Health Innovation Matters
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Health Innovation Matters
Health Innovation Matters is a biweekly, 30-minute podcast focusing on the next generation of healthcare innovators and movers-and-shakers who are disrupting the healthcare space. This podcast is all about increasing awareness of future health trends, accelerating technologies, and art and design pe...
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138 episodes
Reimagining Engagement Between Prescribers and Patients with Dr. Colin Banas and Jenna Hagan
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Dr. Colin Banas, Chief Medical Officer at DrFirst, and Jenna Hagan, Vice President of Product Marketing at...
Healthcare Cybersecurity Readiness and Response with Russell Teague
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Russell Teague, Chief Strategy and Security Officer of Fortified Health Security. Together, they discuss w...
Specialty-Specific Practice Management with Dr. Joel Salamon
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Dr. Joel Salamon, Medical Director of Pain Management at ModMed. Together, they discuss ModMed's products...
Fostering Meaningful Health Plan Engagement with Dan McDonald
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Dan McDonald, Co-Founder and CEO of 86Borders. Together, they discuss the impetus for starting 86Borders,...
Operationalizing AI Responsibly with Michael Meucci
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Michael Meucci, President and CEO of Arcadia. Together, they discuss Arcadia's role in the healthcare ecos...
Closing Administrative and Workforce Gaps with Dr. Rihan Javid
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Dr. Rihan Javid, President and Co-Founder of Edge and Rinova AI. Together, they discuss the shift from...
Advancing the Legacy Data Landscape with Jim Jacobs
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Jim Jacobs, President and CEO of MediQuant. Together, they discuss MediQuant's role in the healthcare ecos...
The Latest in Medical Device Security with Eric Clauss
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Eric Clauss, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at OmniTrust. Together, they discuss "hidden" se...
Accelerating Interoperability in the Agentic Era with Sagnik Bhattacharya
Recorded live at HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael sits down with Sagnik Bhattacharya, CEO of Rhapsody, about the infrastructure healthcare needs to support...
Securing Billing Infrastructure in Healthcare with Nihal Titan
From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Nihal Titan, Vice President of Claim.MD. Together, they discuss the role of clearinghouses in healthcare,...
Protecting Health Systems from Cyber Threats with David Cottingham
Michael chats with David Cottingham, President of rf IDEAS. Together, they discuss how health systems can protect themselves from the rising threat of...
Achieving Healthcare AI Success Under Pressure with Conrad Gudmundson
From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Conrad Gudmundson, Chief Commercial Officer at Lucem Health about how health systems are navigating...
A Look at Health System AI Governance with John Kirkman
From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with John Kirkman, Vice President of Government, Healthcare, and Education at Island. Together, they disc...
Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare Price Transparency with Rafiq Ahmed
From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Rafiq Ahmed, CEO and Co-founder of Serif Health. Together, they discuss how Rafiq uncovered the need...
Healthcare Interoperability and Trust in the Age of AI with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser
From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Chief Strategy Officer at DirectTrust. Together, they discuss DirectTrus...
Technology for Solving Workflow and Patient Safety Challenges with Kassaundra McKnight-Young
From ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Michael chats with Kassaundra McKnight-Young, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Zebra Technologies. Together, they d...
Shaping the Future of Facial Plastic and Rhinoplasty Surgery
Michael chats with Rick Pinero, General Manager of W&H North America. Together, they discuss why W&H's Piezo & Drill Combination Console, the first FD...
The Latest in Back Pain Treatment with Dr. Rohan Lall
Michael chats with Dr. Rohan Lall, Neurosurgeon and Medical Director of Community Neurosurgery for M Health Fairview. Together, they discuss Rohan's i...
AI's Evolving Role in Treating Mental Health with Parker Phillips
Michael chats with Parker Phillips, Chief Technology Officer at InStride Health. Together, they discuss InStride's care model and how the company's te...
Changing the State of Women's Health Technology and Product Development with Tara Murphy
Michael chats with Tara Murphy, Vice President of Marketing at Channel Medsystems, Inc. Together, they discuss Tara's background and how she came into...
Advancing Early Breast Cancer Decision-Making with Dr. William Audeh
Michael chats with Dr. William Audeh, Chief Medical Officer at Agendia. Together, they discuss recent advancements in genomic testing for early-stage...
Reinventing Access to Safe Surgery with Dr. Mike Teodorescu
Michael chats with Dr. Mike Teodorescu, CEO and Co-Founder of SurgiBox. Together, they discuss SurgiBox's mission and origin story; how its flagship S...
Redefining Infectious Disease Testing with Martin Price
Michael chats with Martin Price, Executive Chairman and CEO of HealthTrackRx. Together, they discuss how HealthTrackRx has transformed infectious dise...
Automating Healthcare Referral Management with Elevsis Delgadillo
Michael chats with Elevsis Delgadillo, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at KeenStack. Together, they discuss KeenStack's AI-Powered Healthcar...
The Future of Fertility and Non-Surgical Birth Control with Kathy Lee-Sepsick
Michael chats with Kathy Lee-Sepsick, CEO and Founder of Femasys. Together, they discuss the founding of Femasys and the products it offers, how Kathy...
Fortifying Healthcare Cyber Resilience with Russell Teague
Michael chats with Russell Teague, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Fortified Health Security. Together, they discuss how the role of CISO...
Reimagining Virtual Assistance in Healthcare with Tim Boyle
Michael chats with Tim Boyle, Director of Sales and Business Development at REVA Global Medical. Together, they discuss the biggest inefficiencies in...
Broker-First Tech and Reinventing Benefit Administration with Brandy Thompson
Michael chats with Brandy Thompson, CEO and Co-Founder of benefitbay®. Together, they discuss "broker-first" tech and the launch of benefitbay, direct...
Healthcare Career Matchmaking in the Sunshine State with Anthony Romano
Michael chats with Anthony Romano, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of ProfiHitch, about how his company is reshaping healthcare recruitment in Flo...
A Deep Dive into Peripheral Artery Disease with Jennifer Jones-McMeans
Michael chats with Jennifer Jones-McMeans, Divisional Vice President of Global Clinical Affairs at Abbott's cardiovascular business. Together, they di...
Breaking Operational Barriers with AI with RJ Verheggen
Michael chats with Robert-Jan (RJ) Verheggen, Co-founder and Global Growth Director at Klippa. Together, they discuss how Klippa's AI-powered automat...
AI for Optimizing Healthcare Operations with Michael Docktor
Michael chats with Dr. Michael Docktor, pediatric gastroenterologist, digital health innovator, and CEO of Dock Health. Together, they discuss how AI...
Exploring Digital Alternatives to Copper-Based Landline Systems with Max Silber
Michael chats with Max Silber, Vice President of Mobility and IoT at MetTel. Together, they discuss the role of copper-based landlines in today's dail...
Uncovering Hidden Constraints to Practice Success with Zed Williamson
Michael chats with Zed Williamson, Founder and CEO of Physician Growth Accelerator. Together, they discuss constraints throttling a practice's revenue...
Filling Essential Vacancies at a New Hampshire Medical Center with Lauren Morency and Jennifer Kolb (Part III of MedCerts Series)
In the final episode of our series with MedCerts, Michael chats with Jennifer Kolb, Vice President of Partnerships and Workforce Development at MedCer...
Enabling Digital Transformation in Healthcare with Elevsis Delgadillo
Michael chats with Elevsis Delgadillo, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at KeenStack. Together, they discuss KeenStack's mission, how healthc...
Streamlining Administrative Workflows with Jay Volk
Michael chats with Jay Volk, CEO of Weave Cloud Solutions. Together, they discuss how Weave is uniquely positioned to make an impact in the healthca...
Improving Prior Authorization Workflows and Interoperability with Colin Banas, M.D., M.H.A.
Michael chats with Dr. Colin Banas, Chief Medical Officer at DrFirst. Together, they discuss automating and modernizing prior authorization workflows...
Tailored Training for Healthcare Facilities with Dana Janssen (Part II of MedCerts Series)
Michael chats with Dana Janssen, Chief Product Officer at MedCerts. Together, they discuss MedCerts new Professional Caregiver, Home Health Aide (HHA)...
Clearing the Way for Streamlined Healthcare Workflows with Tom Liddell
Michael chats with Tom Liddell, CEO of Harmony Healthcare IT. Together, they discuss the impetus and development of ClearWay, Harmony's new AI platfor...