(BONUS EPISODE) Live from HIMSS: Dr. Deborah Edberg is the inaugural Chief Wellness Officer at Oak Street Health, and she discusses the intersections of physician wellness and patient experience. 

This show is produced by the Consumer-First Health Group, the community for consumer health enthusiasts. (#407) 

(BONUS EPISODE) Live from HIMSS: Dr. Deborah Edberg is the inaugural Chief Wellness Officer at Oak Street Health, and she discusses the intersections of physician wellness and patient experience.&nbsp;
This show is produced by the Consumer-First Health Group, the community for consumer health enthusiasts. (#407)&nbsp;

Healthcare Rap is the leading podcast about how consumer health works. Hosts Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail spotlight how healthcare is being designed, marketed, and delivered from the consumer point of view and profile leaders who are championing the move to preventive care.

It is one of the longest-lasting podcasts in the industry, passing 500 episodes and 8 years on the air, and ranks in the top 5% of all podcasts globally. Highlights include CEOs, founders and other senior leaders from Oura, Whoop, Noom, Superpower, Novo Nordisk, Best Buy Health, CVS Health, Google, Microsoft, and hundreds more.

Topics for 2026: 
Connected fitness 
GLP-1's / weight loss 
Wearables
Longevity and diagnostics 
Food as medicine / nutrition 
Preventive health and wellness 
Digital Front Door 
Nontraditional care models - direct primary care, retail care, health at home, digital health, functional and integrative health 
Digital health and consumer brands making waves and new entrants making a splash 

Topics not covered: 
Clinical leadership 
Cybersecurity 
Health information management 
Interoperability 
Revenue cycle 

<a href="https://healthcarerap.com/"></a>Healthcare Rap <a href="https://healthcarerap.com/"></a>is the leading podcast about how consumer health works. Hosts Jared Johnson and Zain Ismail spotlight how healthcare is being designed, marketed, and delivered from the consumer point of view and profile leaders who are championing the move to preventive care.
It is one of the longest-lasting podcasts in the industry, passing 500 episodes and 8 years on the air, and <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/healthcare-rap-shift-forward-health-dAvhm_j30sN/">ranks in the top 5% of all podcasts globally</a>. Highlights include CEOs, founders and other senior leaders from Oura, Whoop, Noom, Superpower, Novo Nordisk, Best Buy Health, CVS Health, Google, Microsoft, and hundreds more.
Topics for 2026:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Connected fitness&nbsp;</li>
<li>GLP-1's / weight loss&nbsp;</li>
<li>Wearables</li>
<li>Longevity and diagnostics&nbsp;</li>
<li>Food as medicine / nutrition&nbsp;</li>
<li>Preventive health and wellness&nbsp;</li>
<li>Digital Front Door&nbsp;</li>
<li>Nontraditional care models - direct primary care, retail care, health at home, digital health, functional and integrative health&nbsp;</li>
<li>Digital health and consumer brands making waves and new entrants making a splash&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Topics not&nbsp;covered:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Clinical leadership&nbsp;</li>
<li>Cybersecurity&nbsp;</li>
<li>Health information management&nbsp;</li>
<li>Interoperability&nbsp;</li>
<li>Revenue cycle&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

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HIMSS ’25: Deborah Edberg, MD, Oak Street Health (#407) 

We're joined by Kostas Koukoravas, Co-Founder and CEO of Qalzy, the first nutrition tracking platform that includes an AI-powered kitchen scale with a camera. He shares the impact on other areas of health when we remove the friction involved in calorie counting, and how it gives consumers a whole new way to track nutrition that fits within their constellation of care.

All that, plus a shout out to Altro Health for its recent fund raise and pivot to become the clinical infrastructure for wellness businesses. 

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(#535) 

We're joined by Kostas Koukoravas, Co-Founder and CEO of Qalzy, the first nutrition tracking platform that includes an AI-powered kitchen scale with a camera. He shares the impact on other areas of health when we remove the friction involved in calorie counting, and how it gives consumers a whole new way to track nutrition that fits within their constellation of care.
All that, plus a shout out to Altro Health for its recent fund raise and pivot to become the clinical infrastructure for wellness businesses.&nbsp;
JOIN THE COMMUNITY (IT'S FREE)&nbsp;
This show is brought to you by the Healthcare Rap Community, a free, curated online forum for leaders who are working to keep the consumer POV at the center of how healthcare is being designed, marketed, and delivered. It's a place to connect with like-minded colleagues and benefit from one another's thought leadership and passion for the space, without the spam vibes.&nbsp;
Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://healthcarerapcommunity.com/">healthcarerapcommunity.com</a> to create your account.&nbsp;
(#535)&nbsp;

Superpowered Nutrition Tracking (#535)

Larry Williams joins Jared to talk shop about rewriting the growth playbook for B2B health and wellness brands. They discuss how it’s harder than ever to stand out among the AI-generated noise today, and how they're advising brands to gain traction through modern thought leadership and a value-first approach to relationship building. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Walmart’s new rural health ambassador pilot. What will determine the pilot’s success, and what does it signal about retail health’s latest pivot? 

JOIN THE COMMUNITY (IT'S FREE) 

This show is brought to you by the Healthcare Rap Community, a free, curated online forum for leaders who are working to keep the consumer POV at the center of how healthcare is being designed, marketed, and delivered. It's a place to connect with like-minded colleagues and benefit from one another's thought leadership and passion for the space, without the spam vibes. 

Visit healthcarerapcommunity.com to create your account. 

(#534) 

Larry Williams joins Jared to talk shop about rewriting the growth playbook for B2B health and wellness brands. They discuss how it&rsquo;s harder than ever to stand out among the AI-generated noise today, and how they're advising brands to gain traction through modern thought leadership and a value-first approach to relationship building.&nbsp;
All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Walmart&rsquo;s new rural health ambassador pilot. What will determine the pilot&rsquo;s success, and what does it signal about retail health&rsquo;s latest pivot?&nbsp;
JOIN THE COMMUNITY (IT'S FREE)&nbsp;
This show is brought to you by the Healthcare Rap Community, a free, curated online forum for leaders who are working to keep the consumer POV at the center of how healthcare is being designed, marketed, and delivered. It's a place to connect with like-minded colleagues and benefit from one another's thought leadership and passion for the space, without the spam vibes.&nbsp;
Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://healthcarerapcommunity.com/">healthcarerapcommunity.com</a> to create your account.&nbsp;
(#534)&nbsp;

Reframing Thought Leadership in Health & Wellness (#534)

Priya Bathija and Lauren Riplinger share AHIMA’s new nine-step framework for building patient trust based on their new white paper, how to incorporate the framework’s steps when collecting, using, and sharing social determinants of health data, and offer an exclusive preview of this year's AHIMA conference in San Antonio. 

All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the newly formed Personal AI Health Alliance. Who’s involved, what’s their mission, and how do they plan to carry it out? 

DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER, Building Patient Trust in the Collection, Use, and Sharing of Social Determinants of Health Data: 

https://www.ahima.org/media/xl0gr014/d4bh-patient-trust-wp-final-4.pdf

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This show is brought to you by the Healthcare Rap Community, a free, curated online forum for leaders who are working to keep the consumer POV at the center of how healthcare is being designed, marketed, and delivered. It's a place to connect with like-minded colleagues and benefit from one another's thought leadership and passion for the space, without the spam vibes. 

Visit healthcarerapcommunity.com to create your account. 

(#533) 

Priya Bathija and Lauren Riplinger share AHIMA&rsquo;s new nine-step framework for building patient trust based on their new white paper, how to incorporate the framework&rsquo;s steps when collecting, using, and sharing social determinants of health data, and offer an exclusive preview of this year's AHIMA conference in San Antonio.&nbsp;
All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the newly formed Personal AI Health Alliance. Who&rsquo;s involved, what&rsquo;s their mission, and how do they plan to carry it out?&nbsp;
DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER, Building Patient Trust in the Collection, Use, and Sharing of Social Determinants of Health Data:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.ahima.org/media/xl0gr014/d4bh-patient-trust-wp-final-4.pdf">https://www.ahima.org/media/xl0gr014/d4bh-patient-trust-wp-final-4.pdf</a>
JOIN THE COMMUNITY (IT'S FREE)&nbsp;
This show is brought to you by the Healthcare Rap Community, a free, curated online forum for leaders who are working to keep the consumer POV at the center of how healthcare is being designed, marketed, and delivered. It's a place to connect with like-minded colleagues and benefit from one another's thought leadership and passion for the space, without the spam vibes.&nbsp;
Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://healthcarerapcommunity.com/">healthcarerapcommunity.com</a> to create your account.&nbsp;
(#533)&nbsp;

HIMSS ’25: Deborah Edberg, MD, Oak Street Health (#407)

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