HIMSSCast is a podcast produced by the HIMSS Media editorial team behind Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews, and Healthcare Finance News. In each episode, editors from 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 ...
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HIMSSCast: Abu Dhabi Department of Health expands partnership to tackle rare diseases
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The DoH has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AstraZeneca to establish a Rare Diseases Centre of Excellence.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: A deep dive into the market for health IT stocks
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Shahab Vagefi, managing director in Thomas H. Lee Partners' healthcare vertical, offers highlights of the technologies and trends on the stock market.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: How technology is helping to address patient safety challenges and improve employee experiences
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Heidi Raines, founder and CEO of Performance Health Partners and author of Shared Voices: A Framework for Patient and Employee Safety in Healthcare, discusses quality improvement, incident reporting and other strategies to maintain a healthy workforce and build a culture of safety.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: How AI is advancing population health
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Dr. Michael Dulin, one of the nation's leading authorities on pop health, discusses how artificial intelligence can, among many other things, curate complex data, evaluate risk and predict changes.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Use of AR, VR and AI tools across the healthcare landscape
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By never losing sight of patient care, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and other technologies can help to transition healthcare from a reactive, fee-for-service model to a value-based, proactive one, says one tech strategist.By HIMSS Media
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Fresenius Kabi presents: How can auto-programming smart pumps help nurses organize infusions?
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Learn how iatricSystems’ Accelero Connect® can work with the Ivenix Infusion SystemBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Getting to better clinical data exchange
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Payers need access to timely, accurate member data for their quality reporting needsBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Combatting healthcare misinformation in the age of AI
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What should the healthcare industry be doing to push back on public health misinformation and disinformation – especially as genAI and deepfakes make the problem more challenging?By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Improving the overlooked, middle section of revenue cycle
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A hospital’s financial success depends on the crucial period between patient registration and claims submissionBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: A digital first approach streamlines credentialing and licensing
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Real-time API technology saves administrative burdenBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: HIMSS’ NursePitch™ initiative encourages nurse-led innovation
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2024 winner Ilana Borkenstein shares advice for nurse entrepreneursBy HIMSS Media
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TigerConnect presents: Give patients’ families a window into their child’s care
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How real-time messaging helps one hospital keep families connectedBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Advancing FHIR exchange to improve prescribing at the VA
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Using the FHIR standard can help organizations like the VA connect rapidly to drug data, paving the way for real-time surveillance that is improving patient safety and identifying adverse events tied to medication.By HIMSS Media
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Concord Technologies presents: Don’t Swing for the Fences: How to Implement AI in a Way That is Practical
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Deploying AI for document management drives operational efficienciesBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Where smaller health systems can start with AI
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Brent T. Hoard, a partner at Troutman Pepper and artificial intelligence expert, advises smaller hospitals and health systems on where to begin - most likely with a vendor.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Challenges and opportunities for home care
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Rising demand and shrinking budgets, including CMS’ 2.89% slash last year, challenge the homecare industry.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: The implications of Biden's executive order
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EO marks the first significant step to ensure critical protocols are in place to protect safety and privacy in the new world of AI.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: How allergies and asthma affect patients, the ER and hospital finances
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About 80 million Americans are affected by seasonal allergies.By HIMSS Media
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Fresnius Kabi presents: Redesigning infusion therapy to ease nurses’ documentation burden
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Smart Ivenix pumps address critical challenges of infusion deliveryBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Eliciting the greatest value from an EHR
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Joncé Smith, senior executive strategic advisory consultant at Stoltenberg Consulting, talks assessing the current state of EHRs, new version upgrade best practices, enhancing EHR functionality, and the best way to train staff on optimal EHR utilization.By HIMSS Media
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Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 5: Emerging Technologies’ Impact on the Future of Healthcare Delivery
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John Halamka, Mayo Clinic Platform president, and Arcadia president and CEO Michael Meucci, discuss how healthcare organizations and policymakers must collaborate to ensure that AI is used ethically and equitably in care delivery.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: The need to shift hospitalization to the home
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The future of acute hospital care at home amid questions of the end of the CMS waiver this year.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Developing patient-centric analytics for population health (brought to you by Wolters Kluwer)
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Regenstrief Institute research scientist Brian Dixon discusses how the intersection of patient engagement, social determinants of health, AI-enabled clinical decision support and more can help providers with their population health management.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: The high healthcare costs paid by the poorest Americans
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Brookings Institution research proposes new policy in MedicareBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: New study digs into providers' beliefs on the future of AI in healthcare
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James McHugh, managing director at Berkeley Research Group, discusses the firm's new study, which reveals great optimism among provider organization executives on deploying artificial intelligence in the next three years.By HIMSS Media
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Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 4: The Promise of AI for All
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Luis M. Ahumada, director of health data science and analytics at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, and Jake Hochberg, VP of analytics and chief analytics officer at Arcadia, discuss how smaller organizations can prepare to leverage AI tools.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Security challenges on healthcare's horizon
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Heightened regulatory scrutiny, growing access to systems, poorly controlled cloud environments and significant deals activity will force healthcare CISOs, CIOs and other security leaders to bolster the defenses.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Value-based contracts benefit whole person care
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Risk-based contracts allow providers to think about the whole person, rather than focusing on billing for services, says Jaja Okigwe, CEO of First Choice Health.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: AI’s ability to enhance IVF success rates
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Israeli IVF startup looks to democratize fertility coverage in the United StatesBy HIMSS Media
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Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 3: Extracting the Most from Your Organization’s Healthcare Data
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Julius Bogdan, vice president and general manager of digital health advisory - North America at HIMSS, and Mary Kuchenbrod, vice president of data operations at Arcadia, discuss strategies for gaining the best possible insights from a data ecosystem.By HIMSS Media
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MEDITECH presents: Optimize care team experiences with an AI-powered EHR
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Expanse creates clinical documentation and surfaces important insightsBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Vulnerabilities of the ubiquitous web apps in healthcare
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Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Technology Institute, offers healthcare CISOs, CIOs and other security leaders advice on how best to protect their organizations from the vulnerabilities that lie within web apps.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: AdventHealth trains nurses to put evidence into practice
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The health system uses technology to ensure nursing residents can integrate research into their jobs.By HIMSS Media
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Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 2: Building the Infrastructure for Data Analytics
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Powerful new technologies can produce insights from previously siloed data but need the support of a strong IT infrastructure. Albert Duntugan, UCLA Health’s chief data officer, and Nick Stepro, Arcadia’s chief product and technology officer, discuss how healthcare organizations can build an infrastructure strategy.…
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HIMSSCast: What does 2024 hold in store for the patient experience?
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Chrissy Daniels, chief experience officer at Press Ganey, says this year the patient experience must prioritize accessibility and equity in care. She shows how hospitals and health systems can accomplish this and much more.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Long-term strategies to maintain and optimize EHRs
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Peyman Zand, chief strategy officer at consulting firm CereCore and a former provider CIO, discusses when its time to optimize an EHR, the best place to start, who should be involved, and much more.By HIMSS Media
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TigerConnect presents: Improve operating room efficiency and turnover times
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Coordinate surgical team communication with a unified platformBy HIMSS Media
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Arcadia presents: Unlocking Big Data podcast, season 2, episode 1: The business case for investing in a data analytics platform
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Implementing analytics and AI solutions aims to drive efficiency but can create disruptions for staff. Albert Marinez, Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Analytics Officer, and Michael Meucci, Arcadia’s President and CEO, discuss the concept of leading with empathy to encourage trust and adoption of new tools.…
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HIMSSCast: Second leap of automation is now taking place
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Prior authorization, complex claims, automated payments are now being tackled, says Venkat Kavarthapu, CEO of Edifecs.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: The issue of payers' legacy tech
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Insurance has a long enrollment process that goes against the modern technology experience in all other areas of our lives, says National Practice Leader Gay Davis of Noyo.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Managing critical patient feedback in real-time
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In a short time online, organizations can capture more patient concerns, reduce more open cases and improve staff experiences, says Alpa Vyas of Stanford Health Care and Dr. Adrienne Boissy of Qualtrics and The Cleveland Clinic.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Patient experience drives trust and financial outcomes
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RevSpring coordinates patient interactions from pre-care to post-care to payment for rural organizations with limited resources, says Kristen Jacobsen, VP of omnichannel engagement and marketing.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: How Karmanos Cancer Institute uses AI to find high-risk breast cancer
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"Finding out the patient is high-risk after they are diagnosed with cancer is too late," says Dr. Eric Brown, surgical oncologist and breast multidisciplinary team co-lead.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Devoted Health built its own EHR for its 'prime directive' model
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Its integrated care helped earn two of its plans earn 5 stars in the most recent MA star ratings.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Lifespan is about lifestyle, not technology
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The lifespan for Americans has decreased from age 78 to 76 in the past year-and-a-half, says Andy Davis, principal for Deloitte Consulting’s Health Care practice.By HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: Preparing for a fast-evolving future in health IT
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Leaders at provider organizations must consider a distributed landscape for healthcare and health IT and various new technologies, says William Lewkowski, vice president of HCTec, a healthcare consulting firm.By HIMSS Media
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Carahsoft & VMWare present: Adopt generative AI quickly and securely
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Protect your data and stay compliant with private AI architecture .By HIMSS Media
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TigerConnect presents: When every moment counts, communication is vital
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Unifying clinical communication improves ED patient flowBy HIMSS Media
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Wolters Kluwer presents: Engaged patients help to improve health outcomes
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Encourage collaboration for more personalized treatment plansBy HIMSS Media
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HIMSSCast: What CDC's new Outbreak Response and Disease Modeling network means for public health
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Dylan George, director of the CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, explains how the new public-private collaboration InsightNet is using advanced analytics and biosurveillance to respond to disease outbreaks and prevent future pandemics.By HIMSS Media
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