Sachin Gupta, Founder and Global CEO, IKS Health

Chris Fowler, CEO, TruBridge and Group Chief Strategy Officer, IKS Health

Healthcare is undergoing a shift from administrative overload to AI-powered efficiency, and from isolated data to active care enablement. In this episode, we dive into the landmark combination of IKS Health and TruBridge and what it means for the future of healthcare.

Khuram R. Ghumman, MD, Founding Clinical Faculty Member and Clinical Professor, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University; Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships, Quinnipiac University; Co-Chair, USMLE Ambulatory Care Test Material Development Committee; Past President, Connecticut State Medical Society

Healthcare delivery has been reshaped by years of consolidation, yet many organizations still struggle to keep the patient at the center of an increasingly complex system. Dr. Khuram Ghumman, Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, past president of the Connecticut State Medical Society, and practicing family physician, joins Dr. Brian McDonough to discuss where documentation and coding burdens pull clinicians away from care, why leadership is strongest when it stays connected to the exam room, and how AI and technology can augment physicians rather than replace their judgment. From rethinking how primary care is funded to designing delivery systems through the patient's lens, this conversation offers timely insights for executives navigating transformation across healthcare delivery.

Leon McCrea, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President and Dean for Educational Affairs, Drexel University School of Medicine

The most important leadership decision of your day may happen before you ever open your inbox. Leon McCrea, MD, Executive Vice President and Dean for Educational Affairs at Drexel University School of Medicine, joins Dr. Brian McDonough for a candid conversation on what separates intentional leaders from reactive ones — and how that distinction plays out across an entire career. Drawing on his own path from an unexpected detour out of Brown's combined BS/MD program to the dean's office, Dr. McCrea challenges executives to embrace strategic pivots, name their ambitions publicly, and build cultures where talent is recognized and developed at every level. The conversation tackles AI's dual role as both a clinical accelerator and a de-skilling risk, the post-pandemic erosion of organizational connectivity that C-suite leaders are still navigating, and why the leaders who last are those who find freedom in their work — not just freedom from it.