April 3, 2026: Kory Hudson, Deputy CIO at University Health in San Antonio, Texas, and Lindsay Hudson, SVP of Client Partnerships at Nordic, join Bill Russell live from HIMSS to share how a candid assessment, a governance overhaul, and a return to scheduling best practice transformed patient access and unlocked millions in net revenue.

Key Points:

• 02:57 Back to Best Practice Scheduling
• 04:08 Nordic Assessment and Key Gaps
• 06:30 Foundation Rebuild and Change
• 09:53 Early Results and CIO Advice

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April 1, 2026: Healthcare fraud is a $300 billion problem, and the old rules-based approach isn't stopping it. In this Solution Showcase from the HIMSS floor, Tim McNamee, Enterprise Account Manager, and Mark Larochelle, Strategic Public Sector Account Executive, of Cloudera explore how agentic AI is transforming fraud detection, clinical decision support, and data governance in healthcare. From enabling human-in-the-loop workflows to bringing AI directly to protected data inside your own environment, Cloudera is redefining what private AI looks like at scale.

Key Points:

• 01:12 Cloudera Origins And AI Shift
• 03:30 Fraud Detection With Agentic AI
• 07:17 Explainability, Private AI, And Governance
• 11:26 Surprises, Cost Benefits, and Wrap Up

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March 30, 2026: Bill Russell and Drex DeFord dig into three of the biggest stories shaping healthcare IT right now. From the seismic Sutter Health and Allina Health merger, the Stryker cyberattack carried out by an Iranian-linked group Handala, and the sobering reality that threat actors like Tycoon 2FA are back online within 15 days of being taken down, this episode covers the frontlines of healthcare IT.

Key Points:

• 00:23 Sutter Allina Merger Realities
• 07:29 Advice for Staff During M&A
• 11:17 Stryker Hack and Cyber Resilience
• 19:21 AI and Healthcare Jobs
• 29:38 Patient Experience Reimagined

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