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  • HITshow Daily: October 8, 2025 (Wednesday)

    HITshow Daily: October 8, 2025 (Wednesday)
    2025/10/08
    Today on HITshow: Global collaboration takes center stage as the new ARC Initiative connects health innovators worldwide to advance responsible AI and data sharing. Mass General Brigham unveils a new plan to cut emergency department boarding times, while a California hospital prepares to close its labor and delivery unit. Plus: RXNT debuts Ambient IQ to streamline clinical documentation, Amazon introduces pharmacy kiosks inside One Medical clinics, and today’s Bright Spot celebrates the next generation of healthcare workers. HOST: RHONDA BROOKS 🩺 The Day’s Pulse — October 8, 2025 📍 Feature — Rhonda BrooksSheba Medical Center launches a new U.S. innovation accelerator in Boston, building a bridge between Israeli health-tech startups and U.S. hospital partners to fast-track pilots and commercialization. 📍 Providers — Teresa VaughnMass General Brigham unveils a system-wide plan to reduce emergency department boarding, focusing on improved bed turnover, faster discharges, and predictive capacity modeling to shorten patient wait times. 📍 Workforce & Access — Anika ShahA California community hospital announces plans to close its labor and delivery unit, citing declining birth rates and obstetric staffing shortages — a trend reshaping maternity access across rural and suburban regions. 💥 Break — HLTH 2025 Sponsor Tag“Last Call for HLTH 2025” — the industry converges in Las Vegas for bold conversations on innovation, technology, and the Food as Medicine content track. 📍 Innovation & Technology — Nate CollierRXNT debuts Ambient IQ, an AI-powered ambient listening tool that transcribes and drafts clinical documentation in real time, saving clinicians hours of charting each week and setting a new bar for usability in ambient systems. 📍 Business & Retail Health — Peter BetterworthAmazon brings pharmacy kiosks into One Medical clinics, combining physical convenience with Prime-style fulfillment. The rollout aims to simplify prescription access and increase retention within Amazon’s growing healthcare ecosystem. 🌟 Bright Spot — Jalen CrossToday’s Bright Spot celebrates the next generation of healthcare workers — from medical students to nursing residents — finding new ways to integrate AI and compassion into patient care. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by HLTH 2025.
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    9 分
  • HITshow Daily: October 7, 2025 (Tuesday)

    HITshow Daily: October 7, 2025 (Tuesday)
    2025/10/07
    Today on HITshow: U.S. News & World Report unveils the 2025–2026 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, spotlighting excellence and access in pediatric care. Plus: Valley Children’s proves AI delivers measurable ROI, Kaiser braces for a multi-state strike, Qualtrics buys Press Ganey in a $6.7B experience data deal, Talkspace adds Wisdo Health for peer connection, and this year’s Nobel Prize honors breakthroughs in immune regulation. HOST: IDA KLEIN 🩺 October 7, 2025 📍 Feature — Ida KleinU.S. News & World Report releases its 2025–2026 Best Children’s Hospitals Rankings, offering new insight into pediatric excellence across 11 specialties — and growing attention to behavioral health, access, and equity. Managing Editor Ben Harder joins HITshow to explain how the data-driven analysis helps families and clinicians make informed decisions about care. 📍 Providers — Teresa VaughnAt Valley Children’s Hospital, artificial intelligence is delivering measurable ROI — cutting wait times, improving sepsis detection, and optimizing staffing decisions through predictive analytics embedded in daily operations. 📍 Workforce & Culture — Peter BetterworthKaiser Permanente faces a potential multi-state strike involving more than 75,000 workers, as contract negotiations stall over staffing and pay. Analysts warn the standoff could signal wider workforce stress as health systems enter Q4. 📍 Finance & M&A — Logan StokesQualtrics acquires Press Ganey in a $6.7 billion deal that fuses experience management with clinical quality data. The move aims to connect satisfaction, safety, and outcomes — turning patient experience into a measurable driver of performance. 📍 Telehealth & Remote Care — Jade RomeroTalkspace acquires Wisdo Health, adding AI-guided peer communities to its mental health platform. The deal expands Talkspace’s model beyond therapy sessions — blending community, coaching, and behavioral engagement in a unified ecosystem. 📍 Science & Discovery — Jalen CrossThe 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone (UCSF) and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi (Osaka University) for identifying regulatory T cells, unlocking new therapies for autoimmune diseases and advancing precision immunology. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by HLTH 2025.
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    14 分
  • HITshow Daily: October 6, 2025 (Monday)

    HITshow Daily: October 6, 2025 (Monday)
    2025/10/06
    Today on HITshow: Hospitals face new financial strain and climate risk amid a prolonged shutdown, while AI and investment reshape the future of care — from Heidi Health’s funding milestone to new ventures by General Catalyst, Ultrahuman, and NeueHealth. HOST: RHONDA BROOKS 📍 Government & Providers — Teresa VaughnFederal shutdown enters day six, raising fears of delayed payments and looming furloughs across hospitals and agencies. 📍 Providers & Finance — Peter BetterworthVirginia hospitals face Medicaid cuts and new service closures as federal funding uncertainty deepens. 📍 Quality & Safety — Anika ShahNew report finds 170 U.S. hospitals — roughly 30,000 beds — at major flood risk amid waning federal mitigation support. 📍 Innovation & AI — Logan StokesHeidi Health secures 65 million dollars to build an AI care partner for every clinician. 📍 Enterprise Transformation — Nate CollierGeneral Catalyst launches Percepta to embed AI teams inside enterprises, backed by AWS and Anthropic partnerships. 📍 Digital Health — Jade RomeroUltrahuman unveils Vision Cloud and a 99-dollar blood test spanning 60+ biomarkers to democratize preventive diagnostics. 📍 Finance & M&A — Jalen CrossNeueHealth completes a 1.465 billion-dollar go-private deal led by NEA and partners, delisting from the NYSE. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by HLTH 2025.
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    11 分
  • HITshow Daily: October 3, 2025 (Friday)

    HITshow Daily: October 3, 2025 (Friday)
    2025/10/03
    Today on HITshow: ChristianaCare breaks ground on a 140,000-square-foot health center in Delaware; Northeast Georgia Health scales ambient listening with Dragon Copilot; Assort Health secures 76M dollars for AI-powered patient engagement; Koda Health raises 7M dollars to expand advance care planning; and Everlywell launches “Eva,” an AI platform pushing at-home testing into telehealth diagnostics. HOST: RHONDA BROOKS 📍 Providers — Teresa VaughnChristianaCare breaks ground on a 140,000-square-foot Middletown health center, the first step in an 865M-dollar, three-year expansion across Delaware. 📍 Providers / Workforce — Anika ShahNortheast Georgia Health scales Dragon Copilot in Epic with 480+ clinicians trained, moving ambient listening from pilots into mainstream adoption. 📍 Innovation & Technology — Nate CollierAssort Health raises 76M dollars to automate patient intake, scheduling, and voice interactions — promising smoother throughput and better satisfaction scores. 📍 Startup Stories — Logan StokesKoda Health secures a 7M-dollar Series A to expand advance care planning software, aligning provider documentation with quality metrics and patient trust. 📍 Virtual / At-Home / Diagnostics — Jade RomeroEverlywell unveils “Eva,” an AI health platform that extends its at-home testing business into telehealth diagnostics, signaling new competition and partnership models for providers. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by HLTH 2025.
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    9 分
  • HITshow Daily: October 2, 2025 (Thursday)

    HITshow Daily: October 2, 2025 (Thursday)
    2025/10/03
    Today on HITshow: Today’s top story: the federal shutdown is more than politics — Teresa Vaughn walks providers through a detailed checklist on compliance, telehealth, hospital-at-home, finance, and research. Also: UnitedHealth hires Duke’s AI leader as Chief Scientist, Hackensack pairs dogs with AI for cancer detection, Omada launches a nutrition AI for chronic care, and the federal government calls on Eli Lilly and Pfizer to boost production of key drugs. HOST: Steve Daily 📍 Providers / Government — Teresa VaughnThe shutdown fallout is hitting operations: CMS survey triage, telehealth flex expirations, Hospital-at-Home pause, and looming safety-net cuts. Vaughn shares the following checklist for health system leaders: Quality & Compliance: Focus on IJ, EMTALA, dialysis. Access & Scheduling: Update telehealth workflows for therapy and mental health. Capacity: Reallocate staff and beds with Hospital-at-Home paused. Finance: Model DSH and rural add-on reductions through Q4. Community: Coordinate with FQHCs to smooth referrals. Innovation & Research: Expect device and grant delays; adjust timelines. 📍 AI & Payers — Jade RomeroUnitedHealth names Duke’s Michael Pencina as Chief AI Scientist, signaling a credibility-first push to scale responsible AI. 📍 Providers / Research — Logan StokesHackensack Meridian partners with Israel-based startup SpotitEarly to validate canine scent + AI for early cancer detection — a message to providers that bold research can be a differentiator. 📍 Digital Health — Nate CollierOmada Health debuts “Meal Map,” an AI nutrition tool for cardiometabolic patients — early pilots show engagement gains. 📍 Pharma & Policy — Peter BetterworthThe administration asks Eli Lilly to ramp production of insulin, and Pfizer to increase productoin of Ibrance, and Lipitor — raising supply and formulary planning questions for hospitals. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by HLTH 2025.
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    9 分
  • HITshow Daily: October 1, 2025 (Wednesday)

    HITshow Daily: October 1, 2025 (Wednesday)
    2025/10/01
    Today on HITshow: The federal shutdown furloughs 32,000 HHS staff and halts Medicare telehealth and Hospital-at-Home programs. UnitedHealth will exit Medicare Advantage in 109 counties, reshaping payer-provider dynamics. General Catalyst’s HATCo completes its $500M acquisition of Summa Health, converting the Ohio system to for-profit. Visana Health raises $24M to expand a nationwide virtual medical home for women. And we close with a bright spot: a new White House initiative directing AI and $100M in funding toward pediatric cancer research. HOST: Rhonda Brooks 📍 Government & Agencies — Nate CollierFederal shutdown furloughs 32,000 HHS staff and ends Medicare telehealth and Hospital-at-Home flexibilities, leaving programs paused until Congress acts. 📍 Payers — Teresa VaughnUnitedHealth to exit Medicare Advantage in 109 counties by 2026, reshaping regional markets and forcing hospitals to adapt. 📍 Finance & M&A — Logan StokesGeneral Catalyst’s HATCo finalizes a $500M acquisition of Summa Health, converting the Akron system into a for-profit subsidiary. 📍 Women’s Health — Jade RomeroVisana Health secures $24M in Series A funding to expand the first nationwide virtual medical home for women. 📍 Bright Spot — Jalen CrossWhite House launches new initiative directing AI toward pediatric cancer research, backed by $100M in federal funding to accelerate trials and discoveries. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by Kimmchi.
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    8 分
  • HITshow Daily: September 30, 2025 (Tuesday)

    HITshow Daily: September 30, 2025 (Tuesday)
    2025/09/30
    Today on HITshow: CMS Hospital-at-Home and RPM waivers expire at midnight without Congressional action as shutdown fears loom; Trinity Health posts a $1.3B net gain despite operating losses while Memphis-based Regional One Health advances a $1B hospital project; Briya and Tanner Health launch a real-world data network in the South; Privia Health buys Evolent’s ACO business for $100M; and Brown University announces the Giuliani RNA Center, expanding RNA research and the Human RNome Project. HOST: Ida Klein 📍 Government & Agencies — Logan StokesCMS Hospital-at-Home and Remote Patient Monitoring waivers expire at midnight without Congressional action, colliding with a looming government shutdown and leaving hospitals scrambling. 📍 Providers — Logan StokesTrinity Health posts a 1.3B net gain despite operating losses, while Memphis-based Regional One Health advances a 1B hospital project — highlighting sharply different strategies in the provider sector. 📍 EHR & Data Partnerships — Logan StokesBriya teams up with Tanner Health to launch a real-world data network in the South, aiming to accelerate clinical research and improve outcomes. 📍 Finance & M&A — Anika ShahPrivia Health acquires Evolent’s ACO business for 100M dollars, adding 120k MSSP lives and expanding into 11 states, as Evolent pivots to specialty condition management. 📍 Bright Spot — Jade RomeroBrown University announces the Giuliani RNA Center after a major philanthropic gift, expanding RNA research and anchoring the Human RNome Project. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by Altera Digital Health and Kimmchi.
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    11 分
  • HITshow Daily: September 29, 2025 (Monday)

    HITshow Daily: September 29, 2025 (Monday)
    2025/09/29
    Today on HITshow: Hospitals report mixed financials, Medicaid work rules draw scrutiny, and Big Tech deepens its hold on healthcare. Plus, AmplifyMD secures new funding, women’s health gains retail traction with Naomi Watts, and PhRMA readies a patient-facing drug portal. HOST: RHONDA BROOKS 📍 Providers — Logan StokesCommonSpirit reports 40.1 billion dollars in FY2025 revenue, up 8.5% year-over-year; outpatient growth and value-based contracts offset regional margin pressure in California and the Midwest. 📍 Government & Agencies — Anika ShahKFF analysis shows millions may be exempt from new Medicaid work requirements in high-unemployment counties, raising questions about uneven impacts on coverage and uncompensated care. 📍 Innovation & Technology — Nate CollierBig Tech tightens its grip on healthcare: Microsoft, AWS, Google, and Nvidia expand health-system partnerships, embedding AI tools from documentation to imaging and even joint clinical research. 📍 Innovation & Technology • Investment — Teresa VaughnAmplifyMD raises $20 million, with Memorial Hermann joining as a strategic investor; the virtual specialty-care platform gives community hospitals faster access to scarce specialists. 📍 Women’s Health / Retail Health — Jade RomeroWisp partners with Naomi Watts’ wellness brand to launch OTC menopause products, underscoring the mainstreaming of women’s health and efforts to destigmatize midlife care. 📍 Pharma & Policy Pressure — Jalen CrossPhRMA readies AmericasMedicines.com for a soft launch in October; the portal aims to streamline access to affordability programs as scrutiny over drug pricing intensifies. 🎧 Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you like our show, please follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hit.show. HITshow is made possible by Altera Digital Health and Kimmchi.
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    9 分