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The Beat
The Beat, powered by HLTH, is a weekly interview series dedicated to paving a better path forward for the future of health. Each week a variety of hosts bring you authentic conversations with prominent thought leaders. Through these interviews with people at the forefront of change in healthcare, we hope to spark new ideas and encourage new collaborations among listeners.
Episodes
The BeatHow AI Built on Behavioral Science Reveals the “Why” Behind Health Decisions
Healthcare has become increasingly sophisticated at tracking what patients do. But understanding why they make certain health decisions remains a major…
The BeatBeyond the Hospital: How Connectivity Is Transforming Healthcare Access
As healthcare moves beyond hospital walls, reliable connectivity is becoming essential to patient care. In this episode of The Beat's Interop Now at ViVE…
The BeatThe Phone Was Always a Cost Center. Voice AI Makes It a Growth Engine
For decades, healthcare phone automation was designed primarily to route calls and contain costs. Today's voice AI is beginning to change all of that. In this…
The BeatFrom Reactive to Predictive: How AI Is Transforming Hospital Operations
What if hospitals could predict bottlenecks before they disrupt patient care? In this episode of The Beat's AI at HLTH series, host Sandy Vance talks with Bree…
The BeatBeyond More Data: How BMJ Group Is Building Trustworthy Healthcare AI
Healthcare AI can deliver answers in seconds, but how can clinicians trust the evidence behind them? In this episode of The Beat's AI at ViVE series, host…
The BeatHow Voice AI Could Make Healthcare More Human
Healthcare doesn't necessarily become less human when AI enters the conversation. It can become more human if AI removes the frustrating parts of healthcare…
The BeatHow Healthcare Moves From AI Insights to Connected Action
Healthcare has made enormous strides in using AI to generate better data, predictions and insights. But generating intelligence is only part of the equation…
The BeatHow Cliexa and ERC Pathlight Are Using AI to Improve Behavioral Health Care
Artificial intelligence in healthcare is moving beyond simply summarizing things that have already happened. In behavioral health, AI is beginning to help…
The BeatFrom AI Oversight to Agent Governance: Rethinking the Guardrails for Healthcare AI
As healthcare AI evolves from tools that generate recommendations to agents capable of accessing data and taking action across systems, governance has to…
The BeatAI Agents, Healthcare Marketing & the New Era of AI-Driven Work
Healthcare and life sciences have a unique challenge when it comes to using AI for marketing, sales, and communications: accuracy isn't a nice-to-have. It's a…
The BeatHow AI Is Transforming Behavioral Health
Millions of people struggle with behavioral health conditions that remain undiagnosed or undertreated. AI could help find those patients sooner and connect…
The BeatHealthcare Interoperability Is the Foundation for AI
Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to make better use of data, AI, and automation but none of those technologies can reach their full…
The BeatSolving Healthcare's Passwordless Problem
Passwordless authentication sounds like a solved problem, until you try to roll it out across a hospital full of shared clinical workstations. In this episode…
The BeatHow AI Is Changing the Ransomware Threat in Healthcare
Ransomware remains one of the biggest cybersecurity threats facing healthcare, but the threat landscape is changing rapidly. Attackers are becoming more…
The BeatHow Healthcare AI Is Moving From Point Solutions to Enterprise Infrastructure | David Stoffel, RapidAI
Healthcare doesn't need more AI pilots. It needs AI that can prove its value. Healthcare organizations are moving beyond experimenting with individual AI tools…
The BeatWhat Healthcare Leaders Need Before Implementing AI | Dr. Melinda Kidder & Bill Slovin
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing healthcare, but successful AI adoption requires much more than choosing the right technology. In this episode of…
The BeatHow Artera Uses Agentic AI to Transform Patient Experience in Healthcarev
On today’s episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Guillaume de Zwirek, CEO & Co-Founder of Artera. Artera is pioneering a new category in healthcare AI by…
The BeatHow Rollstack is Transforming Value-Based Care Reporting with CEO Nabil Jallouli
Healthcare organizations have more data than ever before, but turning that data into actionable insights remains one of the industry's biggest challenges. In…
The BeatHow FHIRplace Is Testing Interoperability at Real-World Scale
In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Timothy Bennett, the Director of Strategic Healthcare Initiatives at Drummond Group, LLC, for his second…
The BeatHow Plaud Helps Clinicians Reduce Documentation Burden, One Conversation at a Time
Introduction: In this episode of the AI at ViVE series on The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Rachel Chen, Senior Director of Engineering at…
The BeatHow CGI Is Helping Federal Health Agencies Get AI-Ready
In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Brad Schoffstall, Vice President of Health and Compliance Programs at CGI, and Dr. James Peake, Senior Vice…
The BeatTrust, Verify, Repeat: Securing Healthcare in the Age of AI Voices
For years, healthcare organizations focused on securing digital channels while treating phone calls as a trusted service channel. That assumption no longer…
The BeatHow Digital Driver's Licenses Are About to Transform Healthcare Identity Verification
In this episode of the AI at ViVE series on The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance welcomes back Peter Horadan, CEO of Vouched, for a fascinating and…
The BeatSecurity vs. Convenience: Can Healthcare Have Both?
Workforce security in healthcare is no longer just about compliance—it’s about creating a seamless, secure digital experience for employees and patients. In…
The BeatRethinking Network Defense in Healthcare
Cybersecurity in healthcare isn’t just about keeping attackers out anymore. It’s about what happens after they get in. In this episode, Chris Boehm, Field CTO…
The BeatHart Helps Change Data Chaos to Data Clarity in Healthcare
AI may be the hottest topic in healthcare, but most organizations still aren’t ready to use it at scale. In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with the CEO…
The BeatHow MyFitnessPal Is Using AI to Transform Global Nutrition
In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Mike Fisher, the CEO of MyFitnessPal, for an exciting and passionate conversation about what happens when…
The BeatWhy Infosys Believes AI Will Rewire Every Function in Healthcare
In this episode of the AI at Health series on The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Venky Ananth, Executive Vice President and Head of Healthcare…
The BeatHow Bland Is Replacing Legacy IVR Systems and Fixing Healthcare's Phone Problem
In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Isaiah Granet, co-founder and CEO of Bland, for a sharp and eye-opening conversation about one of the most…
The BeatHow Limina Is Making Sensitive Health Data Safe for AI
In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Patricia Thaine, co-founder and chair of Limina (formerly known as Private AI), for a fascinating conversation…
The BeatHow Vital Is Using AI to Keep Patients Informed, Safe, and Loyal
In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Aaron Patzer, the founder & CEO of Vital.io, for one of the most energizing and candid conversations in the…
The BeatHow DirectTrust Is Vetting Health Apps, Accrediting AI, and Gaps HIPAA Didn't Address
In this episode, host Sandy Vance welcomes back Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Chief Strategy Officer at DirectTrust, for her third time on the show. This time…
The BeatHow Vouched Is Helping Telehealth Providers Verify Patients Without Losing Them
In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Matthew Stern, the CEO at MyStart Health, and Nick Mortek, Strategic Consultant at Vouched. They have a practical…
The BeatFrom Data Chaos to Data Confidence in Healthcare
Healthcare has more data than any industry in the world—but without trust in that data, it’s almost useless. In this episode, Clay Ritchey, Chief Executive…
The BeatTurning Healthcare AI from Vision to Verified Impact with Pegasus One
What does it really take to get a healthcare AI product past the proof-of-concept stage and into production? In this episode of the AI at ViVE series on the…
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Reinventing Blood Testing for Better Patient Experience with Web Golinkin, President at Babson Diagnostics
What if the biggest barrier to better healthcare outcomes is… the blood draw itself? In this episode, Web Golinkin, President at Babson Diagnostics, discusses…
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Modernizing Healthcare Infrastructure with AI-Native Networking with Matt Roberts, Healthcare Business Lead at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The network is no longer just a hidden utility. It is becoming an intelligent engine for safer, smarter healthcare operations. In this episode, Matt Roberts…
The BeatHow Infosys Helix Is Helping Payers Finally Go Digital Native
In this episode of the AI at Health series on The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Vadiraj Guttal, VP and Business Head for Infosys Helix, for a…
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Eliminating Workflow Friction with Agentic AI with Kshitij Jaggi, Co-Founder and CEO of RISA Labs
Healthcare doesn’t have a technology problem; it has a workflow problem. In this episode, Kshitij Jaggi discusses why healthcare’s digital tools have failed to…
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Shifting from Denial Management to Denial Prevention with Jason Considine, President of Experian Health
Simplifying the complex world of healthcare reimbursement. In this episode, Jason Considine, President of Experian Health, discusses shifting the industry's…
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Building Trustworthy AI in Healthcare with Dr. Peter Bonis, Chief Medical Officer at Wolters Kluwer Health
AI is advancing rapidly in healthcare, but speed without governance can create serious clinical, legal, and enterprise-level risks. In this episode, Peter…
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Turning Price Transparency into Strategy with Dilpreet Sahota, CEO and Founder of Trek Health
What if the biggest opportunity in healthcare reimbursement is finally having a clear view of what “fair” actually looks like? In this episode, Dilpreet…
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Bringing Clarity to Healthcare Payments with Ted Ferrin, SVP of Payments Innovation at Zelis
Healthcare payments are often discussed as a transparency problem, but the deeper issue is structural fragmentation across contracts, claims, remittances, and…
The BeatHow UAMS Is Scaling AI Across the Enterprise with Luma Health
AI in healthcare is moving fast, but what does real, operational impact actually look like? In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Aditya Bansod, CTO and…
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Reducing Clinician Burden with AI-Powered Workflows with Dr. Richa Gupta, Vice President of Care Transformation at Ambience Healthcare
Healthcare is drowning in documentation and fragmented data, but what if the system worked for clinicians rather than against them? In this episode, Dr. Richa…
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Making Healthcare Technology More Human with Lisa Gulker, Chief Nursing Officer at Oracle Health and Life Sciences
Healthcare technology should quietly remove friction and reduce burden so clinicians can focus on what matters most: caring for patients in a more human way…
The BeatThe Future of Personalized Healthcare Experiences Is Here: Inside the IBM and Adobe Partnership
As digital change accelerates across healthcare, payors face an urgent need to modernize how they communicate, educate, and engage. The AI-Orchestrated…
The BeatCompliance Isn’t Security: The Biggest Cybersecurity Myth in Healthcare (HITRUST Explained)
In this episode of the Cybersecurity at Vibe series on The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Shreesh Bhattarai, Director of HITRUST at A-LIGN, for…
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Building Affordable, Transparent Consumer Healthcare with Dr. Myra Ahmad, CEO of Mochi Health
Consumer healthcare is entering a new phase where patients are no longer just looking for convenience. They are looking for affordability, transparency, and…
The BeatFrom Pipes to Platform: Building an AI‑Ready, Standards‑First Healthcare Backbone
In this episode of the Interop Now at Vibe series on The Beat Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Adam Luff, VP of Product Solutions at Infor, and Jesse…
The BeatHow Carenet is Partnering with Clients to Use AI and Make Healthcare Feel Human Again
In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Dan Shur, Chief Product Officer at Carenet Health, to talk about what it really takes to guide patients and…
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Transforming Care with Integrated Diagnostics and AI with Dr. Shez Partovi, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Philips
What if doctors could see all patient data in one place while AI handled the busywork? In this episode, Dr. Shez Partovi talks about the urgent need for…
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Empowering Community Health Workers with Technology with Colby Takeda, Co-Founder and CEO of Pear Suite
What happens when some of healthcare’s most trusted workers are still operating outside the systems that document, reimburse, and scale care? In this episode…
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Building a Connected Healthcare Ecosystem with Therasa Bell, President and Co-Founder of Kno2
What happens when interoperability stops being a buzzword and starts becoming real infrastructure? In this episode, Therasa Bell, President & Co-Founder of…
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Scaling Responsible AI in Healthcare with Ajoy Ranga, Chief Digital Officer of Healthcare at UST, and Ashok Chennuru, Chief Data & Digital AI Transformation Officer at Elevance Health/Carelon
What if the real power of AI in healthcare isn’t the technology itself, but how we apply it responsibly and intentionally? In this episode, Ajoy Ranga, Chief…
The BeatHow Optura Is Helping Healthcare Organizations Actually Transform
In this episode, host Sandy Vance and Andy Fanning, the CEO & Co-founder of Optura.ai, sit down to talk about why so many healthcare organizations are making…
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Rethinking Virtual Care and AI with Tammy Cress, SVP of Clinical Solutions and Innovation at Teladoc Health
Virtual care is no longer just about access. It is now becoming the infrastructure layer that helps health systems reduce fragmentation, strengthen workplace…
The BeatWhy Healthcare Organizations Are Losing the Cyber War (and How to Fight Back)
In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Gary Salman, CEO and co-founder of Black Talon Security, for a passionate and informative conversation about…
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Building the Data Foundation for Healthcare AI with Jeff Thomas, SVP and Chief Technology Officer at Sentara Health
Healthcare organizations cannot afford to chase every new technology trend without first building the foundation to make those tools effective, scalable, and…
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Improving Access to Specialty Care with Reza Sanai, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of PicassoMD
Specialty care remains one of the biggest black boxes in healthcare, creating delays, unnecessary referrals, and major frustration for both patients and…