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The 229 Podcast
Some conversations are too important to stay in the room. The 229 Podcast, hosted by Bill Russell, continues the dynamic discussions from our community events, bringing together healthcare leaders who are actively transforming the industry.
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Executive Interview: EHR Competition Heats Up - What CxOs Need to Know with Polly Parrent
October 15, 2025: Polly Parrent, SVP of EHR and ERP Services at Nordic Global, reveals why the EHR market is more competitive than many realize, with...

Newsday: CIO Turnover - Leadership Challenges in a Fast-Paced Era with Laura O’Toole
October 13, 2025: Healthcare IT leaders are exhausted, CIO positions remain unfilled for months, and the pressure keeps mounting. In this candid conve...

The 229 Podcast: Exploring How Epic Cosmos is Changing Care with Phil Lindemann
October 9, 2025: Phil Lindemann, VP of Data and Research at Epic, reveals how Cosmos has grown to 300 million patient records, transforming clinical d...

Executive Interview: Where Will AI Focus First and Huntzinger Announcement with Bob Kitts
October 7, 2025: Bob Kitts, CEO and Founding Partner of Avarion (formerly Huntzinger Management Group), shares insights on navigating healthcare IT tr...

Newsday: IT Expecting 18% Hiring Cut and Innovating Access in the AI World with Bill Willis
October 6, 2025: New research reveals an expected 18% reduction in hiring over the next two years, but this isn't about downsizing—it's about strategi...

Executive Interview: The AI-Enabled Vendor Problem and Necessary Transparency with Ed Gaudet
October 3, 2025: Healthcare leaders are sitting on a cybersecurity time bomb, and most don't even know it. Censinet CEO and Founder Ed Gaudet reveals...

The 229 Podcast: Shockingly Human Care and Why Scribes Won’t Fix Healthcare with Spencer Dorn, MD
October 2, 2025: Dr. Spencer Dorn, Vice Chair and Professor of Medicine from UNC Health, brings a refreshingly honest perspective to healthcare AI ado...

Executive Interview: DCH's Quality Turnaround Journey With Faith Burkett and Billy Helmandollar
October 1, 2025: How does an 880-bed health system in rural Alabama transform from a Leapfrog safety grade of D to B in just two years while achieving...

Newsday: The Perfect Storm in Healthcare Cybersecurity: AI, Costs, and Risk with Russell Teague
September 29, 2025: In this episode of Newsday, Drex is joined by Russell Teague of Fortified Health Security for a candid look at the storm brewing i...

Newsday: Salesforce Breach Spreads and New Liability Era with George Pappas
September 26, 2025: George Pappas, CEO of Intraprise Health by Health Catalyst, joins This Week Health for the News. Together, they unpack the Salesfo...

The 229 Podcast: Automated Pharmacy Centers of the Future with Tricia Julian and Nilesh Desai
September 25, 2025: How did Baptist Health Kentucky scale from 10,000 to 90,000 prescriptions? Tricia Julian, CIO, and Nilesh Desai, Chief Pharmacy Of...

Solution Showcase: Webinar Rerun - EHR Implementation post M&A With Amirah Centinario
September 24, 2025: Amirah Centinario, EVP at Optimum Healthcare IT, dives into the hard truths and hacks to healthcare M&A. What separates the organi...

Newsday: Virtual Care Integration, EHR AI, and Rural Healthcare with Jacob Hansen
September 22: Today on Newsday Sarah and Drex speak with Jacob Hansen, Chief Product and Technology Officer at AvaSure, about virtual care, AI, and mo...

The 229 Podcast: Necessary AI Oversight and Drawing the Hard Lines with Matt Sullivan
September 18, 2025: Matt Sullivan, MD, CMIO for Advocate Health, explores the complex realities of scaling healthcare technology across massive merged...

Executive Interview: Shrinking the Gap Between Idea and Reality with Nishith Khandwala
September 17, 2025: Healthcare is notorious for changing slowly, but does it have to be? Nishith Khandwala, Co-Founder of Bunkerhill Health, is breaki...

Newsday: Possible Government Shutdown and Epic's Big Ambient Push with Ryan Bengtson
September 15, 2025: Patients now walk into doctors' offices armed with AI-generated diagnoses and treatment plans—but what happens when ChatGPT become...

The 229 Podcast: Breaking Down UPMC’s Ambitious Epic Implementation with Chris Carmody
September 11, 2025: Chris Carmody, CTO and SVP at UPMC, discusses their ambitious Epic implementation less than a month out. How does UPMC consolidate...

Newsday: Healthcare Under Siege - Cybersecurity Expert Ed Gaudet on AI Threats & Third-Party Risks
September 8, 2025: Ed Gaudet, CEO and Founder of Censinet, joins the This Week Health team for the news. When SalesLoft's Drift chatbot breach exposes...

The 229 Podcast: Making Sense of Epic's Transformation - From UGM to Your Health System
September 4, 2025: In the inaugural episode of The 229 Podcast, Bill Russell sits down with John Lee, MD - practicing physician and founder of HIT Pea...

Interview In Action: Autonomous Workspaces and Omnissa One Event with Michael Robinson
August 29, 2025: Michael Robinson, VP of Healthcare Solutions (Americas) from Omnissa, discusses what it takes to maintain momentum during massive tra...

Keynote: The Future of Healthcare: Tech, Leadership, and the Next Era of Care
August 28, 2025: In this Keynote Rewind episode, we explore how organizations balance the revolutionary potential of generative AI with the critical n...

Interview In Action: Threat Defense Centers and Cyber Communities with Dan Dodson
August 27, 2025: Dan Dodson, CEO of Fortified Health Security, discusses how healthcare organizations are rethinking cybersecurity strategy amid mount...

TownHall: Nursing Flow Sheets and the Art vs Science of Nursing with Anika Gardenhire
August 26, 2025: Anika Gardenhire, RN, Chief Digital and Transformation Officer at Ardent Health, joins Reid Stephan, VP and CIO at St. Luke’s Health...

UnHack (the Podcast): Creating Security Ambassadors and AI Ethics with Chase Franzen
August 25, 2025: Chase Franzen, VP and CISO at Sharp Healthcare, discusses how they transformed their cybersecurity training into something so engagin...

Keynote: Workforce Resilience - Burnout, Balance, and Belonging
August 21, 2025: In this Keynote Rewind, healthcare leaders are hitting their breaking point, and the numbers tell only part of the story. This episod...

Interview In Action: Hospital Downtime and Better Recovery Planning with Michael Fredrickson
August 20, 2025: Michael Fredrickson, VP of Sales for US Healthcare from Rubrik, discusses cyber resilience when patient care is on the line. Michael...

Townhall: Bringing Innovation to Rural Healthcare with Dr. William Morgan
August 19, 2025: Dr. William Morgan, MD, CEO at Copiah County Medical Center, discusses his unexpected four-year transformation of CCMC, a rural Missi...

Flourish: From CIO to Solo Practice and Taking the Bold Steps with Dr. Stephanie Lahr
August 18, 2025: Stephanie Lahr, MD, Founder of Vital Thread Advisory, reveals her transition from healthcare executive to solo consultant. What drive...

Keynote (Rewind): AI in Action - From Buzz to Bedside
August 14, 2025: Healthcare has moved from "what if" to "what now" with AI, as health systems quietly implement artificial intelligence across operati...

Interview In Action: Breaking Down the World of Healthcare Consulting with Eric Utzinger
August 13, 2025: Eric Utzinger, Co-Founder and Chief Client Officer at Revuud, tackles the world of healthcare consulting. Drawing from 15 years in he...

TownHall: Pediatric Research Breakthroughs and Changes with Vittorio Gallo
August 12, 2025: Dr. Zafar Chaudry, SVP, CDIO, and AI Officer, speaks with Dr. Vittorio Gallo, Chief Scientific Officer at Seattle Children's Research...

Keynote (Rewind): CIO Strategies That Work and Paving the Path to the Future
August 7, 2025: In this Keynote recap, Bill takes viewers through the untold reality behind digital transformation: the biggest obstacles aren't techn...

Interview In Action: Protecting Nurses From Violence Through Ambient Tech with Lisbeth Votruba
August 6, 2025: Lisbeth Votruba, Chief Clinical Officer at AvaSure and a third-generation nurse, discusses how virtual care technology is transforming...

Keynote: The Future of This Week Health Shows with Drex, Sarah, and Bill
July 31, 2025: Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson preview their upcoming show changes while tackling critical CIO challenges. They discus...

Solution Showcase: A Peek Behind the Interoperability Curtain with Marco Casale and Drew Ivan
July 30, 2025: Marco Casale, Systems Integration Architect at the University of Rochester, and Drew Ivan, Chief Architect at Rhapsody, join Bill to di...

UnHack (the Podcast): Agentic Anxieties and Rural Connectivity with Aaron Heath and Brian Zegers
Even cyber pros have technical issues sometimes – our camera caught a bug, but the audio is clean and packed with security insights!
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Keynote: Billion-Dollar Mergers and Cutting Turnover in Half with Theresa McDonnell
July 24, 2025: Theresa McDonnell, Chief Nursing Executive and SVP at Duke University Health System, discusses how she maintains her clinical practice...

Interview In Action: Understanding Agentic AI and Quick Wins with Michael Vipond
July 23, 2025: Michael Vipond, Head of Healthcare Provider GTM at ServiceNow, discusses everything from the basics to the cutting edge of AI. As healt...

TownHall: Keeping Up With Washington and Building an Innovation Lab with Charles Christian
July 22, 2025: Charles Christian, VP of Technology and CTO at Franciscan Health, joins Nayan Patel, SVP of FinThrive, to discuss their healthcare inno...

Flourish: The New Sales Playbook - Why Sales Veterans Are Going Solo with Amie Teske
July 21, 2025: Amie Teske, Founder and CEO of Echelon, joins Sarah to discuss how she is shifting the landscape of sales. Amie discusses the realities...