Healthcare IT Today

For the 195th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are taking a look at healthcare IT failures! We kick this episode off by debating what we think has been the biggest health IT policy failure. Next, we share our thoughts on the biggest healthcare technology failure. Then, we take a look at the healthcare system to see what its biggest structural failure is. We then end this episode by shar...

For the 194th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are back with another episode of everyone’s favorite game – buy or sell! In case you’ve forgotten or this is your first buy or sell episode, we set out a list of hot topics and trends in healthcare to discuss whether we believe the topic or trend is true/is going to happen (aka, we ‘buy’ it), or if we think it ...

For the 193rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about trends in healthcare marketing and patient experience! We kick this episode off by discussing how we think the healthcare website is changing this year. Then, we debate where we think AI is affecting how patients seek and receive care. Next, we share the marketing message that surprised us at the Swaay.Health LIVE conferen...

For the 192nd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are finishing our Mount Rushmore for Health IT! In case you missed it, we had so much to discuss that we started our Mount Rushmores in the previous episode. If you want to hear the full build, make sure to check out the previous episode as well. To complete our Mount Rushmores, we first talk about what Health IT Companies we think should b...

For the 191st episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are building our own Mount Rushmore for Health IT! We have so much to discuss that this topic will actually be split up into two episodes. So for part 1, we first talk about who we think should be on the Mount Rushmore of Health IT Technologies. Then we discuss all of the Health IT People we would put on our Mount Rushmores.  Who would...

For the 190th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, I am joined by a very special guest host, Reese Maynard, MS, MBA, Owner of AskShereese.tech, to take a look back and review the ViVE and HIMSS conferences! We kick off this review by sharing our big takeaway from ViVE and HIMSS. Next, we dive into everyone’s favorite topic – AI. We share what we were able to learn about AI during t...

For the 189th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Swaay.Health, Colin and I are answering the questions we’re asking at HIMSS! The first question we answer is — what is a mistake that we keep making in healthcare, and how can it be addressed? Next, we take a look at AI to answer the question of what the most important lesson learned is now that AI is everywhere...

For the 188th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Swaay.Health, we are doing a deep dive into healthcare AI! We kick this episode off with a debate on whether or not hallucinations will continue to happen and if they’ll prevent AI from being implemented/accepted. Then we theorize about whether healthcare will ever trust AI agents to work without supervision. Next, we...

For the 187th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, sponsored by Swaay.Health, we are doing an Olympics-inspired episode, looking at Healthcare IT! We kick this episode off by debating what 3 healthcare IT challenges would be on the podium right now. Next, we talk about what Olympic medal would be given to health IT if one existed. Then we take a look at a...

For the 186th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are doing a preview of this year’s ViVE and HIMSS conferences! We kick this episode off by discussing the differences between HIMSS and ViVE. Then we talk about whether we would pick one conference over the other, or if we would do both. Next, we theorize what topics will be discussed in the hallways at ViVe and HIMSS. We then ...

The 185th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast is sponsored by Swaay.Health, be sure to join us at our Swaay.Health LIVE 2026 Event, April 29 to May 2, in Foxborough. This time, we are talking about 4 intriguing healthcare IT stats! The first intriguing statistic we discuss is that 1 in 4 active weekly users of ChatGPT ask it health-related questions. Next, we talk about two very in...

For the 184th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about how we think consumer health tech will impact provider organizations! We kick this episode off by sharing what consumer health tech has us most excited. Next, we talk about what consumer health tech we think won’t last. Then, we debate how we think the adoption of consumer health tech will impact provider organizations. Lastly, we end this episode ...

We’ve been posting our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community’s predictions for Healthcare IT in 2026, and we were feeling a little left out, so for the 183rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we wanted to share our own predictions! We kick this episode off by sharing our predictions for AI scribes in 2026. Then we predict what AI will do in healthcare in 2026. Next, we predict what technologies we think we w...

With the 182nd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast being one of the last episodse we do this year, we are taking a look back at 2025! We kick this episode off by discussing some of the top changes, trends, and innovations we saw this year. Then, we share what news item or event stood out to us the most in 2025. Next, we talk about what 2025 story surprised us. Last, we conclude this episode by taking a look back at all of th...

We are back again for another exciting round of buy or sell for the 181st episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast! In case you are unfamiliar with how these episodes work, or if you just need a refresher, Colin and I sit down to discuss a variety of trends and topics in health IT. We then decide whether we believe it will happen (aka we ‘buy’ it) or we think it won’t happen (aka we ‘sell’ it).

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