Rural and small healthcare entities face the same cyber threats as the nation's largest health systems, but often lack the tools to combat them in the same way. From funding scarcity to workforce shortages, rural healthcare organizations must balance the need for an effective cybersecurity program with ongoing operational constraints. How can rural healthcare providers manage risk while understaffed and underfunded?

Featuring: Jim Roeder, vice president of IT at Lakewood Health System

In this episode, we'll cover

• The unique cybersecurity challenges that small and rural healthcare providers face compared to their larger counterparts
• How the cybersecurity workforce shortage has impacted rural entities' ability to attract and retain cyber talent
• What types of government and community support would help rural healthcare organizations improve their cybersecurity programs

and more!

References

• Understaffed, underfunded: Health IT security for small, rural providers
• Rural healthcare cybersecurity aid grows, but challenges persist

To learn more about healthcare cybersecurity, check out our Healthtech Security site.

To watch video clips from the conversation, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies.

Revenue cycle management is rife with data issues and automatable processes--making it ripe for AI implementation. How can providers use AI tools to reduce their revenue cycle management workload?

Featuring: Jacqueline LaPointe, executive editor, lead editor on Rev Cycle Management, Xtelligent

Anuja Vaidya, senior editor on Virtual Healthcare, Xtelligent

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

• The significance of AI in revenue cycle management (RCM)
• Key applications of AI in RCM including eligibility verification and prior authorizations
• Future prospects with generative and agentic AI 

and more!

References:

• RPA to Gen AI: How AI in revenue cycle management is evolving
• The state of revenue cycle management software
• R1 secures investment for agentic AI in revenue cycle management

To learn more about revenue cycle management, check out Revenue Cycle Management.

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As virtual nursing programs transform healthcare delivery, discover how this digital revolution is leveraging technology and human expertise to address widespread staffing shortages while enhancing both the patient and provider experience. Explore how hospitals and health systems are currently using virtual nurses, the successes they have already had and how the trend will evolve in the next five to ten years. 

Featuring: Jacqueline LaPointe, executive editor at Xtelligent Healthcare 

Anuja Vaidya, senior editor, Virtual Healthcare at Xtelligent Healthcare 

In today's episode, we'll cover: 

• Virtual nursing implementation and core components of a program
• Nursing workforce benefits and care coordination strategies
• Opportunities to improve patient satisfaction and clinician experience 

References 

• What is virtual nursing, and why is it on the rise? 

• Exploring health systems' virtual nursing staffing strategies 

• 74% of hospital leaders say virtual nursing will become integral to acute care 
• What to do and not do when deploying virtual nursing programs 

To learn more about virtual nursing, check out our site, Virtual Healthcare. 

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FDA’s removal of GLP-1 drugs from the shortage list ends supplemental compounding, shifting patient access back to branded semaglutide and tirzepatide.

Featuring: Sara Heath, executive editor, Xtelligent Healthcare

Alivia Kaylor, senior editor of Pharma Life Sciences, Xtelligent Healthcare

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

• The end of GLP-1 compounding creates a significant access barrier for millions of patients seeking weight management solutions
• Financial inequity deepens as patients transition from affordable compounded options to expensive branded medications
• Future innovation in oral GLP-1 formulations offers hope but remains constrained by long-term patent protections

and more!

References:

• Anticipating the healthcare reach of GLP-1 receptor agonists
• Are compounded GLP-1 drugs safe?
• FDA winds down GLP-1 compounding policies

To learn more about GLP-1s, check out our Pharma Life Sciences and Patient Engagement sites.
To watch the video clips of our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies.

Street medicine is taking off in cities nationwide as part of the industry's effort to address a rampant housing insecurity crisis and boost population health. Driven by mobile medical units outfitted to look more like primary care offices, these street medicine teams are moving unhoused individuals to better health and preparing them for stable, supportive housing.

But street medicine programs aren't successful just because of the clinicians and their supped-up sprinter vans. Rather, it's the peer navigators or community health workers to make these community-based interventions what they are. Learn more about how California-based Healthcare in Action providers and peer navigators work to support better street medicine.

Featuring: Benjamin Kaska, PA, vice president of development and partnerships, Healthcare in Action

Eric Berrera, lead peer navigator, Healthcare in Action

In this episode, we'll cover

• Why street medicine is so important for supporting unhoused individuals
• The importance of supporting clinical efforts with peer navigators
• How street medicine providers partner best with peer navigators and community stakeholders

and more!

References

• Mobile health clinics bring care to California's unhoused
• Tips for Designing Community Health Worker Training Programs

To learn more about community-based care and population health, visit our Patient Engagement site.

To watch video clips from the conversation, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies. 

The first 100 days of the second Trump presidency were marked by new, wide-ranging tariffs and executive orders along with workforce cuts and leadership changes. What are the immediate and long-term impacts of these shifts? And how has the healthcare industry responded?

Featuring: Alivia Kaylor, senior editor for Pharma Life Sciences at Xtelligent

Jacqueline LaPointe, executive editor of Editorial at Xtelligent

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

• Tariffs and their impact on drug supply chain
• The impact of deregulation and workforce cuts on wasteful healthcare spending
• Understanding the role of executive orders in healthcare policy

and more!

To learn more about these topics, check out techtarget.com/healthcarepayers and techtarget.com/pharmalifesciences.

To watch clips from our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies.

References:

• Trump to expand, enforce healthcare price transparency
• How Trump's pharma tariffs disrupt drug supply chains
• Trump administration policies could create headwinds across healthcare: Fitch

Fortra, the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), and Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit teamed up to combat abuse of Cobalt Strike, a legitimate adversary simulation tool that cyberthreat actors have taken a liking to. The collaborative efforts resulted in an 80% reduction in unauthorized copies of Cobalt Strike observed in the wild. What does this success story say about the value of industry collaboration in healthcare cybersecurity? 

Featuring: Bob Erdman, associate vice president, research and development at Fortra 

In this episode, we'll cover 

• The threat that abuse of legitimate security tools by cyberthreat actors poses on healthcare organizations 

• Joint efforts by Fortra, Microsoft, and Health-ISAC to crack down on Cobalt Strike abuse in the wild 

• The value of industry-wide collaboration in making healthcare more secure 

and more! 

References 

• Cobalt Strike abuse drops 80% following takedown campaign  

• Microsoft, Fortra, Health-ISAC Crack Down On Cobalt Strike Abuse 

To learn more about healthcare cybersecurity, check out our Healthtech Security site. 

To watch video clips from the conversation, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies. 

The Connecticut Poison Control Center receives on average a hundred calls a day and operates 24/7. To handle such an immense workload, the Center relies on one tool to sustain and improve its emergency response: the state's health information exchange (HIE), Connie. How does this HIE help the Center save lives? Listen to find out!

Featuring: Suzanne Doyon, MD, medical director of the Connecticut Poison Control Center at UConn Health

In today's episode, we will cover: 

• What drove the Connecticut Poison Control Center to integrate the state's health information exchange
• How the tool has impacted efficiency and even staff morale
• The potential that other agencies have/could actualize by leveraging the health information exchange

...and more!

References: 

• Definition: What is a Health Information Exchange?
• More on Connie: Once an underdog, Connecticut’s HIE network gains traction
• Health information exchange barriers hamper telehealth adoption

To learn more about value-based care, check out our site Healthtech Analytics.  

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The healthcare industry has been shifting from fee-for-service to value-based care and payment for decades now with not much to show for it as a whole. How can employers and other healthcare purchasers achieve value amid soaring costs and worsening disease burden?  

Featuring: Shawn Gremminger, president and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions 

In today's episode, we will cover: 

• Why the current definition and implementation of value-based care in healthcare isn't working effectively, and a major rethinking is needed to create a truly value-driven system. 

• The core challenges employers face in achieving value-based care, especially around data access, price transparency and practical strategies. 

• Strategies for achieving higher quality, affordable care, such as narrow network design, increased pricing data access and direct contracting. 

References: 

• Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network;s APM Measurement effort 

• What the Transparency in Coverage rule means for healthcare price transparency 

• How to accelerate value-based care despite looming healthcare crisis 

To learn more about value-based care, check out our site Healthcare Payers.  

To watch video clips from our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies. 

HIMSS25 ran from March 3-6 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It attracted thousands of industry leaders and featured a predominant theme: artificial intelligence. How did the industry approach this topic in 2025, and what surprising talking points arose?

Featuring: Rebecca Pifer, senior reporter at Healthcare Dive

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

• The evolution of the AI conversation in healthcare
• AI governance and oversight
• Current trends in agentic AI

and more!

To learn more about AI in healthcare, check out Healthtech Analytics.

To watch video clips from our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies.

References:

• HIMSS25: Navigating the cost-benefit dilemma of health AI
• Exploring emerging health tech at HIMSS25
• What is artificial intelligence (AI) governance?
• More from Rebecca Pifer on AI in healthcare

It is easy to get swept up in the AI hype. But healthcare leaders cannot afford to lose sight of their true priorities when evaluating AI solutions. How has this technology influenced healthcare leadership styles?

Featuring: Brian Spisak, senior partner and chief people and communication officer at Csuite Growth Advisors; program director of AI and leadership at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

• Avoiding the hype cycle in healthcare technology
• Understanding organizational ambidexterity
• Effective applications of AI in healthcare

and more!

To learn more about AI in healthcare, check out Healthtech Analytics.

To watch video clips from our podcast, subscribe to our YouTube channel, @HealthcareStrategies.

References:

• How healthcare organizations can prioritize AI governance
• AMA Report Outlines Considerations for AI Integration in Healthcare
• More on organizational ambidexterity
• More on leading through AI adoption