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The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast

Massively Better Healthcare

🏆 #1 podcast in the Top 100 Health Tech All-time chartsJoin us every Monday for conversations with the biggest names in digital health. Hosted by digital health veterans Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, and Steve Kraus.Learn more and submit your ideas for the show at the Heart of Healthcare website.

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00:52:24

Healthcare Consumers Are Waking Up | Collective...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/09/02

Healthcare costs keep climbing, and yet patients and employers often feel powerless to change the system. What if outsiders—those not steeped in the traditions of healthcare—are actually the ones best positioned to fix it? This special episode is a reshare from The Benefits Playbook podcast, where Halle joins Collective Health CEO Ali Diab. Together, they unpack what it takes to make health benefits simpler, more transparent, and more consumer-focused. We cover: 🏥 The growing “consumer

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00:33:08

The Reason Hospital Software Fails | Commure CEO...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/08/25

Hospitals are under immense pressure: burned-out clinicians, outdated systems, and rising costs have made delivering care harder than ever. Tanay Tandon, founder and CEO of Commure, shares how his team is rethinking hospital infrastructure by combining AI, forward-deployed engineering, and a provider-first mindset. Backed by over $750M in funding, Commure is using strategic M&A and next-gen tools like ambient AI to reduce administrative burden, improve revenue cycle operations, and

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00:28:52

Managing Medicaid in Challenging Times | Boston...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/08/18

One in four Americans is enrolled in Medicaid, yet the system designed to support them is constantly at risk—underfunded, politically vulnerable, and often overlooked.Dr. Alastair Bell, President and CEO of Boston Medical Center Health System, shares how his organization is reimagining what it means to care for underserved populations, while managing nearly 40% of Massachusetts’ Medicaid enrollees. In this conversation, we explore the financial realities of running an “essential” hospital system,

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00:34:32

Why Intractable Healthcare Problems Might Finally Be...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/08/11

Three simple questions plague every American seeking healthcare: Where should I go? When can I be seen? And how much will it cost me? Despite seeming basic, these questions have remained largely unanswerable—until now.In this episode, we explore how Heather Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of Solv, is building the infrastructure behind same-day care for 210 million Americans. We discuss how AI is finally cracking the code on price transparency and why workflow complexity can be a competitive moat in

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00:47:19

What The One Big Beautiful Bill Means For Digital...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/08/04

A new federal law is reshaping how healthcare is paid for and delivered in America.

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00:34:50

This Founder Just Raised $243M to Free Doctors from...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/07/30

Fresh off a $243 million fundraise from Oak HC/FT and A16Z, Ambience Healthcare is on a mission to kill medical billing — and build “Iron Man suits for doctors.” Today we sit down with co-founder and CEO Mike Ng to talk about how Ambience is tackling one of healthcare’s most painful problems: the administrative burden that eats up 73% of a clinician’s day. We cover: 🏥 How Ambience tackles both clinical documentation and medical coding simultaneously (and why this dual approach was initially

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00:28:11

Building a $33B Digital Health Juggernaut | Dexcom...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/07/28

Dexcom generates more than $4 billion in annual revenue and has a market cap north of $30 billion, making it one of the biggest digital health companies in the world. And it all started with a better way to measure blood sugar. In this episode, Halle is joined by Kevin Sayer, CEO of Dexcom, the company that pioneered continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Under Kevin’s leadership, Dexcom scaled from $40 million to $4 billion in revenue, became the standard of care for people with diabetes, and is now

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00:40:32

Will AI Doctors Be Legal in 3 Years? | Coalition for...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/07/21

More than a thousand AI medical devices have FDA clearance, yet fewer than two percent of radiologists actually use them.

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00:36:23

Winning Over the Skeptics | Prenuvo CEO & Founder...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/07/14

When Andrew Lacy launched Prenuvo, most of the medical establishment dismissed it as fringe. Now, some of those same skeptics are collaborating with him on research.

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00:38:04

The Making of Omada Health | Omada Health Co-Founder...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/07/08

In their first podcast since going public, Omada Health CEO Sean Duffy joins us to reflect on the journey to bend the curve of chronic disease.

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00:33:10

📣 Digital Health Download July 2025

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/06/30

Halle and Steve break down the recent headlines, including a blockbuster funding cycle for AI tools, a dramatic breakup between Novo Nordisk and Hims, and why Oregon’s new law could shake up how startups structure clinical care.

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00:37:41

The PillPack Founders Are Back for Round Two |...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/06/23

What does one do after selling their company to Amazon for $1 billion? Start a new one, of course.

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00:28:50

Special Episode: Digital Health's Evidence Problem

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/06/19

Most medical care isn’t backed by rigorous evidence—yet we demand airtight proof for digital health tools before they’re trusted, adopted, or reimbursed.

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00:33:12

Do We Really Need Healthcare Superintelligence? | CEO...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/06/16

Most AI in healthcare promises superintelligence—but what if that’s the wrong goal entirely?

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00:37:32

Inside a New Model Changing American Healthcare |...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/06/09

Over half of Americans now live with at least one chronic condition, yet our healthcare system still revolves around episodic, reactionary care instead of continuous, coordinated support.

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00:38:19

📣 Digital Health Download: June 2025

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/06/02

Is the digital health IPO drought over? Halle and Michael dig into the Hinge Health IPO and what it signals for the return of digital health companies to the public markets. They explore how much equity founders typically hold at IPO, the growing role of private equity, and why down rounds aren’t the deal-breaker they once were.

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00:41:07

Why Healthcare Is Totally Unprepared for AI |...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/05/27

US healthcare has more unproductive labor and more unstructured data than any other industry, making it both vulnerable to disruption from generative AI and especially unprepared for it.

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00:42:51

A New Era at Optum | Optum Chief Executive Officer...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/05/19

Over 160 million Americans are served by Optum, yet many still don’t fully understand what it actually does—or why it matters.

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00:40:40

The Flywheel Holding Women’s Health Back | Rock...

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/05/12

Women make 80% of healthcare decisions and outspend men two to one on care—yet when it comes to designing, funding, and scaling health tech, they’re still treated like a niche.

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00:42:25

📣 Digital Health Download: May 2025

The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast ·

2025/05/05

In this month's Digital Health Download, Steve and Halle unpack the headlines shaping healthcare, policy, and technology—with an eye toward where things may be heading next.

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