Transforming Healthcare. Together
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Drex DeFord's test at Burning Man is the same one he uses on a hospital: when the bad thing happens, can you still take care of people.
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Bill Russell is hearing CIOs at the front of ambient watch EHR request volume jump 9,000%, because the tool that used to write a note is now pulling the whole record.
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Jennifer Jones: 56% less IV harm, 2,000 hours back. Kay Burke: if we were designing this today, would we still require this. Rachael Hill: no nurses in the decision, she stopped it. Sarah Richardson with three CNIOs. thisweekhealth.com/podcasts/…
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UTMB went from 1 to 22 live agents in 12 months. Nish Khandwala and Dr. Peter McCaffrey with Bill Russell: the CAC flag was the door, and agents are not the next RPA. thisweekhealth.com/solutions…
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Bill Russell thinks the patient portal is gone in three years, because patients already talk to their health in the AI, and a tiny system like NCH has already shipped a persona to meet them there.
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Sherri Hess on discharge: if you have seen one, you have seen one. Sarah Richardson with HCA's former CNIO on the people-process that had to move before virtual nursing could.
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ChatGPT hit UCSF Health's record. They pulled USCDI over FHIR. Read-only. No write-back. No warranty. Bill Russell: they did not come through Epic's front door.
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Cathy Patterson's test for a health IT tool: if I took it out today, would an outcome change. Sarah Richardson with CNIO-level leaders from CHOP, Banner, and Froedtert ThedaCare.
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Alan Gabriola, CTG, with Bill Russell: the winners of the AI era are not the organizations with the most AI. 220 leaders put next year's money on access and rev cycle. thisweekhealth.com/executive…
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43% of health system leaders will let an AI assistant talk to most of their patients. 4% will not.
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Bill Russell talks with Lindsey Bengfort of NTT Data about 500 patches on a hospital application you still cannot take down.
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50 agents on paper. Audit found 76.
"It's a math problem." Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson on the gap between AI on paper and AI in production.
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Healthcare doesn't move in seconds. It moves in months and years. Bill Russell and Drex DeFord preview #EpicUGM, including Bill's real odds on Judy Faulkner's succession. New Newsday: thisweekhealth.com/podcasts/…
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"It's Not About the Tech." Dr. CT Lin spent 30 years at UC Health as CMIO. His new book says health IT success is 80% people, 20% tech.
New #229Podcast: failures, life after CMIO, and a ukulele song. loom.ly/NPtX1yg
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"I gave you dollars. You gave me capacity."
New Newsday: Bill Russell talks AI, ROI, and capacity with Eric Utzinger (Revuud).
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Health systems want to move faster with AI. Governance often isn’t ready to move with them.
This webinar explores how governance can become an enabler instead of a barrier.
Don’t miss out: loom.ly/ugIB81Y
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AI agents: healthcare's security savior or biggest insider threat?
Zahid Rathore, Senior Partner at Chartis, warns that with IT outsourced globally, you may not know who's really behind the screen.
Listen to the full #Newsday: loom.ly/f7FtcZo
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AI governance is no longer a backroom checkbox.
It’s quickly becoming the engine that determines whether healthcare systems can deploy AI safely, responsibly, and at scale.
Join us for this discussion on February 19th at 12pm ET: loom.ly/ugIB81Y
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Information blocking turned HIPAA upside down.
Attorney Helen Oscislawski, Founder and Managing Partner at Attorneys at Oscislawski, on why orgs are creating massive risk #FlourishSoundBytes: loom.ly/dfGHZHY
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OpenAI and others will connect AI tools directly to your HIPAA right of access.
That’s what Aneesh Chopra, Chief Strategy Officer at Arcadia and former first U.S. Chief Technology Officer, predicts for 2026 in this #229Podcast: loom.ly/0BReDbA
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