The 229 Podcast
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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.
Episodis Recents
253 episodis
Newsday: OpenAI's Big Healthcare Launch and a New Age of Personal Records
January 19, 2026: Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson unpack OpenAI's two major healthcare announcements that could fundamentally reshape...
The 229 Podcast: Strategy, Culture, and Innovation at Providence with Cherodeep Goswami
January 15, 2026: How do you lead 120,000 caregivers across seven states while maintaining a relationship-first philosophy? Providence CIDO, Cherodeep...
Solution Showcase: From Data Chaos to Connected Care with Mike Cordeiro and Joe Diver
January 14, 2026: When 50% of your urgent care patients walk in with zero medical history, how do you deliver quality care? Mike Cordeiro, Senior Dire...
Newsday: Epic Faces Lawsuits and the AI Proving Ground with This Week Health
January 12, 2026: Epic is defending three simultaneous lawsuits while CIOs grapple with vendors imposing staggering price increases—some as high as 60...
The 229 Podcast: Inside Stanford Medicine’s AI Sandbox With Michael Pfeffer, MD
January 8, 2026: Dr. Michael Pfeffer, SVP and CIDO at Stanford Medicine, reveals how his team built a secure AI sandbox in just six weeks—and what the...
Solution Showcase: Cloud Migration Lessons and Strategy with Chuck Christian and Charles Anastos
January 7, 2026: Chuck Christian, CTO of Franciscan Health, and Charles Anastos, Senior Partner at Chartis, share the unfiltered story of migrating a...
This Week Health 2026 Snapshot: Expanding Events, Training, & Community Growth
January 6, 2026: Healthcare is transforming through connection, and 2026 promises to take that mission further than ever before. This Week Health is e...
Newsday: The $7B ServiceNow-Armis Deal & What's Coming in 2026 with Jason Rose
January 5, 2026: ServiceNow's $7 billion acquisition of Armis signals a major shift in healthcare IT consolidation strategy. Jason Rose, CEO of Clears...
2025 Healthcare Recap: CIO Pressures, AI Advances, and Cultural Shifts
December 29, 2025: As 2025 draws to a close, Drex, Sarah, and Bill gather to reflect on a year of struggles and triumphs. From unprecedented CIO turno...
Reflecting on the 2025 AI Rush: What Worked, What Failed, and What's Next
December 23, 2025: The AI revolution swept through healthcare in 2025, but did it deliver on its promises? Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richar...
Executive Interview: Inside Insights Into Abridge’s ‘The Conversation’ Event with Guru Sundar
December 22, 2025: What makes a healthcare event truly transformative? Guru Sundar, VP of Marketing at Abridge, explores their unique event, ‘The Conv...
Newsday: CMS ACCESS Model & Tech-Enabled Care with Laura O’Toole
December 19, 2025: CMS has unveiled its new ACCESS Model—an ambitious 10-year initiative aimed at expanding digital, tech-enabled care for millions of...
The 229 Rewind: 2025's Boldest Healthcare IT Moves
2025 wasn't just another year in healthcare IT—it was a year of constant change. Leaders stopped waiting for permission and started building the futur...
Executive Interview: How Real-Time Location Data Could Transform Hospitals with Philipp von Gilsa
December 17, 2025: Real-time location data is revolutionizing hospital operations, but most executives haven't grasped the full magnitude of what's no...
Newsday: How PhD-Level AI Agents are Changing Healthcare with Dan Schubert
December 15, 2025: What if healthcare's biggest breakthroughs require throwing out the playbook? Joined by Daniel Schubert, CEO and Co-Founder of Revu...
Newsday: Preparing for Cloud Outages and Phishing Attacks with Charles Knight
December 12, 2025: When cloud platforms like AWS and Azure experience outages, hospitals across the country feel the impact. But are healthcare organi...
The 229 Podcast: RSNA 2025 - Breaking Down the Latest in Imaging Technology with Lee Milligan
December 11, 2025: Medical imaging is undergoing a massive transformation, and the innovations unveiled at RSNA 2025 reveal just how profound these c...
Newsday: Streamlining Patient Access and Healthcare Abroad with Will Akers
December 8, 2025: Healthcare systems are drowning in administrative calls while patients struggle with fragmented portals and coordination nightmares....
The 229 Podcast: 20 Years, Zero Paper, One Vision: Pioneering on a Budget with Tanya Townsend
December 4, 2025: Tanya Townsend, CIDO at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, didn't just receive a lifetime achievement award from CHIME—she pionee...
Solution Showcase: Tackling Identity Management at Scale with Bill Willis and Kristin Hoppe
December 3, 2025: A nurse practitioner shows up for their first ED shift at the hospital where they've worked for years. But the system doesn't recogn...
Newsday: The AI Staffing Dilemma - The Productivity Paradox with This Week Health
December 1, 2025: As AI tools rapidly transform healthcare IT workflows, leaders face an unexpected challenge: what happens when your team becomes dra...
The 229 Podcast: Technology Is Not a Strategy - the Problem-First Approach with Shane Thielman
November 27, 2025: Shane Thielman, Corporate SVP and CIO at Scripps Health, shares how a compliance auditor switched their primary care physician afte...
Newsday: Merger Madness and Why Hospitals are Moving Back to On-Prem Data with Dave Dyell
November 24, 2025: Healthcare organizations are drowning in applications they can't even inventory, especially after mergers and acquisitions. But the...
Newsday: Doing More with Less and Budgeting Wake-Up Calls with Bill Willis
November 21, 2025: What if your organization could reclaim millions of dollars just by rethinking processes you already have in place? Bill Willis, CT...
The 229 Podcast: Journey From First Ever EMR and Enabling Proactive Care with Deborah Muro
November 20, 2025: Deborah Muro, CIO of El Camino Health, shares her vision for transforming healthcare from reactive to predictive through intelligen...
Executive Interview: From Data Exchange to Data Utility with Dr. Steven Lane and Mike Cordeiro
November 19, 2025: Healthcare interoperability has evolved far beyond simple data exchange—but are we truly unlocking its potential? Dr. Steven Lane,...
Newsday: Security Culture Saves Hospital and Resource Gaps with George Pappas
November 17, 2025: How does a 25-bed critical access hospital successfully stop a cyberattack when larger health systems fall victim? George Pappas, C...
The 229 Podcast: Balancing Innovation vs. Demand and Top CxO Focuses with Chris Paravate
November 13, 2025: Chris Paravate, CDIO of Northeast Georgia Health System, reveals how his organization achieved 80% ambient voice adoption in just t...
Newsday: AWS Outage Exploration and Removing Risk from Your Data with Vik Patel
November 10, 2025: When AWS experienced a major outage affecting over 500 companies, healthcare IT leaders were reminded that cloud architecture isn't...
The 229 Podcast: Building AI-Powered EHR Tools and Educating Staff with Dr. Stephon Proctor
November 6, 2025: Stephon Proctor, PhD, Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer for Platform Innovation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is...
Executive Interview: Making Big Innovations Without Risking It All with Mark Galea
November 5, 2025: Mark Galea, SVP and CIO at Willis Knighton Health, shares how they achieved world-class EMR results at a fraction of typical costs,...
Newsday: The CxO Pulse - Insights and Lessons from 229 Summits with This Week Health
November 3, 2025: What are healthcare IT leaders really concerned about? Fresh from three 229 Project summits across the country, Bill Russell, Sarah...
The 229 Podcast: Exploring How Emory Cut Denials in Half with Carla Haack, MD
October 30, 2025: Healthcare systems often lose millions in revenue, not because clinicians aren't doing the work, but because critical informatics ge...
Executive Interview: Empowering Healthcare with New Age Networks with Perry Welch
October 29, 2025: Cellular networks are transforming healthcare delivery, but what makes 5G truly different from its predecessor? Perry Welch, EVP and...
Newsday: Why Constraints Drive Innovation - AI Agents and the Jobs They Can’t Fill
October 27, 2025: Bill, Drex, and Sarah discuss the realities of implementing AI agents across organizations. The group tackles uncomfortable question...
The 229 Podcast: Balancing Technology, Growth, and Innovation in Dynamic Times Sarah Hatchett
October 23, 2025: Sarah Hatchett, SVP and CIO of Cleveland Clinic, manages IT across a sprawling healthcare network spanning Ohio, Nevada, Florida, an...
The Overlooked Opportunity in Call Center Automation with Scott D’Entremont
October 22 – In this episode, Bill Russell sits down with Scott D’Entremont, CEO at Parlance, to explore the evolving role of AI in healthcare communi...
Newsday: MFA Isn't Enough and Why Healthcare Can’t Just Hack Back with Preston Duren
Multi-factor authentication isn't the bulletproof security measure it once was. Preston Duren, VP of Threat Services at Fortified Health Security, exp...
Executive Interview: The Battle for Clinical AI Trust with Yaw Fellin
October 17, 2025: When ChatGPT entered healthcare with bold claims about clinical guidance, physicians took notice—and not always in a good way. Yaw F...
The 229 Podcast: Breach Simulations and the CISO Burnout Epidemic with Anahi Santiago
October 16, 2025: How do you build a cybersecurity program that lasts over a decade? Anahi Santiago, CISO at ChristianaCare, shares what separates hea...