December 23, 2025: The AI revolution swept through healthcare in 2025, but did it deliver on its promises? Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson pull back the curtain on what really happened in AI this year—from North Korean deep fakes infiltrating hospital workforces to the sobering reality of billion-dollar AI investments with ROI timelines stretching to 2030. They reveal why ambient listening became the breakout use case, which organizations are actually making progress, and the critical mistake most health systems are making with endless pilots. If you're wondering whether your organization is behind on AI or just getting started right, this honest end-of-year reflection delivers the answers healthcare leaders need heading into 2026.

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• 02:38 2025 Reflections and Predictions
• 11:21 Deep Fakes and Digital Trafficking in Healthcare
• 17:50 Balancing Tech Debt and Innovation in Healthcare
• 19:22 Enhancing Physician Efficiency and Satisfaction
• 25:09 Future AI Trends

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December 22, 2025: What makes a healthcare event truly transformative? Guru Sundar, VP of Marketing at Abridge, explores their unique event, ‘The Conversation’, that blends art, science, and healthcare innovation. From Laird Hamilton's insights on trusting your subconscious to John McEnroe's lesson on staying true to your brand, this discussion reveals how cross-industry inspiration drives healthcare forward. Discover why Eric Larson shocked attendees by suggesting health systems close non-clinical positions today and how Daphne Koller is compressing centuries of drug discovery into months with AI. This conversation will change how you think about innovation.

Key Points:

• 00:41 ‘The Conversation’ Event: A Unique Experience
• 02:32 Highlights from the Bridge Event
• 03:12 Insights from Laird Hamilton and John McEnroe
• 09:01 Healthcare Conversations and AI
• 18:56 Closing Thoughts and Future Plans

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December 19, 2025: CMS has unveiled its new ACCESS Model—an ambitious 10-year initiative aimed at expanding digital, tech-enabled care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries. In this discussion, Laura O’Toole, CEO of SureTest, joins Bill and Sarah to unpack how outcome-based reimbursement could finally accelerate innovation in remote monitoring and chronic disease management. They explore what this shift means for CIOs, including the need for stronger data interoperability, integrated analytics, and secure pipelines to support continuous digital care. The conversation also highlights risks, from digital literacy gaps to patient privacy concerns as de-identified data gains value across the industry. From wearables and home health devices to the challenge of building a true digital front door, this episode examines how ACCESS could reshape care-in-place models—and why commercial payers may soon follow Medicare’s lead.

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2025 wasn't just another year in healthcare IT—it was a year of constant change. Leaders stopped waiting for permission and started building the future themselves. From AI implementations that deliver results in weeks instead of years, to cybersecurity boundaries that actually hold, to predictive care models that flip the reactive healthcare script entirely. This rewind captures the breakthrough moments, the honest struggles, and the conversations that made room after room go silent before someone said, "We should be recording this." These aren't predictions about what's coming. These are the moves that already happened—and the leaders who made them possible.

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December 17, 2025: Real-time location data is revolutionizing hospital operations, but most executives haven't grasped the full magnitude of what's now possible with AI. Philipp von Gilsa, CEO of Kontakt.io, reveals how combining RTLS with AI agents enables immediate interventions when operations break down - no more dashboards, just actionable intelligence in the moment. From predicting equipment needs to optimizing patient flow, health systems are achieving real operating margin improvements by rethinking core operations. Discover why leading health systems are consolidating their point solutions onto next-generation platforms, and learn about an innovative AI hackathon model that helps executives experience these capabilities firsthand rather than just reading about them.

Key Points:

• 05:02 Real-Time Data and Its Impact
• 10:38 Pandemic Response and Operational Efficiency
• 13:50 Executive Engagement with AI

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December 15, 2025: What if healthcare's biggest breakthroughs require throwing out the playbook? Joined by Daniel Schubert, CEO and Co-Founder of Revuud, this episode explores how AI is fundamentally reshaping healthcare IT strategy, from deploying countless virtual PhD-level agents across operations to rethinking patient access and workflow automation. Healthcare leaders discuss the challenge of prioritizing AI initiatives amid competing demands, the importance of creating organizational margin for creative problem-solving, and why divergent thinking beats linear logic in digital transformation. The conversation tackles talent deployment, the dangers of "we've always done it this way" mentality, and a critical question every CIO must answer: how resilient are your systems when AI becomes mission-critical infrastructure?

Key Points:

• 01:40 AI in Healthcare: A LinkedIn Post Discussion
• 04:18 Challenges and Opportunities with AI
• 08:38 Future of AI in Healthcare
• 10:55 Organizational Impact and Talent Management
• 20:05 Resilience and Final Thoughts

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December 12, 2025: When cloud platforms like AWS and Azure experience outages, hospitals across the country feel the impact. But are healthcare organizations truly prepared for these disruptions? Charles Knight, Founder of EHC Consulting, explores the critical gaps in healthcare's cloud resilience strategies. From understanding single points of failure to running actual failover tests, this conversation reveals why documentation and operational readiness matter just as much as technical redundancy.

Key Points:

• 04:09 Challenges in Disaster Recovery and Documentation
• 16:14 Phishing and Cybersecurity Concerns
• 21:30 Thanksgiving Food Favorites

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December 11, 2025: Medical imaging is undergoing a massive transformation, and the innovations unveiled at RSNA 2025 reveal just how profound these changes will be. Dr. Lee David Milligan, Managing Partner at Asbury HealthTech Partners, takes us inside the conference floor to explore groundbreaking advances that are reshaping radiology workflows. Discover how companies are revolutionizing cardiac care by replacing invasive procedures with advanced imaging that costs 90% less, why radiologists finally have the workflow tools they've needed for a decade, and how 3D visualization technology is transforming the way surgeons communicate with patients.

Key Points:

• 01:16 RSNA Conference Insights
• 05:46 Operational Improvements in MRI
• 18:08 HeartFlow and Cardiac Imaging Innovations
• 22:12 Challenges and Solutions in Radiology
• 25:23 Avatar Medical and Patient Communication

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