Simplifying IT Strategy and Strengthening Cybersecurity with Jim Jacobs of MediQuant

This episode features Radha Savitala, CEO of Tenor Health Foundation, who shares how her organization is reopening closed hospitals and redefining sustainable, community-focused healthcare. She discusses the challenges facing hospital M&A, lessons from Pennsylvania’s distressed markets, and Tenor’s mission to preserve vital local care.

In this episode, David Harding, Senior Vice President of Pipeline Product Management at Exact Sciences, discusses a new survey of healthcare executives on multi-cancer early detection. He shares insights on system readiness, patient demand, and the barriers health systems face in adopting this transformative approach to cancer screening.This episode is sponsored by Exact Sciences.

In this episode, Yaw Fellin, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Clinical Decision Support and Provider Solutions, Wolters Kluwer Health discusses how clinical intelligence and AI are transforming care delivery, the importance of transparency, expert oversight, and governance in trustworthy AI adoption, and how organizations can experiment responsibly to improve outcomes and clinician support.This episode is sponsored by Wolters Kluwer.

In this episode, Jim Jacobs, President and CEO of MediQuant, joins the podcast to discuss how hospitals can streamline their IT environments through application rationalization. He explains how this approach reduces cyber risk, cuts costs, and supports smarter decision-making, while sharing insights on managing cultural change and adopting a responsible approach to AI.This episode is sponsored by MediQuant.

This episode recorded live at the 10th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting features Deepan Kamaraj, Director, Analytics & Informatics, UPMC Enterprises. Kamaraj shares how UPMC is testing and deploying AI responsibly through data governance, closed-container evaluations, and cross-functional collaboration, while offering guidance for leaders balancing innovation, regulation, and operational efficiency.

This episode features Colleen Briggs, President of the Blue Cross NC Foundation and Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Blue Cross NC. She discusses the Feed Your Health initiative, how food-based interventions are improving outcomes for members with diabetes, and what it takes to move these programs from pilot to sustainable, systemwide solutions.

Joshua Geltman, MD, MBA, Physician Chair of the Sepsis Committee at Northern Westchester Hospital, discusses the seriousness of sepsis and its growing impact in inpatient care. He highlights current trends, the role of predictive analytics in improving early detection, and how data-driven approaches can drive meaningful change in sepsis management and patient outcomes.

In this episode, Jaime Vinck, President of Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, shares how her team is expanding access to high-quality care through payer partnerships, addressing rising patient acuity, and supporting staff with compassion fatigue initiatives. She also discusses her new book, “The Rehab Playbook: Demystifying Addiction Treatment”, and offers insights on purpose-driven leadership in a changing behavioral health landscape.

This episode features Jonathan Jiménez, MD, Executive Director of NYC Care at NYC Health + Hospitals. Dr. Jiménez discusses the “Lights the Way” campaign, a multilingual initiative to connect immigrant and uninsured New Yorkers with accessible, affordable healthcare, and shares how data-driven outreach and community partnerships are helping advance health equity across the city.

This episode recorded live at the 10th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting features Eric Poon, Chief Health Information Officer, Duke University Health System. Dr. Poon shares how Duke is using AI to enhance clinical efficiency, redesign inpatient care models, and improve both patient and clinician experiences through initiatives like ambient documentation, innovation units, and computer vision applications.