Wei-Li Shao on Omada's IPO & the Rapidly Evolving GLP-1 Market (#501)

Wei-Li Shao returns to talk about Omada Health’s IPO, the rapidly evolving landscape of GLP-1 therapies, market complexities associated with AI-driven innovation, and what it all tells us about consumer behaviors.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week comparing funding trends from Rock Health and …

#500: The Quest to Make Healthcare Preventive, Personalized & Retail-Like

Join the celebration of reaching 500 episodes! Jared and Zain point to insights that have stood out as consumer-centric healthcare has evolved, and connect the dots for what’s coming next, from how perceptions have shifted over the years, to how preventive health has moved from the margins to the m…

Ron Books on Human-First AI & Arizona Becoming a Health Tech Hub (#499)

Ron Books, CEO of Net Health, talks about how he believes that AI is the only thing that can save the human element in healthcare, examples from the wound care and rehab therapy spaces, and how Arizona is becoming a health tech hub.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about the CMS Health Tech E…

How Founders Can Partner With Medical Centers (#498)

Frank McGillin returns to share key lessons for digital health founders to partner with academic medical centers, curated from his time leading The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Rock Health’s newly minted research on consumers’ use of AI chatbots. How quic…

HIMSS '26: Omega, LDA, Certilytics, Med Tech Solutions, Cellhub, 86Borders, Minitab & Solventum (#497)

Live from ViVE '26, we wrap up our coverage from Las Vegas with a full lineup of health IT and health tech thought leaders on solving some of healthcare’s legacy data challenges with emerging tech.  Anurag Mehta, CEO and Co-Founder of Omega Healthcare, cuts through the challenges of having too man…

Let's Talk About Men's Health (#496)

Reza Amin, CEO of Bastion Health, talks about founding the first nationwide virtual men’s health clinic, access gaps that may surprise you, and the scope of outcomes that can be improved when more men are willing to be part of the health conversation.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about th…

HIMSS ’26: CMS Health Tech Ecosystem Updates from Ryan Howells (#495)

Live from the Healthcare Now Radio studio at HIMSS, Jared speaks with Ryan Howells, Principal at Leavitt Partners. Ryan recaps a series of recent announcement from CMS about their Health Tech Ecosystem, what’s coming next, and why it’s significant for anyone paying attention to the consumer experie…

The Pose Fitness Story: How Markerless Motion Capture Improves Your Form (#494)

Andy Grove, Founder of Pose Fitness, talks about how the need to cut through the hype in the fitness industry, where clinicians turn for fitness data, and the impact of exiting the Comfort Phase of Humanity.  All that, plus the Flava of the Week about Google Health’s Checkup event. What did their …

ViVE '26: Heidi Health, Clinical Architecture, Ovatient, DexCare & Island (#493)

Live from ViVE '26, we wrap up our coverage from Los Angeles with a full lineup of health IT and health tech thought leaders. John Kirkman, VP of Government, Healthcare, and Education at Island, shares how the AI conversation is becoming more operational. Charlie Harp, CEO and Founder of Clinical A…

AICareStandard.com – Taming the Wild West of Health AI (#492)

What will it take for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and others to adopt industry standards that preserve consumer safety? Aaron Patzer, Founder of Vital and Mint.com, dives deep into the need for a standard in patient-facing health AI, the effects of not having one, and his advice for consumers when usi…