News In Two: Week of 9/27/2026

Building Purpose-Driven Organizations: Leadership, Culture, and the Unparalleled Promise of AI in Healthcare Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, sits down with Andy Smith, Managing Partner and Founder of Impact Advisors, for a candid conversation about leadership, culture, and what it takes to build organizations that thrive in periods of accelerated change. Andy shares perspectives on cultivating high-performing teams, sustaining culture at scale, and leading through complexity without losing sight of the people at the center of healthcare. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

From transcription to ambient AI: Giving clinicians their time back On this episode, Davey Bowers, global business manager for clinician productivity solutions at Solventum, joins host Dr. Travis Bias to explore how documentation technology has evolved from traditional transcription to ambient AI powered by generative models. Davey explains why speech alone is no longer enough and how CDI and coding now need to live inside the clinician's natural workflow. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this episode host Dr. Craig Joseph is joined by Dr. Bimal Desai, Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Together, they explore the implications of AI on medical education, clinical decision-making, and the future role of physicians. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

CONSUMER PANEL #1: How Wearables Are Supercharging Daily Health Jared and Zain host their first Consumer Panel speaking about personal experiences with wearables.  Thank you to panelists Ellen Brown, Founder, Healthcare Actually; Andy Beckman, Director, Garmin Health; Hailey Minter, Marketing Manager, Reperio Health; and James Yurkovich, Research Assistant Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the one-year anniversary of the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem. What have the 800 participating organizations pledged to do to transform the patient experience, and what hope does it give us for a future where these innovations are implemented and normalized?  Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

On this episode, an encore of Justin invites back Tony Nunes, Senior Manager, Healthcare & Life Sciences at AMD to discuss the upcoming Fall conference schedule along with a sprinkle of AI wisdom. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”.

If you’ve ever wondered why splitting your brand budget from your demand gen budget always seems to end with brand getting cut first, this episode is for you. Host Adam Turinas sat down with Drew Neisser, founder of CMO Huddles, a peer community built exclusively for B2B CMOs with over 800 members, to dig into what’s actually changed for CMOs in the AI era, and what hasn’t. They talk about why AI is turning competent content into a commodity, and why that actually makes human judgment, humor, and original thinking more valuable, not less. Drew makes the case for the return of the big idea, and explains why treating brand and demand gen as separate budgets sets marketing and sales up to work against each other. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

What’s Really Changing in Revenue Cycle? Voices from Becker’s Stuart Newsome sits down with Infinx colleagues Heather Riley Swanson and Nathan Skorick following Becker’s to hear what stood out from their time at the conference. Drawing on sessions and conversations throughout the event, the group considers where AI and revenue cycle strategy appear to be heading and whether the conference messaging matches the problems health systems are trying to solve. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

News from: ATA Action, the American Telemedicine Association’s affiliated organization Accountable for Health America’s Physician Groups The Health Care Transformation Task Force The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations DirectTrust Merge Mediquant Civitas 2026 Annual Conference

On this episode, host Carol Flagg is joined by Erik Johnson, the VP of Marketing for Harmony Healthcare IT. The company just celebrated its 20th anniversary and he joins the show to talk about how they’re using the occasion to tell a bigger brand story — one that celebrates where they’ve been, but also where they’re going.

On this SPECIAL Edition with Adam Russo, Esq., CEO and Co-Founder of The Phia Group - Part 6: Straight Talk, Better Benefits. Healthcare Isn't Broken - It's Designed to Keep You Confused The healthcare system is intentionally opaque, designed to keep us confused and compliant rather than informed and empowered. 98% of procedures are planned, yet we spend more time researching TVs than questioning doctors or prescriptions, driven by fear and conditioned acceptance. Vertical integration across the supply chain (hospital systems owning physician groups, PBMs, and pharmacies) creates closed loops that drive prices up without antitrust scrutiny. Companies that engage employees openly see better retention, health outcomes, and productivity. Ask questions about generics, billing accuracy, and out-of-network costs, and demand to see how your healthcare dollars are spent. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen