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Conversation with a world-renowned Futurist: Nikolas Badminton

In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy welcome guest speaker Nikolas Badminton (www.nikolasbadminton.com) to talk about future of healthcare tech. Nik is a world-renowned futurist, researcher, and media celebrity. He leads the team Exponential Minds, an expert advisory firm that helps organizations, trillion-dollar companies, progressive governments, and Hollywood shift their…

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Ready for 5G?

In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy comment on the impact of 5G on healthcare.  We discuss the differences between 4G and 5G wireless networks.  5G availability will increase through 2020 and it is crucial for healthcare systems to be ready for upcoming changes. Specifically, with telemedicine, remote monitoring, transmit…

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24 – Successful Practice Manager = Successful Practice

Many great sports professionals led their teams to championships as players but were unable to coach a team when they didn’t star. Likewise, a practice administrator could be incredibly detail-oriented and organized but ultimately fail without coaching to fill gaps in social skills and managerial style. Cheryl Toth, a consultant for Karen Zupko & Associates…

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Interoperability 2.0 with Niko Skievaski

The interoperability promise of a shared, longitudinal medical record has so far focused on connecting health systems to each other. With the growing investment and constant new entrants of SDOH solution vendors, a new wave of interoperability…

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Wearables and Healthcare

In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy discuss the growing trend of wearables in healthcare. They discuss the challenge of providers trusting wearable data and transferring wearable meaningful data to providers without overwhelming clinical staff. We also discuss how will wearables help employers and insurers, but there is a legitimate concern for…

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