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CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered. is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. Visit us at www.CareTalkPodcast.com
Episodes
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Can AI Help Us Finally Beat Cancer? w/ Dr. Sanjay Juneja, TheOncDoc
Send us Fan Mail A cancer diagnosis doesn't have to feel like a death sentence. The science is advancing faster than most people realize, and what patients…
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Why Genetic Diagnoses Take So Long for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Why does it take five years to diagnose a child with a genetic disease when the answer is available in 48 hours? In this clip from our episode…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.How Genomics Is Transforming Rare Disease Care w/ Katherine Stueland, CEO, GeneDX
Send us Fan Mail One in six children has a developmental delay, and it takes an average of five years to get a diagnosis for a genetic disease. But it doesn't…
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The Clinical Case for Food as Medicine
Send us Fan Mail What if food worked better than medication for managing diabetes? In this clip from our episode “Food As Medicine: From Trend to Treatment”…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Food As Medicine: From Trend to Treatment w/ Spencer Pratt, Chief Growth Officer, NourishedRx
Send us Fan Mail Food as medicine is moving from buzzword to real healthcare strategy. In this CareTalk episode, Spencer Pratt, Chief Growth Officer of…
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Why Primary Care Is on Life Support
Send us Fan Mail Is American primary care already past the point of no return? In this clip from our episode “Why US Healthcare is Fundamentally Broken”, host…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Why US Healthcare is Fundamentally Broken w/ Zeev Neuwirth, Rezilient Health
Send us Fan Mail Primary care is on life support. Administrative burden is crushing physicians, employer healthcare is broken, and decades of reform efforts…
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Why Now Is the Time for AI in Healthcare
Send us Fan Mail Is this AI moment in healthcare really different from all the hype that came before? In this clip from our episode “A Brief History of AI in…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Why High-Acuity Care Is Moving Home w/ Lon Hecht, CEO, Care2U
Send us Fan Mail Every year, millions of Americans end up in emergency rooms and hospital beds for conditions that could be treated just as well, and far more…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.A Brief History of AI in Healthcare w/ Lekan Wang, Partner, JSL Health Capital
Send us Fan Mail AI has been promising to transform healthcare for decades. So what's actually different this time? From Palantir's early data integration work…
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The Two AI Strategies That Will Fail
Send us Fan Mail How should healthcare leaders approach AI without getting swept up in the hype? In our recent episode of CareTalk, "Is AI Coming for…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Is AI Coming for Healthcare Jobs?
Send us Fan Mail Block just laid off 4,000 people and CEO Jack Dorsey said AI made it possible. The AI jobs story is dominating the headlines in fintech and…
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How Loneliness Hurts Your Health
Send us Fan Mail How dangerous is loneliness to your health? In this clip from our episode “The Wellness Industry Is Misleading You”, host John Driscoll speaks…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.The Wellness Industry Is Misleading You w/ Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Author, Eat Your Ice Cream
Send us Fan Mail The wellness industry is booming, but is it actually helping people live better lives? With trillions spent on supplements, special diets, and…
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Can AI Reduce Medical Errors?
Send us Fan Mail Are medical errors still one of healthcare’s biggest failures? In this clip from our episode “One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI”, host John…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI w/ Dr. Robert Wachter, Author, A Giant Leap
Send us Fan Mail Healthcare has long promised a digital revolution, yet many clinicians feel more burdened than empowered. With AI now accelerating at a rapid…
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The Trust Problem With Healthcare AI
Send us Fan Mail How can patients and providers trust AI in healthcare if they don’t understand how it works? In this clip from our episode "Making Healthcare…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Making Healthcare Access Truly Borderless w/ Dr. Sarah Matt, MD, MBA
Send us Fan Mail Healthcare access is often treated as a technology problem, but the real barriers run much deeper. Geography, cost, culture, trust, and…
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Inactivity Is as Dangerous as Smoking
Send us Fan Mail Is being inactive more dangerous than we think? In this clip from our episode “Why Exercise Beats Longevity Hacks”, CareTalk host John…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Why Exercise Beats Longevity Hacks w/ Dr. Jordan Metzl, Author, The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies
Send us Fan Mail The longevity boom is full of supplements, hacks, and expensive routines, but most of it ignores the simplest lever we already know works. If…
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Clinicians Need AI Literacy Now
Send us Fan Mail How deep into AI do clinicians really need to go? In this clip from our episode "Making Healthcare Massively Better", CareTalk host John…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Making Healthcare Massively Better w/ Halle Tecco, Author of Massively Better Healthcare
Send us Fan Mail Healthcare innovation has never had more hype or more pressure to deliver real results. With AI accelerating and digital health entering a…
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GLP-1s Are Not Just for Weight Loss
Send us Fan Mail Are GLP-1 drugs becoming a long-term foundation of healthcare? In this clip from our episode "What JPM Signals for Healthcare in 2026"…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.What JPM Signals for Healthcare in 2026
Send us Fan Mail AI, GLP-1s, federal policy, and China. Those themes dominated last week’s JP Morgan Health Care Conference in San Francisco. But what, if…
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Will AI Replace Healthcare Jobs?
Send us Fan Mail Will AI actually replace jobs in healthcare, or change what people work on? In this clip from our episode Top Insights From JPM Conference…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Top insights from JPM Conference 2026
Send us Fan Mail Unsurprisingly, AI dominated the headlines at this year’s JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, but there were some other exciting developments that…
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How AI Can Unlock Personalized Cancer Care
Send us Fan Mail What does truly personalized cancer care actually look like in the years ahead? In this clip from our episode “When AI Spots What Doctors…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.The Messy Reality of Healthcare Referrals w/ Trey Holterman, Co-Founder & CEO, Tennr
Send us Fan Mail Referrals are meant to connect patients to the care they need, but in reality, they often become a source of delays, dropped handoffs, and…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.When AI Spots What Doctors Miss w/ Steve Brown, Founder & CEO, CureWise
Send us Fan Mail Modern medicine generates more data than any one clinician or patient can reasonably process, and for people with rare or complex conditions…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.2026 Healthcare Trends and Predictions
Send us Fan Mail 2025 has been another whirlwind year for healthcare. Between the new Administration upending the apple care, the explosion of AI, and the…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Why 340B Matters More Than Ever w/ Scott Seidelmann, CEO, NuvemRx
Send us Fan Mail Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) care for more than 30 million Americans, yet many people have never heard of them or understand how…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Detecting Lung Cancer Earlier With AI w/ Prashant Warier, Founder & CEO, Qure.ai
Send us Fan Mail Lung cancer is often discovered too late, when treatments are expensive and survival rates are low. But what if routine chest x-rays could…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Why Health Insurance Is So Confusing
Send us Fan Mail Health insurance in the United States is incredibly complex, filled with deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance, narrow networks and more. Why is…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.How AI Agents Cure Healthcare's Admin Burdens w/ Chetan Reddy, Founder & CEO, Confido Health
Send us Fan Mail Phone lines are jammed. Staff are overwhelmed. Patients wait, hang up, or fall through the cracks entirely. Meanwhile, the pressure to improve…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Modernizing Healthcare Data Security w/ Aimee Cardwell
Send us Fan Mail If you don’t know where the patient’s data is at every moment, you really can’t protect it yet. That’s the reality many healthcare…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Can Agentic AI Fix Healthcare?
Send us Fan Mail AI assistants like transcription co-pilots and chat-bots are yesterday’s news. Now, we’re entering the new era of agentic AI. The new tools…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Turning Clinical Data Chaos into Clarity w/ John Laursen, SVP of Communications, IMO Health
Send us Fan Mail Healthcare is drowning in messy, inconsistent data, and IMO Health is helping clean it up so organizations can turn information into real…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.The Blueprint for Rural Health Success w/ Albert L. Wright Jr., President & CEO, WVU Medicine
Send us Fan Mail What if rural hospitals could thrive instead of just survive? In this episode of CareTalk Executive Features, WVU Medicine President & CEO…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.The Truth About Tylenol and Autism w/ Dr. Zeke Emanuel
Send us Fan Mail Vaccines save lives, misinformation spreads fast, and ice cream, believe it or not, might actually be good for you. In this episode of…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Can $50B Save Rural Healthcare?
Send us Fan Mail Will the $50 billion rural transformation fund save rural hospitals or hasten their demise? In this episode of CareTalk, hosts David E…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Fixing Healthcare’s Front Door w/ Dr. Ashish Mandavia, Founder & CEO, Sohar Health
Send us Fan Mail The digital front door to healthcare is jammed, and it’s costing patients, providers, and payers alike. In this episode of CareTalk Executive…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Healing Through Human Connection w/ Darin Buxbaum, CEO, Wider Circle
Send us Fan Mail Medicaid covers nearly 90 million Americans, but coverage doesn’t always equal health. What if the real driver of outcomes isn’t the doctor’s…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Crowdsourcing Hope for ALS Research w/ Tris Dyson
Send us Fan Mail Every 90 minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with ALS — a devastating disease that has long resisted conventional research and treatment…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Breaking Healthcare’s Data Bottleneck w/ Shubh Sinha, Co-founder & CEO, Integral
Send us Fan Mail Healthcare sits on mountains of valuable data, but compliance bottlenecks prevent organizations from unlocking its potential. In this…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.The Hidden Costs of Prior Authorization
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had your health plan deny a treatment that your doctor says you need? Well, you're not alone. But there's good news: People who…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Improving Access to Care with a Clinic in a Box w/ Karthik Ganesh
Send us Fan Mail Access to healthcare in the U.S. is broken, with millions forced to choose between essential needs and seeing a doctor. Traditional clinics…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Fixing What's Broken in Pharmacy Benefits w/ Dr. Alan Pannier, SVP of Product Strategy, SmithRx
Send us Fan Mail Healthcare spending continues to surge, with pharmacy costs now representing 30-40% of total healthcare spend. In this episode of CareTalk…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Why Healthcare Costs Keep Rising
Send us Fan Mail Forget about the price of eggs. It’s healthcare costs that are rising fast. Double digit increases are coming for 2026 and cost sharing is…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Fixing The Flaws In Clinical Research w/ Faro Health Founder & CEO, Scott Chetham
Send us Fan Mail Clinical trials are the backbone of medical progress, but they've become increasingly complex, costly, and slow. Can technology smooth the…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Making Mental Health More Accessible w/ Dr. Tom Milam
Send us Fan Mail Access to mental health care remains out of reach for millions, especially in rural communities. In this episode of Caretalk, John Driscoll…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Creating Health Content People Can Trust w/ Dr. Joseph Feuerstein
Send us Fan Mail Patients today are flooded with health information. Much of it inaccurate or misleading At the same time, trust in healthcare providers and…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.A New Model for Addiction Care w/ Dr. Yusuf Sherwani
Send us Fan Mail Substance use disorder affects millions, yet less than 10% receive treatment. In this episode of CareTalk, John Driscoll speaks with Dr. Yusuf…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Delivering on the Promise of CAR T Cell Therapy w/ Dr. Jason Bock
Send us Fan Mail The future of cancer treatment is on the horizon, but can we afford it, regulate it, and deliver it at scale? In this episode of the HealthBiz…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Lessons From a Former White House Doctor w/ Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman
Send us Fan Mail Photos of President Trump's bruised hands prompted a rare public medical update, but what really happens behind closed doors when a…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Making AI Safe for Healthcare w/ Dr. Holly Urban
Send us Fan Mail Generative AI is transforming the way clinicians interact with technology. In this episode, Dr. Holly Urban, VP of Business Development at…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.What OBBB Means For Healthcare
Send us Fan Mail The One Big Beautiful Bill is now the law of the land. Signed on July 4, it’s being sold as a patriotic triumph of commonsense and fiscal…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.The Future of MedTech Trials w/ Jason Monteleone, CEO, Avania
Send us Fan Mail When people talk about clinical trials, they usually think of drugs, but what about the tools that deliver, diagnose, and detect? Medical…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Will Trump's Plan Cut Drug Prices?
Send us Fan Mail The U.S. pays more for prescription drugs than any other country. President Trump says it’s time to change that—with a bold plan to tie…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.AI In Clinical Trials: Hope Or Hype? w/ Tom Doyle, Chief Technology Officer, Medidata
Send us Fan Mail AI promises to revolutionize clinical trials and reshape regulatory oversight. But is the pharma industry ready? And can the FDA keep pace…
CareTalk: Healthcare. Unfiltered.Rebuilding Trust in Public Healthcare w/ Dr. Tyler Evans
Send us Fan Mail As viral diseases both new and old ravage countries across the world, does the growing distrust of physicians, and the healthcare industry at…