Bill Siwicki

Dr. Kathy Ku is vice president at Vive Collective, a venture capital firm focused on digital health. Kathy is an entrepreneur, an engineer and a former consultant. She holds an MD/MBA from Stanford, where she was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, and an AB/SM from Harvard, where she studied engineering sciences and molecular and cellular biology. In other words, she's pretty smart. And she's got a suggestion to the C-suites and boards at hospitals and health systems across the country: Get caregivers involved in the allocation of investment dollars. In this week's HIMSSCast, Ku will expand on this idea, while also discussing the current deals landscape, hybrid care models in telemedicine, the next 12 months in healthcare AI, and innovation in government institutions to benefit the country's public health sector.   Like what you hear? Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Music. Talking points: Healthcare needs to see more nurses, pharmacists, physicians and other caregivers influence the allocation of investment dollars and be involved in health IT companies. How can these individuals – as well as C-suite leaders – make this happen at their organizations? Fewer and smaller deals in the near term. Telehealth: Balance virtual care with in-person care, hybrid care models could be the future. The next 12 months in the realm of healthcare AI. Innovation in government institutions is crucial for the country's public health sector; public-private partnerships could be the key. More about this episode: Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians' EHR workload More hybrid virtual care and asynchronous telemedicine on the way for 2024 Developing an effective hybrid care strategy for telehealth Artificial intelligence is enabling big advances in surgery Why won't this expert's clients sign onto AI projects for more than 12 months at a time? Chief AI Officer: Healthcare's hot new role demands a rare combination of skill sets How to apply responsible artificial intelligence in healthcare

From preoperative planning and intraoperative guidance to visualization and predictive analytics, AI has many new roles to play to help surgeons do their best work.

The CEO of a telehealth services provider explains why patients being seen remotely by physicians first can also help with accessibility, data integrity and consistency.

The number of telehealth services provided by Children's Mercy Kansas City is astounding. And they get tremendously high patient satisfaction scores. The health system's nurse director of telemedicine offers a detailed tour, with some key advice for her peers.

Dr. Anmol Kapoor, an expert in precision medicine and artificial intelligence, discusses AI-driven genomic analysis, blockchain in genomics, multi-omic integration, and navigating ethical and regulatory challenges of AI-enabled personalized care.

Dr. Tim O'Connell, physician CEO of emtelligent, offers his view of what's needed to ensure artificial intelligence can work safely, effectively and transparently in healthcare settings.

Why are the two often so disconnected? And what role can technology play in integrating them? A new CMS accountable care program aims to drive progress, and one expert explains what it means for providers.

Andy Sajous, a leader in digital transformation, explains. He discusses the trade-offs of building versus buying artificial intelligence tools and describes some crucial actions CIOs should take going into 2025.

The combination of 5G and IoT could redefine remote healthcare, getting closer to a future where patients can receive hospital-grade care from anywhere. And more user-friendly and patient-centered devices should drive broader adoption.

And cybersecurity too. "I would definitely encourage folks to go deeper into those other areas and broaden their capabilities overall," says the chief AI adviser at UC Davis Health to those who might want to tackle a similar role.