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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.
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The 229 Podcast: Surviving and Understanding the AI Feature Flood with Joseph Evans
March 12, 2026: Joseph Evans, CMIO for Sentara Healthcare, joins Bill Russell fresh off the VIVE event to unpack what's really happening on the front...
Solution Showcase: The Freeing Power of Testing Automation with Phillip Furukawa and Chris Paravate
March 11, 2026: What if you could reclaim thousands of hours of IT staff time, without cutting corners on quality? Chris Paravate, CDIO at Northeast G...
Newsday: Unsanctioned AI Risk, Governance, and the Path Forward with Dr. Holly Urban
March 9, 2026: What happens when well-meaning clinicians use AI tools that no one approved? Bill Russell and Drex Ford are joined by Dr. Holly Urban,...
The 229 Podcast: CMIO 3.0 - The Role Nobody Trained You For with Veena Lingam
March 5, 2026: From EMR adoption to AI governance, the CMIO role has undergone three rapid transformations. Dr. Veena Lingam, ACMIO at Moffitt Cancer...
Solution Showcase: Ambient AI Mythbusting and Successful Pilots with Kali Ihde
March 4, 2026: What happens when AI stops being a buzzword and starts showing up in your bottom line? Kali Ihde, Director of Ventures and Innovation a...
Newsday: Rapid Innovation, Safe AI, and the Chief Velocity Officer with This Week Health
March 2, 2026: Is the CIO role evolving? Or is it quietly being replaced? Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson dig into the emerging CITO t...
The 229 Podcast: AI Governance Webinar with Dr. James McCabe, Dr. Ben Hohmuth, and Kristen Myers
February 26, 2026: What does it actually take to govern AI across a major health system without losing speed or safety? Bill Russell sits down with Dr...
Executive Interview: Nursing's Biggest Challenges and the Tech Closing the Gap with Allison Morin
February 25, 2026: The nursing crisis is real, and the solutions may be closer than we think. In this executive Interview, Bill Russell sits down with...
Executive Interview: How Costa Rica Could Solve Healthcare IT's Staffing Crisis with Scott Gildea
February 23, 2026: Scott Gildea, EVP of Global Delivery at Optimum Healthcare IT, reveals why major healthcare organizations are turning to Costa Rica...
Newsday: Epic's Code Red - Why AI Agents Are Healthcare's Next Power Struggle with Jacob Hansen
February 23, 2026: Jacob Hansen, Chief Product and Technology Officer at AvaSure, joins Bill, Sarah, and Drex for a critical conversation about health...
The 229 Podcast: The Golden Retriever Problem - AI Agents That Won't Stop Digging with Drex DeFord
February 19, 2026: Bill Russell and Drex DeFord dive deep into the explosive growth of AI agents in healthcare - and the controversial pricing models...
Newsday: All About Moltbook, the Social Media for AI Agents with This Week Health
February 16, 2026: Bill, Drex, and Sarah discuss the explosion of autonomous AI agents around moltbook and CommonSpirit's stunning $1.9 billion decisi...
The 229 Podcast: Leveraging DevOps for an Innovation Startup and Crisis Leadership with Jim Feen
February 12, 2026: Most health systems run Epic downtimes at 3 AM when the hospital is slowest. Jim Feen, SVP and Chief Digital and Information Office...
Newsday: CxOs Being Ignored: Why Speaking Tech Instead of Business Fails in 2026
Bill Russell, Drex DeFord, and Sarah Richardson dissect J.P. Morgan healthcare presentations to reveal what's really being asked of technology leaders...
The 229 Podcast: Inside the 229 CMIO Summit and Patient Access Innovation with Jennifer Goldman
February 5, 2026: Jennifer Goldman, VP, CMIO, and Chief of Primary Care at Memorial Healthcare System, reveals why most patient access initiatives fai...
Executive Interview: Why Healthcare Systems Are Abandoning Manual Testing with Mark Scruggs
February 4, 2026: Mark Scruggs, President and COO of SureTest, reveals why healthcare organizations are achieving 80% reductions in testing time and w...
Newsday: Are Health Systems Falling Behind in the Innovation Race? with Jason Rose
February 2, 2026: Are health systems being sidelined from healthcare's innovation revolution? Jason Rose, CEO of Clearsense, joins This Week Health fr...
The 229 Podcast: 2026 AI Power Shifts with Reid Stephan and Sangeet Paul Choudary
January 29, 2026: Reid Stephan, VP and CIO of St. Luke's Health System, sits down with Sangeet Paul Choudary, author of “Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI R...
Newsday: The ROI Ultimatum: Healthcare's New Survival Rule for 2026 with Zahid Rathore
January 26, 2026: Fresh from J.P. Morgan 2026, the This Week Health team joins Zahid Rathore, Senior Partner at Chartis, to dissect healthcare's new r...
The 229 Podcast: This White House Deal Changed Your Hospital Visits Forever with Aneesh Chopra
January 22, 2026: Aneesh Chopra, Chief Strategy Officer at Arcadia and former first U.S. Chief Technology Officer, joins Bill Russell to discuss the t...
Executive Interview: Stress-Free EHR Migration and Education with Abhishek Begerhotta
January 21, 2026: Abhishek Begerhotta, CEO of 314e Corporation, shares battle-tested insights from over 25 years in healthcare IT, including his pivot...
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...