Boombostic Health

🤔 Did you know that 30-50% of Americans lack access to primary care? That's a staggering number! Bradley Bostic sits down with Matthew Holt (The Health Care Blog) for a blunt diagnosis of what's broken in U.S. healthcare and a concrete, numbers-driven proposal to fix it. Holt doesn't just complain. He names incentives, calls out the money flows, and lays out a primary-care "voucher" model designe...

Guest: Fawad, Founder & CEO, Penguin AI (former CDO/data leader across major payer/provider organizations) Healthcare isn't broke because we lack innovation. It's broke because we spend a staggering amount of money moving paper, arguing over rules, and chasing "documentation" instead of outcomes. From the HC1 booth at Health 2025 in Vegas, Bradley sits down with Fawad —a veteran healthcare data op...

IU Health CEO Dennis Murphy joins Bradley Bostic to unpack what it takes to drive innovation at scale—across 16 hospitals and 300+ clinical sites. They cover values-based culture, platform-first AI strategy, statewide data collaboration, philanthropy as a "margin of excellence," and IU Health's new flagship campus—set to see its first patients in December 2027.   Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Hea...

At-home diagnostics isn't "a kit." It's an operating system. From the outside, it looks simple: order → kit arrives → collect → mail back. Behind the scenes, scaling that experience requires automation, reliability, and speed . In this conversation, Jeff Shattuck explains how DOT Corp uses automation, robotics, and AI to reduce the time from order to shipment, expanding what's possible for home di...

Show Notes Healthcare keeps talking about AI, affordability, and outcomes… But most systems are still ignoring the front door that drives care decisions: diagnostics . Recorded In the Wild at HLTH 2025 in Las Vegas , Bradley Bostic sits down with James York (Chief Commercial Officer + Head of Government Affairs, Molecular Testing Labs) to unpack a hard truth: If you can't make testing accessible,...

Summary Healthcare is racing to be "AI ready." But most of the industry is still trying to turn billing exhaust into strategy. In this episode, Bradley Bostic sits down with Ryan Leurck , Co-Founder & Chief Analytics Officer at Kythera Labs , to cut through the noise and get blunt about what actually makes AI work in healthcare. Because the truth is simple—and uncomfortable: If your data can't be...

Summary By the time most people hear "dementia," their brain has been sounding the alarm for years. In this episode of Boombostic Health, Dr. John Showalter shares his journey from internist to healthcare technology innovator. He explains how AI and digital tools can support early detection and intervention for cognitive decline—before daily life starts to fall apart. The conversation highlights h...

We talk a lot about "data-driven healthcare," yet we're still blind to one of the most important data layers: the microbiome. Mental health, early-onset cancer, autoimmunity—much of that risk is already visible in the gut years before a diagnosis code ever hits the chart. Most care models, benefits designs, and longevity strategies simply don't account for it. In this episode of Boombostic Health...

Virtual care is scaling. AI is everywhere.   But when lab completion falls from ~70% in-clinic to ~30% in virtual care, the whole model breaks. Virtual Care Without Labs Is Just Zoom - Even with AI.   In this Boombostic Health in the Wild episode from HLTH 2025, Bradley Bostic sits down with Maitham Dib, founder of Junction, to unpack the "real" bottleneck: turning lab orders into lab results.   T...

Virtual care isn't a feature. It's the future care model nobody in healthcare wants to admit is already here. At HLTH 2025, we sat down with Michael Dalton, CEO and founder of Ovatient , to unpack the real story behind why rural and urban patients alike are falling through the cracks and how Ovatient built the first truly integrated virtual multi-specialty practice on Epic. This conversation expos...

AI will accelerate healthcare — but genomics will rewrite it. The minute DNA drives care decisions for everyone, the current system becomes obsolete. Gene by Gene quietly runs one of the most advanced, high-throughput genomics labs in the world — powering platforms like MyHeritage and rapidly transforming clinical medicine, oncology, pharmacogenomics, and ancestry.  This conversation explores what...

Pharma Isn't Broken — Access Is ixlayer x Sanofi Ventures @ HLTH 2025 Patients don't suffer because we lack medical innovation — they suffer because it takes too long to access it.  🚀 Why This Matters Patients today are consumers — they expect speed, personalization, and access. Pharma, technology, and venture capital are aligning to deliver it. The future of healthcare is collaborative, data-dri...

Prescription costs are broken — and patients are the ones paying the price. In this episode of Boombostic Health, host Bradley Bostic sits down with Lathe Bigler of First Data Bank to unpack why e-prescribing hasn't evolved in decades, how opaque pricing keeps patients in the dark, and why the next wave of pharmacy network innovation could flip the power dynamic back to patients.   💡 What We Cove...

Summary This conversation explores the transformative potential of AI in healthcare, emphasizing the importance of agentic AI, interoperability, and the need for a shift in medical education. The speakers discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by AI technologies, the necessity of upskilling healthcare professionals, and the economic models that must evolve to support these changes. The...

Summary The business of healthcare is broken — but intelligence might finally fix it. In this episode of Boombostic Health, Bradley Bostic and Jason Wenell reveal how to build an AI-ready healthcare system that learns, adapts, and delivers real value. Jason shares his three-layer framework — upskill people, automate workflows, and build AI-native systems that think. Discover how AI is becoming the...

Summary In this conversation, Craig Hittle discusses the evolving nature of telemedicine, emphasizing that it should not be viewed merely as a transactional service. Instead, he advocates for a model that fosters long-term relationships between patients and healthcare providers, enhancing the overall quality of care delivered through digital platforms. Takeaways Telemedicine is often misunderstood...

Every year in the U.S., 275,000 people die because of medication mismanagement — a failure that drains $528 billion annually from our $5 trillion healthcare system. It's healthcare's deadly hidden failure . That's where DecisionRx comes in. Their coined Medication Therapy Optimization (MTO) approach goes far beyond Pharmacogenetics (PGx), combining AI-powered insights with pharmacist-led care to s...

Summary Pre-market clinical trials are essential — but they don't reflect how devices truly perform once they're in the real world. In this episode of Boombostic Health , host Bradley Bostic sits down with Dr. Amelia Hufford, Co-Founder and SVP of Clinical and Regulatory Science at 3Aware , to unpack why real-world data (RWD) is critical to the survival of medical devices — and why mindset, not sc...

Why is giving birth in the United States still so risky—especially for Black and Native American mothers? In this powerful episode of  Boombostic Health , host Bradley Bostic sits down with Tiffany Hall , a nurse and maternal health expert who has spent decades on the frontlines of patient care and blood management. Tiffany exposes the hidden pregnancy risk no one is talking about: anemia. Drawing...

AI in healthcare isn't about robot doctors — it's about building billion-dollar businesses. In this episode of Boombostic Health, Bradley Bostic sits down with Nigel Ohrenstein, CEO of Diagnostic Robotics and veteran healthcare entrepreneur, to explore how agentic AI is quietly reshaping the $4T healthcare industry. Nigel has taken companies from napkin sketch to multi-billion-dollar scale — most...

96% Accurate Cancer Detection — Without an Invasive Biopsy? The Breakthrough Test That Could Save Millions What if detecting cancer was as simple as giving a urine sample? No needles. No surgery. No fear. In this episode of Boombostic Health , host Bradley Bostic sits down with Curtiss McNair Jr., VP of Operations at PanGIA Biotech , to unpack one of the most groundbreaking medical innovations in...

What does it really take to build and scale a healthcare company? In this episode of Boombostic Health, Bradley Bostic sits down with Lee Shapiro—Managing Partner at 7wire Ventures, former President of Allscripts, and co-founder of Livongo—to talk about his journey from "recovering lawyer" to building one of the most successful companies in digital health. Lee shares how he and Glenn Tullman grew...

Episode Description What if women could know — years in advance — when perimenopause and menopause will begin? In this episode of Boombostic Health , host Bradley Bostic talks with Nich Gentry and Dr. Lizellen La Follette of Life Ahead , a groundbreaking company combining ultrasound, personalized data, and validated science to give women a clear picture of their reproductive timeline. You'll learn...

Summary Guest: Melissa Butterworth, CEO of Advanced Strategic Partners Overview: Hospitals are under extreme financial pressure—but what if the answer to their budget woes is sitting right inside their own labs?  In this eye-opening episode, Melissa Butterworth—who's led over $2.4 billion in lab transactions—joins Bradley to explore the growing trend of health systems divesting lab assets. Togethe...

In this episode, host Bradley Bostic sits down with healthcare innovator and author Jim Wallace to discuss how AI, wearables, genomics, and big data are transforming the way care is delivered. Wallace shares insights from his new book, Precision Medicine, AI, and the Science of Personalized Health Care , revealing why traditional models of care are falling short—and what's next. What you'll learn:...