
HIMSSCast
HIMSSCast is a podcast produced by the HIMSS Media editorial team behind Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews, and Healthcare Finance News. In each episode, our editors are joined by special guests from around the health tech industry to discuss major news stories or trends in the space. The aim of the show is to add depth, analysis and color to our ongoing coverage of the digital health, health tech and healthcare finance realms, as well as to facilitate lively conversations about hot health tech topics.
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From phishing to prompt injecting to PHI leaks via consumer AI models, AI tools are reshaping healthcare cyber risks. Learn how frameworks like OWASP can help CISOs and IT teams bolster their defenses to protect organizations’ AI, data and cloud assets.

HIMSSCast: A frontline understanding of the Trump AI Action Plan (brought to you by athenahealth)
Lora Sparkman, VP of patient safety and quality at Relias, explains why healthcare orgs should join federal "sandboxes" to help shape policy, prepare the workforce and stay on top of compliance and ethics.
Healthcare is losing some $250 billion a year to billing inefficiencies. Smarter Technologies President Michael Gao, MD, explains how blending advanced AI with human expertise can turn revenue cycle from a liability into a strategic asset.

HIMSSCast: 2025 and beyond: AI, cloud tools, RPM and wearables (brought to you by athenahealth)
Michael Orlando, corporate and IP transactions attorney at Sheppard Mullin and a member of the firm"s digital health team, offers a deep dive into where he sees these technologies headed – and challenges healthcare organizations must overcome.
An AI tech CEO walks through a comprehensive look at the problems doctors and nurses identify as most stressing and the ways artificial intelligence is helping the caregivers tackle the challenges.
In light of federal Medicaid cuts, states need greater efficiency to stretch every Medicaid dollar.