Episodes

For the 204th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are making over/under bets on different healthcare IT topics! We have created a list of hot topics in healthcare IT, such as new health IT regulations, AI agent use, prior auth automation, etc., and assigned them a number or percentage. We then bet on whether we think what will happen will be over that number or if it will be under that number! Here’s a preview of the topics we bet on in this episode: Over/Under the number of new heal...

For the 203rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Rhapsody, we are debating if healthcare is vulnerable to runaway AI! We kick this episode off by discussing whether we are worried about AI Armageddon or if we think it’s overblown right now. Next, we talk about if healthcare should be concerned given the recent rash of runaway AI incidents. Then, we share what we ideally think we should (or shouldn’t) do relative to AI in healthcare. Lastly, we conclude this episode by debat...

For the 202nd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are doing a preview of the upcoming health IT fall conferences! We kick this preview off by discussing what topics we think will rise to the top of the conferences this fall. Next, we share our ‘dark horse’ topics, the topics that may surprise us. Then, we talk about what topics are overhyped and verging on tired. Lastly, we conclude this episode by debating which of the conferences will have the most impact or which we will be talking...

For the 201st episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Rhapsody, we are talking about Epic UGM and Health IT Australia! We kick this episode off by comparing the general vibe of this year’s UGM to the previous one. Then we discuss the signs or portents of things to come that we noticed, as well as the areas where people were focusing their attention. Next, we share the announcements that stood out to us at Epic UGM. Then we dig into Australia being an EMR greenfield market. Final...

For the 200th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, I am joined by a very special guest host— Sagnik Bhattacharya, CEO at Rhapsody, the sponsor of this episode— to discuss what is holding AI back in healthcare! We kick this episode off by sharing what has surprised us most about AI adoption from the years of AI experimentation. Then we discuss where healthcare really is today. Next, we dig into why so many AI initiatives are succeeding in pilots but are struggling to scale. We then debate ...

For the 199th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about our healthcare AI pet peeves! Don’t get us wrong; in general, we’re big supporters of AI in healthcare. But like all technology, it’s not perfect. There are things here and there that irk us just a bit or get under our skin, and that is the focus of this episode. We made a list of healthcare AI topics and we share our pet peeves with them! Here’s a preview of the topics we discuss in this episode: Use of AI in Health...

For the 198th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Rhapsody, we are talking about leadership succession! We kick this episode off by sharing our thoughts on Sumit Rana leaving Epic. Next, we discuss what we can learn from past leadership successions when a founder or longtime executive steps away. Then, we debate how important the leadership and a succession plan are to customers. Lastly, we conclude this episode by talking about the keys to ensuring a continuous path forward...

For the 197th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about the World Cup of health IT! We kick this episode off by discussing who in healthcare deserves a yellow card (given for reckless fouls, time-wasting, or unsportsmanlike conduct) right now. Next, we talk about who we think deserves a red card (given for serious fouls against players or officials) in healthcare right now. Then, we share what international health IT developments have caught our attention recently. Finally...

For the 196th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about revenue cycle management! We kick this episode off by sharing what we have been hearing at the recent conferences we’ve both been attending in the RCM space. Next, we talk about what technology actually helps the coding personnel shortage we are currently facing. Then, we discuss what we think the reality and the promise of AI is in RCM. Lastly, we debate whether we are heading towards having totally autonomous coding...

For the 195th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are taking a look at healthcare IT failures! We kick this episode off by debating what we think has been the biggest health IT policy failure. Next, we share our thoughts on the biggest healthcare technology failure. Then, we take a look at the healthcare system to see what its biggest structural failure is. We then end this episode by sharing a personal failure we experienced or were a part of in health IT. Here’s a preview of the top...

For the 194th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are back with another episode of everyone’s favorite game – buy or sell! In case you’ve forgotten or this is your first buy or sell episode, we set out a list of hot topics and trends in healthcare to discuss whether we believe the topic or trend is true/is going to happen (aka, we ‘buy’ it), or if we think it is not true/will not happen (aka, we ‘sell’ it). For this episode, we are doing a special conference edition, focusing on the t...

For the 193rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about trends in healthcare marketing and patient experience! We kick this episode off by discussing how we think the healthcare website is changing this year. Then, we debate where we think AI is affecting how patients seek and receive care. Next, we share the marketing message that surprised us at the Swaay.Health LIVE conference. Lastly, we conclude this episode by talking about our key takeaways from Swaay.Health LIVE th...

For the 192nd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are finishing our Mount Rushmore for Health IT! In case you missed it, we had so much to discuss that we started our Mount Rushmores in the previous episode. If you want to hear the full build, make sure to check out the previous episode as well. To complete our Mount Rushmores, we first talk about what Health IT Companies we think should be on it. Then we discuss who would be on our own personal Health IT Mount Rushmore. Do you think ...

For the 191st episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are building our own Mount Rushmore for Health IT! We have so much to discuss that this topic will actually be split up into two episodes. So for part 1, we first talk about who we think should be on the Mount Rushmore of Health IT Technologies. Then we discuss all of the Health IT People we would put on our Mount Rushmores. Who would you add to our list and who would you remove from our lists? Here’s a preview of the topics and questi...

For the 190th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, I am joined by a very special guest host, Reese Maynard, MS, MBA, Owner of AskShereese.tech, to take a look back and review the ViVE and HIMSS conferences! We kick off this review by sharing our big takeaway from ViVE and HIMSS. Next, we dive into everyone’s favorite topic – AI. We share what we were able to learn about AI during these conferences. And on the flip side, we debate on what we think we need to stop talking about with AI. The...

For the 189th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Swaay.Health, Colin and I are answering the questions we’re asking at HIMSS! The first question we answer is — what is a mistake that we keep making in healthcare, and how can it be addressed? Next, we take a look at AI to answer the question of what the most important lesson learned is now that AI is everywhere. Then, we give our opinions on what implemented healthcare policy gets our thumbs up and why. Lastly, we conclude t...

For the 188th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Swaay.Health, we are doing a deep dive into healthcare AI! We kick this episode off with a debate on whether or not hallucinations will continue to happen and if they’ll prevent AI from being implemented/accepted. Then we theorize about whether healthcare will ever trust AI agents to work without supervision. Next, we take a look at the data healthcare AI is trained on and discuss if we think the quality and diversity will ev...

For the 187th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Swaay.Health, we are doing an Olympics-inspired episode, looking at Healthcare IT! We kick this episode off by debating what 3 healthcare IT challenges would be on the podium right now. Next, we talk about what Olympic medal would be given to health IT if one existed. Then we take a look at all of the Olympic sports to pick out which one best represents what it’s like in Healthcare/Health IT right now. Lastly, we conclude thi...

For the 186th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are doing a preview of this year’s ViVE and HIMSS conferences! We kick this episode off by discussing the differences between HIMSS and ViVE. Then we talk about whether we would pick one conference over the other, or if we would do both. Next, we theorize what topics will be discussed in the hallways at ViVe and HIMSS. We then talk about what topics we are the most interested in covering at ViVE and HIMSS. Lastly, we share our tips and...

The 185th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast is sponsored by Swaay.Health, be sure to join us at our Swaay.Health LIVE 2026 Event, April 29 to May 2, in Foxborough. This time, we are talking about 4 intriguing healthcare IT stats! The first intriguing statistic we discuss is that 1 in 4 active weekly users of ChatGPT ask it health-related questions. Next, we talk about two very interesting things that happened with healthcare technology investment in 2025 – the total amount invested was ...

For the 184th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about how we think consumer health tech will impact provider organizations! We kick this episode off by sharing what consumer health tech has us most excited. Next, we talk about what consumer health tech we think won’t last. Then, we debate how we think the adoption of consumer health tech will impact provider organizations. Lastly, we end this episode by theorizing how long we think it will be until we have an AI doctor a...

We’ve been posting our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community’s predictions for Healthcare IT in 2026, and we were feeling a little left out, so for the 183rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we wanted to share our own predictions! We kick this episode off by sharing our predictions for AI scribes in 2026. Then we predict what AI will do in healthcare in 2026. Next, we predict what technologies we think we will all be talking about this year. And lastly, we share our predictions on w...

With the 182nd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast being one of the last episodse we do this year, we are taking a look back at 2025! We kick this episode off by discussing some of the top changes, trends, and innovations we saw this year. Then, we share what news item or event stood out to us the most in 2025. Next, we talk about what 2025 story surprised us. Last, we conclude this episode by taking a look back at all of the conferences we attended in 2025 to share which conference exper...

We are back again for another exciting round of buy or sell for the 181st episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast! In case you are unfamiliar with how these episodes work, or if you just need a refresher, Colin and I sit down to discuss a variety of trends and topics in health IT. We then decide whether we believe it will happen (aka we ‘buy’ it) or we think it won’t happen (aka we ‘sell’ it). Here’s a preview of the topics and trends we discuss in this episode: AI is going to solve a lot o...