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  • Executive Interview: Preventing Your IT Problems Before They Happen with Vik Patel

    Executive Interview: Preventing Your IT Problems Before They Happen with Vik Patel
    2025/09/12
    September 12, 2025: When a Kentucky hospital's IT challenges sparked a solution that now prevents problems before they happen, what could that mean for the future of healthcare operations? Vik Patel, COO of Tido, reveals how his team reduced issue diagnosis time from over an hour to just 60 seconds—but is this level of automation creating anxiety among experienced interface engineers, or is it the key to preventing burnout? As health systems scramble to "do more with less," Vik explores why AI should tackle non-clinical workflows first and how organizations can embrace intelligent monitoring without adding technical debt. Key Points:
    • 02:33 Operational Strategies and Client Success
    • 06:38 AI and Automation in Healthcare
    • 16:53 Speed Round and Closing Thoughts

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  • Flourish Sound Bytes: Teaching Daughters to Lead in AI - A Healthcare Tech Mom's Guide for Tomorrow

    Flourish Sound Bytes: Teaching Daughters to Lead in AI - A Healthcare Tech Mom's Guide for Tomorrow
    2025/09/11

    September 11, 2025: What happens when an 11-year-old defines AI better than most executives?

    Meet Harper Schmidt, who calls AI "hollow - the absence of life, but also an idea maker." In this groundbreaking episode of Flourish Sound Bytes, healthcare tech entrepreneur Kristen Schmidt and her daughter Harper reveal why we're dangerously unprepared for AI's impact on the next generation. This mother-daughter duo exposes the gap between AI's rapid development and youth preparedness.

    The future of healthcare is being shaped by the decisions we make today. Are we preparing the right leaders?

    First mother-daughter team. Youngest guest ever. Most important conversation yet.

    Listen now.


    Key Points:

    1. 0:00 Meet Our Youngest Guest Ever
    2. 1:00 The AI Classroom Experiment
    3. 5:00 The Mom Lens: Who Will This Hurt?
    4. 9:43 AI is Hollow
    5. 13:05 Dreaming in Biotechnology
    6. 16:06 We Thought We Had More Time


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  • Newsday: Healthcare Under Siege - Cybersecurity Expert Ed Gaudet on AI Threats & Third-Party Risks

    Newsday: Healthcare Under Siege - Cybersecurity Expert Ed Gaudet on AI Threats & Third-Party Risks
    2025/09/08
    September 8, 2025: Ed Gaudet, CEO and Founder of Censinet, joins the This Week Health team for the news. When SalesLoft's Drift chatbot breach exposes over 700 companies through a single API vulnerability, it raises an unsettling question: are we witnessing a preview of something much larger? The security experts shift seats and play the role of the hackers, answering where they would attack first if they were the bad guys. With critical cybersecurity legislation potentially expiring and government support drying up, can healthcare keep up? Key Points:
    • 02:01 AI and Cybersecurity Threats
    • 06:34 Phishing Attacks and Security Measures
    • 12:57 Legal Hurdles in Cybersecurity
    • 19:02 Managing AI Risks

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  • Flourish Sound Bytes: From 11 Data Centers to Zero with Healthcare IT Leader Tyler Barhydt

    Flourish Sound Bytes: From 11 Data Centers to Zero with Healthcare IT Leader Tyler Barhydt
    2025/09/04

    September 4, 2025: In this inaugural episode of Flourish Sound Bytes, Sarah Richardson sits down with Tyler Barhydt, a seasoned technology executive who led a remarkable cloud transformation journey. Tyler shares how his organization, Envision Healthcare, went from 11 data centers to nearly zero, the unexpected benefits of the Broadcom/VMware situation, and why he believes every cloud migration needs a dedicated FinOps team. Through candid discussion about getting board buy-in (spoiler: it took 12-20 rounds), building trust through transparency, and empowering teams, Tyler provides a roadmap for healthcare IT leaders considering their own cloud journey.


    Key Points:

    1. 00:16 Meet Tyler Barhydt: Cloud Transformation Leader
    2. 01:03 Key Considerations for Cloud Strategy
    3. 01:49 Board Engagement and Cost Transparency
    4. 04:08 FinOps and Operational Readiness
    5. 06:41 Navigating Industry Challenges
    6. 15:33 Leadership Insights


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  • Executive Interview: Finding the Hidden Costs of Healthcare's Digital Transformation with Mitch Duff

    Executive Interview: Finding the Hidden Costs of Healthcare's Digital Transformation with Mitch Duff
    2025/09/03
    September 3, 2025: Mitch Duff, Founder & Managing Member at EHC Consulting, reveals how his team tackles one of healthcare's most critical challenges: modernizing legacy IT infrastructure. Drawing from a decade of experience moving Epic EHR systems to the cloud, Mitch explores whether healthcare organizations are truly ready for the digital transformation they desperately need. As ransomware threats continue to plague healthcare systems, how do organizations balance the urgent need for security with the pressure to innovate? With AI revolutionizing diagnostics and cloud capabilities reshaping how healthcare operates, this conversation examines what strategic investments health systems should prioritize to remain resilient in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Key Points:
    • 00:53 Unique Approach and Services
    • 04:31 Building Team Cohesion
    • 09:47 Simplifying Legacy Environments
    • 11:24 Strategic Capabilities for Resilience
    • 13:28 Speed Round: Trends, AI, and Leadership

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  • TownHall is Moving

    TownHall is Moving
    2023/01/31

    January 31: Today on TownHall, Bill talks about the decision to consolidate channels and move the TownHall show to the Conference channel.

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  • Extended Reality: Building the Groundwork for Community Around Emerging Technology

    Extended Reality: Building the Groundwork for Community Around Emerging Technology
    2023/01/26

    January 26: Today on TownHall Jake Lancaster, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care talks with Mark Zhang, Associate CMIO at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Medical Director at Brigham Digital Innovation Hub about the emerging technology extended reality. In this episode they discuss how Mark came to found the American Medical Extended Reality Association (AMXRA). How will its existence along with similar organizations be important to the future of the technology? How are healthcare organizations using extended reality technologies and what is next for it? What process did Mark use to research the XR space to create an XR club within his organization?

    You can listen to Mark’s previous episode on TownHall here: https://thisweekhealth.com/captivate-podcast/jake-lancaster-and-mark-zhang-on-brigham-and-womens-hospital-informatics-and-digital-innovation-hub/

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  • How Federally Qualified Health Centers Utilize Technology to Serve the Underserved

    How Federally Qualified Health Centers Utilize Technology to Serve the Underserved
    2023/01/24

    January 24: Today on TownHall Reid Stephan, VP and CIO at St. Lukes talks with Ray Lowe, SVP & CIO at AltaMed about FQHCs and how AltaMed has utilized technology to increase access to care. As a former rocket scientist, does Ray see Healthcare IT as harder or easier than rocket science? What are FQHCs and why are they important? How is Ray using technology to deliver on the quadruple aim and to make sure there are viable margins?

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