HIMSSCast
HIMSSCast is a podcast produced by the HIMSS Media editorial team behind Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews, and Healthcare Finance News. In each episode, our editors are joined by special guests from around the health tech industry to discuss major news stories or trends in the space. The aim of the show is to add depth, analysis and color to our ongoing coverage of the digital health, health tech and healthcare finance realms, as well as to facilitate lively conversations about hot health tech topics.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 545
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
HIMSSCast: Breaking down silos by uniting primary and specialty care
How a personal experience with the healthcare system created a new focus on technology and integration in pediatric care.
HIMSSCast: How tech dealmaking can help with the labor shortage and much more
James McHugh, managing director of research and consulting firm BRG, discusses his firm's new research that shows providers considering deal activity to address challenges and opportunities with AI, …
HIMSSCast: Building trust between doctors and data analysts
Dr. Vinay Vaidya, Phoenix Children's Hospital's CMIO and Dr. Wendy Bernatavicius, division chief, explain how collaboration improved patient care by surfacing EHR data in dashboards that clinicians h…
HIMSSCast: The big AI findings in Accenture's TechVision 2025 report
Accenture's Global Health Technology Lead Andy Truscott discusses integrating data and AI to improve decision making and patient experiences, training staff to lead AI adoption, creating trustworthy …
HIMSSCast: Should all healthcare organizations have an AI plan?
A recent WSJ journal op-ed made the case that not all businesses need to be embracing AI – in fact, some shouldn't. Does the same hold true for healthcare? A look at the pros and cons of artificial i…
HIMSSCast: The key to patient engagement is personalization
Upfront Healthcare worked with Hartford Healthcare to hyper-personalize digital outreach, closing gaps in care.
HIMSSCast: The top priorities of the combined ATA Action and DTA
Kyle Zebley, head of ATA Action, and Andy Molnar, head of digital health at ATA Action, dig into four of their top concerns after ATA Action recently acquired the former Digital Therapeutics Alliance…
HIMSSCast: How health systems can find AI's opportunity and promise
Tom Kiesau, chief innovation officer and leader, digital and technology transformation, at healthcare consulting firm Chartis, shows how AI will address the nation's rapidly aging population amidst e…
HIMSSCast: A consultant expert on improving the patient experience and practitioner workflows
Chris Whelchel, CEO of HealthTok, discusses overcoming challenges healthcare organizations face in adopting new technologies and how emerging technologies like AI are transforming healthcare.
HIMSSCast: The innovations and barriers of genomics
The cost versus the clinical insights
HIMSSCast: Lessons from UNC, Part 3 - How data governance paves way for AI success
In the third episode of our three-part series, UNC analytics director Greg Kuhnen is joined by his colleague Ram Rimal for a discussion about artificial intelligence must-haves.
HIMSSCast: Lessons from UNC, Part 2 - Governance as a Strategic Force
Once you've got a handle on your data – where it is, who needs it and how it can be accessed – it's time to put it all to work. Greg Kuhnen, system director for analytical solutions at UNC Health Car…
HIMSSCast: Lessons from UNC, Part 1 - Data Governance Fundamentals
Greg Kuhnen, system director for analytical solutions at UNC Health Care, offers an up-close look at the health system's years of hard work to make the most of its data – and explains how HIMSS Analy…
Ping Identity & ProofID presents: How to build stronger identity and access management strategies
Bridging your organizational silos can help drive digital modernization
HIMSSCast: Cutting-edge digital health tech enhances brain health
Casey Bennett, chair of the health informatics program at Chicago's DePaul University, runs a lab creating technology to aid brain health – everything from robots to wearables and IOT devices to virt…
Trend Micro presents: Get a look at 2025’s upcoming cybersecurity trends
AI has been a major factor in cybersecurity strategies in 2024, and that will continue into 2025. However, cybercriminals are also continuing to pursue traditional phishing and social engineering met…
Concord Technologies presents: How intelligent processing and AI can streamline payer workflows
Explore high-yield, low-risk solutions for modernizing prior authorizations
HIMSSCast: How AI is impacting nurse practitioners
Stephen Ferrara, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and associate dean for AI at Columbia University School of Nursing, offers a deep dive into the tech and its role wi…
FinThrive presents: Looking ahead to 2025’s RCM cybersecurity challenges
2024 shone a spotlight on healthcare RCM’s need for strong cybersecurity and resilience strategies. FinThrive CISO Greg Surla recommends best practices for guarding your vital systems and data agains…
HIMSSCast: AI as an overlay to hospital operations
Qventus solves problems before they happen for greater hospital efficiency.