Healthcare IT Today Interviews

Withings has long been known for smart wellness devices for consumers—first scales, then blood pressure monitors and other products—but it is a little shift in gears for them to offer a new blood pressure monitor, BPM Pro 2, specifically to be used by patients connected to their clinicians. In this short video, Antoine Robiliard, VP of Health Solutions at Withings, explains the purpose and use of...

Geisinger, a major health care provider and medical education center, has what is probably the largest public cloud-based instance of Epic in the industry. In this video interview with Marlin Moyer, Associate Vice President of Electronic Health Records and Clinical Systems at Geisinger, offer details about the planning and execution of their move to AWS, and the benefits they've experienced. G...

At RSNA24, Fujifilm unveiled major updates to its enterprise imaging platform, including a high-speed viewer, AI orchestration, and new mammography tools. In this interview, Sara Osberger and Jeanmarie Rogers break down how Fujifilm is making remote reading as fast as in-hospital work, why AI flexibility matters for radiologists, and how their latest breast imaging advancements help clinicians see...

Strong IT innovation, including the use of generative AI, is central to Inception Health, located in southeastern Wisconsin. In this video at the AWS Re:Invent conference, we hear about their “clinical technology stack” from Dr. Melek Somai, MPH, Vice President, Chief Technology and Chief Product Officer at Inception Health and the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network. Somai...

QUAS employees interview almost every clinician before signing them up to use their ambient voice transcription product, and conducts another half-hour interview after the clinician has tried it for a while. Through this "pipeline of communication," according to founder Daniel Shirvani, QUAS "builds the AI scribe that doctors want to use" with "less gimicky tools" but...

Emergency rooms are not just the most demanding environments for clinicians, but also strain ambient voice transcription in unmatched ways. Sayvant meets the needs of acute care in many ways, described in this video by CEO Justin Mardjuki. (See our full list of AI medical scribe companies)Mardjuki describes the key contribution of Sayvant as going beyond transcription to write out the actual think...

There has been tremendous progress in healthcare IT interoperability, but this video is a stark reminder of how much more we need to do to better support patients, caregivers, and their providers. Health information exchange is about more than just the technical connections, it also requires policy and culture support for sharing clinical data when and where it is needed. Anna McCollister, who is...

In a recent interview, Ed Yurcisin, Chief Technology Officer of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), shed light on key advancements that aim to streamline quality measurement, improve interoperability, and accelerate the shift toward value-based care (VBC).Healthcare IT Today caught up with Yurcisin at the 2024 NCQA Health Innovation Summit in Nashville, TN.Learn more about NCQA at...

How can healthcare organizations make the most of unstructured data like medical images, lab results, and clinical notes? In this interview, Jitesh Ghai, President & CEO at Hyland, discusses the company’s innovative approach to extracting value from unstructured data and how their enterprise imaging SaaS solution is simplifying data sharing across systems. Discover how Hyland is using AI and o...

When critical radiology systems are down due to a cyberattack or a maintenance issue, the impact on patient care can be immediate and significant. In this interview, Dr. Raj Chopra, Chief Medical Officer at Merge Merative, discusses why radiologists must play an active role in ensuring operational continuity during such disruptions. He highlights the importance of creating practical workflows for...

RapidAI is improving clinical workflows by creating AI tools designed with radiologists and clinicians in mind. In this interview with Healthcare IT Today, Amit Phadnis, Chief Innovation & Technology Officer at RapidAI, shares the company’s deliberate approach to refining AI solutions and ensuring they provide real-world benefits. Learn how RapidAI’s technology reduces administrative burdens,...

How do you monitor patient health while respecting their privacy? Jamey Edwards, President & Chief Strategy Officer at Cairns Health, shares how their AI-powered assistant, Luna, is addressing this challenge head-on. By using radar instead of cameras, Luna monitors vital signs and behaviors, making it ideal for programs supporting Alzheimer’s care and sleep disorders. In this interview, Edward...

Discover how NextGen Healthcare is using AI to make a real difference for healthcare providers and their patients. In this interview, David Sides, CEO of NextGen, shares insights on how the company is deploying AI with precision—focusing on tools like Ambient Assist to streamline documentation and improve provider workflows. Hear about upcoming AI solutions for billing as well as patient summariza...

New guidelines for health care privacy and consent, extending data sharing to new types of organizations, ensuring the clinical usability of data, and just lots and lots of growth—these are on the agenda of The Sequoia Project in the upcoming year. In this video, CEO Mariann Yeager concisely explains in this interview their recent achievements, how they work with the ONC and other stakeholders on...

[SPONORED] Discover how UC Health and PocketHealth modernized imaging exchange and patient engagement in this interview with Rishi Nayyar, Co-Founder & CEO of PocketHealth, and Dr. Ram Chadalavada Vice Chair of Radiology Informatics & Associate Professor at UC Health. Learn why UC Health adopted PocketHealth to replace outdated systems, how the platform’s patient-first design streamlines i...

Discover how Philips is helping healthcare IT teams simplify operations and improve efficiency in this interview with Shez Partovi, Chief Business Leader for Enterprise Informatics and Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Philips. Learn about how they incorporated the needs of IT leaders when designing their cloud-based imaging solution. Hear who they designed their systems to reduce network...

Explore how the American College of Radiology (ACR) is tackling one of the most pressing questions in healthcare: does AI truly improve outcomes for radiologists and patients? In this interview, Dr. Bernardo Bizzo, Associate Chief Science Officer at the ACR's Data Science Institute, dives into the work his team is doing to rigorously evaluate AI tools for radiology. Hear about the ACR’s hands-...

eHealth Exchange, a non-profit started by Health & Human Services and now a separate non-profit, helps health care institutions exchange over two billion records a month. In this video, President Jay Nakashima explains the role they play, particularly in public health, scaling FHIR® and TEFCA™.Nakashima presents an interesting history of eHealth Exchange (originally named the National Health I...

It was understandable that much of the discussion in 2024 focused on how and where healthcare was falling short on cybersecurity. In general, healthcare had not prioritized or invested in cybersecurity compared to other regulated critical industries like banking and transportation. Healthcare IT Today thought it would be interesting to flip the script on cybersecurity in healthcare. Instead of foc...

PredictionHealth produces an ambient voice solution for physical therapy and occupational therapy settings, applying AI not just create the various post-visit notes they need but also to offer analytics. Pedro Teixeira points out some of the challenges that differentiate PT and OT from other clinical settings: sessions take place in gyms, the presence of music and clanging weights produces an "int...

LG is a well-established consumer electronics brand. The company is best known for its bright displays. It was therefore no surprise that they were an exhibitor at the RSNA24 conference in Chicago, IL. What was surprising, was how much effort the company is putting into expanding their product line to cater specifically to the healthcare market and to CIOs across industries. While at RSNA24 Health...

In this interview, Dr. Tim Davis, founder of Source Healthcare and creator of BluByrd, shares his journey of overcoming scheduling and data-sharing challenges in his surgical practice. Learn how his search for the right EHR led him to DrChrono and how its open APIs enabled him to develop BluByrd—a solution that automates data exchange, reduces errors, and enhances patient safety. Dr. Davis explain...

In this video, two hospital managers present an extended and intriguing view of major design changes that bring in state-of-the-art technology making sure that it "fades into the background" while clinical care takes the focus. Kara Tomlinson is Executive Director of System Care Delivery and Innovation and Ron Carson is Executive Director of Enterprise Applications at Nebraska Medicine. They have...

As a major differentiator from other AI-based ambient voice scribes, Health Note integrates pre-visit information into the note, shortening visits sometimes for 30 minutes. Pre-visit information is obtained from patients by sending them a text message several days before they show up for their visit. The information gathered is far more detailed and sophisticated than a standard intake, because it...

The administrative demands on medical professionals are growing. Doctors, nurses, and other staff manage enormous quantities of patient data in electronic health records (EHRs), often needing to sift through hundreds or thousands of pages to find the nugget of information they need. Emtelligent lightens the load on clinicians with AI solutions that can handle unstructured data efficiently. Healthc...