Straight Outta Health IT

00:47:27

45% of People With Severe Mental Illness Get NO...

Straight Outta Health IT ·

2026/10/08

Nearly half of people living with severe mental illness in the U.S. are receiving zero treatment. So what happens when the people who need care the most are also facing the biggest barriers to accessing it?On this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Christopher Kunney sits down with Josh Schoeller, CEO of Qualifacts, for a candid conversation about behavioral health, AI, health equity, interoperability, neurodiversity, Medicaid, and the future of mental healthcare.We get real about:🔹 The 45%

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00:41:23

Accessible for Whom? The AI & Healthcare Technology...

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2026/10/02

What does it really mean when we call healthcare technology “accessible”?And perhaps the more important question is:Accessible for whom?On this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Christopher Kunney sits down with Julia Franklin, MS CCC-SLP, Chief Learning Officer at Cephable, for a conversation about accessibility, disability inclusion, AI, and the future of healthcare technology.AI is everywhere. Digital transformation is everywhere. New technologies are being introduced into healthcare and

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00:43:54

Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive? | Malgorzata...

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2026/09/10

Why is American healthcare so expensive, and why doesn’t spending more necessarily translate into better outcomes?In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Christopher Kunney sits down with Malgorzata Guyot, PhD, an Independent Board & C-Suite Advisor with extensive experience across pharma, manufacturing, finance & audit, and international business.Having worked across the United States and Europe, Malgorzata brings a unique perspective to one of healthcare’s most complicated questions:

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00:43:57

Healthcare Has a Knowledge Crisis | Dr. Ido Zamberg...

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2026/09/03

Healthcare has a knowledge management crisis. The evidence exists, clinical guidelines exist, and best practices exist, but too often that knowledge never reaches clinicians when they need it most.In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, host Christopher Kunney sits down with Dr. Ido Zamberg, physician, anesthesiologist, technologist and Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of C8 Health, to explore how healthcare can close the gap between what medicine knows and what actually happens at the

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00:46:09

The Man Who Helped Digitize American Healthcare Says...

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2026/08/27

What happens when healthcare spends decades and hundreds of billions of dollars digitizing medical records — but clinicians still can't see the whole patient?On this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Christopher Kunney sits down with healthcare technology veteran Jonathan Bush, Founder & CEO of Zus Health and co-founder of athenahealth, for an unfiltered conversation about the problem hiding in plain sight: healthcare has plenty of data but too much of it is trapped in silos.Jonathan

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00:43:09

Maximizing Your Personal Brand

Straight Outta Health IT ·

2026/08/04

Your personal brand is not just your resume; it is the story people experience before you ever enter the room.In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Christopher Kunney sits down with Dorothea Bozicolona-Volpe, Social Media Marketing and Execution Consultant at Social Espionage, to explore why personal branding has become essential for healthcare IT leaders, clinicians, consultants, vendors, and anyone looking to grow their influence in a competitive industry. Dorothea explains that building a

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01:04:12

Meharry Health Equity Moonshot Summit

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2026/07/28

Key TakeawaysAI can either help reduce healthcare inequities or magnify existing bias, depending on how it is designed, trained, governed, and used.Responsible AI requires transparency, representative data, community participation, and clear accountability when tools fail or cause harm.Health equity work cannot be treated as philanthropy; it requires shared ownership across health systems, government, industry, nonprofits, and communities.Health systems must address existing bias in clinical

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00:49:33

One Platform to Rule Them All — The AI Governance...

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2026/07/21

Healthcare AI is moving faster than many health systems can govern it.In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, David Hilderbrand, Chief Commercial Officer at Ferrum Health, joins Christopher Kunney to discuss the rapid rise of clinical AI, medical imaging AI consolidation, and the growing need for enterprise-level governance. He explains why health systems are no longer just asking which AI tools to buy, but how to monitor, manage, and understand the tools already running across their

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00:45:31

PHI De-Identification, AI Data Privacy & the Future...

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2026/07/14

Healthcare AI can only be as strong as the data behind it, but patient privacy cannot be treated as collateral damage. In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Dr. Julia Komissarchik, CEO and Founder of Glendor, Inc., joins Christopher Kunney to explore one of the most pressing challenges in healthcare AI today: how to responsibly use patient data while ensuring that protected health information (PHI) is not exposed.Julia breaks down why de-identification is far more complex than simply

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00:48:45

WellLink CONNECTNEO 2026

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2026/07/07

What happens when healthcare organizations stop working in silos and begin treating community partnerships as part of the care model?In this special episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Christopher Kunney joins healthcare leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and community advocates at the WellLink CONNECTNEO 2026 Conference in Cleveland. Together, they explore how collaboration, AI, data, and community partnerships can help address some of healthcare’s most persistent challenges. Rahul Mahadevan,

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00:46:17

Agentic AI & the Future of Revenue Cycle

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2026/06/23

Revenue cycle doesn’t just need more reporting; it needs smarter systems that can prevent problems before they happen.In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Jeff Hatfield, Co-Founder and CEO of Four Points Health, talks about how Agentic AI and intelligent automation are reshaping revenue cycle management for hospitals. He explains why denials, write-offs, payer complexity, and manual rework continue to drain financial resources and create unnecessary administrative burden. Drawing from both

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01:01:19

Highlights from 2026 TX HIMSS Regional Conference

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2026/06/16

What happens when healthcare innovation is shaped not only by technology, but by the real human experiences behind it?In this SOHIT HIMSS 2026 episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Christopher Kunney speaks with healthcare leaders, informatics experts, entrepreneurs, and innovators at the Texas HIMSS Regional Conference about how technology, AI, data, and human experience are transforming healthcare. Erica Olenski, Founder of Monarch Futures and August’s Artists, shares how her experience as a

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00:31:27

2025 Highlights Patient At The Center Symposium

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2026/06/09

What happens when healthcare leaders, innovators, and technology experts gather around a single mission: keeping patients at the center of every decision?At the Patient at the Center Symposium, hosted under the Straight Outta Health IT program, Christopher Kunney guided a series of conversations with healthcare leaders, innovators, and executives focused on redefining patient-centered care. The event featured Eugene Greyfer, founder and CEO of Advocaid and Chief Operating Officer at Veritas Health

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00:50:30

When the Mind Meets the Machine - AI, Mental Health,...

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2026/06/02

AI is changing mental health care fast, but Dr. Fred Moss believes the real question is not whether technology can become human. It is whether humans can keep their humanity intact.In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Christopher Kunney speaks with Dr. Fred Moss, psychiatrist, mental health advocate, keynote speaker, podcaster, coach, and founder of the Welcome to Humanity movement. Drawing from more than 40 years in psychiatry and over 40,000 patient encounters, Dr. Moss challenges the way

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00:52:50

The Full Picture: Why Fragmented Data is Healthcare's...

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2026/05/05

Healthcare doesn’t suffer from a lack of data; it suffers from a lack of connection between it.In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Philip Wickline, cofounder and CTO at Zus Health, talks about how fragmented patient data continues to limit care quality, increase costs, and create unnecessary risk across the healthcare system. He explains how deeply complex, specialized, and distributed healthcare data has become, making integration far more difficult than in other industries. Drawing from

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00:43:36

Right-Sized: How Unified Communications Can Transform...

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2026/04/21

What if the biggest risk to patient care isn’t clinical, but simply the inability to reach someone?In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Damon Covey, General Manager of Unified Communications & Collaboration at GoTo, discusses how fragmented communication systems are failing small- and mid-sized healthcare practices and impacting real patient outcomes. He explains that most practices rely on 5–7 disconnected tools, which create inefficiencies and missed interactions. He highlights how

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00:50:59

The Quiet Revolution: How Stillness, Mindfulness &...

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2026/04/14

Healthcare leaders are facing a growing crisis of burnout, with many mission-driven professionals feeling exhausted, disconnected, or even emotionally checked out while still in their roles.In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Bemene Piaro, MPH, ICF-credentialed transformational life coach and founder of The Wholeness Center, highlights that common solutions like wellness apps or resilience training fail to address the deeper issue. At its core, the problem is not just a lack of resources,

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00:47:42

The Clinical Unicorn: Designing Healthcare Systems...

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2026/04/07

What if the biggest threat to patient safety is not a lack of technology, but the daily friction and noise we have normalized inside care teams?In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Angela “Angie” Cox, a nurse, social worker, healthcare administrator, and clinical technology strategist, explains why so many healthcare “solutions” fail in real-world settings. She shares her journey from growing up in a rural community and navigating healthcare as a patient to becoming a rare bridge between

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00:43:20

Locked Up: Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation Lessons...

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2026/03/24

Cybersecurity in healthcare is no longer just an IT issue. It is a leadership, operations, and trust issue that can disrupt care, expose sensitive data, and test whether an organization is truly prepared for a crisis.In this episode, Zach Lewis, CIO and CISO at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, shares how AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape and reflects on the real-world ransomware attack that shaped his new book, Locked Up. He explains how threat actors are using

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00:57:10

Why People Matter - Healing The Sick Care System

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2026/03/17

The American healthcare system has extraordinary talent, advanced technology, and unmatched spending, yet it too often fails the very people it is meant to serve.In this episode of Straight Outta Health IT, Gil Bashe, Chair Global Health and Purpose at FINN Partners, bestselling author, healthcare strategist, and former combat medic, joins Christopher Kunney to discuss the urgent themes behind his new book, Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter. Drawing from his experiences in military

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