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Headwinds Impacting the Shift to Value-Based Care with Kyle Swarts and Dr. Matt Lambert

Health systems have been working hard to lay the foundation for taking on a larger case mix of value-based contracts. 75% of health systems surveyed said they are ready to accept downside risk in the next two years, up from 42% in 2015. As health…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare – Part 1

In this part 1 of AI discussion on This Week in Health Tech, Jimmy and Vik comment on AI trends in Healthcare. Discussion of AI influence on wait times, health organization efficiency, and more importantly improving patient outcomes. We don’t know how we ended up with a comparison of AI in StartCraft game and healthcare, but…

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Security – Malware, Viruses and More!

Vik and Jimmy welcome guest Dennis Leber, a Cyber Security expert to discuss security challenges in general and for Healthcare organizations.  Who is coming up w/ viruses and malware and why are they trying to hack organizations?What can we do to keep our data safe? What to watch out for when using the web and mobile…

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There’s an App for Everything! Let’s talk about Health Apps

In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Jimmy and Vik focus on health apps. Jimmy and Vik comment about their favorite fitness and health tracking apps. They talk about fitness tracking devices including Apple Watch and Fitbit. Surprisingly, both Vik and Jimmy have the same favorite workout app! They also get into app security and privacy…

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