consumer preferences, coordinating transitions of care, and VBC all while enabling data liquidity. He addresses the benefits to HL7 and FHIR increasing trust in interoperability, how AI can enhance data processes, and why Epic and Arcadia are complementary data solutions.

Let Them Text - A Common Sense Solution for Healthcare

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:01:34 GMT

Founder of Percentric, Dr. Bryan Fine, talks about the technology behind a secure texting platform integrated with an EMR to let patients text their providers. We discuss businesses offering in-house doctors as an employee benefit to decrease absenteeism and how not having to deal with traditional healthcare system barriers provides an increased sense of job satisfaction. Tune in to learn about common sense, human solutions in healthcare.

Navigating Career Pivots in Healthcare

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:51:39 GMT

Insights from a Clinician-Turned-HealthTech Executive on how clinicians can expand their impact in non-traditional spaces. We'll discuss motivations, challenges, and key lessons learned during transition. This episode offers practical advice and inspiration for healthcare professionals looking to explore new career paths beyond traditional clinical roles, highlighting the opportunities and growth in the health technology sector.

Relax and Take a Deep Breath - Pulmonary Chronic Condition Detection and Management

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:09:14 GMT

Co-founder and CEO of Flex Together, Emily Mischel, and COO at Pulmonary Services Consultants, Andrew Escobar, discuss the massive gap in detection and management of pulmonary chronic conditions. If your organization practices value based care, don't forget about these millions of patients (and millions of dollars) most organizations leave on the table.

A Radiologist's Best Friend - How Sirona Leverages AI for Imaging

Tue, 28 May 2024 13:58:15 GMT

Founder and CEO of Sirona Medical, Cameron Andrews, joins us to discuss how AI can increase efficiencies in medical imaging. He also addresses why healthcare IT needs to be rearchitected from the ground up to fully achieve AI's potential in healthcare.

Putting the Pieces Together - Artificial Intelligence Ushering in the Golden Age of Medicine

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:26:29 GMT

Founder and CEO of Pieces, Dr. Ruben Amarasingham, discusses the technical intricacies of using AI in healthcare. He talks about using multiple LLMs simultaneously to take advantage of each model's unique strengths and as a fail-safe. He addresses how generative AI and predictive models can be integrated so all physicians become coders of their own custom predictive model. He explains adversarial injection simulation, how to leverage AI to reduce LOS, and shares why he predicts we're entering the "golden age" of medicine.

All Things Legal: Laying Down the Healthcare Law

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:49:35 GMT

Sarah Covington, head of Legal at Tracy Health, joins us to discuss the legal implications of implementing AI, consolidation considerations, liability around cybersecurity, regulatory measures, and recent court rulings that impact healthcare.

Getting Ahead of the Curve: Chronic Disease Prevention with PreventScripts

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:02:08 GMT

Chief Medical Officer at PreventScripts, Dr. Natalie Davis, joins us to discuss value based care via preventing chronic conditions. She explains the importance of patient agency, healthcare spending allocation, customized intervention, automation of biometric data sharing, and how PreventScripts can help organizations seamlessly integrate it into existing workflows.

Quality Over Quantity: The Ongoing Quest for Value Based Care

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:45:20 GMT

Dr. Jon Hart, CMO of Affirm Health and author of the book Value in Healthcare, joins us to define value based care, discuss common misconceptions, and provide guidance around how to achieve it. We talk about the VBC equation, the delicate balance between unnecessary care and preventive care, the role of technology and analytics, and more.

The Healthcare Regulation Debate: Bureaucratic Bind or Safety Net?

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:28:45 GMT

Professor of Health and Policy Management at Johns Hopkins, Ge Bai, joins us to discuss the consequences of heavy government regulation in healthcare. We conduct a thought experiment regarding what healthcare might look like without regulatory interventions.

Beyond Efficiency: A Blueprint for Fostering Continuous Improvement

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:07:23 GMT

Steve Spear, senior MIT lecturer, senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, senior advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, founder and co-creator of See to Solve, and serial author joins us to discuss which characteristics set winning organizations apart. Listen to learn about the social circuitry required to promote continuous improvement.

AI Unveiled: Separating Promise from Hype in Healthcare

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:07:15 GMT

Dr. Graham Walker is an ED physician and Assistant Physician in Chief for Technology and Innovation at the Permanent Medical Group. He joins us to discuss what aspects of AI are overhyped, how AI is being leveraged in healthcare today, AI model shift and drift, back end data considerations, patient consent, and implementation challenges.

Virtual Visionaries: KeyCare's Revolutionary Approach to Telehealth

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:30:09 GMT

Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare, joins us to discuss how healthcare systems are leveraging virtual care to increase patient access and care efficiency. Tune in to learn more about how we can build primary care support teams and the resulting financial impact and increased satisfaction.

Cosmos – Epic’s Research Data Platform and the Data Literacy Gap

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:27:59 GMT

Dr. John Lee, emergency medicine physician, founder of HIT Peak Advisors, and Epic expert joins us to discuss how organizations can leverage Cosmos to improve care. Tune in to learn about features, how to get access, use cases, and implications of organizational data literacy.

World's First Engineering Medical School - Training Future Physician Innovators

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:48:47 GMT

Dr. Mark Cohen is the Dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at Carle Health. He joins us to discuss how the world's first engineering medical school is training future physician innovators. Tune in to learn about the latest research in robotics, creating digital twins, tissue regeneration, artificial intelligence, mixed reality to enhance education, and more.

Executive Decision Making

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:47:59 GMT

Jason Jones, Chief Analytics and Data Science Officer at Health Catalyst, joins us to discuss executive decision making. Tune in to learn how to leverage technology to enhance decision making skills.

Generative AI in Healthcare

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 21:49:28 GMT

AI Prompt Engineer, Edward Frank Morris, joins us to discuss how he leverages artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to help organizations increase efficiency. He was recently featured in Yahoo news for creating a medical prompt which helps diagnose patients. Tune in to learn about specific tools, political and ethical considerations, and general tips for implementing AI on both a personal and organizational level.

Technology Adoption - The Cloud

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:10:44 GMT

Expert technology adoption consultant, Aaron Alfini, joins us to discuss migration to the cloud. Tune in to learn about the benefits and challenges of using the cloud, as well as changes in staffing needs, project timelines, and more.

Strengthening Healthcare Analytics

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:34:30 GMT

Ryan Sousa, VP of Analytics and AI at Pivot Point Consulting and CDAO at Children's Minnesota joins us to discuss how healthcare organizations can optimize their analytic approach to foster growth and progress.

Travel Nursing

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:35 GMT

Jay Barta joins us to discuss the ins and outs of travel nursing. She covers how to start travel nursing, insurance, housing, pay, challenges, and more.

The Anatomy of an Initiative

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:34:25 GMT

Dr. Dana Obos has experience as a Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Quality Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and other leadership roles for a total of over 30 years of healthcare experience. She joins us to discuss her most memorable projects and what contributes to the success or failure of large organizational initiatives.

Nursing - Escaping the Bedside

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:00:12 GMT

Nurse Eric Kennedy joins us to discuss how nurses can leverage their clinical skills in roles other than direct patient care.

Healthcare Behind Bars

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 22:06:57 GMT

Physician's Assistant Diane Roche joins us to discuss her experience as a locum tenens at a high security prison in rural Alaska.

Pandemic Post-Mortem

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:26:29 GMT

Dr. Yolanda Smith DNP MSN RN, who was CNO of New York City Health and Hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, joins us for a retrospective analysis of how the healthcare system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in to hear lessons learned and find out why our healthcare system today still isn't prepared for a pandemic.

Value Based Care - Healthcare Overutilization

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 19:17:53 GMT

Dr, Robert Good, clinic professor of internal medicine at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, past President of the American College of Osteopathic Internists, and past Chief Medical Officer at Health Alliance insurance and Carle Health Medical Management, joins us to discuss what value based care means and what we can do to combat the over utilization of healthcare resources.

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - Today's Industrial Revolution

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 17:56:30 GMT

Dr. David Lovinger, Associate Chief Medical Officer at Carle Health, joins us to discuss the current and future uses of AI in healthcare and how it impacts ethics and the workforce.