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Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to make better use of data, AI, and automation but none of those technologies can reach their full potential without reliable access to the right patient information.  In this episode of Interop Now, host Sandy Vance chats with Dima Goncharov , co-founder & CEO of Metriport , about the evolving healthcare interoperability landscape, h...

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, host Sandy Vance sits with Dawud Gordon , Ph. D. Founder & CEO at Twosense. AI , to unpack why passwordless projects in healthcare so often stall out and what it actually takes to get them across the finish line.  Dawud expla...

Ransomware remains one of the biggest cybersecurity threats facing healthcare, but the threat landscape is changing rapidly. Attackers are becoming more targeted, ransomware-as-a-service is making sophisticated tools more accessible, and artificial intelligence is giving cybercriminals new ways to identify vulnerabilities and craft convincing attacks. In this episode of The Beat's Cybersecurity at...

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 and beginning to think about AI as enterprise infrastructure. But scaling AI across an entire health system requires more than adding algorithms. It requires integrated workflows, secure technology infrastructure, clinical validation, data...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing healthcare, but successful AI adoption requires much more than choosing the right technology.  In this episode of The Beat's AI at ViVE series, Sandy Vance speaks with Dr. Melinda S. Kidder , DHA, MSN, RN, CENP, Chief Nursing Officer, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Bill Slovin , C...

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 pairing its agentic platform with dedicated AI Service Squads that build custom solutions directly alongside healthcare providers, solving urgent workflows from day one. With over a decade of experience, 2 billion annual patient interactions, and...

Healthcare organizations have more data than ever before, but turning that data into actionable insights remains one of the industry's biggest challenges. In this episode of The Beat AI in Healthcare Podcast , host Sandy Vance sits down with Nabil Jallouli , CEO and co-founder of Rollstack , to discuss how AI-powered reporting is helping healthcare organizations simplify value-based care reporting...

In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Timothy Bennett , the Director of Strategic Healthcare Initiatives at Drummond Group, LLC , for his second appearance on the show. With nearly 20 years at Drummond and deep roots in ONC certification testing dating back to 2010, Tim brings a rare long-view perspective to one of the most important questions facing healthcare interoperability today: how d...

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 Plaud , to discuss how Plaud’s wearable AI note-taking technology helps clinicians reduce documentation burden and stay focused on patient conversations. Rachel also shares how Plaud is scaling its voice intelligence platform for professional a...

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 President and former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Army Surgeon General. They have a wide-ranging and practical conversation about what it actually takes to modernize data infrastructure at federal health agencies. With Brad's 35 years at C...

For years, healthcare organizations focused on securing digital channels while treating phone calls as a trusted service channel. That assumption no longer holds true.  In this episode, Sandy sits with Jason Barr , the Vice President of Strategic Sales for Healthcare at Pindrop , who explains how AI-powered voice cloning, deepfakes, and synthetic identities are transforming the cybersecurity lands...

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 forward-looking conversation about one of the most consequential shifts happening in digital identity right now. Digital driver's licenses are no longer a curiosity at TSA checkpoints. They are becoming a global standard, and healthcare is one of the i...

Workforce security in healthcare is no longer just about compliance—it’s about creating a seamless, secure digital experience for employees and patients.  In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Chandramouli Dorai , Chief Evangelist - Cybersecurity Solutions and Digital Signatures at Zoho.com . Today, they will explore how password management, secure browsers, multi-factor authentication (MFA...

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 of Zero Networks , breaks down how organizations can move toward “Zero Trust” without disrupting clinical operations. From legacy systems and third-party access to the growing risks of AI, Chris shares how visibility, identity-based segment...

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 of Hart , Dominique Gross . Together, they break down the real barriers holding healthcare back: from fragmented data and legacy EHR systems to inconsistent standards and limited access. Dominique shares how building a semantic data layer is...

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 twenty years of nutrition data meets modern AI. With over 300 million people impacted worldwide and a brand that has been a household name for two decades, MyFitnessPal is not resting on its laurels.  From an AI coach backed by two decades of...

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 at Infosys , for a wide-ranging and energizing conversation about what it actually means for AI to transform healthcare at scale. Venky brings a refreshingly honest and structured perspective to a conversation that is often dominated by hype...

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 overlooked bottlenecks in healthcare: the phone call. Bland now handles 3.5 million phone calls a week, has raised over $100 million, including a $40 million Series B, and is backed by Emergence Capital, Scale, and Y Combinator. Isaiah brings a r...

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 about one of the most underappreciated bottlenecks in healthcare AI adoption: the privacy of unstructured data.  With a background in natural language processing and privacy research, Patricia built the company from the ground up to solve a...

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 series. Aaron built Mint.com, saved consumers $9 billion in bank fees, and then turned his attention to one of the most anxiety-inducing experiences a person can have: sitting in an emergency room not knowing what is happening.  Vital now gu...

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 conversation goes deeper than ever, covering three major developments: DirectTrust's role in vetting apps for the new CMS Medicare App Library, the launch of a groundbreaking AI accreditation program built on the NIST AI Risk Management...

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 and energizing conversation about one of the most underestimated problems in telehealth: patient identity verification. Matt built MyStart Health to help patients access GLP-1 medications and other telehealth services, only to discover t...

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 Officer of Verato , breaks down why identity is the missing foundation behind interoperability, AI, and better patient experiences. From fragmented records to failed digital transformation promises, Clay shares how solving “who is who” unlocks...

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 BEAT Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Tushar Puri , CEO of Pegasus One , and Sebastian Ouslis , Co-Founder of ChartR Health , to find out. Together, they pull back the curtain on how ChartR is building an autonomous analytics platform...

What if the biggest barrier to better healthcare outcomes is… the blood draw itself? In this episode, Web Golinkin, President at Babson Diagnostics, discusses how his company is reinventing blood testing with a patient-friendly, fingertip-based system. He explains why traditional venipuncture drives anxiety and non-adherence, and how BetterWay improves both experience and outcomes. He also shares...