The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast

Updated: 29 Sep 2025 • 197 episodes
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The Heart of Healthcare podcast gets to the heart of our mission in digital health — to massively improve healthcare for all.  🏆 #1 podcast in the Top 100 Health Tech All time charts 👥 Hosted by digital health veterans Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, and Steve Kraus 🎙 New episode every Monday Join us for authentic and compelling conversations with thought leaders as we deconstruct underlying problems in healthcare, and identify how we can work together to solve them.

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Cancer drugs cost more than ever, yet survival benefits are often modest—and in some cases, patients can’t even access the care that already exists.  After losing his father, Steve Jobs, to pancreatic cancer, Reed Jobs committed himself to making this the last generation that loses parents to the disease. Reed now lead

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Some founders win support because of their product, others because of their story. In healthcare, where trust is everything, the ability to tell a compelling and authentic narrative can make or break a company. On this episode, Halle talks with longtime friend and colleague Christina Farr—reporter turned investor and n

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Thanks to improved accuracy and new form factors, wearables have evolved from novelty step counters to tools that can predict illness, nudge healthier behaviors, and even influence alcohol consumption. But can they really bridge the gap between consumer wellness and enterprise healthcare? In this episode, ŌURA CEO Tom

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AI companies are hitting growth milestones in record time—some reaching $100 million in revenue in just two years. But while this pace feels familiar in tech, healthcare has always been slower to adopt new tools. That may finally be changing. Kent Bennett and Sofia Guerra of Bessemer Venture Partners join Steve Kraus t

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Healthcare’s “back-to-school” season delivered no shortage of big headlines! From Epic’s big leap into AI to a looming insurance “blood bath,” Steve and Michael break down the stories that shaped digital health this month. We cover: 🖥 Epic’s 200 new AI “colleagues” and what it means for the battle between systems of r

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Healthcare costs keep climbing, and yet patients and employers often feel powerless to change the system. What if outsiders—those not steeped in the traditions of healthcare—are actually the ones best positioned to fix it? This special episode is a reshare from The Benefits Playbook podcast, where Halle joins Collectiv

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