AI at ViVE Podcast

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...

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 t...

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...

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...

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 co-founder of Luma Health , and Michelle Winfield-Hanrahan , RN BSN MHA MSN about this very topic. They share how the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is scaling AI beyond the call center and into complex, high-friction workflow...

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 AI headlines without actually transforming anything. Andy breaks down how Optura helps payers, providers, and life sciences companies move from a scattered list of AI ideas to a prioritized, production-ready roadmap with measurable retur...

In this episode, host Sandy Vance sits down with Adam Kamor , Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Tonic.ai , to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in healthcare's AI adoption: what to do with sensitive data you legally cannot access.  Adam breaks down how Tonic AI helps healthcare organizations de-identify and synthesize unstructured data so they can train AI models safely, stay HIPA...

In this episode, Rajkumar Thirunavukkarasu , SVP & Head of Healthcare Provider Business at Tech Mahindra , and LaDonna Sweeten , EHR Practice Lead at The HCI Group , a fully owned subsidiary of Tech Mahindra, discuss how health systems can transform their EHR from a static system of record into a dynamic performance engine. The conversation also highlights a unique market differentiator: the c...

In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Hari Bala , the Chief Technology Officer for Health Information Systems at Solventum . Together, they explore how healthcare organizations can build trust and confidence around AI adoption, drawing on insights from Solventum’s recent global survey of healthcare professionals. The research highlights a growing demand for AI alongside concerns that innova...

In this episode, host Sandy Vance and Ted Dinsmore discuss the ever-evolving role of AI in healthcare, industry trends, challenges, and solutions. They explore the concept of agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which aims to enhance data integration and efficiency in healthcare systems. They also highlight the importance of building trust in AI solutions, particularly in rural healthc...

AI is revolutionizing how health information is managed. Utilizing sophisticated algorithms, it can assist professionals in making more informed decisions. For instance, optical character recognition (OCR) can read and interpret medical records, identifying potential compliance issues and ensuring every page represents the correct patient.  In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Anupriyo Cha...

The data necessary to achieve the promise of precision medicine are now available with low-cost whole-genome sequencing, microbiome analysis, proteomics, and other large datasets. Bioscope has developed a team of AI personas to help clinicians realize that promise in a way that will revolutionize the practice of medicine. In this episode, Sandy Vance speaks with Don Brown, MD , Founder and CEO of...