The stream of news, articles, and commentary on AI has not let up for months, and if, like me, you are wondering what it all means to you, you are not alone. You are probably having a hard time deciding on the personal impact and depending but no matter where you fall on the spectrum […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of March 2026 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where […]
Years ago, in my first performance review at a multinational company, I encountered something I’d never seen before: a “Helicopter Rating.” I remember pausing. What does that even mean? The explanation stuck with me. The most valuable employees, I was told, were those who could operate like a helicopter, hovering high enough to see the full landscape, […]
I love people watching, and airports are a perfect space and excellent laboratories of human behavior. We’re tired, stressed, hungry, and operating on partial information, and that’s before you even get through the security obstacle course. It is basically the same conditions that define much of our healthcare system. On a recent trip, I […]
In this special edition of News You Can Use on HealthcareNOWRadio, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, FACS an orthopedic surgeon based in New Albany, Ohio, who has performed more than 38,000 joint replacements over nearly four decades. We explored why total hip replacement, once called the “operation […]
Years ago, I was driving across states with a good friend and colleague from Spain. We stopped in at a gas station that had a Subway restaurant on the side. When my Spanish colleague was asked if he wanted his sandwich “To Go,” he looked at me quizzically and asked what they meant (he spoke […]
Sit at a busy café in Paris long enough and something unsettling happens: nothing. The waiter doesn’t sprint. No one is shouting about table turnover. There’s no laminated sign behind the counter promising a “Server of the Month” bonus for fastest espresso delivery. And yet, miracle of miracles, the place runs smoothly. Orders arrive. Coffee […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of August 2025 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph), Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where […]
From Childhood Tinker to Certified Thinker I love learning. I know my perspective dates back to my childhood and many years and long before I became a physician. My parents would remember the challenge of dealing with my learning when I was younger which included taking things apart and not always knowing how to put […]
Health Tech Havoc This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, […]
The Last Spin I am going to date myself a little here as I reminisce about my old music collection accumulated over many years. In this case, we are talking Vinyl records (link included for those who are wondering what I am talking about!). I can remember buying my first album and playing it repeatedly […]
Each and every year there’s a rush for predictions for the coming year and 2024 is no different The year Skynet/Mednet became active – not really but that was the fear with everyone calling it the Year of AI. For the rest of us, it was not so much the year of AI but rather […]
This week I am talking to Hal Baker, MD Senior Vice President & Chief Digital & Chief Information Officer at WellSpan Health that continues to be named one of the nation’s “Digital Health Most Wired” health systems by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), underscoring WellSpan’s efforts to lean into innovative technological advances to improve […]
This week I am talking to Dror Zur, CEO at Magentiq Eye where they are bringing the new field of deep learning and AI to the reading and processing of Colonoscopy screening. Magentiq Innovation Magentiq has developed an add-on system that enhances the efficiency of colonoscopies by aiding physicians in detecting polyps and adenomas. This technology […]
23From Chart Chaos to AI Symphony in Healthcare This week I am talking to CT Lin, MD, (@ctlin) System CMIO at UC Health who tells the story of his early entry into the world of healthcare informaticists as the “Chief Complainer”. CT delves into the complexities of electronic health records (EHRs), the pressing cybersecurity concerns, and […]
A Physician’s Take on HLTH 2023 October has been and still is the “busy” conference season. Some might consider this the second year of a return to the conference activity post-pandemic but even last year things were still a little muted and not quite there. This year conferences have come roaring back and HLTH was […]
Breaking the Data Stratosphere This week I am talking to Timothy Chou, PhD Board Member, Stanford Cloud Computing Lecturer and Founder of Bevel Cloud, a Pediatric Moonshot to reduce healthcare inequity, lower healthcare costs and improve outcomes for children – locally and globally by creating privacy-preserving real-time applications based on access to data in all 1,000,000 […]
Ian’s Journey from Diagnosis to Hope This week I am talking to Cheryl and Phil Yagoda, Founders of Ian’s Friends Foundation (@IansFriends) who are working to to fund innovative research focused on the immediate need to develop groundbreaking therapeutic methodologies to treat and cure pediatric brain tumors. Cheryl and Phil Yagoda share their emotional and challenging journey that […]
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of Aug 2023 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where […]
This week I am talking to Sanjula Jain, PhD (@sanjula_jain), SVP Market Strategy & Chief Research Officer at Trilliant Health (@TrilliantHealth), a company focused on healthcare industry expertise, market research, and predictive analytics to create evidence-based direction for Healthcare. Sanjula has like many of my guests an interesting background and origin story but in her case set […]
A Recap of May’s Healthcare News This month’s episode of “News you can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May 2023 As I did last month I am talking to Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners. Trillion Dollar Chips This month ChatGPT continues to be a focus and trending […]
This month’s episode of “News you can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of April 2023 As I did last month I am talking to Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners. With the recent announcement “Risant Health launches with Geisinger” with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger Health joining forces we discuss what […]
When the Titanic Goes Down, All Ships Sink This week I am talking to Julien Pham, MD, Managing Partner of Third Culture Capital, an immigrant-founded, physician-led, seed-stage VC firm focused on emerging health tech and techbio companies that are revolutionizing modern care delivery while optimizing and reshaping the experience of care for both patients and […]
The Journey of a Tech-Savvy Doctor Who Won’t Let Chat GPT Make His Bed (Yet) This week I am talking to, Justin Norden, MD (@JustinNordenMD), Partner at GSR Ventures (@GSRVentures) who is a digital health investor and educator at Stanford Medicine. Like so many of my guests, Justin’s career start was different and interesting leading […]
Vive Wrap Up This week I am talking to Gautam Gulati, MD (aka DrG @drgautamgulati) and HealthcareNowRadio’s very own Editor in Chief Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) to take a look back at the Vive event that took place in Nashville at the end of March. There were some well-received presentations and stand-out content and direction from […]
